/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2637952
Symphony of the night's only downside is that is too easy.

>>2637952
>Is that true?
Nope. Worse level design and even easier due to the RPG elements. You easily overlevel any boss.
But it looks and plays decent enough. Exploration is fun.

It's better in my opinion.
thread theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBjFZq7T0W8

>>2637956
>>2637957

>they don't have the 1 HP hack
>2015

>>2637952
Wonder Boy III
Wonder Boy V
Pretty much every 2d Castlevania starting from Symphony.

Too easy, stats kill the game

Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night represent a turning point in adventure platformers, so much so that the genre became known as "metroidvania" from that point on and yes, SoTN and other Igavanias are more casualized than Super Metroid. You'll get more polished streamlined experiences if you follow the genre forward from the midpoint you discovered, more primitive punishing experiences if you follow it backward.

OP needs to ask himself which it's gonna be.

>>2637992
Why the fuck isn't there a balance overhaul hack for SotN?

>>2638029
there is

>>2638030
Well suck my dick and call me Shirley!!!
Is it any good, faggot?

>>2638031
not your personal google army
look it up, kid

>>2638032
>I'll tell you it exists but I won't tell you anything about it
>I never played it but I want to feel cool

>>2638039
>"Hey is there an answer to 44030390939x4430943985693684089603484693"

>yes, use a calculator

>">LEL YOU DONT KNOW IT STOP TRYING TO BE COOL"

Retardation.

>>2638050

not even the same guy but that's a shit analogy, he just wants to know your opinion of it. please fuck off back to /v/ you underage little bitch.

>>2638059
He wants to know the opinion of a game I never said I played? wow. you're just as retarded as him.

>>2638007
This is a good point and well-expressed.

OP, play Zelda 2, Wonder Boy 3 (I know it was already said but I wanna say it again) and Popful Mail

>>2638062
Dude, you're Anonymous you can just say "I don't know". You won't get any less pussy.

>>2638074
I can tell you're samefagging, because every reply to me sounds like it was made by a 12 year old.

> WELL FUCK ME AND CALL ME SHIRLEY FAGGOT XD

> you never played it but I want to feel cool

> please fuck off back to /v/ you underage little bitch.

>You won't get any less pussy.


Take those meds kiddo.

>>2638081
>Inappropriate levels of aggression in response to every post
>Persecution delusions
>Telling others to take their meds
Projection isn't just a buzzword, Anon.

New guy, but I googled SOTN hack and get a bunch of different results that arent all that clear.

Does this balance hack have a specific name?

>>2638108
Does this balance hack have a specific name?

yes.

>>2638108
there's no such hack, he's fucking with you

>>2638114
>"if I claim something doesn't exit, surely people will rush to post the link so I don't have to look for it"

>>2638114
Figured as much. If the asswipe really had a hack (lots of games have fucktons of them) he'd post the name of it,

I would really like SOTN to be a bit more balanced. Things like the Shield Rod really stick out as making the game real easy early on.

>>2638007

faxanadu is one of my favorites. it has its flaws but its an excellent adventure platformer. it also has buttloads of atmosphere and an excellent soundtrack, which to me are a big deal.

>/v/ refugee here
We don't take kind to your kind round here

>>2638062
You never said you haven't played it in your original post you fucking mong, quit shitting up the thread holy fuck

>>2638131
Yeah, they are coming in droves to this thread.
flashing that /v/ sign, is like the bat symbol for retards.

>>2638131
>>2638143
>How dare people who want to learn about retro games come to /vr/ and ask about them
>This place is only for people who already know everything to sit around circle jerking

>>2637952
Recently beat it on cola, very good game although I had a bit of trouble not because of stats rather because of enemies and level design which worsens when you getting the inverted castle.
By all means it isn't a bad game at all, far from it, just be aware that except for a boss or two, a couple rooms (particularly the clock tower section), and the inverted castle, it's pretty easy. I also don't know the consensus on /vr/ with the high version to play, but Xbla version has no slowdown or loading times, but lack the extra content of the Japanese version, this includes the Saturn version which I believe had 2 new areas although I hear that game has bad slowdown even though it's a 2D game on the Saturn.

>>2638171
>cola
Sorry, fucking auto correct, I meant XBLA

>>2638171
There's no wrong way to play, as long as you say it was too easy afterward. Just like Panzer Dragoon Saga, just too few people have gotten the opportunity.

>>2637952

SotN was a good game, exploration is fun, control is tight, great music, graphics, and atmosphere.

My biggest issue with it is that the first half of the game is incredibly well designed, areas are really fun to traverse and explore, once you get to the second half the platforming just doesn't work properly, and the whole experience is more tedious than fun.

However once you've finished it once, you can play as Richter, and it's fucking perfect.

>>2639075
>once you get to the second half the platforming just doesn't work properly, and the whole experience is more tedious than fun.

I finished SotN for the first time recently and this was exactly my experience. Loved the first half, couldn't put it down. Second half was more of a map-filling chore.

Difficulty-wise unbalanced as fuck.

First 3/4 of the first half was a decent challenge I thought actually, but the rest was mostly a cake walk with the odd well-fuck-that corridor. Almost all the bosses were too easy and you can kill them whilst taking numerous hits without ever grinding.

>>2638143
>flashing that /v/ sign, is like the bat symbol for retards.

>>2639075
>>2639215
Finale Tocata, Finale Tocata everywhere

>>2639225

Oh yeah, fuck that track. The second castle had hardly any music diversity, so while you're traversing platforming sections that require high jumping and bat-form, you're also listening to the same 3 or 4 tracks over and over.

The game really should have just ended with the first castle, which most people beat in about 6 or 7 hours. Playing through the game as Richter is better overall IMO, tighter experience.

>>2639242
>Playing through the game as Richter is better overall IMO, tighter experience.
Until you decide to take on galamoth

>>2639225
God, right. The soundtrack is good but I got so sick of some tunes after hearing them start up about 50 times each. Not one I'll be returning to outside the game.

>>2639256
Sound track is nice, but few are outstanding enough to stand on their own like Entrance, Tragic Prince. There's Cursed Bloodlines which is an insanely cool remix, but in game you literaly hear 5s of it since it restarts for dialog in the middle of the fight.

>>2639251

Knife crash to the face. It's cheesy, but that's boss is cheese anyhow.

>>2637979
>tfw you've been playing wonder boy iv off-and-on since friday
It started Friday morning while waiting in the doctor's office and I've been reliving my itty bitty kiddie days.
Dragon's Curse is amongst my favourite games of all time.

>>2637952
Try Battle of Olympus. It's awesome.

There aren't many games like SM in the 5th gen and earlier, but I like all the ones I've ever played.

>>2639286
I'm waiting for my master everdrive to arrive, so I can play WBIII with FM patch on my SMS with FM addon on my trini.

>>2638152
Relax, it was a joke.

All we ask is that you don't bring in the mindset, culture or attitide of /v/, we can do without the cancer.

As long as you like videogames and don't bring in mountains of offtopic stuff or shitposting, it'll be fine.

>>2637952
Sotn is literally the best game ever made

>>2639547
I like it, I really do, but I cant agree with your statement.

>>2639547
It's not even the best Castlevania game. Or even the best Igavania.

It's aged like shit and is easy as piss.

>>2639639
>It's aged like shit
disagree, it is still quite nice looking considering its age
>easy as piss.
can't argue with this.

Play Aria of Sorrow instead

>>2639685
>not Circle of the Moon
Get a load of this pleb.

>>2639712
> Implying Circle of The Moon is better than Aria of Sorrow

>>2639796

it really is

so is Order of Ecclesia

still SotN is just a beautiful game, definitely worth playing. Easy as shit though, even without the game breaking stuff.

>>2639242
>Playing through the game as Richter is better overall IMO, tighter experience.
Absolute nonsense. The only thing more balanced is the amount of health he has. In almost every other way he's just as broken, sometimes more so, than Alucard right out of the starting gate.

>>2639639
>It's aged like shit
Aside from the general retardation of this phrase, what is this even supposed to mean in terms of SotN? It's still better looking and sounding than any of the handhelds.

>>2639712
>mfw CotM soundtrack

>>2638152
This. Jesus fuck some you guys are being such assholes. For the OP: Yes, you should absolutely play SoTN if you enjoyed Super Metroid. It's not the hardest game but go through without a guide and it's still very rewarding. You may also like the Shantae series.

>>2639712
>mfw the best Castleroid wasn't even made by Igarashi
IGA status: btfo

>>2638152
>>2639860
i don't understand why OP had to explicitly mention "Refugee from /v/" ,I do not care where he is from and who he is and what he sees this place as ,he should have just asked about the game and not mention the meta offtopic dribble, /v/ is shit because there is more meta discussion which attracts 15 year olds that can't contribute anything but negativity because of their hormones ,details like this meta dribble defeat the purpose of being anon in the first place , discuss the fucking games or GTFO utter a single word of offtopic meta bullshit and you contribute to making this place a second /v/.

>>2639881
Getting that triggered and sperging out over something so small is on you, buddy. Chill the fuck out.

>>2639881
Projecting much?

>>2639879
Whatever happened to the team that made CotM? Were they disbanded for being too good?

>>2639915
The difficulty of CotM combined with the gameplay of Aria of Sorrow would make the perfect Castlevania game for me.

>>2639915
Probably, knowing Iga who's a massive childish control freak, he got butthurt at them which is why he retconned Legends and CotM from his 'vania canon.

http://www.insanedifficulty.com/board/index.php?/files/file/80-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-hardtype/

Here you go, hard type hack for SotN. It works, just apply the PPF to the ISO and you're good.

cotm sucks are you guys pretending to like it because it's harder than other igavanias?

>>2639997
>cotm sucks
no, your opinion sucks

>>2639997
pretty much the only thing going for it in comparison at least Aria of Sorrow is difficulty, naturally there will be a few people that prefer cotm

>>2639881
People from multiple boards do that all the time when they post on another. Do you only post on /vr/? Not everything that reminds you you're still on 4chan is a /v/ thing.

>>2637952
symphone epitomizes style over substance.
the sprites, animation, and music are top tier, but design wise it's middling

>>2640073
yeah, ppl do that, you're right.

SOTN and Aria of Sorrow are pretty good, if easy. Aria's castle is better to explore since at least the real game doesn't begin with a rehashed reverse castle.

Harnony of Dissonance is really good, more challenging since you play a classic whip Belmont, and has a great styke6

Order of Ecclesia is great and will kick your ass if you play it like the others, since you actually need to learn boss patterns. I feel it's the best out of the ones mentioned

Haven't played Dawn of Sorrow or Potrait of Ruin yet, I'll get on those soon

>>2640397
Ecclesia dies once you you go double lapiste or nitesco.
Dawn adds a tedious 3rd layer of drops.
Portrait get shit on for having /a/ looks, but it's probably the most varried thanks to portraits, has yuzo koshiro / michiru yamane combo at sound, and has lv caps once you clear it. Lv1 cap is tons of fun. Also I like it because it establishes the importance of the Morris family.

>>2640397
>since you actually need to learn boss patterns.
I thought Portrait's and Circle's bosses were harder tbh

It looks really bad on an emulator, what am i doing wrong? What should the settings be like? It seriously looks like a 16bit game. Is it because my tv is 42inch?

>>2640604
are you using ePSXe ?

>>2640604
it's because the game is actually made of polygons, so you can't use filtering. Use a software plugin or unfiltered texture setting, and apply an overall filter

>>2640624
I'll do that, thanks.

>>2640430
POR's bosses don't have patterns though, but they do have some very subtle cues, like how Stella remains still for a brief period before her wind attack.

>>2639293
I'm not sure WBIII was ever released on TG16 and I didn't have SMS long.
I had WBIV on it and played it a lot on my TX/GT back in the day. I had about half the North American game's list for TG16: 44 games before I sold it all upon moving back to the US.

>>2637952
Metroid 1 for NES, every Castlevania starting with Symphony, maybe some other shit as well I dunno. Try Cave Story.

>>2637956
SUPER METROID IS TOO FUCKING EASY.

>>2638032
So you're lying?

>>2641490
So you can't use google?
So you haven't seen it already linked here?
So you're a dumb /v/ cunt?

Answers to all: yes

>>2641492

>>2641492
All that hack does is increase enemy HP and damage.

That does -not- solve the problem with SOTNs difficulty: The bosses are very, VERY badly designed compared to Alucard's speed and capabilities. You could give every boss in the game +100 damage and it wouldn't make a lick of difference in difficulty.

>>2641514
There are hacks that cap your HP at <1>.
What this means is, you get hit once you die.
if you want super hard mode, find that hack.

>>2641518
That doesn't stop you cancel-spamming hellfiring and dark metamorphosising everything.

Alucard's natural capability before stats are even a talking point makes him outclass just about every enemy in the game.

>>2640397
I like HoD the most just for the simple fact that
Juste can dash backward and forward and can do those dive kicks which lets you clear a room in seconds.

>>2639987
thanks anon, I'll have to give that a go on my next playthrough

>>2641529
sorta related, i made a level 99 with level 1 stats as a memory card save.
you'll never have enough mp for soul steal and the game itself plays a LOT better. equipment actually matters but it still doesn't feel hard. i guess you could opt to use bad equipment if you want a super hard game.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/s4jo7fo8szfy3d9/sotn_lv1.mcr

>>2637952
In terms of presentation? Fuck yes!
In terms of level design? Fuck no!

But that is just to me. Play it for yourself and make up your own mind.

To me, it is still a fun game and I understand why so many people love it.