/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4747849
That's not even the most breaking thing in the game either.

>>4747849
Petshop from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future.

>>4747854
Yes it is, it's faster than the Magic Shield if that's what you're implying.

>>4747849
might as well post a spritesheet for the whole game

>>4747849
Quake 2's railgun basically makes the campaign boring

>>4747861
Shield Rod + Alucard Sheild is almost as much damage abd heals/restores hearts the whole time. You can kill everything in the game including Drac just by walking into them and getting heal spammed while you do.

Personally I love game-breaking shit, my favorite was the genji glove in FF6.

Sometimes it's just fun to rape the CPU, if you're really concerned there are many ways to challenge yourself like trying to beat SOTN with just fists, I don't need devs telling me how to play the game.

>>4747849
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ndK8DlWy9I
Princesses and Dragoons in Ogre Battle MotBQ. Dragoons are a lot harder to get though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9ShAYzSRM
LUCT: When in doubt, use more archers and bows.

>>4747902
>genji glove in FF6.
Yeah but there's only one of them.

In contrast , you can equip a whole team with fireshields, get them all to learn Flare, and set the world on fire while the flames heal your whole team.

>>4747920
Summon le Aniki and be gaylord.
https://youtu.be/oyLqYcmdfwc?t=2m20s

>>4747861
Shield Rod + Alucard Shield is in the same spot every game and is something most players will come across.

>>4747934
>Promoting Aaron into High Master
You dense mother fucker.

>>4747979
>High Master
They're good with runestoning and levelskip.

>>4747926
>>genji glove in FF6.
>Yeah but there's only one of them.
No there isn't. You can get one in the returner hideout, one in the Cave to the Sealed Gate, one in the Dreamscape and they can be stolen from Dragons on the Floating Continent and metamorphed from Yojimbo and Samurai.

>>4747926
You can get 2 Genji Gloves before you arrive to Thamasa and you can steal more from the Floating Continent enemies until you get enough for everyone before you finish the world of balance story.

>>4748160
>>4748159
>steal more
Oh yeah, I never use that except on early bosses.

>>4747947
Does the game or manual tell you how to use it?
I don't think I'd be able to figure it out on my own.

>>4747849
I know you don't get it til the last boss fight, but damn that beam sword is so op. I cheesed the battle so bad I actually restarted and beat it without because I felt like I cheated.

>>4748863
Outside of a couple, the game doesn't tell you about most weapon's special abilities. They're a nice hidden treat for those interested in experimenting.

>>4747849
Math Skill in FF Tactics. It transforms an engaging game about tactical combat in a grid-based 3D environment with intuitive rules about time, space, and MP resources into a mundane meta-game about exploiting multiples and primes of arbitrary numbers associated with various units on the board.

Orlandu is overpowered sure, but at least lol999 stab just one-shots small tightly packed groups of enemies from a limited range. Math Skill can wipe out the whole board in one turn, or turn everyone into frogs, etc.

>>4747902
Genji glove is not that overpowered by itself. You get increased damage but sacrifice the shield slot, and there are lots of overpowered shields in FF6 (at least in the WoR).

Genji Glove is only OP combined with "special formula" weapons like the ValiantKnife, Atma Weapon, and Fixed Dice. And usually then only with the Offering (or "Master Scroll" for youngfags who have never played the real version of the game)

The Onimaru in Granstream Saga. You get it very early in the game before even leaving the first city, but only in a very specific room (Church Basement) used once for a cutscene and never afterwards, and after using some item on a nondescript wall tile you never face normally.
It's twice as powerful as the best end-game weapon.

Monster World IV has something similar, the debug merchant who only appears if you never talked to any of the NPCs that save your game but before you advance the plot to meet the queen for the 4 major gates when the game really begins, and if you check a nondescript place in a barren area behind the city and press up.
Merchant sells the best weapons in the game, and an armor equivalent to the best one plus the ability to edit the story flags for your pet (which means you can now double jump even in places not supposed to allow you to, makes the last dungeon muuuuch easier) and just in case you can't afford it, he gives 9999G everytime you talk to him.

If you promote ash to vandalier class there no way you cant lose in Vandal hearts

I wouldn't know. I always save up my items thinking I'm really going to need them and before I know it I beat the game.

>>4747893
I prefer the Gorgon shield. fucking screen clearing lazors, you can run around with the shield up killing shit by just running into them

>>4747849
I got this on my very first play through and it had to have been as soon as one could possibly get it. I chewed through the game after that and never felt the need to play it again.

>>4747849
That weapon isn't even hard to get, it's like you never even played the game and only know about it as a legacy meme.

>>4747849

>>4748970
The first time I played MM, I thought you just couldn't fight Majora without getting all the other masks in the game. Since the kids ask you to give them masks, I thought the last boss was locked until you gave them all the masks.
So I went, completed the game 100%, and went back to fight Majora.
And yeah, it was extremely easy, Oni Link doesn't get shit from anyone.
I played through the game again later, this time without getting all the masks, and Majora actually put up a challenging fight.

>>4747849
zerg rush

>>4747926
I would get three every playthrough for the last 20 years. Pairing one with offring is where things get fun

>>4750654
Overlevelling with priests is easier.

>>4750862

Big time

>>4750679
Dual heaven swords all day. I farmed them early game in the clock tower.

>>4747854
Why is SotN such a weird game?

Why do I have to equip food, throw it and walk into it to use it? It's not really a complaint so much as a baffling question. Then there are those street fighter combos for magic spells and getting a wolf speed booster even though there's hardly any corridors that let you use it, and doesn't really seem to serve a purpose.

>>4751358
SOTN is quantity over quality, tight design.
At least it has all that pretty spritework and music.

>>4751365
Yea, they threw in tons of items and skills that you never need, it gives the game a lot of autism feed by letting you try to find everything, but if you don't care about that stuff you don't have to worry about it.

>>4749029
I always used it on ed to duel wield the ragnarok sword and I think it was Excalibur ( been awhile since I played it), anyhow he tore through everything

>>4753073
>autism feed

There's a rare sword in the game called Muramasa. It's a pretty shitty two hander by itself, but it gives you a permanent blood heal effect, and every time you trigger this effect by drawing blood from an enemy (with actual blood sprites and all) the sword gets a tiny bit better.

Well, you can take the sword all the way up to +999 ATK, which requires over 1 million blood heals. Which will take you over 200 hours of real-time gameplay. And some people did it on the real hardware.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/196885-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/75632107

FWIW I replayed SOTN recently on an emulator and checked out Muramasa. I used Cheat Engine to find whatever variable it increments and yeah the damage maxes out at about 1 million blood heals. Insane.

But Crissaegrim (Valmanway) is still better because it attacks much faster.

>>4747849

As soon as you pick up that Crissaegrim, you're not longer playing SOTN. We on that Strider shit now.

>>4751358
Because it's fun! So you can use the meal ticket with the duplicator and throw out an endless stream of weird foods.

SotN is one of those games that you can easily break if you want to but it's a lot more fun to just play around with it. Going around the castle and summoning skeleton armies to kill everything is oddly satisfying.

>>4753525
I still don't know how to make most of these spells.
The only ones I remember were the HP sucking one, and the souls summons, which were pretty simple.
I've seen gifs of a spell that summons a giant naked lady, I've never seen that playing the game myself, and I've played it to completion at least 2 times, lol.

>>4753612
Most weapons it's a quarter-circle hadoken motion, but there are a few variations. Check it out, it sucks to have missed so much.

http://ca.ign.com/faqs/2007/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-equipment-listfaq-440395

>>4753635
Wow, that's a lot of shit.
I thought the spells are the ones you buy from the librarian guy.

>>4753641
Not at all! Like half the weapons have something special you can do with them. Shield Rod has different effects with every shield in the game and some are quite cool.

>>4753649
>tfw you finally got around to playing SoTN
>Rod + Alucard Shield combo killed Dracula in 10 seconds

10 fucking seconds. This honestly kinda ruined my experience. Weapons like these should never be easy to obtain.

>>4754497
Doing challenge runs can be fun.

>>4754497
Yeah and you got heal spammed the whole time! That was my experience the first time too. I still think it's neat you can if you want, but you can kill him with anything That's the fun part.

>>4754497
>Weapons like these should never be easy to obtain
Try discovering that power without a guide.

>>4754514
I swear I found it without a guide, not sure exactly how.

>>4747849
Not really a game breaker but it makes everything significantly easier. Probably the first truly devastating weapon I've ever known about.

>54 posts
>no this

probably the most broken item in ANY SMW even the modern ones

>>4754514
I did. It's not hard.

>>4754514
>hit both attack buttons at the same time while equipped with a shield
wooooow

>>4754540
>"the feather breaks the whole game, fly over EVERYTHING!"
>hardest levels in the game are fortresses and castles with no room to fly

>>4754556
you can't fly but you can glide, so it makes the leves much much more easy!
now fuck off and go suck galactor tranny dick or something!

>>4754645
But your hitbox is bigger. Also the raccoon suit already let you glide.
Get over it SMW isn't that easy, show your WR if you think it is.

>>4754871
>show your WR
That's rich, I could beat the special world when I was 11 and this retard wants to compare speedrun records to prove the game isn't easy as piss.

>>4751358
I think it's just a little nod to Classicvania. Not that you'd ever really need to do food unless you're playing a self-restrained hard mode.

>>4754872
>makes up excuses to not show his WR
I guess you don't have any WR, back to getting gud, pleb. Grab that feather, you'll need it.

>>4754890
How about I don't speedrun because I'm not a faggot.

Look at this video and tell me there's any skill involved whatsoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQV8CYvhpE

>>4754892
You can do no-glitch speedrun.
Come on, stop making excuses. You're just not good at games.

>>4754894
>no-glitch speedrun.
More like glitch-less. All of them routes abuse exploits to some extent, all of them, no exceptions. Fuck speedrunning, fuck mario world and fuck you.

>>4754895
I see a lot of anger in your post, anon. Must be the impotence of wanting to appear tough on the internet, but knowing that you suck dick at video games.
No WR, no skill. You lose. At video games, at life.

>>4754898
I don't merely appear tough, I fuck bitches and take names, and I'm all out of names. But seriously fuck Mario World.

>>4754895
Forget about SMW then.
What hard game are you good at? Got any records you can show us?

>>4754901
Haha, no but seriously, calm down, you suck. SMW is one of the most widely acclaimed video games of all time. You will die and nobody will remember your name or who you were the next day.

>>4754903
This is my favorite game and current world record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0scPVJi06Ik

>>4754905
Well my dude, Last of Us is world acclaimed too, that means it should be a good game, right? Wrong. No go ahead and ask me about my Last of Us World Record,

>>4754907
If that's really you make a comment on the video saying "Hi /vr/"

Even without cape Mario World is still broken as fuck due to your near invincible spin jump.

>>4754909
You can't trick me, there's no way to get a record watching a movie.

>>4754912

You fags don't even have a PB on revenge of the gator, your pathetic.

>>4754917
Disappointed, I thought that really was you, I was gonna congratulate you.
Guess you're a loser after all.

Spindash in sonic games.

That W-Item materia in FF7, the somewhat hidden one that let's you duplicate items. Stock yourself full of Megalixers and never fear anything short of Ruby Weapon. Make tons of the stat boosting Source's, and you can push everyone to insane levels of power without leveling. Felt like a debug item left in by accident since it was in such an obscure location.

Genji Glove and Offering are powerful in FF6, but I always felt the Drill was insanely OP. Fuck their dodge stat, you're dealing damage. Edgar with all three, and the Atma Weapon and Illumina combo, was effectively a one man army. Add Flash for crowd control and away you go. He never failed me in the Coliseum with that gear. Of course, had to get rid of all other tools to prevent him from trying to use the fucking auto crossbow or bio blaster.

Using the Naginata in Bushido Blade was so OP it was a good way to lose friends. The range and the quick forward stab you could do were very hard for someone to fight against, and the CPU didn't stand a chance. You could beat the entire game with honor by waiting for them to swing, dodging it, then approaching them from the front and stabbing them in the stomach. A polearm like that had no place in a game primarily about sword combat.

Earthbound wasn't hard to begin with, the Heavy Bazooka just sucked what little challenge that remained out. AoE attack that costs nothing to use, and does good damage in lategame. There really isn't a point in getting Jeff weapons to use after you get it, since he'll never be doing normal attacks unless you're jamming A through an easy fight, or go auto-fight.

>>4747849
It's game breaking but at the same time it takes fucking forever to farm so the likelyhood of someone just getting it out of pure luck on their first few playthroughs by just normally killing that enemy without the intention of getting it is next to none. Shield rod on the other hand should've been way harder to obtain.

>>4750862
Can you remind me why this is true?

>>4750654
Gotta love how he gets Kane's "100 DAMAGE TO EVERY MOTHERFUCKER ON THE MAP!" spell.

>Put all non-black cards in opponent's hand to trash

>>4747849
Soulsteal is the most gamebreaking shit there is and you get it not five minutes in, unless you do 99 luck runs in which case you'll have it by Doppleganger.

Literally makes the game 100x easier, and all you have to do is enter a cave right in the starting screen.

Carsomyr as a close follow-up.

counter materia

>>4754997
It only duplicates items through the use of a menu exploit. It's actual purpose is to just allow double item use in battle. It cannot duplicate non-battle use items.

>>4754997
Even without W-item FF7 was easy to break. Haste+regen with them leveled up enough to cast it on all party members makes the game ezpz.

>>4753660
>Use supply crawlers to maximize production in every city
>Produce planet busters every several turns
>Unleash them all over the map

>>4747893
>>4747947
>>4748863
>>4749014
>>4754497

Hit both attack buttons at the same time, thats how you activate shield combos basically.

The only balanced part of the alucard shield is how late in the game you find it. But it will destroy anyone including bbeg dracula. Devs must have figured it was balanced because it cost mana and shields could be stopped by hitting you with a trap or fireball, but this does not balance it really since you can turn around so quick and smack guys with the shield.
> machineguns 255 damage on enemies and gives 8 health each pop.
I like it though because of that meaty punch-schmack sound.

>>4747886
agreed, it does too much damage and the ammo is everywhere

>>4750682
kinda/sorta
in the first game the regular Minigun was OP because ammo modifiers didnt multiply damage output only bonus damage. While DR modifiers affected both DR and DT
> even with just 1 rank of bonus ranged damage you can clear out the BOS bunker with a Minigun and plenty of AP ammo.
> without it they only take like 30 damage per burst, but with 1 rank BRD they take about 80 per burst
give it two ranks and BOS power armor will be giving you flying-apart-death animations as they take over 100 points per burst

>>4754534
It isnt a game breaker but it is stout and can nerf the shit out of some encounters. In the first game the Barons were the ones you wanted to use this on because they took so damn long to take down, it was a decent grace to playability.
> its balanced by doing only one thing, and eating 40 cells at a time doing it
> you cant break that off into anything smaller, you cant use it as a plasma gun if you dont have one
Its not good at a distance either, the main projectile only does about as much damage as 2 rockets and its highly random. In later mapsets where cyberdemons are located on faraway pedestals the plasma gun is key to taking them out with short bursts.

>>4756618
this mothafucka posts it

>>4747849
Small chainsaws and real mega buster from Dead Rising.

>>4747849
>FM3
>Best mech in every way with beam rifle
Literally gundam.

>>4756853
>Even without W-item FF7 was easy to break. Haste+regen with them leveled up enough to cast it on all party members makes the game ezpz.
Quit your bullshit, casting on all party members is an aspect of the All materia.

>>4759863
Sorry haven't played FF7 in over a decade. I just remember having one member dedicated to casting regen and haste making the game a cakewalk. Also don't cuss.

what was that combo in ffv again ranger job for whatever reason gives x attack then you max job ninja for dual weapon you use two different weapons attack 8 times in one turn and do retarded damage and to cheese it even more it you could use mimic on said attack with another/all your party

How to beat Areobiz Supersonic on any difficulty, in any era with 747's
>Step 1
>buy 747's
>Step 2
>have home hub in LA or New York, London, or Tokyo
>open hubs in the two regions you aren't in, in the specified cities
>Step 3
>set up international flights between those three hubs
>Step 4
>do whatever you want as you make more money than your three competitors combined, they will never be able to compete with you ever
It's pathetic how quickly you can break the game. I really wish there was a more expanded version of the game with better quality AI, but no one gives a shit about airline management sims.

Hammerhead is OP as hell in Twisted Metal. In the sequels he got nerfed, but in the original he was death incarnate. His special did a lot of damage, and his high defense meant he could ram for massive damage. Between the two, you never had a reason to pick up weapons. Just turbo. Ram and run over, repeat. Heal when needed. You could ram fucking Darkside to death and still have plenty of health remaining. If you ever entered the code to play as Minion in Twisted Metal 2, you have a good idea of what it's like playing as Hammerhead in Twisted Metal.

This little girl from Mother 1.

Her stat growth goes off the fucking rails past level 10 or so, if you manage to keep her around.

>>4754895
Did a speedrunner cucked you or something? Where is this pure autistic hatred is coming from?

>>4761127
You can also use flare/holy spellblade with the combo to make it even more broken. X-Fight does take 999 AP on an otherwise crappy job so it's unlikely you'd get it on your first playthrough. Also some fights thwart the combo, like Neo Exdeath who has invisible and invincible parts meant to soak up X-Fight attacks.

>>4761127
>>4761652
Rapid Fire (ranger) Dual Wield (ninja) Spellblade (mage knight) was such a famously OP combo that it became Bartz's EX burst in dissidia.

also worked very well with the two blood swords in the game, which normally have terrible accuracy (rapid fire always hits) and absorb HP from the targets (special damage formula isn't cut in half). every turn you'd deal ~12000 damage and heal yourself the same amount. watch out for necromancers.

>>4754920
This, kind of ruins the games too.

Sonic 2 is more fun without, 3 is already kind of ruined by being designed around it.

>>4754997
>W-Item
The duplication bug was actually introduced in the international and english versions of the game. In the original release, if you selected one item and then cancelled out, the first item was consumed and gone forever. Square trying to fix it gave us the infinite megalixirs and sources we all know and love.

>>4756487
You use them to get Tornado magic. Junction tornado to str and you're unstoppable for a while.

>>4761127
>>4761671
Stupid amt of grinding to max out those classes. Tamer/Beastmaster is the most broken class for speedruns. Capture the right monsters and you can kill any boss in a few turns.

>>4756670
What game is this senpai?

I played the shit out of it bit was at the cusp of self awareness and cant recall the title after all these years??

>>4762053
Did that shit just auto change "senpai" to senpai??

I was being ironic or whatever but in all the gods I didnt type that

>>4762057
You can't type " f.a.m " (without periods) in this board??? Holy shit

>>4762060
If you want to talk like a nigger, do it elsewhere.

>>4762060
>in this board
Go back to whatever normie hole you cam from.

>>4754540
You will skip all secret exits that unlock extra stages and secret worlds, though.

>>4747861
What about 2x power of sire with dupe ring?