/vr/ - Retro Games

Playing through it now. So far
+great ost
+great sprite art
+neat approach to boss fights
+the invisibility gimmick when activating time travel
=bonus stages are “okay”. They have a neat concept but are fairly easy
-levels can be really tedious (the bouncing one) or downright confusing in their layout
-the loading on the time travel makes you want to avoid it all together in the way it breaks up the pace

I’m gonna keep the levels as a tentative negative because, like most sonic games, I want to play through it a couple of times before judging that aspect. Classic sonic rewards memorization and reaction speed do I want to give CD a fair shake. Same reason I’ll eventually try superstars even though it got such middling reviews initially. To many people stumble to the finish line on these games and write them off when that’s simply not how you’re supposed to play them.

Anyone see the new gameplay for superstars? It looks kind of awful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b89jNPYIA2I

>>9974904
Wait, what the fuck? If this is the case I’m gonna pass too. The novelty of having it all on a switch cart was the only reason I was sort of interested.

Beat sonic 1-3&K plus a couple rom hacks

Also beat SoR 1&2, halfway through 3 (us ver) and Golden Axe 1&2.

Been a pretty good retro gaming year. Thinking about playing FFIX next and making it the first retro jrpg I beat.

I just don’t like to play as Sonic without his lil buddy following.

>>9441886
Also, minor tip, but when you spin dash make sure you roll your thumb on multiple buttons and not just one. It’ll charge you to full speed almost instantly and can be pretty useful. Other than that, it’s a little bit of level memorization, a little bit of practice. Shoot to take the higher routes in the levels. Also, eventually you’ll kind of get a feel when to take leaps of faith in the levels. I think that’s everything. It’s like the Mega Man games where eventually you’ll break through the wall and it’ll be super fun, but again, don’t treat it like a traditional platformer.

I’m just glad I got the nip one preordered before they ran out. I guess they are going to be in super limited quantity. Might keep the US version preordered as well as I guess it’s only getting one run, but the game selection is pretty bad. I figured they wouldn’t try too hard when it came to licensing games on the NA/EU versions, but I had hoped they would surprise me.

went ahead and preordered as I find myself emulating Sega games the most on my vita. Hopefully it’s actually decent considering the price and the shipping. I’ll be keeping a close eye on the Japanese and NA list, and hopefully they’ll just include everything on the NA version even if they don’t want to take the time to translate it. I’d rather that than some shoehorned in games to replace the superior Japanese ones.

Seriously though, that’s a big price point.

Who’s the artist behind these Genesis era pics?

Sonic Blast is nowhere near as bad as I’ve seen it made out to be. I actually like that they took away a bit of control on your jump but gave you a double jump to make up for it. Also, some of the boss fights have been pretty neat.