[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/vr/ - Retro Games

View post   
File: 99 KB, 640x446, a-link-to-the-past-box.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2152385 No.2152385 [Reply] [Original]

What gave this game such a retro feel?

>> No.2152387

The fact that it's from 1991?

>> No.2152390

>>2152385
You've made this same thread before. And the question made no sense then, either.

>> No.2152393

When it came out, it didn't feel retro.

>> No.2152397

>>2152385
>retro feel
What does this even mean?

>> No.2152398

>>2152393
It felt... Super. In fact that's what me and friends called this game then, 'Super Zelda', in the same vein as 'Super Metroid' and 'Super Castlevania IV.' Then we were Playing With Power.

>> No.2152406

>>2152398
>It felt... Super.
I guess that's why they call it the Super Nintendo. It was pretty super.

>> No.2152450

>>2152385
It was a copy of its NES equivalent with more content and more linearity like half of the other SNES games so what do you mean retro feel?

You want some retro feel like this try Gauntlet.

>> No.2152460

>>2152385
I swear I've seen this exact same thread at least 3 times this past month.

>> No.2152492

>>2152460

some lonely Alltp nostalgiafag is grieving that no one likes his shitty game anymore

>> No.2152498

>>2152450
>Im so uber-retro you fuckin underages, everything b4 the atari 2600 isnt retro

Im 30 and I grew up with these SNES games, and maybe could even appreciate them more then NES games at an age of 8.
And I you cant take away the fact that Zelda and Metroid are total classics, but Zelda 3 and Super Metroid added up so much more to the game.

>> No.2152502

>>2152498
>30 years old
>on 4chan
Where did your life go wrong, anon?

>> No.2152505

>>2152498
I meant "after" not "b4" but you get the idea

>> No.2152517

>>2152502
long story ;_;

Do people now even take on social outcasts on 4chan?
Breddy ebin.

I played Secret of Mana and Silent Hill with my aryan gf through the nights, you jelly now?

>> No.2152524

>>2152517
Not really, I'm a commie so I don't give a care about racial nonsense. You and your GF have good taste in vidya though.

>> No.2152526

>>2152502

Eh, it happens

>> No.2152534

>>2152524
but disregarding your political beliefs, you surely have racial preferences for girls? Or are you even a cultural marxist in that regard?

I was more like joking, Im not even that much into blondes, but it just worked with her.

>> No.2152545

>>2152534
Nah, I don't give a shit. Anything goes really.

>> No.2152806

Never really grew up with Zelda games as kid, thought a lot of them looked boring.

But let me tell you, A Link to the Past is one of my absolute favorites of all time, I can replay it endlessly, I know pretty much every nook and cranny of this game, when it was released on the GBA, I was thoroughly delighted, it meant I could play it wherever, on vacations, on the toilet, anywhere, and it was always in my GBA bag, along with Castlevania, Metroid, Pokémon, and even the super shoddy Doom ports.

>> No.2152834

>>2152806

GBA was kinda shitty console though

>not having Megaman Zero or Battle Network 3, the only games worth playing on the GBA

for shame

>> No.2152870

>>2152834
I never made any money as a kid, I would have loved Zero but nope, had to make due, I already had games.

And fuck you, the GBA was precious, (at least by the SP model), it had a vast library of great games, my dad can beat up your dad!

>> No.2152872

>>2152385

are you trying to force a le epic meme or something?

>> No.2152882

>>2152870

>vast library of ports and licenced shovelware

fixed that, there are very few GBA games that were original, and those that were, were shallow as fuck.

>> No.2152884

>>2152882
S-shut up ;_;

>> No.2152947

>>2152502
you realize the median age on /vr/ is 25 right? 30 isn't abnormal

>> No.2152963

>>2152834
I hated Megaman Zero, so tedious and repetitive, way to hard on some parts

>> No.2152965

>>2152963

you're not supposed to grind for e crystals

you're supposed to git good

>> No.2153018

>>2152390
For real. I said this back then too: I remember when the game was new, it was fucking state-of-the-art. OP is a jive sucka.

>> No.2153024

>>2152385

i was on the fence about the game right when it started. when the part came where you climb the mountain and walk with the old man in the cave i suddenly felt like this was the best game ever. it was right when we came out of the cave and just before he gives link the mirror.

>> No.2153029

until Minish cap (which came after several 3D games), it was the best looking 2D Zelda game

>> No.2153179

>>2152965
Yeah maybe so. But I somehow expected like a MMX where you play as Zero not as X and gain new sword techniques and so on.

dont know, also dont like the design

>> No.2153201

>even having to ask
>>>/v/

>> No.2153204 [DELETED] 

>>2152834
Your opinion on gba is so flawed as to label you a faggot

>> No.2153205 [DELETED] 

>>2153204

go back to sleep nigger

>> No.2153230

I'll say the same thing I did last time. This game practically introduced, and set the standard for, every psuedo 3D mechanic in top down adventure games.

The game feels retro because you expect it to be super derivative, but it introduces a lot of new mechanics to zelda games for how little it takes from Zelda 1 and 2.
When a good designer works with new game mechanics, there's a genuine feeling of exploration to the game.

>> No.2153247

>>2153230
>and set the standard for, every psuedo 3D mechanic in top down adventure game

uhh, like which games and what mechanics? Alttp is far less groundbreaking than Zelda 1 and OoT

and the only mechanics it seem to set is for subsequent 2D Zelda games, rather than the genre as a whole.

>> No.2153257 [DELETED] 

>>2153205
Using words like nigger.
>youth is showing

>> No.2153272

>>2152498
LttP and Super Metroid did add more, yes.

The real questions to ask are why some of the things they added were ever added in the first place and why are the games so devoid of challenge.

>> No.2153276

>>2152834
MMZ series was shit just like all Inti Creates games and Battle Network sucks.

>> No.2153280

>>2153276

2 hard 4 u?

>> No.2153581

>>2152387
/thread

>> No.2153583

>>2152517
>2014
>aryan gf
>not having a token poc gf

>> No.2153618

>>2153581
Given the number of posts after that one, I would say it was not /thread.

>> No.2153632
File: 22 KB, 512x512, troll line.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2153632

This exact thread, right down to image and exact wording, was made like a month or two ago. You guys know no one would do that for any reason other than trolling, right?

Why are y'all even responding to this thread?

>> No.2153929

>>2153247
Jumping off cliffs to reach places you couldn't normally reach for starters.

Mazes with multiple layers displayed at the same time like in the thieves' den.

Blowing up a whole in the ground of one dungeon floor to access or effect the floor below it.

>> No.2153940
File: 54 KB, 760x596, this kills the lain.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2153940

This thread again? Did the janitor choke on a hot pocket and died?

>> No.2154003

>>2153940
He's too busy deleting legit posts

>> No.2154034

>>2152385
The fact that it IS retro gave it a "retro feel" stupid...