What do you suppose makes Metal Slug so great? The first three anyway. I like how much more outrageous the games could get after the first one by including sci-fi and supernatural elements. I love how goofy the games can be yet still retain an exciting feeling of play.

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Anonymous Sat Jul 15 23:16:40 2017 No.4123831 [Reply] [Original]

What do you suppose makes Metal Slug so great? The first three anyway.

I like how much more outrageous the games could get after the first one by including sci-fi and supernatural elements. I love how goofy the games can be yet still retain an exciting feeling of play.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 02:04:50 2017 No.4124042 >>4123831 I love how hyped the final levels are.

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 02:32:59 2017 No.4124084

>>4123831
A really good mix of "realistic" illusionistic characters, vehicles, backgrounds and animations while still being very clear to oversee what is going on. This makes everything feel so natural and smooth on top of the controls.
Good sense of humor.
Fun to play co-op.
Noob-friendly to get into for the most part without being too easy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:01:39 2017 No.4124114 Tons of setpieces, no filler.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:25:14 2017 No.4124137 I'll just get this out of the way now: Metal Slug 3 is shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:27:47 2017 No.4124140 File: 2.96 MB, 760x560, fags that refuse to git gud will never know about this.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4124137 It's actually the best Metal Slug ever and I would appreciate it if you did not speak of things you know nothing of.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:44:32 2017 No.4124154 are the Wii VC versions any good? i hear they took off flashing lights when you damage bosses/vehicles. how bad is it?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:49:05 2017 No.4124167 >>4124140 I love 3 but the last stage is pretty absurd and kind of pales in comparision of the awesome 2/X last stage. No endgame is better than War of the Worlds with your human enemies becoming allies for the earth supremacy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:56:24 2017 No.4124180 >>4123831 I love them because they're so self aware. The devs at SNK definetely did some fucking cocaine and meth while making these games because they went absolutely insane on X and 3

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:57:14 2017 No.4124182 >>4124154 wii vc and metal slug collection are only good ports ive played

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 03:57:30 2017 No.4124183 >>4124154 It's pretty good. But you're better off with MAME, because Wii only has 5 credits maximum.

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:03:05 2017 No.4124191
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>>4124167
>No endgame is better than War of the Worlds with your human enemies becoming allies for the earth supremacy.
Rrrrr Stop taking me for a ride, this ain't /v/. Be straightforward.

>>4124154
I really hate how they took the flashing out, 'cuz those really won't cause a seizure at all. They flash orange or green or blue rather than full-on red and they don't flash very quickly either. If you want something more seizure inducing than webm-related could've done it had the SNK guys not have gotten eye-sores from looking at it and wisened up.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:03:19 2017 No.4124192 >>4124137 >Metal Slug 3 is shit. Hell no.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:05:22 2017 No.4124196 >>4124182 If you don't mind a bit of extra loading here and there the PSP collection is pretty good, games look nice and crisp on the smaller screen.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:07:29 2017 No.4124197 File: 2.72 MB, 760x560, Fio picnic hitbox.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4124191 also i found out that the rocket grunt at the beginning of the final mission can't actually hurt you ifhaven't moved yet.... unless you're Fio.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:09:55 2017 No.4124201 File: 2.72 MB, 760x560, Fio picnic hitbox.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4124191 I also found out that the rocket grunt at the beginning of the final mission can't actually hurt you if you haven't moved yet.... Unless you're Fio.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:16:21 2017 No.4124208 >>4124182 will check out, sega saturn port looked the smoothest to me from the gameplay ive seen

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 04:30:37 2017 No.4124221

>>4124191
>Rrrrr Stop taking me for a ride, this ain't /v/. Be straightforward.
I'm not very sure what do you are trying to say there but I'm still supporting X as the most satisfying last mission, the rest od the stages are okay and I definitely love your webm related.
Is just that in my opinion 3's last stage is too slow to make up for the title of the best Metal Slug.

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>>4124221
It's 'cuz it sounded like you were being sarcastic or something. How does that you described not sound crazy cool?
I guess maybe it could be faster but even if the last mission is a whole 'nother game I can tell they put a lot of thought into it and paced it out pretty well. It's just so cool.

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>>4124221
It's 'cuz it sounded like you were being sarcastic or something. How does what you just described not sound crazy cool?
I guess maybe it could be faster but I can tell they put a lot of thought into the level design and paced it out pretty well. If it was faster than it wouldn't matter if it was halved it would be way too much.

I just got more stamina for the final mission. I can really never get sick of playing it again and again.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 05:17:00 2017 No.4124272 >>4123831 Good intersection of artstyle and gameplay. The gameplay is a lot more grounded than in other R&Gs, which complements the aesthetics.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 09:23:19 2017 No.4124527 MS2 is the best balanced game in the series in terms of level design and difficulty. But the slowdown obviously ruins that game.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 10:10:03 2017 No.4124586 >>4124527 Playing it overcloked in MAME I prefer it over Metal Slug X which has worse colors and puts aliens everywhere ruining the surprise encounter in the last level.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 10:15:37 2017 No.4124593 >>4124586 How is it even a surprise if everyone already played the game by now

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 10:16:39 2017 No.4124594

>>4124154
I've played them recently and they're pretty good, I can live without the flashes. On the VC releases, you can enter 240p mode by having a nunchuck and pressing A+1+Z simultaneously in the Operations Guide menu. Only "bad" thing is that you can't add or remove credits.

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 10:30:31 2017 No.4124617

>>4124167
>pales in comparision of the awesome 2/X last stage.

The last stage and the bosses of 2/X were utter shit, they had poor design that relied on impassable enemy placements so it can eat credits.

MS3 last stage, as ridiculously long it is, gives you a ton of chances to pass it without a problem.

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 10:33:01 2017 No.4124620

>>4124208
>sega saturn port looked the smoothest to me from the gameplay ive seen

Sega Saturn port has more slowdown than MS2 on the AES. The entire game plays at half speed, except for the 2-3 parts where you are alone on the screen.

If you saw it play "smooth" anywhere, it was an emulator recording.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 13:55:31 2017 No.4124942 >>4124593 True, but I still think it's a better idea to keep the aliens to the end stage.

Anonymous Sun Jul 16 14:00:00 2017 No.4124954
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>>4124586
I'm just dissatisfied by how they replaced the arabian soldiers with more of morden's grunts. It's not like you have a chance to fight those guys anywhere else but the first stage.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 14:05:26 2017 No.4124970 >>4124586 >has worse colors >He doesnt like the new fancy color palettes

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 16 14:10:17 2017 No.4124986 >>4124970 That China stage :(

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 00:10:19 2017 No.4126274 File: 18 KB, 252x240, metalslug2nd-5[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4123831 >the first three anyway Don't forget the awesome two games on the NGPC.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 00:12:31 2017 No.4126280 >>4126274 These two games are really underrated, barely anyone talks about them in the ngpc threads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 00:18:15 2017 No.4126287 >>4126280 >>4126274 I guess it makes sense that nobody talks about these awesome games since there's still not a proper NGPC emulator that doesn't fuck with the sound. I actually like these games more than Metal Slug 1 and possibly Metal Slug 3.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 01:38:52 2017 No.4126434 >>4123831 is there any knowledge about the "par" amount of continues used for metal slug each metal slug game i've gone through 1 X and 3 on 25 continues at my best what about you guys?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 01:50:46 2017 No.4126446 File: 133 KB, 1056x1200, 1498398411675.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4126434 I 1cc'd 3. Every single metal slug is designed for 1cc.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 01:54:51 2017 No.4126451

>>4126434
Each port gives you a different amount. AES gives you 4 credits, Playstation ports are free play, Xbox gives you one per stage but allows you to start from any stage you've previously beaten like a saved game, Wii port gives you 20 for the whole game.

Personally I think anything less than 10 is fair game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 01:58:06 2017 No.4126458 >>4126434 1 credit or bust

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:01:17 2017 No.4126550 >>4124137 I'll bite, why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:07:23 2017 No.4126563 >>4126550 Too many monster flick enemies. Too many cutscenes. Final Mission drags on for too long. Stage 4 boss can throw unavoidable patterns. Too unfocused enemy design. Not enough new weapons.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:27:06 2017 No.4126592 >>4124140 >It's actually the best Metal Slug ever 2, 1 and Geostorm are better.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:30:37 2017 No.4126597 >>4126563 Final boss can throw impossible patterns too if you don't abuse the i-frames from jumping out of the metal slug.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:34:09 2017 No.4126604 >>4126592 I will tell you they are not after 1ccing them all. Metal Slug 3 is amazing on so many levels.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:35:38 2017 No.4126607 >>4126604 MS3 is a chore to 1cc. Even pros lose runs to it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 03:38:01 2017 No.4126609 >>4126607 Only on level 8 difficulty.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 09:02:14 2017 No.4127018 >>4126434 The answer is 0 continues. I'm not joking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 10:21:06 2017 No.4127145 >>4127018 1ccs are great and all but I mean really now

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 10:26:36 2017 No.4127153 >>4126563 >Not enough new weapons. It honestly didn't really need many new ones. Series had plenty by X, and most of the additions in 4+ were very uninspired.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 11:18:32 2017 No.4127227 >>4127145 Do you SEE THAT SCREEN. AT THE END OF EACH LEVEL? You get POWs by not just touching them but by STAYING ALIVE.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 11:23:36 2017 No.4127234 >>4127227 BACK THE FUCK UP WE HAVE A VIDYAGAEM EXPERT HERE

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 11:24:38 2017 No.4127238 >>4127227 It's too bad all those score points are completely useless.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 11:28:53 2017 No.4127245 >>4127153 Oh come on the dual wield machine gun was the coolest shit.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 12:13:07 2017 No.4127308
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>>4127238
Yeah but getting points makes you feel cool.

you don't HAVE to jump across that gap when it's at it's largest in the train mission in Metal slug 2 but if you DO you get 50,000 points.

Doesn't that make you want to DO it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 12:16:58 2017 No.4127317 >>4127238 >Pointlets When will they ever learn?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 12:20:49 2017 No.4127324 >>4127317 It's fine if you don't wanna play arcade games for score, but if you do, you're playing a different game. You can enjoy your t-ball, but as soon as you start playing for score you're playing home run derby.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 12:23:52 2017 No.4127326 >>4127324 I know, I just wanted to rib you. Mostly a 1cc guy myself

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:20:49 2017 No.4128326 >>4127245 I really hate that one boring section in MS6 where all you do is stand still and shoot a bunch of aliens. Sure it's cool the first time but it gets boring on later playthroughs.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:33:58 2017 No.4128352
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>Humans fight humans
>Aliens invade
>Humans team up to fight aliens
>Worse aliens invade
>Humans team up with aliens to fight other aliens

I fucking loved this. This was the SHIT when I was little.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:39:58 2017 No.4128363

>>4127324
Scoring in metal slug is fucking random and repetitive, you have to milk enemy spawn points until the timer almost runs over and heavily depend on luck for item drops, right in the first stage there are random drops that could fuck your run over.
Garbage, garbage, garbage.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:41:01 2017 No.4128367 >>4128326 Lots of boring shit in MS6, autoscrollers, dig dug section, unskippable cutscenes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:42:19 2017 No.4128368 >>4128363 That always seemed like a really weird decision. Like, at first I thought the items changed depending on your performance and that seemed really cool, but having them be random is a real turn off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:44:05 2017 No.4128373 >>4128367 You can skip the cutscenes in MS6.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:44:27 2017 No.4128375 >>4128363 Oh yeah, I forgot to mention you hae to kill everyting with the knife and the machines with pistol.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:44:30 2017 No.4128376

>>4126563
Whaaaat. MS3 has the most epic final mission of any game ever. I remember playing it for the first time and it was unforgettable. Only con I think about it is the final final boss is kind of easy and a chore. But beating him feels amazing, because you know it's the climax and you don't want to stop until he's finally dead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:45:58 2017 No.4128379 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPmWIZ7YuU LOL GUISE LOOK AT THIS AMAZING SUPER PLAY MAD PLAYER SKILLS JUST GO BACK AND FORTH AT THE SCREEN MILKING THOSE SPAWN POINTS THIS IS SUPER SKILLFUL NOT BORING AT ALL

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:48:11 2017 No.4128381 >>4128379 I don't think anyone's defending metal slug's scoring. Randomness kills it alone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:50:24 2017 No.4128385 >>4128376 It's not as epic on your 435th replay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:54:25 2017 No.4128394 >>4128385 Except it is. I've been playing it for 7 years on and off and it's STILL amazing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:56:09 2017 No.4128398 >>4128394 I don't play for shitty 1ccs so I don't find it boring either, but I can see how the shmup section could get on your nerves if you're close to having a perfect run.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 21:57:18 2017 No.4128404 also notice how the final mission is the only part in the game that really needed but doesn't have any branching paths

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:00:32 2017 No.4128409 >>4128398 U@hh, I play for 1cc, it's the only way to go really. Don't .knock it. T:-) 1he shmup section is REALLY generous actually, you get two hits before you're forced to edit your ship.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:01:48 2017 No.4128414 >>4128409 I FUCKING HATE PHONEPOSTING. I'll reply properly once I get back.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:03:00 2017 No.4128419

>>4128409
>1he shmup section is REALLY generous actually, you get two hits before you're forced to edit your ship.
I didn't mean it's hard, I meant it drags on for too long. No matter what you do you can't speed things up because the whole stage is on a global timer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:15:09 2017 No.4128446 >>4128385 OK I can agree.. but I have tons of fun showing the game off to people because of that level

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:20:35 2017 No.4128467 >>4128446 Most kids are gonna think it's dated garbage anyway.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 22:25:25 2017 No.4128489
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>>4128419
Okay I'm on an actual computer.

No way Jose, the shmup section's difficulty is pretty well paced in my opinion.

Like, you can't just have a game STAY HARD at all times. The difficulty should vary, even at the final mission. The placement of the shmup's JUST after a couple of tricky bosses so the shmup's giving you a chance to catch your breath, especially seeing how much farther you've gotta go.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 23:06:58 2017 No.4128584 >>4128467 Some yeah, but alot of kids haven't seen sprites this good since ever. Even high budget indie games look pretty weak in comparison. The finer touches though, yeah those get lost, like the artstyle and sense of humor.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 23:10:51 2017 No.4128592 >>4128489 The shitty cutscene already provides plenty of time to catch your stupid breath.

Anonymous Mon Jul 17 23:14:02 2017 No.4128597
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>>4128467
I was playing 3 on my vita and my young cousin who's really into minecraft looked at it and said he really liked the graphics.

A lesson for all: you can use all the gay motion tweening and all the hyper-realistic textures for your stiff 3d models but you can never beat good ol' fashioned 2D animation. It's timeless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW65xwXbB9Y

>>4128592
I guess you're right, but I've gotten pretty used to the flow of it all.

>>	None !!/G342CtSSL2 Mon Jul 17 23:28:11 2017 No.4128628 File: 66 KB, 603x419, thief_and_the_cobbler_richard_williams_storyboard_14.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4128597 >Dat Richard Williams animation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 23:44:06 2017 No.4128673 >finish metal slug x with 12 coins >think it was way too easy considering me and my friend wasted 63 when we played on fightcade >turns out difficulty was on 4 This is going to take a long time, 1 coin runs on beat'em ups are baby mode in comparison.

>>	None !!/G342CtSSL2 Mon Jul 17 23:48:02 2017 No.4128683 >>4128673 Beat the arcade final fight on 1cc then.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 17 23:50:52 2017 No.4128684 >>4128673 oh yeah, fightcade has it's difficulty on co-op games at MAX.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 00:05:40 2017 No.4128725 >>4128683 I have it down for Cadillacs & Dinos, Punisher and CapCom, still working on Final Fight. >>4128684 Isn't max difficult the staple for 1cc though? I don't see the point on doing it on difficulty 4/8.

Anonymous Tue Jul 18 00:12:20 2017 No.4128743

>>4128725
>Isn't max difficult the staple for 1cc though?
Usually it's default settings. But the internet won't ever recognize your run as a true 1cc anyway, they will keep coming up with increasingly ridiculous restrictions like play for score without dying, bombing, using weapons, etc

Anonymous Tue Jul 18 00:20:24 2017 No.4128762

>>4128743
>usually it's default settings
Got it. I've been playing both on my pc and at a bar near the uni I go to, they have an arcade cabinet with around 2000 games there or some shit like that. Thing is, all games are set on max difficulty on that machine so I tend to practice only on max at home too.
Playing on an actual cabinet is so much more thrilling though, since every fuck up equals more money spent.

>the internet won't ever recognize your run as a true 1cc
Not too worried about that, I only try doing these runs for fun.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 00:24:36 2017 No.4128770 >>4128762 >for fun. Niga you think this is a motherfucking game?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 01:37:06 2017 No.4128879 Isn't 4 the default difficulty for Neo Games?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 01:46:22 2017 No.4128892 Oho big

Anonymous Tue Jul 18 01:54:18 2017 No.4128901
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>>4128879
It is. But >>4128743 has a point. Sure when I made a thread telling /vr/ about my 1cc achievement they congratulated me pretty well. But when I told /v/ they called my thread bait for not doing it on level-8.

I think I've managed to teach myself not to go on /v/ anymore but still, level-8's my next goal.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 07:02:04 2017 No.4129110 >>4128901 All score ranking forums only accept default difficulty, unless there's actually different game modes like mushihimesama's original/maniac/etc. /v/ can fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 14:13:51 2017 No.4129696 >>4129110 That makes me feel really happy, anon. Thank you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 14:22:41 2017 No.4129726 >>4129110 Speaking of which, what the fuck has happened to restart syndrome? Is it broken for everyone else or is it just me?

g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Tue Jul 18 16:13:10 2017 No.4129995
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>>4123831
Difficult but fair.
>>4124208
IMO the console versions are only worth it for the extras and minigames. And even then is more of a novelty than anything else.

>>	g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Tue Jul 18 16:18:47 2017 No.4130002 File: 189 KB, 965x917, ms2ndm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4126287 I think MESS' NGPC driver runs them well enough now.

>>	g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Tue Jul 18 16:41:17 2017 No.4130032 File: 3.32 MB, 3078x2267, ms31246552436707.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4128901 Rarely ever I got to play on a cab that wasn't level 8.

Anonymous Tue Jul 18 18:13:00 2017 No.4130152 [DELETED]

>>4123831
They are shit games. And that comes from a dude that owns a neogeo since 93. Main problem is its just 30fps which makes the games feel like crap. That and that every fucking game in the series is actually the same fucking game. Glorified turds. Go play demon front.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 18:15:24 2017 No.4130158 >>4130152 Wow, 30fps

Anonymous Tue Jul 18 19:48:11 2017 No.4130336

>>4130032
That's because estabilishments that rented cabs back in the day needed to get their money back, no reason to make it easy for people to spend less coins on.
I remember one time these complete shitter kids spent around 20 chips to finish fucking Cadillacs & Dinosaurs at a bar, the owner had a grin as wide as his face the whole time.

>>4130152
>it's shit stop enjoying it play this other shit instead

No thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 20:47:35 2017 No.4130424 >don't get extra lives for score What the fuck.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 20:58:27 2017 No.4130441 >>4126592 >Geostorm I don't think there's really anything good about Geostorm like at all. It serves as a precursor and that's really about it in my opinion

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 20:58:51 2017 No.4130442 >>4123831 Those fucking sprites. Pixel artists even today aspire to make one's so good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 21:00:53 2017 No.4130448 >>4123831 Excellent artwork Great controls Challenging but manageable

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 00:31:11 2017 No.4130830 >>4126592 >1 >better than anything You sir, are retarded.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 00:35:52 2017 No.4130835 >>4130830 It's the one that sticks more closely to the war theme.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 00:36:57 2017 No.4130839 >>4130441 It has awesome art and destructible backgrounds. It's a way better game than 6 in my opinion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 00:37:59 2017 No.4130842 >>4130424 >don't get extra lives at all This is bullshit, I agree. I don't care if 1ccs were balanced around that.

g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Wed Jul 19 01:07:48 2017 No.4130884

>>4130336
>That's because estabilishments that rented cabs back in the day needed to get their money back, no reason to make it easy for people to spend less coins on.
Around '99 or 00 there was this litttle "arcade" that happened to open near my route home from school -it was basically a home garage with a few cabs on comission/lease- the old lady that ran it saw me 1CC MS1 (slightly older game so credits were .5 MXN, for comparision USD was like 9 or 10 Pesos at the time), she got it changed to another cart by the next day, haha.

>>4130152
Eh? Demon Front is a nice game but it's really too different to compare it directly. They way you need to scan for hidden keys to get to the real last boss kind of reminds me of Avenging Spirit. Favourite feature was that hilariously broken attack that triggered if both players overlapped and attacked with their mascots at the same time.

>>4130842
It wouldn't make much difference since getting killed might make you lose momentum since certain weapons and having more than the starting 10 bombs make some parts easy... and high scores required not to die and conserving the vehicles. Exchanging extra lives for score at the end like some shmups might be broken since you can set it to have 99 lives per credit in the settings.
Rather than the scoring gimmicks from the rest of the series (combos, medals...) I'd liked it if they gave bonus points for unused extra bombs or had more risky (yet optional) platforming stunts like that train jump from X or the lamps from the mummy level.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 01:25:42 2017 No.4130909 File: 20 KB, 300x300, rocket.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What was this thing called again?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 01:29:16 2017 No.4130914 >tfw no Fio gf

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Anonymous Wed Jul 19 04:30:10 2017 No.4131116 [DELETED]

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kay, some fucking metal slug loving fag deleted my-metal-slug-hate-rant. Do you HATE FREE SPEECH YOU FUCKING AMERINAZI, hmmm? So anyway FUCK YOUR LAME 30fps METAL SLUT, get into some real games instead you LAZY FAT FUCK. WHERE WERE YOU DURING WORLD WAR II ????

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 04:43:29 2017 No.4131128 >>4130916 Sigh... I miss old /v/.

>>	Trannyjanny Wed Jul 19 04:44:42 2017 No.4131131 >>4131116 Disliking games? On MY /vr/? I'll have none of that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 04:45:04 2017 No.4131132 File: 125 KB, 320x240, fio.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4130916 oh my god after like six years i just realized she's not wearing her glasses and that they're on her cap. Fio without her glasses is weird.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 09:44:00 2017 No.4131358 Serves me right for not noticing the name. Still it applies

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 10:44:53 2017 No.4131424 >>4131116 >calling a game well received by almost everyone an irredeemable turd >parroting framerate memes as the main problem >comparing it to a game inspired by it that barely left Taiwan. Not hard to misconstrue your opinion as mere shitposting.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 10:46:21 2017 No.4131425 >>4131424 Don't respond to him. He's a notorious ban evader who keeps hammering the Doom threads with his retardation and has been for years.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 19 10:54:19 2017 No.4131434 File: 77 KB, 720x454, ms_1410705652829.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4131425 Huh. Gotta lurk more.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 01:11:13 2017 No.4133047 How do you make these games not run like garbage when there's more than 4 enemies on screen? It's fun, but the FPS drops just kill it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 10:46:01 2017 No.4133695 >>4133047 Slowmo is a feature, anon.

Anonymous Thu Jul 20 12:21:26 2017 No.4133841

Metal Slug 2 got a patch 2 years ago to remove that slowdown bug that caused it to run like molasses, but it still has more slowdown than X due to it using the MS1 engine. Still a good fix to have if you can burn a EPROM to replace the p1 rom on a real cartridge or if you want to use it on the Neo Geo flashcart. For emulators just overclock the original version.

http://blog.system11.org/?p=1442

Anonymous Thu Jul 20 13:26:59 2017 No.4133941

One aspect I've always believed these games really nailed was "game feel". The better games in the series had a wonderful sense of flow and I always found it very satisfying to inflict damage on the enemies in these games due to the detailed 2D animations. Like some others have mentioned, today's prevalent and lazy cut out style of animation in 2D games will never match the glory of meticulous, frame by frame pixel animation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 14:29:23 2017 No.4134059 File: 107 KB, 640x917, 20374_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is this a good port? I was thinking about getting it since it has some bonus content that the 360 version doesn't have.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 14:36:45 2017 No.4134071 >>4134059 Some people seem to prefer the credits system in this version. You only got 2 lives but you can restart the stage as many times as you want.

Anonymous Thu Jul 20 15:02:46 2017 No.4134149

>>4134059
It has some neat extras like Storming the Mothership where you get to play as one of Morden's soldiers.

Apparently the Xbox version runs in 480i which is pretty dreadful for a 2D game like this, although there exists a fix if you're running it on a burned DVD. I'm not really sure about the resolution either, NG games had a weird 320x224 resolution(often with only 308x224 being used) which causes problems with some ports stretching it.

g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Thu Jul 20 15:07:08 2017 No.4134169
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>>4133695
Bullet time before Max Payne made it cool.
Seriously though, the only part that's a huge pain in the ass with the slowdown was the brigde right before Allen in MS2. It felt like the slowdown actually managed to lag or lose inputs,

>>4133941
There's a multiplatfom gun'n'run coming up called "Cuphead" or some such. It actually looks pretty nice. It's hand drawn 2D inspired by those whack ass cartoons from the 20s.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 15:12:24 2017 No.4134187 >>4134169 Not to sound like an ass but everyone knows about Cuphead at this point, the thing has been in development hell for nearly a decade.

>>	g_z !Sen8ZFORTE Thu Jul 20 15:21:37 2017 No.4134209 File: 555 KB, 1728x2187, Neo_Geo_Freak_1998_Vol.6_-_jun_(JAPAN)IMG_0053.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4134187 I kind of found out until recently... don't usually follow gaming news and it came up in the recommended videos feed.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 20 15:26:15 2017 No.4134224 >>4134209 Alright then, I apologize for being rude.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 21 03:28:19 2017 No.4135493 >>4134209 >>4134169 Where the heck did you find these?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 21 03:40:29 2017 No.4135501 >>4135493 >>4134209 >>4134169 nevermind, filename. wow. This is great stuff.

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