/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4950971
I think the games were great

The games were excellent, though playing on higher difficulty was a bit shit in EWJ2 due to the retardedly excessive Puppy Love sections.

One of those concepts that didn't deserve to go under the way it did. In an ocean of LOL SO WACKY mascots, etc., Earthworm Jim has always stood out as something genuinely creative.

EWJ1 is great. MD/Genesis Aladdin is not shabby either. If you want to complain about crappy games with well-animated graphics, there are much better targets.

My personal ranking of the levels (not counting the shitty Andy Asteroids and the different parts of the same level):

1. New Junk City
2. Level 5
3. Down the Tubes/Tube Race (don't listen to the virgins who can't do it, a fun level)
4. Buttville
5. What the Heck?
6. For Pete's Sake
7. Big Bruty
8. Intestinal Distress


98723995879: Snot the Problem

>>4951631
Did Aladdin have an actual variety in gameplay/leveldesign? It's like the testing ground for EWJ.

>>4950971
don't worry OP I think the first two games are average and normally get bored of playing them after the 2nd or 3rd level.
I love pic related though cause I'm a faggot.

>>4950971
I don't like games where the characters have over-wrought animations. Same thing applies to old Prince of Persia games.

>>4952065
mfw i accidentaly wrote over my cousins nearly finished save
sorry eric

>>4952063
Inside the Lamp was the best level. Rug Ride was the game's Tube Race.

Only played EWJ 2 on the snes. Was very good, there was a ton of variety. Sometimes my mom would even watch me play, because she enjoyed the humour of the game.

>>4952083
Fuck you Michael, you sack of shit. I don't forgive you and I'm going to cut off one of your testicles while you're sleeping

>>4952069
This has only bothered me once in the EWJ games. One of them, I don't remember which, has Jim jogging in place whenever you're not moving. I felt like this was a bit much.

>>4952065
>free pager offer
w-what

EWJ games are difficult for all the wrong reasons. The scenery/sprites doesn't really match up their collision/hit boxes and the animations are too long and can't be cancelled in most cases. A lot of levels are just some random gimmick for the sake of having a gimmick. It's a classic style over substance example.

>>4950971
>not "I think Buttville stinks"

Disappointingly squandered opportunity, OP.

>>4952146
I've read a 1999 article about it and STILL don't know whether it's a joke

http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/29/if-you-want-to-be-a-rockstar-youll-need-a-pager

>>4952120
Rug Ride was a bonus game. You get tree tries and then it automatically skips

>>4952132
Yea, Jim in EWJ2 looks like a complete retard.

>>4950971
The first one is a flawed classic. The second one is so laden with bizarre genre shifts I can't recommend it to most people. I love all the characters and music and artstyle so much, it's a shame the franchise is in limbo. Imagine a fully competent new EWJ with tight run and gun action (with proper collision lmao), buttery smooth HD animation, and that classic cartoony humor intact. It's too good to ever happen.

>>4952364
I dunno man, it's probably all nostalgia. If you look at it objectively even the first game is full of stupid gimmicks. It doesn't know what genre it is and it's pretty much just the artist/designer wanking in front of you.

>>4950971
I played the hell out of EWJ 2 when I was a kid. The music is great, the animation is clean, and the humor is irreverent

>>4950971
Dave Perry's games are all shit. The gameplay and level designs are fucking awful.

>Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim, is a Conservative Christian. The character of Professor-Monkey-For-A-Head, one of the bosses in the game, is not only an example of his wacky, absurdist humour; it is also TenNapel's mockery of Darwin's theories and Evolutionism.
And yet there's people pretending those games are good here. Good job, /vr/.

>>4952504
>EWJ1&2 are shit
>MDK is shit
>Genesis Aladdin is shit

>>4952518
We know and don't care.

I really want to like EWJ, I love the absurdist humor and art direction, but every time I try to play it it feels super janky to me. MDK and Neverhood are some of my favorite games though.

>>4950971

That Tube Race without the secret air supply man... As a kid I surely would have enough time to learn and beat it on console, also that means the game lasts long, but nowadays I am glad about and proudly use savestates for that one.

>>4952518
TenNapel is a complete freakshow and absurdly full of himself, but his art is still incredible.

Shame that he totally shat the bed with that waste of effort Armikrog.

>>4952535
I'm not quite sure what you mean by janky, but if you're interested in a solid, though extremely simple platformer in the Neverhood style/universe, give Skullmonkeys a try. The levels are gorgeous, the soundtrack superb, and the controls are tight. But as I said, it's a very straightforward game. Nothing like EWJ in terms of gimmicks or gameplay variation.

>>4950971
EWJ was a good sidescroller with excellent graphics

EWJ2 was gimmicky mess.

GROOVY

>>4952682
Both are games with excellent graphics/music and subpar level design and controls.
No, the run n gun "normal" levels aren't that great anon.

>>4952682
Correct

>>4952847
Mistaken

>>4952056
>calls Tube Race haters virgins who can't do it
>admits being able to do Snot The Problem

>>4952056
>calls Tube Race haters virgins who can't do it
>outs himself as not being able to do Snot The Problem

>>4952857
>Mistaken
You don't think it has great graphics and music? Maybe it's a subjective matter after all, but the level design and controls are objectively subpar.

>>4950971
Earthworm Jim is among the very small handful of western games I ever liked. Good shit.

Completely payable and original. The controls feel a bit "floaty" or off compared to other platformers but barely make a difference in gameplay. People who can't get into the game over that are probably the same scrubs who bitch about "production order" and "muh difficulty" in games.

Completely playable, fun, and original. The controls feel a bit "floaty" or off compared to other platformers but barely have a drastic effect on gameplay. People who can't get into the game over that are probably the same scrubs who bitch about "production order" and "muh difficulty" in games.

>>4953956
Snot a Problem really is the worst, I'll come clean and admit I kinda suck at it

>>4953968
>objectively
There you go again

>>4954330
I used to game over on it a lot but there is a pattern I learned that makes it really easy.
Just have to lure him to corner and ram him 3-4 times right in to the wall.

>>4954346
I always die at least once because I have low health from screwing up on Andy Asteroids

>>4954330
>There you go again
I'm not the one person to notice that EWJ's controls and level design aren't among the best anon. Don't get too salty.
I still love EWJ games for their visuals, music and humor/ideas.

>>4952518
>it's another btfo tranny tries to shit on EWJ episode
Stop.

Is it me, or Aladdin's "Inside the Lamp" looks like an Earhtworm Jim level?

>>4952069
This. It's bad design, not functional, and tiresome to watch.

>>4950971
They’re great looking games but too difficult for me.

>>4955602

That's what the gods invented save states for. I agree that I these days probably would not have the patience to play them like on console, after losing all my worms on Snot a Problem I definitely would NOT be in the mood to repeat everything, but a savestate at the beginning of each level makes them much more bearable. Or if needed savestate after each checkpoint even, gotta find the right amount, too much kills the enjoyment, a bit of challenge should still be there, but not using them at all kills it as well...

>>4955473
Same designer.

>>4950971
I think the creator said some things in a comment section once that were a no-no, so a slew of anti-Earthworm Jim blogposts cropped up around the same time.

>>4955754
He's a bit of a nutter.

>>4955494
Hey, at least in EWJ the movement isn't "cinematic".

>>4955775
oh yeah, fuck cinematic platformers

>>4955798
fuck the retarded plumber and his overrated platformers.

>>4955968
>if someone criticizes something I like, they MUST be Mario fans!
Nice logic and nice arguments.

>>4955739
Dude just bind rewind to your left trigger or something. Rewind if fucked up, problem solved.

>>4955996

That makes it TOO easy.

As I said, a bit of challenge should remain

>>4955991
Mario is overrated though. The SNES version of SMB3 and SMW are good games, but that's all. The rest are utterly lame, particularly everything that belongs to /v/.

>>4956206
I mean that you brought Mario out of nowhere, where's the logic?

>>4955760
>>4955754
He's a raving lunatic who thinks that only two genders exist. A lot of genius artists are insane, so I'm not surprised.

>>4954496
I'm just trying to help anons understand the truth in a sea of mendacious SJW lies. EWJ has quite varied and cleverly designed levels, the brilliant animation should not be allowed to overshadow them. Perhaps some of the hitboxes are counter-intuitive at first, but the game is ultimately a triumph, and would be even with weaker graphics.

Fuck Doug Tennappel is what I think.

>>4956864
Stop jumping on the bandwagon and learn to separate the art from the artist.

>>4956867
>separate the art from the artist
Doug Tennappel and his cheerleaders are the ones who are failing to separate art from the artist though. If I told you I thought Earthworm Jim was a mediocre game, you'd probably still call me a "lol tranny SJW triggered tumblrina"

>>4956874
>If I told you I thought Earthworm Jim was a mediocre game, you'd probably still call me a "lol tranny SJW triggered tumblrina"
I'd say that regardless, and it's completely accurate. This is 100% reliable proof that Earthworm Jim is a great game, /thread.