[ 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: 1.18 MB, 1024x768, castlevania64-7.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762218 No.2762218 [Reply] [Original]

In Castlevania 64 if you're playing on the easiest difficulty the game ends prematurely after the castle interior level. Are there any other games that punish you for playing on easy?

>> No.2762223

>>2762218
Twisted Metal 2 wouldn't let you proceed more than halfway on "Easy." Can't remember if the other games in the series did this.

>> No.2762226

>>2762218

Fuck, I remember that. Finally being able to beat the castle entrance level, and the game ended because I was playing on Easy.

I deserved it for being a casual I guess.
I eventually got to finish the game on normal. But I got the bad ending.

>> No.2762231

>>2762218
Contra 3

>> No.2762348 [DELETED] 
File: 25 KB, 400x300, prison2-400x300.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762348

>>2762218
Life.

>> No.2762350 [DELETED] 
File: 21 KB, 300x300, kek.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762350

>>2762348

>> No.2762351

The last level of superman 64 doesn't unlock unless you play through the game on hard mode. Found that one out the hard way

>> No.2762356

toejam and earl 2

>> No.2762407
File: 282 KB, 558x800, 1429958388078.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762407

>>2762351
Why the fuck would you play Superman 64? Moreover why the fuck would you play to the end on hard?

>>2762218
Ikaruga let's you play infinite continues on the first two levels in "Trial Mode", which is kinda interesting.

Tetris Attack Vs only goes so far on various difficulties.

Uh, I know there's plenty of other examples, but I;m blanking atm.

>> No.2762524

NES Double Dragon 2 ends just before the final boss (or after the helicopter on easy) unless you play on hard.

>> No.2762543

>>2762218

Ending the shitty game early isn't exactly a punishment

>> No.2762553

>>2762543

how witty of you, anon.

too bad CV64 isn't even bad. It just didn't live up to the 2D game, but it was a fine 3D action game for the time, and it did many things right, like music and atmosphere.

>> No.2762567

>Those floor textures

That's really fucking good for a mid-gen N64 game. Even better than some games today.

>> No.2762585

>>2762567
OP's pic size is a common PC resolution; that might be a user-upgraded texture.

>> No.2762589

>>2762567
>>2762585
Even PS2 games don't have textures as good as this (seriously, go back and check).

It's a texture pack.

>> No.2762597
File: 61 KB, 1306x850, map1.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762597

I didn't feel like starting my own thread. How do I get into that secret room near the entrance of the castle? The one with the jewel sword and life apple?

>> No.2762624

>>2762597
I can't exactly remember, but I think you go through the big rock above the mermen from left to right as a bat, and then right to left as a dog. When the door opens it makes no sound.

>> No.2762650

>>2762226
>Got the bad ending
Literally how? You have to pretty much chug sun and moon cards to do that, or there must have been a puzzle you managed to get stuck on for hours.

>> No.2762657

>>2762624
Yup. Thanks man. You're a cool guy.

>> No.2762660
File: 44 KB, 640x480, CASTLEVANIA-101[1].jpg~original.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762660

>>2762567
>>2762585
It is an upgraded texture. All of the textures there are. The UI is completely different from the original game, too. My pic is from the original.

>> No.2762720
File: 281 KB, 1600x1200, cv641405299541381.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762720

>>2762650

I believe I used a few cards, not sure if too many.

Also this game was kinda creepy.

>> No.2762762

Sort of a punishment, Bushido Blade 1. Whenever the fight starts, fighters make an intro or some shit where you can go and end the battle before their weapon is even drawn. I thought that was hilarious when I first played it, until I got to the end and found out I did not follow the path of Bushido for butchering people before a fight even started. I did not get a good ending, obviously.

>> No.2762780

>>2762762

there's even extra endings if you're super bushido

>> No.2762792

Raystorm is one that I remember.

Apparently, working designs adds that feature to prevent player for finishing the game in easiest difficulty. Playing the game in 4 or less difficulty lets you only play the first 4 stages.

>> No.2762803

>>2762720
Yeah, the Castlevania 64 games creep the fuck out of me to this day.
>frankenstein maze
>>2762792
You know what, I don't see why WD had this retard logic of "hey, maybe US gamers will enjoy this more if we make it harder than it already is!" They fucking did shit like that with Silhouette Mirage also.

>> No.2762805

>>2762218
Golden Axe II won't let you play the last couple of levels on Easy
Same with Mickey's Wild Adventure on ps1
One of the Streets of Rage games as well, I'm fairly sure.

>> No.2762808

>>2762803
Well, yeah. One thing that I hate on WD is adding thing that makes the game "hard". I forgot if they also did that to Raycrisis.

Their localization is one thing but fiddling to the codes of the game to make it annoying is entirely different.

>> No.2762823

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EasyModeMockery

Adventures of Little Ralph only let you beat 5 out of 9 levels.

>> No.2762836

In the remake of Tales of Destiny, Barbatos gains an instant-kill move if you fight him on easy.

>> No.2762912

>>2762218
uuuuughh. I fucking love this game. I always wanted her powers...

>> No.2762914

>>2762553
Agree, ofcourse, thats what PS was destroying Nintendo in the shit talk/advert game. Nintendo looked childish and Sony loved it. CV64 was a big threat to that, so Sony did what they could to shit talk the game.

I didn't pay attention to most of this shit when I was a kid and played the fuck out of it. One of my fav RG.

>> No.2762932

>>2762218
Super Smash TV.

>(finish first level)
>THAT WAS EASY!
>NOW TRY NORMAL.
>(game over)

>> No.2762940
File: 64 KB, 620x372, castle-of-illusions-011[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2762940

>>2762218
IIRC Castle of Illusion ended after 3 stages or something like that on Easy mode, though I think it was rather named "Training" mode. It would also skip the boss battles entirely.

>> No.2762959 [DELETED] 

>>2762348
underrated post

>> No.2762968

That Tiny Toon Adventures game for the SNES

>> No.2762971

Contra 3 anyone?

>> No.2763010
File: 80 KB, 505x673, 1430348198908.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2763010

>>2762348
Not Retro

>> No.2763185

>>2762218

I believe Mickey's Wild Adventures on PS1 did this.

>> No.2763187

>>2762218
http://selmiak.bplaced.net/games/sms/index.php?lang=eng&game=Daffy-Duck-in-Hollywood&page=Walkthrough-Endings

Daffy Duck in Hollywood was kinda brutal in this regard.

>> No.2763191

>>2762808
>makes shit translations with "jokes"
>fucks with the difficulty in several games on purpose
>even accidentally fucked with the difficulty on one game due to programmer ineptitude, caught it, and intentionally left it in just cuz

You know, I see a lot of WD apologists that say "Well at least they brought over games they never would have otherwise." That's fucking bullshit because if they didn't, you can't know if some other company wouldn't have done it. Even if it didn't, if you're going to fuck with the game and take out all the charms by making it into Fart Joke RPG VII maybe it shouldn't have come over at all.

>> No.2763203

>>2762803
The problem with Silhouette Mirage is that it's not even necessarily harder, they just made it tedious which is even worse. Or the way they made saving your game use up magic experience in Lunar 2. Working Designs were full of shit ideas.

>>2763191
I fully agree.

>> No.2763207

If I never see another Fleaman in my life it will be too soon.

>> No.2763208

X-Men, Genesis.

>> No.2763218

Superman 64 does the same thing. I rented the game and played all the way through on easy, then got told I had to play on a harder difficulty to play the last level. I tried, but I had to return it before I could finish. Stupid piece of shit game.

>> No.2763268

Valkyrie Profile

Less characters, dungeons, and no good ending.

>> No.2763291
File: 68 KB, 657x257, 1414890759972.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2763291

console versions of Street Fighter 2 would give you a bullshit ending followed by a TRY HARDER DIFFICULTY message if you beat it on anything less than 3 stars.

>> No.2763309
File: 9 KB, 320x200, 94522-Prehistorik_2_(1993)(Titus_Interactive)-4[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2763309

>> No.2764016
File: 196 KB, 399x291, Sparkster_North_American_SNES_box_art.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2764016

>>2762218
Sparkster.

Game ends prematurely on easy and normal.

>> No.2764071

If you pick the easy difficulty in I wanna be the guy gaiden it opens a barbie website.

>> No.2765465

>>2764016
>>2762218
>>2762231

Konami games were infamous for either cutting out levels or giving you a bullshit ending that was pretty much

> easy mode
> implying you'll see the ending
lel. Try harder, chump.

It was supposed to push you to get better but more often than not it made me go "Alright. Then fuck this game for now."

>> No.2765559

>>2765465
This.

>> No.2765668

What a worm! Playing on practice, eh? Well you'd better step up the difficulty setting if you wanna see the real ending. In the meantime though...

What are worms?

>> No.2765756

>>2764016
>Rocket Knight Adventure on the Genesis
>Beat the game on normal
>"Next time try a harder difficulty!"
>Playing hardcore for a month trying to beat it on hard, which is tough due to everything killing you in one hit
>Finally beat it
>Expecting a special ending
>"You are a super player!"
>Nothing else
Fuuuuuck
At least it's a fun game.

>> No.2765785

>>2765465
Reminder that was for their american releases. The originals have the entire game on Normal (I don't know if easy has it) and has some messages at the end, congratulating the player at beating it on harder modes.

>> No.2765808
File: 28 KB, 439x182, Capture.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2765808

>>2765465
>>2765756
Plus they pulled this shit for American players.

>> No.2765857
File: 121 KB, 300x303, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2765857

Bonk's revenge has easy, medium and hard.

Easy mode ends after first stage
Medium is after 4 stages
Hard is the whole game

>> No.2765864

>>2763309
Very punishing game by itself but worth beating. The SNES version also punished you for playing on easy as far as I remember.

>> No.2765883

>>2765668
Yes.
YEEEESSSSS.

>> No.2765891

Spider-Man for Genesis, if I'm not mistaken.

>> No.2765895

>>2765785
>>2765808
Let's also talk about games that were made HARDER for the western release.

First that come to mind for me are Ninja Gaiden III for NES... AND Castlevania III.

Bloody fuck. Like those weren't rough enough.

>> No.2765898
File: 40 KB, 512x358, Plok SNES Super Nintendo Awesome boxart coverart.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2765898

On Child's Play, the game not only stops before the final area, but skips all but 1 of the bosses and the flashback levels where you play as Plok's grandfather. Makes what little story the game has confusing.

>> No.2765915

>>2765898
Unrelated...

AMAZING use of the SNES sound chip in this game.

>> No.2766378

>>2762218
disney hercules action games

>> No.2768504

Thunder Force V cut out the last 2 levels on the easiest setting.

>> No.2768572

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story makes you put it on hard to fight all the bosses and see the ending.

>> No.2768619

Earthworm Jim on SEGA CD and PC subjects you to a 10 minute VERY EDUCATIONAL crash course on worms instead of giving you the real ending if you beat it on easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ca7TqMvT0

>> No.2768631

>>2768619
>2:25
The exact moment when that religious homophobic bigot loses his shit because of stupid worm facts or something. Never change, Tennapel.

>> No.2768642

>>2763010
>millions of years old
>not retro

>> No.2768682

>>2768619
Yeah man.

>>2765668

>> No.2768728

>>2768631
Look at this guy, lol.

>> No.2770428

>>2768728
Not sure what you're getting at, Chief.

>> No.2771089

Paperboy on the N64 would only allow you to play the first two stages on easy.

>> No.2771224

>>2762218
I remember a lot of stuff on 16-bit doing that.

High Seas Havoc

>> No.2771230

>>2765895

Every Working Design game?

>> No.2771275

>>2768619
Oddly enough you only get the REAL ending if you finish the game on normal.

If you finish on hard, the narrator/whoever is talking about worms in the bad ending gives you a speech about how you are great for beating the game on hard mode.

>> No.2771510

>>2771230
Fuck 'em. Seriously.

Tried to grind my way through Elemental Gearbolt recently. Dumped a decent amount of time and effort into it before giving in and using Gameshark to see what the rest of the game had in store.

Holy fuck. I honestly don't think I could have done the rest of it without cheating.

>> No.2771702

>>2771510

Same goes for the Sega-CD version of Popful Mail, and to a lesser extend to Silhouette Mirage...

I can't hate them because they localized all those fantastic games, but those "gameplay adjustments" are fucking bullshit.

>> No.2771721
File: 27 KB, 480x272, 13704827893_4c4c746ec5_o[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2771721

Disney's ACTION GAME Featuring Hercules