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Does anyone else get a Castlevania (Metroidvania in particular) feel from this game?

I swear this game is like Castlevania if Simon had a kick-ass armor instead of a whimsy whip and Dracula had cooler buddies that actually did shit instead of just slacking-off in his mansion.

>> No.3487658

>>3487648
No

>> No.3487685

>>3487648
>shmup feels like metroidvania game
Is your brain broken? There are some similar colors but the art isn't close, gameplay is completely different, music is different...

>> No.3487695

>>3487685
The art and music are precisely what's similar actually.

>> No.3488697
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3488697

Holy fuck a Lords of Thunder thread.

Bumping with inferior Sega CD cover.

>> No.3488750
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3488750

Personally, Lords of Thunder reminds me more of Spriggan with the Shmup+Sword & Sorcery combination.

>> No.3488795

>>3488750
spriggan got no swords , nigga

>> No.3488801

no, it just feels like a mediocre shmup

>> No.3488828 [SPOILER] 
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3488828

>>3488801
>hardest shmup known to man
>mediocre

>> No.3488856
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3488856

>>3487648
I always felt the cover to Winds of Thunder was done by Masamune Shirow, back when he used actual paints instead of digital Photoshop work. I got the vibe that it was not quite like Gate of Thunder, but still amazing as its own thing.

>>3488828
What is Rayxanber 2?

>>3488697
I still want that game even when it is "inferior" just can't afford it.


I finally decided I had saved up a bit to pay someone to replace the capacitors of my old TurboDuo, and I am pretty excited to play these games again!

>> No.3488875

Playing this game with any armor other than the water one is absolute hell.

>> No.3488880

>>3488828
God damn, that meme is fucking ancient, truly a retro meme.

>> No.3489019

>>3488856
God it feels good having bought up loads of Sega CD stuff back when retards were still parroting AVGN bullshit about it.

>> No.3489046

>>3488875
get a load of this complete newb

Earth is the single best armor.

>> No.3489624
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3489624

>>3489019
For me it was not a case of parroting AVGN. There are multiple factors, such as my lack of funds and I could only get a game every so often.

Priorities shift as there are always great games to get given the time, the SegaCD version of Lords of Thunder was lower on my priority list because as you can see on the upper right, I have Winds of Thunder for my TurboDuo already.

Timing may have dictated I get other titles I was more hyped about at the moment; Saturn, Playstation, SNES, and even on the Genesis/CD/32X had titles I wanted. It is difficult with a limited amount of resources.

Another factor is environment, around my area in the US, it is all Nintendo and Sega is pretty hard to find unless it is a sports title, even back then. I can't even recall Lords of Thunder on any shelf of Blockbuster Video, Electronics Boutique, Babbages, Toys 'R Us, Ames, Service Merchandise, nor Silo.

As for the image, I forgot about one more title ... so actually 3 more to be at peace ...

>> No.3489629
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>>3489624 again
I will say that at least Lords of Thunder for the TurboDuo was available at EB. Still just didn't see it for the SegaCD.

>> No.3489694

>>3489624
That wasnt an insult directed at you. I meant it was all relatively cheap because it was not widely known.

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3489751

>>3487685
>>3487695
Is it this much like Castlevania?

>> No.3490473

>>3489624
Where the hell is Sonic CD?

>> No.3492916

>>3488856
late as fuck, but...
the cover was done by Shirow. he reprinted the image in his first collection, Intron Depot

>> No.3492920
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3492920

>>3489694
Ah, sorry, I misinterpreted that. I am still super jealous of you having the SegaCD version still. My salt can still insure nothing will grow around me.

>>3490473
13th from left. Picture here is the front.

>>3492916
That's awesome, I just recognize by coloring and faces of the fairies & main guy.

>> No.3492945

>>3492920
Everyone who collects gets some stuff at the right time. I still had to pay reasonably large amounts for my SCD collection, just 50% or less than what it goes for now.

Now, N64; that stuff I picked up mostly for literally free.

I don't have a Turbografx and never will. That stuff is so rare and expensive I've never seen one in person and have known all of one person ever who owned one (they sold it before I met them).

>> No.3492946

>>3489751
Clip your nails

>> No.3493614

>>3492946
I find long thumbnails better for gaming, but thanks for the input.