/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7189379
SGnG is not a hard game. You don't need a guide to play it.

Use this hack btw.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3473/

>>7189379
Unless I really can't make any progress despite dozens of attempts and feel like I'm missing essential knowledge, I just gitgud by myself

I go in blind on my first playthrough. If I replay the game, I'll check online to see if there's anything I missed the first time around.

Just play everything blind, if you get stuck ask for advice or look up a guide. What the fuck is so complicated about it.

>>7189469
mmx1 is seriously unfun if you dont know the correct order for instance. and in my first playthrough of sgng i had no idea how chests worked or how to get upgraded armour consistently

>>7189379
apart from looking at a basic breakdown of the games plots and some screenshots to get an idea how it plays/looks I almost always go in blind.
Some of my favorite playthrus of games were going in blind and having no clue and learning as I went (phantasie I on c64 is an example).

Once I beat games tho I start hacking and cheating and breaking the games just to see whats possible with it.

>>7189379
>actually retro, not 3d shit
Do you really want to try and take the "discussion" back there?

>>7189471
Anyone who's really into retro knows how MM games work though, so they'll know to look up the boss order and whatever else they need.

>>7189503
name one 3d game that requires as much patience as the old school games

>>7189503
Cut him some slack, it's difficult to fathom what it must feel like getting #btfo that ruthlessly.

>>7189516
Faggot.

>>7189379
I march right up to them and beat them into submission with my giant purple headed warrior.
There are literally dozens of different types of games and dozens of types with each type and each potentially is best approached differently. Your question reeks of zoom.

>>7189401
>reddit spacing
>it's not hard btw

>>7189471
I only look up the first recommended boss and then try figure it out from there since it's normally pretty obvious.

>>7189623
>the absolute state of absolutelynonessentialkeypresscucks

>>7189379
>actually retro, not 3d shit
>>7189517
>name one 3d game that requires as much patience as the old school games
Wipeout
God Hand

>>7189691
Not that anon but
>wipeout
Only really silverstream desu. I don't think that even comes close to something like Ninja Gaiden.

>>7189379
I'm not good enough at video games to "master" anything. Beating on normal difficulty is enough for me. If a game is fun but a little easy, I'll settle with beating it on hard or beating on one continue.

>>7189517
Maximo
Tomb Raider

>>7189379
>Do you look up a walkthrough before playing to get the best upgrades
Depends. If it's an oldass RPG then yes, since most of those had additional documentation to help you play the game and in some cases were required to play them. Anything else I just try and git gud until I win or give up.
>/blog
kys

>>7189809
>Maximo
great game, retro 3D platformers can take a lot of skill and practice

>>7189623
What's Reddit spacing? I don't visit weeb sites. ISGnG isn't a hard game to complete, cope harder.

I been watching an anime girl scream at Mario 64 and it's really making me want to pick up streaming but I'm afraid one of you psychos would dox me and ruin my life.

>>7190173
This post was a rollercoaster of passive aggressiveness. Reminds me of my gay dads.

Reading a guide won't help you beat Castlevania 1, but is almost necessary to beat Castlevania 2

>>7189517
Ape Escape 3.

>>7189379
>but pic related is surprisingly easy once you understand it
Did you play the NTSC version on professional difficulty? Shit is so much harder, so many extra enemies you get some welcome added slowdown

>>7189379

>>7189379
to anyone new to this game, there's a patch called "super arthur" that lets you switch weapons at will and makes each tier of armour give you extra hits (like how fire mario turns into big mario). it's still difficult, especially if you dont look up where the chests are (you find them by being on a certain position on the stage, finding multiple without getting hit nets you the golden armour)

>>7192392
If you're gonna cheat anyway you can just savestate scum to manipulate the weapon drop you want.

I play it blindly like I would have if I picked it up new or rented it in the 80s or 90s. If I get really stuck I'll quit or look at a guide

>>7190173
>I don't visit weeb sites

With the majority of games using a guide takes away a lot of the fun discovery. Why are you even going to play the game if you aren't going to go on the journey yourself?

As for playing for score some games have better scoring systems then others. Many are crap where scoring just means "don't die and find the milking spots" and then there are ones that have complex systems that completly change the route like Ikaruga or Hard Corps Uprising

Don't go in blindly, but don't look at a guide either. Read the manual first, most games were built with that in mind.

>>7189379
I use save states to learn the game then try to 1cc it. For difficult parts I look up speed running strats.

>>7190173
>I don't visit weeb sites.
>posts on the english version of 2ch.

I usually play as blind as possible but if I get stuck I'll look up a walk through just to point me in the right direction then go blind again. I found when I'd follow a walk through the whole way I wouldn't have fun so I think this is a good balance for me at least

>>7192818
There seems to be an awful lot of weebs around here...

>>7192638
>>7192818
"Sites", this is one site, so technically the statement was correct. It's no wonder you find these games hard when you struggle with basic reading skills.

>>7193382
>purp

>>7193357
>>7193382
found the weebs with bad reading skills and malfunctionning brains

>>7193382
4chan
4channel
that's 2, so yeah "sites". checkmate! NINTENDOOOOOOOO

>>7193382
post your latest 1CC you fucking dweeb

>>7189379
I played a lot of the snes games i have under my belt when I was like 11-14, so I would just give myself reasonable save states to save a bit of time (a save state at the start of each level)

these days I just play everything blind and use in game saves if the game has them.
If the game doesnt have a save I'll still save state to quit the game and play later.

>>7189379

nearly half the joy of a video game is picking up the controller and interacting with the novelty of whats going on with the screen....

Enjoy it how you want, but I seriously don't get those that neeeeeed to read a/the guide or a walkthru just because they are afraid of missing something.