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ITT: Games you loved as a kid that really aren't that great.

>> No.1811697
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Iu_GOxsE0

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>>1811696

>> No.1811727
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>> No.1811765

>>1811696
>inb4 OoT

>> No.1812103
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RatGRwqdb0

>> No.1812120

>>1811717
>>1811727
Those are certified classics.

>> No.1812131

>>1811696
I've been playing this for my first time, I found it fun.

As for the topic, probably Legend of Dragoon. It's still fun, but man do I recognize the flaws now.

>> No.1812154

>>1811696
Game is still great, also that GoAT OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WapeWnX-FLI

>> No.1812163

>>1811696
I know this might sound crazy (it definitely doesn't deserve its own thread ) but I like to view games based on just how much fun I'm having (like I did when I was a kid) I've managed to enjoy a lot of imperfect games and I'd rather do that then setting my standards super high and only playing the best of the best. I can honestly say for example latest project is pac in time and you know what? I'm having fun with a nice imperfect little game. People get too hung up on shit. If a game isn't 100 percent broken it's still usually pretty fun.The issue with games today is a focus on noveltly over gameplay.But this is just one anon's idea's

>> No.1812169
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Tales of Phat Asia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqHCZj2Jzk

>> No.1813037

What is 99% of the Game Boy library?

>> No.1813057
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This.

>> No.1813063
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>>1813057
Or this

>> No.1813073

The Breath of Fire series in general, I suppose. Most of them have god awful translations and are unreasonably slow-paced even for their time, with far too high encounter rates.

Still, I had some good times with them. I want to say 3 was my favorite, but I also remember a lot of time spent lost and confused in the Desert of Death.

>> No.1813075
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There was a time in my life when this was my favorite game. I got it for Christmas and played the everloving shit out of it.

>> No.1813080

I went through a phase of absolutely despising everything Final Fantasy after loving it to death as a kid, but now I kinda learned to enjoy and accept them for what they are.

Also the turbo key on emulators helped.

>> No.1813084

>>1811765
Only people who care about internet celebrities opinions think that.

>> No.1813089

>>1813037
So much this!

You've got yer Zeldas, yer Pokemanz... Actually, let's remove those series from the equation. That leaves you with Metal Gear Solid and Donkey Kong. The rest is hot gurbagg

>> No.1813116
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When I was preschool age I was convinced this was the greatest game ever made. Even to this day I still like it more than I probably should if only because I hold such fond memories of it.

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This is the only game I've played this has ever happened with.

>> No.1813908
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzYxAF0pEz4

>> No.1815268
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I still like it, even if it's more of a technical achievement than a great game.

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>> No.1816823

>>1813897
>>1816786


Fuck you both. Those games are great.

>> No.1816863

>>1816823
Still I like a lot about Pandemonium, especially the visual design and the music of the forest levels. To me as a kid this game felt like an adventure more than probably any other on the PlayStation. There was something breathtaking about the background art.

However, looking back I see that its just doesn't play that well. The main reason is that controls are really badly unresponsive -- to the point of spoiling the experience when I try to play it now. Just compare it to the sequel, which controls smoothly (though I think it is inferior in most ways). Try to double-jump as Nikki in both and see for yourself.

Pandemonium may still be a great audiovisual experience but the flawed controls make it not a great game.

>> No.1816868

>>1812103
Great game.

>> No.1816871

>>1813089
You forgot Tetris.

>> No.1816873

>>1816786
I still like it.

>> No.1816883

>>1816873
So do I.

I occasionally think of trying to mod the game to be responsive like the second part. They both use the same engine.

>> No.1816907
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This game had some cool bits, especially on the tatooine levels, but overall it was a buggy mess that was also ridiculously difficult. I never made any progress on it as a kid without cheat codes.

>> No.1816924

>>1816907
I re-bought this on Sunday, I don't remember it being too difficult.

>> No.1816937

>>1816924
Just realised I now have two copies, that's £1 down the drain.

>> No.1816954

>>1816907

I loved this fucking game.

Also agree, was hard as a kid without cheat codes, and was a buggy as fuck mess.

Tatooine was stupid because it had those faggot thugs that would start shit with you, but if you fought back the entire town turned into a battlefield.

>> No.1817198

>>1813037
Yeah, most of the good Game Boy games were just watered down versions of NES games and even original works like Kirby and Fortified Zone eventually got better versions on home consoles.

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>>1817363
It's like, how much more bait can this be? The answer is none. None more bait.

>> No.1817412

>>1813089
The Wario Land series was brilliant and unlike anything we got on consoles of the period. Say what you will about Super Mario Land being a GB version of its console cousin, but Wario Land was a completely different beast entirely. Puzzle games also worked better on the GB, IMO, than on the home consoles, and there were a ton on the GB that were quality.

>> No.1817420

Young merlin, snes. Think i hated it then, too.

>> No.1817439

>>1817408
Bring it. DKC is just style over substance. Half the game is just aiming barrels at each other.

>> No.1817445
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Loved this as a kid but now it just feels really clunky and I've got the UK version and Danny John-Jules gets really annoying after a while.

Some great variety in the worlds though

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>>1816907
Whoever did the modelling on this part did a really bad job.

>> No.1817458

>>1817439
shigs himself alluded to the fact that dkc was style over substance. Dkc is too chunky for that true, pixel perfect platform that Mario exudes from every pore.

>> No.1817473

>>1817445
I also had this, thinking back it freaked me out a little, everything feels kinda odd, it perfectly captures that 5th gen creepyness of vastness.

>> No.1817474

>>1816954
>Tatooine was stupid because it had those faggot thugs that would start shit with you, but if you fought back the entire town turned into a battlefield.

Not sure why but I loved that level as a kid, I think I just loved being able to wander around and explore without having to constantly fight. It also blew my mind as a kid that if you stood in the shit all the dialogue would change to reflect that.

>> No.1817478

>>1817458
He was really just mad that there had been a Donkey Kong game made that he didn't work on, and that it was great

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I somehow managed to import this when I was a kid. I loved it when I didn't understand a word of the dialogue, but replaying this recently it's pretty barebones and lackluster for an SNES beat-'em-up. Most of your special moves are worthless, there's no weapons to grab and you're always fighting only two enemies at a time. I think even the SNES Final Fight holds up better than this.

>> No.1817554

>>1817478
I really don't like the game. DKC2 fixes many of the problems and poor level design issues thankfully.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NhtCxrmAEw

>> No.1818124

>>1818087
>Games you loved as a kid
>IHNMAIMS
Were you related to the Addams Family or something?

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>>1818124
I was so goth I shat bats on a regular basis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZESMM4dzPzA

>> No.1819738

>>1812169
Fuck you.

>> No.1819980

>>1812169
Wrong.
Game has great atmosphere, fair difficulty, decent enough story for a JRPG, good music, good characters, and a neat battle system.

>> No.1819987

Sonic Adventure 1
Lego Island
Quest 64
Mario Kart 64 (sequels improved in every possible way, 64 has aged so badly)
Mario Party 1 (the first is an objectively bad game. Second is where the series found its feet).

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>It would be perfect if it had a save system!

No, it wouldn't.

>Yoshi's Island ripped it off!

No, it didn't.

>Rayman ripped it off!

No, it didn't, and like Yoshi's Island it's a better game.

>> No.1820016
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It's not a bad game, but Secret of Mana/SD2 simply has some conceptual design flaws, that hold the game back.