/vr/ - Retro Games

Looks pretty soulful

>>8012892
>The deterioration of Squaresoft into what it has now become is one of my grievances towards God.
According to your logic Squaresof deteriorated already in 98 as Bushido Blade 2 was unfiltered shit.

>>8013037
Sorry, but what do you mean by "unfiltered"?

That was a dark time for Square; unfinished games and hideous polygons.

fun rental game but soul edge was better

>>8012892
>This is Bushido Blade, a game that was famous at the time for being "realistic" aka limb based damage system where you can easily die in one hit.
yeah although these was kind of a meme. The moment you play it you realize it's more like a fencing game but where you get a death animations for each point.

>>8012892
One of my favorite games to play against friends. The controller gets passed around quickly, not a lot of waiting. You can kill your friends 50 times in under 10 minutes.

>>8013054
not really comparable. Soul Edge is a more traditional fighting game.

>>8013048
Not him, but Bushido Blade 2 was definitely a disappointment. It's like they didn't quite get what made the first game so appealing or else they were told streamline it in hopes of reaching a wider audience.

>>8013069
The environments were way better in the second game imo. I just remember people being salty about the gun characters.

>>8013074
What I remember was fewer stances, fewer weapons, and fewer characters (I could be wrong about one of those I don't remember exactly and can't be bothered to look it up)

>there are emulators with netplay support
>there are emulators with link cable support
>I don't know of an emulator that lets you use the link cable over the network
I want to play the first person mode against a human player so bad that I've considered (re)implementing a clone of the game or extending emulators to support this.
ETA: never ever

These games are great and I'd like to play something like it again.

>>8013114
yeah BB slaps

>>8013114
yeah, I always wanted to try that POV link mode.

>>8013037
Ff9 was the company's last respectable game.

>>8013170
>FF8
Fixed.

>>8013170
>>8013198
>FFX

>>8012892
KWAB
>It's actually a very good game
OP is right for once

>>8013220
FFX is the second worst entry (behind 7).

>>8013060
I prefer this kind of fighting game, simple brutal duels and picking different weapons just to see how it turns out.

>>8012892
it's also easier to get into than most other fighting games (but not easier to master) imo, there's not an autistic amount of moves to memorize

>>8013048
> what do you mean by "unfiltered"?

Cigarettes used to come filtered or unfiltered. The unfiltered cigs were really strong and killed people way harder so they're pretty much non-existent.

So when he says it's unfiltered shit, he means it is really fucking awful.

>>8013058
How do I get to this stage?
I always get the sewers stage

>>8013690
That level is after the gun guy. If you fight dishonorably I don't think you can get there.

>>8013717
>dishonorably
What does that mean? Like dont kill them before the referee voice says start?

>>8013773
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido

>>8013773
yes, and also this other stuff from the manual. If you see a black screen that says
>None are more contemptible than those who defile the way of Bushido.
then you fucked up somewhere.

>>8013793
Oh fug, that was my strategy

Every day I asked "why isn't there a Bushido Blade 3 on Wii"?

>people have NEVER had any trouble whatsoever understanding that this nontraditional fighting game is still a fighting game
hmm

Idk how anyone else feels about this but ghost of tsushima almost felt like a bushido blade rpg on lethal mode

>>8012892
For anyone that wants to try a modern take on realistic fencing you should try Hellish Quart it's what Bushido Blade would have been if it endured as a series.

Isn't this the game where the final boss just pulls out a gun?

>>8014840
Depends on the route, but yes the most common final boss for the first one will fight with a gun.

>>8013690
Follow the bushido code. Not trolling or memeing.
Do not strike you enemy when they are down.
Do not strike them from behind.
Do not strike them when climbing.
Do not throw mud, dirt, or snow.
Be sure to face them in honorable 1v1 combat. No tricks or gimmicks.

>>8012892
>It was made by Squaresoft during the height of their power

*published
It was made by Lightweight

>>8012892
Published by Squaresoft, but not developed

>>8013114
>first person mode against a human player
Wasn't that one where you needed to hook up against a whole other TV screen just for the sake of immersion or something

>>8013058
>it's more like a fencing game
Yes, that's what kendo is. Move carefully and don't get hit by a fucking sword. What were you expecting, exactly?

>>8017280
actual gameplay with give and take. maybe something like soul caliber.

>>8017276
You linked 2 systems together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Link_Cable
I don't know if there's a technical reason for it but splitting the screen probably wouldn't have been great compared to 2 full screens. It was already a visual challenge without half of the width/height. If they could have done it they should have though, at least as an option.

>>8013058
Yes, a fencing game--of which there are so many other high quality options. good point.

>>8017302
Patient samurai staredowns that can end in a flash with a 1-hit-kill sounds pretty fun to me.

>>8017280
At the time, fighting games all had health bars. There weren't any other "Kendo games" at least not that anyone had played before. So yeah I was expecting health bars but I wasn't a fucking smoothbrain who thinks that it's not "actual gameplay" if it doesn't have them, like this filtered dumbass:
>>8017302
There's plenty of give and take to begin with and more importantly you can play multiple rounds in a row. When I'd play with my brother we'd always just play "first one to 10 wins" or something like that. It's just that you keep track in points instead of a health bar.

>>8017313
>of which there are so many other high quality options.
Is this supposed to be sarcastic? I can't tell.
What are some other fencing games, especially games that feature a variety of dramatically different weapon selection where you can have a rapier vs sledgehammer?

>yfw you realized it had a first person mode

>>8014840
Yes, the twist is that Bushido Blade takes place in the modern era. So the last boss is just some asshole with a gun that you fight on a rooftop helipad.
2 had multiple people with guns, like that bitch with the AR.

>>8013905
Hellish Quart

>>8014840
No, that's Sekiro
In BuBl it's a midboss

>>8018470
It's not really a twist, it's hinted at from the start (modern fences, modern barriers)

>play BB a lot with friends as a kid
>beat game with every character
>only have some endings, missing a lot
>decide to look it up one day
>to get the real ending, you need to defeat X opponents honorably, then run from a specific opponent all the way to this well many screens away, slash their leg, and then jump into the well, then finish the rest without breaking honor or dying once
How was anyone supposed to figure that out?

>>8018529
video game magazines

What YouTuber did an essay on this? Weird to have two active BB threads in the catalog at once.

>>8013058
>video game where you duel with swords is like a video game version of a real life sport where you duel with swords
Nintendo, hire this man.GX4sv

>>8018905
People didn't get how a fighting game could work with one hit kills and no life bars. It seems you are the one too stupid to understand the obvious point I was making.

>>8018895
It's not weird at all.

>>8019519
I doubt fighting game fags were that dumb and narrow-minded back then.

>>8019525
> Bushido Blade: a fighting game with one-hit kills
> What, weird, really? How does that work?
That would be the instant reaction, because it was an unfamiliar concept for a fighting game. It was something they'd never seen before so didn't know what to expect. It's not reasonable to call something "narrow-minded" when the supposed "narrow-mindedness" is merely the reasonable and highly conditioned expectation based on ten years of cultural experience with health-bar based fighting games and zero years of experience with fencing-like games.

>>8013170
FFXI

>>8019723
FFXII

>>8012892
Love this game. Rented it a lot on release. Recently found this at a thrift shop for like $1.99. Was one of my best game scores ever considering what it sells for now. I remember you could even system link this game to play in first person.