Game Debate #167: Little Samson

[fcgamer | 4,723]

Solid 6 for me. It's fun for what it is, but it's just hype.

[a3quit4s | 4,097]

Fun game but not something I’d go out of my way to play 6/10
 

10/10 solid investment though lmao

Edited August 25, 2023 by a3quit4s

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

Collector value > gameplay

6/10

[VmprHntrD | 1]

Long time lurker just starting to post.  I've owned this game before, and it never did anything for me and haven't had it in such a long time it wasn't worth much even then.  It's just not that fun.  There is variety, but it's sloppy in execution.  I would have liked it more if you could just equip talents like Mega Man and that's that, but the swap outs and how clunky it is kept me from going more than half way in and having my care cup run dry.

[koifish | 556]

haven't paid yet- I mean played it yet. This game is probably more famous for being expensive than for the game itself.

Edited August 31, 2023 by koifish

[T-Pac | 7,543]

I haven't played Little Samson in years, but I remember having an absolute blast with it when I did. It's easily one of my favorite platformers on the NES, above a lot of heavy-hitters like Mega Man 2, Castlevania, etc. But I tend to like Taito games more than most people anyway.

Unfortunately, I think its value heavily skews people's judgement of it as a video game. We either subconsciously diminish or exaggerate its gameplay merit by thinking in terms of "fun factor vs price tag".

[T-Pac]

[koifish | 556]

1 hour ago, T-Pac said:

I haven't played Little Samson in years, but I remember having an absolute blast with it when I did. It's easily one of my favorite platformers on the NES, above a lot of heavy-hitters like Mega Man 2, Castlevania, etc. But I tend to like Taito games more than most people anyway.

Unfortunately, I think its value heavily skews people's judgement of it as a video game. We either subconsciously diminish or exaggerate its gameplay merit by thinking in terms of "fun factor vs price tag".

[T-Pac]

Indeed. If only there were this magical thing that let you play old games without having to own their original cartridges or hardware