ookii_risu | 206 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I beat Phantasy Star 4 last week. Was a good game. One plus was that it’s not as grindy as most older RPGs, but I did spend some time Leveling up anyway. They throw Star dews and moon dews at you, which made the game considerably easier toward the end. Still required a lot of healing/item management along the way, though. I still think PS2 is better, but I did enjoy PS4. It was nice to finally play through it after all these years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorabear | 69 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Just beat Rayman Origins late last night. I really wish they would finally come out with a new Rayman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,541 Graphics Team · Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I finished up Solomon's Key 2 [Fire 'N Ice] yesterday. It's easily one of my top 3 NES games, and probably my favorite action-puzzler of all time. Not to mention the incredible character/sprite designs and the perfect difficulty-curve. This game is a masterpiece. -CasualCart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 My boy Yoshi chillin in HD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesmaster14 | 435 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Beat Pinball Quest on NES Friday night, was nice to finally give this quirky game a full playthrough. It exceeded my expectations and was a lot of fun. Edited September 20, 2020 by nesmaster14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) Got through Rhondo of Blood. I am at 76% right now. I think 3' is my last hidden level. As far as I can figure I have to beat the seperate path boss on level 2, holding the key so I won't be able to use sub-weapons at boss. I wanna go see what the key opens and then I'll go back and see if Dracula has another form. The first time I beat him took a bit, but it was nothing like the savage beatings I took on Castlevania lll, Bloodlines, etc. And hopefully that will open the alternate character playthrough. (Haven't googled anything) Edited September 26, 2020 by Californication 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/18/2020 at 10:48 PM, CasualCart said: I finished up Solomon's Key 2 [Fire 'N Ice] yesterday. It's easily one of my top 3 NES games, and probably my favorite action-puzzler of all time. Not to mention the incredible character/sprite designs and the perfect difficulty-curve. This game is a masterpiece. -CasualCart Wonder if that came out here. Great art. Beat link to the past again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Californication said: Got through Rhondo of Blood. I am at 76% right now. I think 3' is my last hidden level. As far as I can figure I have to beat the seperate path boss on level 2, holding the key so I won't be able to use sub-weapons at boss. I wanna go see what the key opens and then I'll go back and see if Dracula has another form. The first time I beat him took a bit, but it was nothing like the savage beatings I took on Castlevania lll, Bloodlines, etc. And hopefully that will open the alternate character playthrough. (Haven't googled anything) Always nice to see some love for Rondo! Probably my favorite of the classic CV games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, DarkTone said: Wonder if that came out here. Great art. Beat link to the past again. I don't know where you're located, but It was released in NTSC and PAL, so presumably it did! It's on the expensive side, but it really is great. As for me, I just finished The Outer Worlds DLC, The Peril on Gorgon. It had the same great writing and dark humor as the original game with a new environment. It also has the same flaws, mainly the lack of interesting weaponry and combat. Even the science weapons and unique items are a bit on the boring side. I'll probably still play the next DLC, but mostly I just want to see a true sequel that expands on all the systems here. Edited September 27, 2020 by DoctorEncore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,541 Graphics Team · Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 5 hours ago, DarkTone said: Wonder if that came out here. Great art. Yeah - like @DoctorEncore said, it was released internationally. The North American version is called 'Fire 'N Ice'. My copy is the European version, 'Solomon's Key 2', which I got because it's cheaper and I like the Solomon's Key branding. I don't think there are any regional differences in gameplay, either. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 5 hours ago, CasualCart said: I don't think there are any regional differences in gameplay, either. -CasualCart Notwithstanding the timing differences between NTSC and PAL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 5 hours ago, CasualCart said: Yeah - like @DoctorEncore said, it was released internationally. The North American version is called 'Fire 'N Ice'. My copy is the European version, 'Solomon's Key 2', which I got because it's cheaper and I like the Solomon's Key branding. I don't think there are any regional differences in gameplay, either. -CasualCart Cool. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,950 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 22 hours ago, Californication said: I wanna go see what the key opens and then I'll go back and see if Dracula has another form. IIRC all the keys in the game are used in the same stage you get them. Just keep searching. Lots of cool secrets to find in the game, and it's more fun to look for them yourself. Saving people and fighting all bosses is the way to get 100%. As for Dracula Spoiler there's no third form I'm sorry. He's kinda laughably easy in Rondo, which I guess is why they made him so absurdly hard in Dracula XX on the SNES, which otherwise borrows a lot directly from Rondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Saw many switch kids on fb posting pics of finishing mario64 for the first time. So I wanted too. (Started friday, played on evenings, finished now. Played many hours as a kid but never even got 70 stars back then.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I bought a Halo Reach 360 console and the first game I beat was Halo Reach on Legendary. This might be the first time I have played Halo in fifteen years and it was good. The level designs were great. I didn't breeze through it, but it definetly seemed a lot easier than I remember Halo 2 being (although it's been a while.) The way the levels were set up, it really feels like you are in a war zone and have to come up with a strategy to get through each area. I took a mostly long range strategy, but now that I am used to the power ups and the weapon balances, I could see trying to get up close and personal on a different run. I didn't know there was a knife move or what the special power ups did until like halfway through the game. I guess maybe I shouldn't have skipped the training and all the cut scenes. The one dissapointment was the copying of a battle from Republic Commando. Wouldn't have been a big deal if they wouldn't have put it in such an important part of the game but whatever. Def. recommend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Did a Sypha Route run-through of Castlevania III tonight. Dracula is ridiculously easy with Sypha/Trevor once you've figured out what to do... Edited October 31, 2022 by PII 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,200 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I just beat Aria of Sorrow for the first time a few minutes ago, best ending. Now on to the next Castlevania! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br81zad | 629 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I just beat the last main mission of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PS3) Pretty good game, definitely different from the main series. The story was pretty vanilla, but it fills in some backstory to the main games. I dig the graphic novel style cutscenes and the voice acting is superb. It's worthy of the critical praise it got upon its release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,523 Editorials Team · Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Batman on PC-engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) Just finished 3 successful in-a-row play-throughs of "Back To The Future" on NES. 3rd one was a no death. I crossed the finish line of the 4th play-through at 60 mph. to finally end it. Unfortunately with this game there is technically no actual looping as you have to press start from the title screen to begin again and your score resets to zero, which is a bummer. Edited October 31, 2022 by PII 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 675 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) I beat Super Mario 64 for the first time ever. Although I had played the hell out of demos and friends' copies back in the day, because I didn't buy my own N64 until '99, I never owned the game myself and thus never experienced the later courses. By that time, I was all about Ocarina and Smash Bros. I recorded my thoughts on the experience: "Looking past the nostalgia, this is game certainly shows its age but it is still charming and (mostly) fun to play. You'll die more often to the mushy controls and horrible camera than anything else, which gets incredibly frustrating, particularly in some of the later courses. However, the courses which focus on exploration rather than precise platforming feel rewarding and are where the game shines. Still worth playing today but I doubt I'd ever suffer through to 100% completion. (Grade: B-)" Edited November 19, 2020 by Webhead123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 205 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Finally got around to playing Transistor on Switch. The soundtrack is as great as advertised, and the visuals are incredible -- I can’t remember another game where I stopped so often just to take screenshots. But it was also never exactly… fun? The combat system is work to learn. How much work? I’ve been told this game takes five hours for a normal playthrough. It took me fifteen, and I’m sure at least ten of those were spent trying out various weapon builds to keep my ass from getting handed to me. So while the combat system is extremely deep, having to learn it ruins the pacing, which is why it feels like this is a game meant to be enjoyed “for real” on a second playthrough. I’ll have to see if that’s actually the case later, because I need a break from Transistor for a while. This game is exhausting. Edited November 23, 2020 by dvertov 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiRD | 137 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Shining Force on Genesis.. first game I beatten for the first time since.. yearsssssss! Now playing SF2 ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Alien Syndrome for NES. Easy but fun game. @bertsampson @SuperJimtendo @ninjistar @Jeevan @JamesRobot @TWarwick07 @docile tapeworm @8bitdontquit @mbd39 @0xDEAFC0DE @NESfiend @Gaia Gensouki @Tablew/chairs @Ausden and.......... @Bearcat-Doug 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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