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Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:04:35 2015 No.2628454 [Reply] [Original]

I'm aways looking for games with unique mechanics that make them stand-out from the crowd.
I'll post my favorites and tell what I think about them.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:08:37 2015 No.2628457 >>2628454 >unique mechanics that make them stand-out from the crowd I don't think that exists. Games are basically just pressing buttons.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:12:16 2015 No.2628462 File: 69 KB, 680x510, 882.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2628454 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PdW6a77kEk

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:16:18 2015 No.2628469 Check out Trip World on Gameboy, it's by (mostly) the same team.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:17:09 2015 No.2628470 >>2628457 How about games that let you wear 3D glasses? Like Rad Racer and 3D World Runner? That's definitely a gimmick and one that goes beyond pushing buttons to boot.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:18:03 2015 No.2628472 >>2628457 Modern gamer mentality right there. That's why nothing but shooters and generic hack 'n slash "RPGs" sell these days.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:20:53 2015 No.2628474
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>>2628454
Gimmick! is a cute and colorful NES platformer with impressive physics for it's time. A girl gain him on her birthday (he's a toy), her other toys get jealous and kidnap her to another world. As Gimmick you have to rescue her and fight the other toys that are the game bosses.
You can charge and throw a star that will bounce around and hit enemies. You can use the star as a platform to get to secret areas. The stand-out feature of this game, it's physics engine is it's main problem: you have a lot of momentum and the game feels slippery, when jumping on small platforms you'll have to press the opposite direction mid-air or you will slip right through it. Very hard game but very fun once you master it's main mechanic.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:22:08 2015 No.2628475 >>2628472 I think he's being ironic.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:28:07 2015 No.2628482 >>2628474 >no mention of Sunsoft 5B Shit review.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:40:51 2015 No.2628496
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>>2628474
Drill Dozer is a Game Boy Advance platformer. You play as Jill and the Drill Dozer, a robot with drills for hands. You use the shoulder buttons to spin your drill left or right, the spinning direction matters to go through some obstacles.
The game have water and flying levels, which add variety. I hate the flying level though, it's a nightmare to control. The bosses are very creative but some are kinda easy.
The game isn't very difficult but there's secret stages you can buy with bits and they're much more challenging. It has many collectibles and searching for them is fun.
One of my favorites, never got me bored and I still replay some levels once in a while.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:42:27 2015 No.2628498 NiGHTS sounds like it might be your kind of game OP. There's nothing else out there even remotely like it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 09:44:50 2015 No.2628503 File: 1.51 MB, 320x240, singletear.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2628482 Not a review though.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:07:32 2015 No.2628534
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>>2628454
On Umihara Kawase you play as a girl, i think she's called Yumi, and have to get to the door of each level, called fields here.
To do that you will have to use your fishing line to climb through the levels. The line is very elastic and you can get momentum to throw yourself very far. Mastering the impressive game physics and just moving around is great fun.
The bosses though, they're awful. Their patterns take long time, starting easy but get gradually difficult. There's nothing you can do to speed these fights and if you die you have to do it all over.
The game have many routes you can go through and some are so short you can beat the game in a couple minutes, others are much longer though. There's a timer but you'll be given enough time to complete each field. You can save replays too and it's my favorite game for speedrunning.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:13:18 2015 No.2628547 >>2628469 I played it, it's great.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:15:50 2015 No.2628548 >>2628462 Sophia (take 2) is my favorite track. Best soundtrack ever.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:23:31 2015 No.2628564
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>>2628454
The Ecco games are an obvious choice if you haven't played them. There's really nothing else like them at all out there. It's tough to even really say what genre the games are.

Tempest is a classic arcade shooter with a pretty interesting design and is a fuck load of fun.

Metal Walker is a JRPG with a sort of pinball/pool bassed combat system. Weird but decent.

Also, not quite retro, but Zone of Enders: Fist of Mars on GBA is an awesome little strategy RPG with a very fun combat system where you have to either get your reticle on the enemy to hit them, or avoid theirs. Highly recommended if you're into that kind of thing.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:27:48 2015 No.2628575

I anyone ever comes across an arcade machine of the "Police 911" series, FUCKING DROP EVERYTHING AND PLAY THAT SHIT!

>light gun game with motion sensors
>you have to physically crouch and lean to get behind cover and dodge bullets
>feel like goddamn Neo
>get promoted through police ranks for clearing stages without dying

It's like Virtua Cop on steroids because YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY DODGE BULLETS!

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:48:06 2015 No.2628619 File: 363 KB, 1200x1200, silhouette_mirage.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:49:26 2015 No.2628624 File: 63 KB, 500x443, korokoro post nin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2628619

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:50:51 2015 No.2628628 File: 822 KB, 1024x430, TripWorldEurope.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2628624

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:51:22 2015 No.2628630 I wish they made more Mr Gimmick. Why did Sunsoft die off anyway? They were amazing on NES.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 10:52:26 2015 No.2628634 File: 379 KB, 1200x749, Pulseman_SG-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2628628

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 11:28:54 2015 No.2628715 >>2628628 I just started trying to play this one. Pretty weird stuff. Seems like it's more about manipulating and learning how the various AI's react than anything like combat.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 12:05:17 2015 No.2628783 >>2628496 Can't the mods just make an exception for the GBA? Its "non-retro" status is bullshit. Seriously.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 12:13:23 2015 No.2628795 >>2628783 We have this argument every single day. I'm pretty sure the mods are aware.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 12:24:20 2015 No.2628819 >>2628795 I know. I'd like the bullshit to stop. So what if it leads to a bit of a slippery slope? I think anything pre-360 should be fair game.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 13:44:27 2015 No.2628950 Chalvo 55 (Game Boy)

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 13:57:05 2015 No.2628964 >>2628454 OP, you ever play ORB3D for the NES. You're gonna need a CRT TV and a pair of old school Red/Blue shift 3D glasses for that one.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 13:58:24 2015 No.2628967

>>2628819
Eventually it will be, we just have to wait. GBA games tend to look retro because of the graphical limitations of the system, but design wise a lot of the games are very clearly from 5th gen. Probably in about five years the scale here will slide to include the next generation up.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 14:02:59 2015 No.2628975

>>2628964
Err, not the red-blue shift glasses, clear-shaded shift Pulrich Effect glasses.
https://public.dm2302.livefilestore.com/y3pA8BnxeVnnrv8LNj4BLziYDNqlRc08R_8xyjqIko_5km2ZqMwIU8rHoLV71mq_V6JkbDpwYCbJEZlkNySDBd57KOi0eQ2tEUxsCgzAF0BJKI/ORB3D.jpg?rdrts=114804065

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 14:03:50 2015 No.2628978

>>2628630
>Why did Sunsoft die off anyway?
They failed to make any compelling games for 16 bit consoles and died out soon after. I'm not sure if key staff left Sunsoft for other companies or what, but the quality of their games took a nosedive after the Famicom.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 15:57:12 2015 No.2629265 >>2628474 Which is beter, the Japanese or Europe version?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 17:53:42 2015 No.2629514 >>2628819 >anything pre-360 should be fair game Just go back to /v/, okay? Thank you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 18:10:19 2015 No.2629532 >>2629514 >Time doesn't move forward

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 18:53:17 2015 No.2629603 >>2629265 Japanese has enhanced music thanks to the Famicom

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 19:04:19 2015 No.2629619 >>2629514 /v/ boogeymaning has become worse than 6th gen posting.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 19:05:05 2015 No.2629620 >>2629603 Also the european runs at 50fps.

Anonymous Fri Aug 21 19:27:08 2015 No.2629676

>>2628454

Perhaps you will like Plok
He is a character who attacks by shooting his limbs (did it 2 years before Rayman)
He can run out of limbs if he shoots the 4 of them quickly, and that changes they way he controls (bounces around), and the physics
Some levels force you to lose your limbs for a while in order to advance through the level

Watch the first 4 minutes of this to see if you will like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-kZHYqImmw

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 19:34:03 2015 No.2629696 >>2629676 The music was also done by Tim Follins, so there's that.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 20:16:17 2015 No.2629783 File: 1.17 MB, 1440x1080, RetroArch-0821-201540.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2629676 Wait, what?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 20:17:34 2015 No.2629789 >>2629676 I'll try it, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 21 20:29:21 2015 No.2629808 >>2628534 Her name is Kawase Umihara. Natsume renamed her Yumi when releasing the 3DS game in the west.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 02:16:00 2015 No.2630486 File: 95 KB, 1366x768, Screenshot - 22-08-2015 - 03:14:13.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Can anybody translate this to me? I cannot do this move, I tried everything already.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 02:16:55 2015 No.2630489 >>2630486 >that aspect ratio

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 02:42:26 2015 No.2630518 >>2628575 I should try it out, that game is at my local arcade. It's always caught my attention but I always just walk past it and play something else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 04:46:29 2015 No.2630653 >>2629514 >Just go back to /v/, okay? Thank you. How about no? People actually discuss stuff I play here, and not modern garbage.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 05:21:14 2015 No.2630682 >>2630486 The name of the move is "sneaking".

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 07:13:49 2015 No.2630764 >>2628457 Most autistic post in the history of /vr/.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 07:17:57 2015 No.2630767 >>2628534 It's practically a prerequisite to know about this game to post on this board. /vr/ LOVES Umihara Kawase.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 07:18:57 2015 No.2630770 >>2628624 WTF is this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 22 21:37:13 2015 No.2632315 >>2630486 Grab the enemy, then diagonal up + A.

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