Game Debate #50: Adventure Island

[mbd39 | 2,025]

That AI gets ridiculously hard is a big part of why it's so great. I respect a game that kicks my ass so much.

I also like that the scoring isn't broken which is kind of rare in NES action games. It's a great score attack game.

 

 

 

[Dr. Morbis | 2,089]

8 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

@mbd39 @Dr. Morbis wooooowhoooo! 10's! i cant remeber if you finished this before? morphius! you beat this one?!

Not only have I beaten it, but if you look back on the history of weekly NES contests on NA, the only time I ever competed before this year was when I popped my head into the Adventure Island thread like a decade ago to shred the competition...

[Dr. Morbis | 2,089]

1 hour ago, mbd39 said:

That AI gets ridiculously hard is a big part of why it's so great. I respect a game that kicks my ass so much.

I also like that the scoring isn't broken which is kind of rare in NES action games. It's a great score attack game.

That's the best part.  Sure Ninja Gaiden is a great game, but once you're good at it you can beat it in 15 minutes no-death.  Same with most other all-time great run-n-gunners.  The games have no staying power in the challenge department.

Like I said earlier, Adventure Island's greatest  asset is it's difficulty curve

[Gloves | 11,791]

43 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said:

That's the best part.  Sure Ninja Gaiden is a great game, but once you're good at it you can beat it in 15 minutes no-death.  Same with most other all-time great run-n-gunners.  The games have no staying power in the challenge department.

Like I said earlier, Adventure Island's greatest  asset is it's difficulty curve

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[mbd39 | 2,025]

2 minutes ago, Gloves said:

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I disagree.  I'd say for normal people the game gets reasonably hard by around world 3 but then gets insane in the later worlds.

 

[Gloves | 11,791]

Just now, mbd39 said:

 

I disagree.  I'd say for normal people the game gets reasonably hard by around world 3 but then gets insane in the later worlds.

 

Normal people...? 

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Ah! Where!? 

[mbd39 | 2,025]

I'm just saying it's a consistently difficult game. World 4 in AI is way harder than world 4 in Super Mario. It just gets extremely difficult near the end.

 

[Gloves | 11,791]

2 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

I'm just saying it's a consistently difficult game. World 4 in AI is way harder than world 4 in Super Mario. It just gets extremely difficult near the end.

 

Lol I getcha. You speak true and wise. 

[docile tapeworm | 4,203]

1 hour ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Not only have I beaten it, but if you look back on the history of weekly NES contests on NA, the only time I ever competed before this year was when I popped my head into the Adventure Island thread like a decade ago to shred the competition...

nice!

[WhyNotZoidberg | 585]

On 5/22/2021 at 6:40 PM, Strikezone1 said:

I see your point and don’t disagree... but yet I think AI is more cheap/difficult than any of the 3 NG games, and less enjoyable.

But it is 100% reliable isn't it? As far as I can tell the enemies and moving objects always act the same if I get to them in the same way/time.

[Sumez | 2,967]

Same ting goes for the Ninja Gaiden games, too  I don't get what this is referring to either.

[docile tapeworm | 4,203]

On 5/23/2021 at 2:19 PM, Dr. Morbis said:

That's the best part.  Sure Ninja Gaiden is a great game, but once you're good at it you can beat it in 15 minutes no-death.  Same with most other all-time great run-n-gunners.  The games have no staying power in the challenge department.

Like I said earlier, Adventure Island's greatest  asset is it's difficulty curve

are you saying its impossible to master AI the same as any other nee game?

[Dr. Morbis | 2,089]

15 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

are you saying its impossible to master AI the same as any other nee game?

Not impossible, just a whole lot more effort would be involved than your average run of the mill "hard" game...

[Sumer | 221]

5.  Very average game.  I have Wonder Boy for Master System and would give that version a nod over Adventure Island.  Though I do like Master Higgins' hat a bit better than Wonder Boy's mop of hair.

[mbd39 | 2,025]

7 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Not impossible, just a whole lot more effort would be involved than your average run of the mill "hard" game...

It's a lot harder than most games that make "hardest NES games" lists.