/vr/ - Retro Games

Was Secret of the Stars actually any good? I remember seeing it at Blockbuster but never got around to renting it. I don't think I know anyone who played it.

>>7419203
The only real entertainment you could get out of it is to read all the dialogue in Tommy Wiseau's voice.

>>7419221
I guess I'm walking my confused ass to the circus.

For me its Tecmo Secret of the Stars: A Fantasy

>>7419203
>Tecmo Secret of the Stars: A Fantasy

It bombed, but has picked up a cult status the past several years I've noticed.

>>7419169
I wonder if there was some bean counter forcing these packaging changes to justify their job. Nobody could possibly think the right is better artwork.

>>7419294
Not that left is any better, it is better in concept but execution is just as bad as the right one.

>>7419294
Wait I'm retarded. I seriously thought this was a box art comparison and they were the same game.

>>7419312
lol

>>7419203
The quality of the game is self evident.

>>7419294
>>7419312

You have a point though, should have went for a more anime look instead of westernized.

>>7419221
Oh shit, is that from the playthrough I did on here like 5 years ago?

What are some other greats in the Tecmo RPG series?

>>7419378
This one was so badass they didn't need any others.

>>7419336
Now I kinda want to play it after this thread.

>>7419341
There was no such thing as anime in the 90s

>>7420205
>There was no such thing as anime in the 90s

Incorrect. Localizers didn't think it would appeal to us in the west, hence the point of the post.

>>7419169
It's like you made this thread for a debate happening in the back of my mind, untouched by all the other neuron connections for:
"Which of these obscure weird games did you think was weirder?"
I think Dual Orb 2 wins that debate. There was a weird difficulty spike, and didn't that one Saladin (or whatever his name was, he had a white robe) guy fight with flutes? Where as Secret of the Stars is kind of just an RPG ripped down to it's base level.

>>7420269
That's the joke

>>7419343
Listen, if you don't want your shit stolen you gotta watermark it

>>7419169
You think that box art is bad?
The Japanese version is even worse.

>>7421204
Its minimalist but there's nothing really wrong with it.

>>7420269
What is up with the giant bodybuilder horse with a tiny ass head?

>>7421298
Andrew Hussie was involved in the development of the game as a character designer.

Dual Orb II is fucking great! I wish the first one had an English translation :(

>>7421372
First one is really bad, according to this:
https://superfamicomrpgs.blogspot.com/2018/04/game-24-dual-orb-review.html?m=1

>>7419169
DUAL ORB 2 is the greatest RPG on the SNES. It has sniper rifles and monster trucks.

>>7423980
This is true

>>7419378
Captain Tsubasa Soccer RPGs
Radia Senki

>>7421528
Sounds like it would be fun to a hardcore JRPG fan who really likes standard JRPG gameplay...do those exist?

>>7423980
Still better than Xenogears.