MagusSmurf | 577 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Sonic Blast Man I guess at the top end of 5/10. Basically competent, not much more than that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Madden '95 and 97 and 98 done. I ain't doing 96 again. Not happening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I am making slow progress in Ogre Battle. i can't say i'm doing it with any finesse or deep knowledge of the game, but I have beaten 4 maps so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Still plugging away at Ogre Battle. I still have no idea what I'm doing other than going to maps and killing everything there. I believe I have 0% reputation but whatever. Hopefully i won't be screwed at some point later in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Keeping your rep up seemed really, really hard. I think it mostly just affects which ending you're gonna get and what super classes you'll have access to (lich vs something "good" for example) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I beat Ogre Battle tonight. My strategy was absolutely despicable and I think any Ogre Battle fan would have been shocked at what I did. Regardless, I powered through the last 6 stages today by just ram-assing straight for the enemy base and burning heals and revives and the 500 jokers I bought like an asshole. I got rewarded with what looks to be the laziest and worst ending: The Tower Ending. Reputation nonexistent and charisma < 30. I couldn't even get the cool Devil ending since I never got anyone to agree to join me after the first 2 or 3 setpieces... Not even the Devil would join my team. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Finished Brandish. 5/10 Wasn’t that into this one but I saw some potential here and am intrigued enough to play the second SNES game and maybe if I ever get into PSP the remake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings is done. I think this is one of the best SNES games ever. The story line, the UI, the fighting mechanism, and the clear, coherent gameplay make this one of the best games of all time for me. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 7:08 PM, MagusSmurf said: Finished Brandish. 5/10 Wasn’t that into this one but I saw some potential here and am intrigued enough to play the second SNES game and maybe if I ever get into PSP the remake. Welcome to the Brandish cult! I want to replay this soon and take on the 2nd one at some point too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Now that I've had some time to ruminate on Lord of the Rings, I have to say, it wasn't that bad? I used a walkthrough, which helped immensely. The biggest potential problem with the game is missing something early on and getting all the way to the gates of Moria and having to backtrack. Apparently there are glitches with the password system, but I never had to reset. Frodo died a few times early on, but you keep your level and items when you respawn. All the other hobbits died quick, ignominious deaths right at the beginning, but once I had Aragorn, I never was in danger of having him and Gimli die. I even beat the Balrog on the first try, although only Frodo and Aragorn survived. The mines of Moria are indeed a mess, but they are partitioned because of the locked doors, so it's actually not that bad to wander about and keep progressing. The Barrows are the place where it would have been a lot harder without a guide. The gates of Moria did open without me having to do the gem thing that the walkthrough described. I don't know if it glitched out or I just misunderstood what you have to do. Anyway, it's definitely beatable, but a blind playthrough would require careful mapping and exploration of all those caves in each section. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Bebe's Kids 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I believe I beat College Football USA 97 I selected 20 minute games, 1 game season, beat that team, then beat Tennessee in the Bowl Match. Is that good enough? I don't know anything about football games and only the basics of football, so it seemed as incomprehensible as any other football game. All I did was press X over and over on every offensive play and it would pass to some guy at least one of the 4 downs, usually, and I could eventually get a TD and some 2 point conversions. I couldn't figure out how to punt or kick so all I did was pass. On defense, I figured out that if you just didn't touch any buttons until well into the play, the CPU would often try to run or pass short and I could clobber him. The CPU turned over the ball to me a bunch just by doing that. He did get some 80 yard TDs, but not enough to beat me. So, it seemed like an okay football game to me, but what do I know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 in case we ever get around to actually listing the super famicom games beaten, magic knight rayearth finished. 3/10 It’s just a really lame standard JRPG with too high of a random encounter rate yet no real difficulty, a not very good condensed retread of the anime for its story, and nothing in particular really going for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 11 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said: I believe I beat College Football USA 97 I selected 20 minute games, 1 game season, beat that team, then beat Tennessee in the Bowl Match. Is that good enough? I don't know anything about football games and only the basics of football, so it seemed as incomprehensible as any other football game. All I did was press X over and over on every offensive play and it would pass to some guy at least one of the 4 downs, usually, and I could eventually get a TD and some 2 point conversions. I couldn't figure out how to punt or kick so all I did was pass. On defense, I figured out that if you just didn't touch any buttons until well into the play, the CPU would often try to run or pass short and I could clobber him. The CPU turned over the ball to me a bunch just by doing that. He did get some 80 yard TDs, but not enough to beat me. So, it seemed like an okay football game to me, but what do I know. "The best defense is to not press buttons" sums this game up very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Pro Quarterback Two minute quarters, single game (only option) I continued my time-tested strategy of selecting a random play ("Quick Out"), but instead of pressing "X" over and over again, this time I hammered at "B." It connected surprisingly often and I had no problem continuing the first downs through passing. The opp's offense was better here and I was forced to run randomly around the field while pressing B and Y like a zoo monkey to try to stop Cleveland. Regardless, this was a pretty easy completion Edited April 5, 2022 by Daniel_Doyce fixed game name 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzeshield | 293 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Daniel_Doyce said: Pro Quarterback Regardless, this was a pretty easy completion Heh, even I've beaten Pro Quarterback (on Genesis), and I know about as much about football games as I do about...um...football. Not much, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Nice work @Daniel_Doyce. I'll update late tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHCGreg | 111 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Here's another SFC beat in case we start tracking those: Parodius Da I did a bunch of playthroughs with different characters on different difficulties and made sure to do one on default settings (difficulty 4, 2 lives in reserve) just so it officially counts for this thread, even though there are unlimited continues that bring you back the same place as when you lose a life normally. Difficulty 4 is manageable with continues but above that, the Gradius effect makes it hard to get back on your feet after losing your powerups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 I just noticed that @Daniel_Doyce has been clearing a real murderer's row of abysmal games. Must be on a masochistic streak Updated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 470 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 I am going to try King Arthur & the Knights of Justice next 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 UN Squadron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: UN Squadron Was that on “gamer” mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 7 hours ago, docile tapeworm said: Was that on “gamer” mode? Just default/Normal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Just default/Normal Nice work sanda. It’s a good one I think people jock it a little too hard but it is a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: Nice work sanda. It’s a good one I think people jock it a little too hard but it is a good game. Top 25 on the system imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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