Zelda-like?

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Zelda-like? Anonymous Wed Dec 28 00:14:02 2016 No.3703105 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guise, what are some good top-down perspective 2d games that play as fluidly as zelda?
I've tried neutopia, golden axe warrior and crusader of centy, but they're all clunky and don't feel good to control. Ys could be good if the dungeons were better designed, and less repetitive.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 00:24:20 2016 No.3703116 >>3703105 Crystalis

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 00:35:55 2016 No.3703132 Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Beyond Oasis/Story of Thor, Alundra

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 00:52:15 2016 No.3703149 >>3703105 >Crusader of Centy >clunky It's been a few years but I honestly remember that game being smoother than ALttP. I think there might be something wrong with your control setup. Are you emulating on a phone?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 01:53:26 2016 No.3703212 Avatar: The Last Airbender for GBA is a great Zelda like adventure. You trade between 3 playable characters and switching between them is necessary for puzzle solving.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:10:08 2016 No.3703225

>>3703116
forgot about that, played it so much time ago, I'll give it a go
>>3703132
out of those the only one I haven't tried is alundra. I'll check
>>3703149
what do you take me for? phones are for calling people and showing funny images to friends. I'm using an usb controller (which albeit generic is quite responsive) on kega fusion. The animations are smooth, but the character feels clunkier than the gbc zeldas.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:13:09 2016 No.3703231

>>3703225
If you're going to try Terranigma, make sure to get the NTSC patch, otherwise it's going to be slow. With the patch it's fast like it should be.

I wouldn't recommend Beyond Oasis/Story of Thor just like that though, the combat system is heavily based on beat em ups so the controls WILL feel clunky at first unless you're really into beat em ups.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:15:02 2016 No.3703232 >>3703105 Play Ys Chronicles+ or Napishtim/Felghana/Origin, that also sounds like what you're looking for even if Napishtim/Origin aren't retro by this board's standards. Try Ys IV and V for SNES too.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:24:31 2016 No.3703236

>>3703212
never liked the franchise, but maybe this will surprise me like the nds spiderman game
>>3703231
oh, the patch really does make a difference, thanks anon
>>3703232
I may try those. Never been too big on Ys, but maybe it's time I put aside the bad first impression.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:37:06 2016 No.3703250 >>3703212 Not /vr/ though

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 02:40:48 2016 No.3703254

>>3703236
>Never been too big on Ys, but maybe it's time I put aside the bad first impression.
I get that, I may be ripped apart here but to be honest the retro iterations were mostly kind of shitty. The new PC/PSP remakes are a lot better. The very first Ys is very simple and light on dungeons even in the remake (although half the game IS a big dungeon...), but the second Ys is amazing and games like Felghana really fit the description of fluid top-down gameplay. They also have awesome music. On top of all that the (remake) lore is fairly cool, definitely worth a try.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 03:11:20 2016 No.3703292 >>3703225 Fair enough. I actually played through it on Gens, but Kega is supposed to be a better emulator. I just wonder why it would feel clunky for you.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 03:21:17 2016 No.3703298 >>3703105 LittleBigAdventure2

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 07:08:43 2016 No.3703470 File: 85 KB, 650x650, cover-front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3703105 Got you covered my friend, search no more!

>>	NESfag Wed Dec 28 07:17:19 2016 No.3703478 Can't go wrong with Crystalis (NES version) and Alundra. Crystalis has a couple of obscure puzzles but Alundra is amazing.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 08:55:52 2016 No.3703554

Alundra is truly amazing. It's world is lively and connected and characters feel characters. And those who think it will be a happy-go-lucky stuff with butterflies in theme of saturday morning's cartoons, are in for a surprise. There's despair, there's hopelessness and lots of funerals with heart breaking music. The girl who couldn't sleep because things exploded when she did, the single parent drunk man with cute daughter, nightmare of the hunter, Meia's childhood. And the thing under the church...

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 10:41:27 2016 No.3703654
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>>3703478
This so much. Two of my most favorite titles.

>>3703212
I had no idea of this game, had only heard of the achievement whoring game, but never tried the games for myself. I do like the series it is based on.

Anonymous Wed Dec 28 13:14:25 2016 No.3703895

>>3703254
I don't think I mind them not being /vr/ this time around... I came here mostly because games in this board are usually more readily accessible.
>>3703292
I think maybe I'm being too anal on the sword animation and other minor stuff. It IS a good game, I'll save it for later.
>>3703298
>LittleBigAdventure2
Oh fuck, remembering things like these is why I come here in first place.
>>3703470
>>3703478
>>3703554
>>3703654
dully noted and downloaded.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 14:30:35 2016 No.3704019 File: 6 KB, 320x288, OGTkpxa.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Daikatana on GBC is actually a surprisingly good Zelda like game.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 28 15:33:14 2016 No.3704181 File: 42 KB, 498x360, 9640282.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3704019 >Daikatana >GBC >Zelda like game What the fuck?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 06:07:16 2016 No.3705314 >>3704181 Have you ever played it? It's actually pretty awesome. Nothing like the PC version.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 06:53:01 2016 No.3705357 Secret of Mana?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 12:05:30 2016 No.3705691 File: 5 KB, 256x240, Grand%20Master%20(J)[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3703105 Grand Master (Nes), a hidden gem.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 12:08:32 2016 No.3705696 >>3703105 MGS ghost babel

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 12:37:12 2016 No.3705735 >>3704019 >>3704181 >>3705314 Yeah, it's a great game. Probably one of the best GBC games in my opinion

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 13:49:40 2016 No.3705849 That Golden Axe game on Master System Beyond Oasis on Genesis A Prelude To Chaos on Amstrad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uaF4ZPxek

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 13:50:43 2016 No.3705851 Technomage

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 13:57:40 2016 No.3705857 Cobra Mission

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 15:21:13 2016 No.3705979 Beast Busters '99 is breddy gud.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 15:30:30 2016 No.3705991 Startropics

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 16:45:26 2016 No.3706136 >>3705991 This. A shame that Nintendo has all but forgotten its very existence.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 17:21:50 2016 No.3706198 >>3706136 I hope one day we can get a remake of both games in the series, or at least a sequel.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 17:26:34 2016 No.3706207 >>3706136 It's on the nes mini tho

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 17:51:46 2016 No.3706248 File: 64 KB, 250x313, 250px-God_of_Thunder.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] this

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 20:27:08 2016 No.3706497 LAGOOOOOOOOOOOON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueO8owBuT2Q

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 20:29:48 2016 No.3706506 >>3706497 gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VA3UU4xDc

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 20:30:50 2016 No.3706509 >>3706506 Its basically more boring Ys. But dat intro is kickass

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 20:46:31 2016 No.3706534 >>3706506 >>3706497 Whoa, wait, Lagoon was an X68000 game? I always thought it was an SNES exclusive.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 20:57:38 2016 No.3706553 >>3703105 >but they're all clunky and don't feel good to control. So was Zelda. Actually more so than those games.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 29 21:01:18 2016 No.3706562 >>3706506 Man, talk about looking unfun to play.

Anonymous Thu Dec 29 23:39:46 2016 No.3706757

>>3706553
Go play them again. Both Neutopia and Golden Axe make your character stop on it's tracks for every sword swing, which are painfully slow and only hit in front of you instead of an arc like in zelda. Crusader of Centy is better in that aspect, but the sword mechanics is still not really to my liking. Even daikatana is more dynamic than those games

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 30 00:07:18 2016 No.3706786 >>3706757 Have you even played the first Zelda?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 30 00:12:19 2016 No.3706789 >>3706553 >>3706786 That was just one game. "Zelda" would mean the majority. The rest of the games are fluid.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 30 00:49:53 2016 No.3706831 >>3706786 have you even looked at the pic in the op?

Anonymous Fri Dec 30 00:56:39 2016 No.3706838
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>>3703254

But you dont mention the biggest thing: changing from that shitty bump-mechanic fighting to actual animated sprite/object attacks. Hylide/Super Hylide/Ys coulda been contenders if that shit didnt exist

>>3703105
Ninja Taro

Kinda comfy old school gb. But make multiple saves, the drop rates can get fucked up and maroon you on platforms you cant get off without items(ladders).

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 30 02:20:25 2016 No.3706928 >>3703105 Secret Quest is a pretty nifty take on the formula for the 2600 given the system's limitations. And while a completely different game altogether, Berzerk has kind of a Zelda feel to it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 30 15:37:18 2016 No.3707806 >>3703105 Spiritual Warfare :^)

Anonymous Sat Dec 31 02:19:01 2016 No.3708690
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>>3707806

Wisdom Tree needs to release Spirtual Warfare (PC version) on Steam.

The NES version of Spiriual Warfare plays like Zelda inspired game.

Anonymous Sat Dec 31 02:22:42 2016 No.3708695
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>>3708690
>>3707806

Holy shee-it

the pc version is on archive.org via dosbox

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Spiritual_Warfare_1993

needs a password to start, the copyright protection was in the manual... damn

http://www.mobygames.com/game/spiritual-warfare

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 18:51:42 2016 No.3709938 Daikatana on GAME BOY COLOR is surprisingly awesome. Plays like a cyberpunk version of Links Awakening. Really weird, not an FPS at all but an action RPG. highly recommend.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 31 19:11:18 2016 No.3709958 >>3708695 Must be annoying for people who lost their manuals, or bought it second hand

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 1 00:54:33 2017 No.3710371 File: 24 KB, 477x358, 68209-Survival_Kids_(USA)-5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3703105 Survival Kids on GBC

Anonymous Sun Jan 1 01:13:59 2017 No.3710387

>>3710371
I finished that last week. I'd hardly call it fluid or anything like Zelda at all. Some pretty bullshit adventure game logic too. I was stuck at the part where you have to shoot the boulder with an arrow for days.

Now I'm playing the second one and can't figure out how the fuck you build a ladder. They are fairly decent games for their time though, especially considering the lack of much precedent to build on for the type of game play.
Thank goodness the second game made days longer and gave you more stamina. And made it so that you have to eat more than once every three or four days.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 1 04:55:45 2017 No.3710613 >>3710387 FUuck I played them like six weeks ago. I should have written a guide, can't hardly remember how to do shit in them. For a ladder I'm pretty sure it's like stick+rope or something. Remind me what materials you have.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 1 04:56:47 2017 No.3710616 >>3710613 I should note I couldn't get the best ending in the second one because there's a altar behind a giant boulder and despite having reduced the younger brother the MC just says "can't move it without help" so lol I dunno.

Anonymous Sun Jan 1 08:01:54 2017 No.3710752

>>3706838
The bump mechanic is used well as far as I'm concerned and the second game has projectile attacks

I do agree Oath and Origin are better but people chimp out about the very idea of bump-based melee and miss out on other good elements of those games, like the almost shmup-esque boss battles.

Anonymous Mon Jan 2 00:36:38 2017 No.3712175

>>3709958

I own the NES version of Spiritual Warfare. My parent's ordered the game from a Christian Book Distributor catalog after they got their tax returns.

Since I never had a PC that could run games I never thought about getting a PC version of Spiritual Warfare. I've been searching to see if someone uploaded a copy of the PC Spiritual Warfare manual.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 2 00:48:53 2017 No.3712182 File: 3.51 MB, 1527x2100, 2362260-nes_startropics.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 56 comments and no Star Tropics? For shame, /vr/.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 2 01:14:24 2017 No.3712226 >>3703105 Try Willow for NES It has a few gimmicks and somewhat departs from the traditional formula but it's pretty def worth a try

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