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Why is this stupid game so hard
Why is this music so fucking bad
I like that everyone can dash now and the special attacks have a cooldown, but the surrounding shit is getting on my nerves

>> No.10519804

The western localization raped the game. The Japanese version is better but the music will always be the same.

>> No.10519825

the music is an acquired taste

>> No.10519846
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10519846

>>10519785
The US and PAL versions of the games are fucked
>Story removed (not that important but still)
>they changed the colors of the characters outfits for no reason (in the JP version they have their SoR2 colors)
>female enemies censored
>gay miniboss removed because making fun of homosexuals is not ok outside of Japan
>Whole game is generally harder and difficulties are raised by one level (Normal in US is actually Hard in JP)

So yeah, play the original Japanese version, Bare Knuckle III

>> No.10519856

>>10519846
>>gay miniboss removed because making fun of homosexuals is not ok outside of Japan
Zoomer moment.

>> No.10519860

>>10519856
>Zoomer moment
Explain

>> No.10519865

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3u-kvm7u6k
You don't like this music?

>> No.10519902

>>10519860
The issue was the character being a homosexual at all, not that they were "making fun of him". Gays in media for children absolutely weren't allowed in the 90s, just look how anime like Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura were butchered by censorship in the west.

>> No.10520398
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10520398

>>10519785
Get filtered nigga!
Practice those specials.

>> No.10520795

>>10519785
>Why is this music so fucking bad

Drooling mongoloid retard.

>> No.10520845

>>10520398
he's easy to trap in a loop

>> No.10520860

>>10519785
The western versions got fucked over. Play the Japanese version with the English translation patch. It fixes the difficulty, voices and character colors but the music is bad.

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1375/

>> No.10521047

>>10519902
>Cardcaptor Sakura
I see none there.

>> No.10521103

>>10519846
>get a lot of goodwill for not censoring Mortal Kombat like the competition
>suddenly go full retard and butcher one of your flagship series for no reason
Was Sega retarded?

>> No.10521132

>>10519785
>Why is this music so fucking bad
its one of the greateset retro soundtracks of all time you retard

>> No.10521139

>>10519846
>>Whole game is generally harder and difficulties are raised by one level (Normal in US is actually Hard in JP)
And you can't even play the whole game in Easy. The game ends at Stage 5 and tells you that you suck for "taking the easy way out".

>> No.10521426

japanese version is better
still worse than SoR2 though

both the graphics and music are a downgrade

>> No.10522780
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>>10521139
It was a common practice in the 90's, for SEGA at least, especially early in the Genesis library, we'd often have the easiest setting called "Practice" in which you'd get few levels, or new levels that are shorter and way too easy, but sometimes we just got an easy setting where it cuts off... it's BS, but at the time it wasn't unheard of in the west.

>> No.10523287

https://youtu.be/gMAfbgZg4_Y
https://youtu.be/-k4p1LWmCgA
Kino.

>> No.10523297

>>10521139
I love this and miss this in modern games. Now hard is just "enemy deals more damage, they have higher HP and takes far too long to get killed". No fuck, I want new stuff, better AI for enemies, new areas, etc. There is no reason to change difficulty if nothing new is introduced in the game.

>> No.10523373

>>10522780
>a man who chooses SEGA console
Who translated this? This reads like this was subbed by an ESL

>> No.10523382
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10523382

>>10519785
>Why is this stupid game so hard

Because people wanted it hard. Multiple reviewers in complained that SoR2 was too easy, including a magazine specialized for the console, which also complained that it was too easy to spam the special. The special also changed.

>> No.10523406

>>10523382
The game is balanced for single player, of course playing in two is easier. Not a good reason to fuck over who plays alone.
>also complained that it was too easy to spam the special. The special also changed.
This makes no sense, specials are much more viable in 3. They consume less health or none at all if you wait for the bar to fill up.

>> No.10523849

2 > 1 >= BK3 >>> SoR3
I play Adam in 1, Max in 2, Zan in 3.
Remake & 4 are pretty great and easily better than 1 with a ton of content apiece but I still think 2's perfection of its simple formula puts it on top.

>> No.10523858

>>10523382
>too easy
There's no way they've tried the Mania difficulty

>> No.10523882

>>10523849
>I play Adam in 1, Max in 2, Zan in 3.
For me, Blaze in 1, Axel in 2, Axel in 3.

>> No.10523886

>>10519785
It's harder because they figured this would be nobody's first game in the series so they assumed veteran players would like some added challenge.

>> No.10523902

>>10519825
>>10519865
>>10521132
3's music is good, but it is an acquired taste compared to 2, which had songs that are almost direct rips from pop music of the time.

>> No.10523980

I read that the soundtrack composer wrote a program to randomize beats and used the ones that sounded interesting. I can see why people don't like it but it resulted in a very unique soundtrack.

>> No.10523989

>>10523382
>>10523858
Reviewers just finished the game at default settings and moved on.
Things like 1cc or no death were a thing reserved mostly for arcades.
I read just recently a review calling alien storm too easy as well and that's a bold statement.

>> No.10524073

Belt scroller bros, what games should I play to improve my general skill level? I've always kind of neglected the genre and never 1cc'd anything.

Felt like this question didn't deserve it's own thread.

>> No.10524436

>>10523858
Wasn't that locked behind a cheat.

>> No.10524930

>>10523406
>This makes no sense, specials are much more viable in 3. They consume less health or none at all if you wait for the bar to fill up.

Yes but you can't spam it anymore, which was the complain here