Summer Games Challenge 2014

[alienjesus]

I technically just finished Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I got the bad ending.


However, I'm not going to call it quits there. I found the stuff I was missing (that Succubus boss is well hidden!) and I've just arrived in the

Inverted Castle

Current stats and equipment:

101.9% completion
Level 28
Combat Knife, Shaman Shield, Bandana, Diamond Plate, Royal Cloak, Mystic Pendant and Bloodstone.
Mainly using the Sword familiar, but sometime Bat too. Does the ghost do anything of note?
Relics list:
Soul of Bat, Fire of Bat, Echo of Bat, Soul of Wolf, Power of Wolf, Skill of Wolf, Form of Mist, Power of Mist, Cube of Zoe, Spirit Orb, Gravity Boots, Leap Stone, Holy Symbol, Faerie Scroll, Jewel of Open, Merman Statue, Bat Card, Ghost Card, Faerie Card, Demon Card, Sword Card, Ring of Vlad.

8 to go, and I'm fairly sure of what 4 of them are (Ring of Vlad says it's one of 5). Interested to see what else is left!


Finally, the shield rod is ridiculous. Boss fights are pretty easy when you can buff every stat you have in the first 10 seconds or so, then just wail on the boss after that.

[dunpeal2064]

So, how does the game stack up so far?

[alienjesus]

So, how does the game stack up so far?

Its pretty great, but I'm finding it a bit easy outside of one or two of the bosses. Certainly much easier than Order of Ecclesia.

[scarper]

Where exactly is this wall of shame?

[BoneSnapDeez]

Version 1.0:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 70#p875270

[darsparx]

Look in the first 10 pages or so, it's basically where dsh lists games on our lists that aren't true "classics" (like quite a few on my original list) that should be removed and replaced with a game that does count as a true classic...

[dsheinem]

VERSION 3.0
Still on the list:
-Nightmare on Elm Street (this one is a stretch - at best a "cult classic")
-Omega Boost (a great game, but a really obscure one and not even something with cult status)
-Illbleed (same comment as Omega Boost)
-Landstalker (your impulse said no: you should have stuck with it)
-Otogi 2 (too obscure, middling reviews, not amongst best on system or genre)
-Golvellius (SMS) (too obscure, middling reviews, not amongst best on system or genre)
-Exhumed (SS) (too obscure, middling reviews, not amongst best on system or genre)
-Zillion II (the first one could maybe count, this one not so much - even if it is better…both suck, by the way )
-Mary Kate and Ashley.. (lol)
-The Death and Return of Superman (is this even considered a great game amongst comic book game fans? Because it certainly isn't even in the top 25% of best games in the Genesis library)
-Valis (middling reviews, HG101 says "decent at best")
-Batman Arkham Asylum, Uncharted, Bayonetta, Uncharted 2, Lego Star Wars games, COD4, Dragon Age, Dark Souls, etc. (too new, unless we're gonna extend this to "modern classics" - and even then some will still not be good picks)

these games have wisely been taken off the list:
-Darkwing Duck (unless you buy the argument that Capcom+Disney always equals classic, I don't see this one approaching the heights of Duck Tales or Chip N' Dale - it is just a much more mediocre title)
-Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (just because noise likes something, that doesn't make it a classic)
-Kirby 64 (see "Star Fox Adventures" below)
-Cybernator (still not buying this, even if it was once in an EGM list)
-Starfox Adventures (just b/c a series is considered a classic doesn't mean all entries are. this one, by overwhelming consensus, sucks)
-The flinstones: rescue of dino and hoppy (old + rare ≠ classic)
-bugs birthday blowout (this one is a stretch - at best a "cult classic")
-Yugioh Double Pack (No, sorry)
-Quest for Camelot (another game that is pretty shitty by almost all standards)

These games were foolishly played anyway, so the player learned their lesson the hard way:
-Jumping Flash! 2


If you did take something off and I missed it, let me know!

[BoneSnapDeez]

Love it.

I'm moving slowly through Zelda II. Haven't had much time to play lately. Three palaces down, four to go.

[scarper]

I applaud whoever is still playing Mary Kate and Ashley.

[darsparx]

I applaud whoever is still playing Mary Kate and Ashley.

That would be mjmr if i'm correct