/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4921604]

Talk about it.

[Anonymous No.4921616]

It's a B tier Link to the Past clone. Not a bad game overall, but it does have a b8it of an inflated price tag thanks to the Atlus logo.

[Anonymous No.4921617]

>>4921604
I've never gotten to the story proper. I get bored during those trials at the start

[Anonymous No.4921630]

>>4921616
>It's a B tier Link to the Past clone
>all top down ARPGs games are zelda!
If there was a button you could press to wipe all nintendies off the planet I would push that shit in a second.

[Anonymous No.4921639]

>>4921616
>It's a B tier Link to the Past clone
I hate Nintentoddlers so much-

[Anonymous No.4921648]

It's okay. Rated a big overly high because the genesis didn't have much else like it

[Anonymous No.4921673]

More games should've used its 'platform game but from top down' sensibilities. Also bizarrely the composer did no other videogames, which sucks cus the music kicks ass.

[Anonymous No.4921716]

Awesome soundtrack, great gameplay mechanic.
Too bad we never got the English version of the sequel

[Anonymous No.4921745]

As stated in the german SEGA magazine back then "better than Zelda"

+ quite mature story for a kids videogame.

[Anonymous No.4921980]

>>4921630
>If there was a button you could press to wipe all nintendies off the planet I would push that shit in a second.

>>4921639
>I hate Nintentoddlers so much-


I haven't bought a Nintendo console since the N64 (and I guess, GBA). Crusader of Centy is an obvious Link to the Past clone. Some of the sprites and tiles look like they were ripped right out of the SNES game. The game itself is pretty fun, but it is a short adventure (you can speed run it in like 2 hours or less) game and not one of the most memorable ones. The animal play mechanics are neat, I guess. The boss battles are also better than anything found in Link to the Past too.

And I do think the game sells for ridiculous prices, thanks to the Atlus logo.

[Anonymous No.4922017]

[Anonymous No.4922046]

>>4921716
What sequel?

[Anonymous No.4922061]

>>4922046
>What sequel?

There was never a real sequel to this game. The closest thing Crusader of Centy ever had to a sequel is Linkle LIver Story on the Sega Saturn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQOJmEDH7KM

Which is also an action RPG developed by NextTech, who also made Centy. Linkle Liver has similar gameplay mechanics to Crusader of Centy, but it is not a sequel.

Also, Linkle Liver has the misfortune of an engrish title. Clearly the game was meant to be called Rinkle River Story, but the Japanese developers got their 'L's" and 'R's" mixed up again, which is very common, and they ended up with this bizarre title.

[Anonymous No.4922550]

>>4921604
One of the most memorable aRPGs I've ever played. Gorgeous graphics, fun/fast paced gameplay and a story with clear thematic content. Not to mention 8-way movement. I've played A Link to the Past many, many times and it's one of my favorite games. But if I had to be honest, I'd pick Crusader of Centy over A Link to the Past any day of the week.

[Anonymous No.4922556]

>>4921980
>Crusader of Centy is an obvious Link to the Past clone
In what way? Zelda did not invent top down action games.
>Some of the sprites and tiles look like they were ripped right out of the SNES game.
Which ones?

[Anonymous No.4922623]

>>4921648
And SNES did?

[Anonymous No.4922875]

>>4922556

>In what way? Zelda did not invent top down action games.


Of course Nintendo didn't invent the top down action RPG. But Crusade of Centy still copied a lot of things specifically from A Link to the Past. There were lots of magazines reviews and previews noting the similarities. Crusader of Centy was generally known as a LTTP clone. I don;t think the developers tried to hide that.

>Which ones?
House interiors, exteriors, outdoor tiles, aesthetically it looked very similar to LTTP.

[Anonymous No.4922892]

>>4922875
>But Crusade of Centy still copied a lot of things specifically from A Link to the Past
Like what?
>There were lots of magazines reviews and previews noting the similarities
Reviewers have also called Ys a Zelda clone. Which is completely wrong. What's your point?
>House interiors, exteriors, outdoor tiles, aesthetically it looked very similar to LTTP.
Post comparisons.

[Anonymous No.4922997]

>>4921604
Great game but I feel like ending is a big "fuck you" that goes against the moral.
>>4922623
Not him but yeah
>Link to the Past
>Soul Blazer
>Illusion of Gaia
>Terranigma
>Brandish 2
>Brain Lord
>Gunple: Gunman's Proof
>Secret of Mana
>Secret of Evermore
>Seiken Densetsu 3
However to be fair I am combining overhead arpgs with overhead adventure games. On genesis the only games like this that come to mind are Crusader of Centy, Beyond Oasis, and Super Hydlide.

[Anonymous No.4923056]

>>4922997
There's also
Toe Jam & Earl (1 & 2)
Landstalker
Sonic 3D Blast
Light Crusader

[Anonymous No.4923102]

>>4921604
It's a great game. It starts out like this cutesy kiddy zelda ripoff but it's actually much deeper than that if you actually play it.
Also this is important - play the PAL version "Soleil" though as it has a different translation to the US version. It's less censored, has less typos and scripting errors, less name changes (Atlus changed heaps of shit in the US version) and is just a more accurate translation overall. Don't worry, you can play it in 60hz in an emulator, just switch regions after the game has booted.
>>4921616
Sounds like you didn't play it for longer than 15 mins.
>>4922061
Man wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get some of those 5th gen titles translated :(

[Anonymous No.4923136]

Britty gud so far

>>4923102
I noticed they messed up the girl in the chapel's answers to your responses to her question about monsters.

[Anonymous No.4923187]

>>4922997
>On genesis the only games like this that come to mind are Crusader of Centy, Beyond Oasis, and Super Hydlide.

King Colossus (A-RPG).

LandStalker, Light Crusader, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Popful Mail are very Zelda-like, just with a different perspective.

[Anonymous No.4923238]

>>4921980
Why Crusader of Centy is being dimissed as alttp clone while you don't see the original zelda being compared to Hydlide?

[Anonymous No.4923369]

>>4923136
holy shit dem scanlines. What kind of monitor are you using?

[Anonymous No.4923519]

>>4923238
>Why Crusader of Centy is being dimissed as alttp clone while you don't see the original zelda being compared to Hydlide?

It was dismissed as a Link to the Past clone upon release by just about every gaming magazine that reviewed it.

Crusader of Centy was released like 3 years after Zelda Link to the Past on the SNES, and the console never had a direct counterpart. Sure it has ARPG's like Land Stalker and Beyond Oasis. But Beyond Oasis is more of an Action RPG beat-em-up (somewhat like Streets of Rage, given the developer) and LandStalker is in an isometric viewpoint and plays quite a bit different. Crusader of Centy was directly inspired by LTTP visually and gameplay wise as well. The main character has a sword throwing attack very similar to Link's shooting sword. The character has a similar move set to Link when gaining new abilities.The colourful graphics and tiles are heavily inspired too.

Granted, Crusader of Centy is a much more linear game, it does focus a bit more on platforming and the items collected aren't all required to be used for advancing through the game like Zelda.

Back then, this game was generally looked at as the Genesis alternative to LTTP.

[Anonymous No.4923539]

Price to score a copy is fucking wack. Then again most good Genesis RPGs are pretty damn high.

[Anonymous No.4923590]

>>4923369
B7 OLED + OSSC. For 240p it kind of feels like having a giant broadcast monitor.

Pretty neat game but a bit tricky to tell what to do next sometimes. I have to race a cheetah now and it doesn't seem to be very forgiving.

[Anonymous No.4923601]

Casuals compare everything to Zelda and Mario. It's a curse.

[Anonymous No.4923689]

>>4923601
>Casuals compare everything to Zelda and Mario. It's a curse.

Meh, Sonic is a clone of Mario and Pinball.

[Anonymous No.4923693]

>>4923689
okay casual

[Anonymous No.4923696]

>>4923539
This is why I'm glad I went with an Everdrive. Some of these retro game prices are just fucking whacky.

[Anonymous No.4923702]

>>4921604
fun, but the story is bad. I think when I beat the final boss I didn't realize that was it.

[Anonymous No.4923725]

>>4923693
>okay casual

I'm joking! Sonic was a mix of classic Sega arcade design philosophies and pinball. There is a reason why Sonic had a lot of clones.

In many ways Crusader of Centy does copy

from LTTP, but it still deviates far enough to not end up in lawsuit land. Crusader of Centy is a short game, but it does get better after the training section. The training area was a little pointless, but once you get past it the game is pretty good. It does have interesting platforming moments (as seen in the webm avove) and the bosses are way more fun than anything in Link to the Past, to be honest. This is a pretty fun game to speed run too, as it can be finished in under 1:30 or something. It's not Link to the Past in size and scope. But it has a fun little story.

[Anonymous No.4923761]

>>4923187
>look up some of these games
>they're all 60-150$
were these in a hiiden gems video or something?

[Anonymous No.4923795]

>>4923761
A good number of Sega games have been steadily climbing for years now, especially games that get recommended on forums like these. Well, except Light Crusader. Light Crusader has always been dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.4923808]

It's the only other genesis game that's expensive because of how rare it is, the other being MUSHA. Because of how heavily skewed towards Nintendo pop culture is, no amount of *funny voices* or *loud screaming* that modern let's players do these days will make Genesis games ever valuable.

[Anonymous No.4923824]

>>4923808
Genesis sure but popular JP-only Mega Drive games are insanely overpriced right now. Go ahead and find a cheap original copy of Eliminate Down.

[Anonymous No.4923874]

>>4923590
I hear nothing but positive things about those LG OLED tv's. Looks pretty great.

[Anonymous No.4923894]

>>4921604
I was in awe of its story 15 yrs ago and even tried to write an extended, deeper and longer plot. In it, the story didnt end with killing Energy Spirit, and the hero must understand what went wrong.

[Anonymous No.4923989]

The story left a bad taste in my mouth when I finally replayed it years after I got older but I still find it very fun to play and enjoy how I can beat the whole thing within one afternoon. The ost is one of my favorite vgm osts and I still play it every now and then. Sad that this isn't a much talked about game outside of "yet another LTTP clone".

[Anonymous No.4924003]

If you like the plot of Crusader of Centy, the eroge visual novel Monster Girl Quest has a similar theme of "Humans and monsters can coexist".

[Anonymous No.4924072]

>>4923874
Thanks anon. I bought it to replace an HD CRT for modern content but ended up pairing it with an OSSC so I could use it for classic stuff too. And since then for some reason I've mostly been using it for Sega Genesis and 80s/90s anime.

I really enjoy 240p on it but I'm not a fan of 480i. The OSSC deinterlace method for 480i creates an eye-melting shimmer effect. It's also the only thing I miss the HD CRT for. The 200 pound POS was too laggy for classic games and could only play newer stuff in 1080i but it could perform miracles on 480i content.

[Anonymous No.4924101]

The ending made me kind of melancholy. The guy goes on this huge adventure, sends monsters back to their own world or whatever, saves the world and changes the past. He's this hero who has done so much, and nobody will ever know, because he goes to a past where the things he did never really happened.

[Anonymous No.4924590]

>>4923989
>The story left a bad taste in my mouth when I finally replayed it years after I got older
Let me guess. You go to /pol/.

[Anonymous No.4924615]

>only bought this because I was just that obsessed with sonic
>got a great game anyway

[Anonymous No.4924650]

>>4924101

Yeah but.. Thanks to his actions his dad is alive again, and now he can be a kid in a complete family in a world without monsters.
So even though he's not recognized as a hero he received the greatest gift possible.

[Anonymous No.4925043]

Anyone interested in a save editor?
www mediafire com/?e3ht47o8qjphr7g

[Anonymous No.4926005]

>>4923136
That display is about 4 times too sharp for that resolution.

[Anonymous No.4926609]

>>4921604
Are there any games like this for game gear? I have dragon crystal but that's more of a rougelilke

[Anonymous No.4926631]

>>4921616
You do know adventure puzzle games have been around before zelda right?

[Anonymous No.4926891]

>>4921604
It's pretty good, though it sucks the shield is a 100% cosmetic thing, and the fact sword charging is the main mechanic and slashing with the sword is pretty much useless, so you'll find yourself constantly charging the sword up to actually get anything done.

[Anonymous No.4926896]

>>4926005
Explain.

[Anonymous No.4926918]

>>4922550
Beautiful.

>>4926609
Weird question, but I know there is a translated action adventure, Sylvan Tale or something. And Golden Axe Warrior.