[ 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: 31 KB, 300x225, Wonder-Boy-VI-Monster-World-IV.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
880228 No.880228 [Reply] [Original]

RPG elements in platformers have always made me happy. Especially things like towns where you jump up to go from one floor of a house to the next, etc. The weird kind of sideways architecture appeals to me in an odd way. Specific examples that spring to mind, though only one of them is retro, are Monster World IV, Konjak's upcoming game The Iconoclasts, and Cave Story.

Can you recommend some other games with that kind of thing going on?

Obviously I'd prefer good ones.

>> No.880239

Shantae GBC, play it on a gba emulator for transparency effects.

>> No.880242

Hope you're already familiar with the Wonder Boy games that precede Monster World 4. Wonder Boy in Monster World is the #1 thing you should check out if by some chance you aren't. Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap and Wonderboy in Monster Land (Land, not World!) are the same sort of thing, too.

Some other similar sort of games: Popful Mail, Castlevania 2 & Symphony of the Night...
Aah my memory is failing me, that's all I can really think of for now.

>> No.880245

>>880239
Okay. I'm looking to get an actual GBA at some point in the near future (had one but lost it about six months ago). Is Shantae expensive or can I probably snag a copy fairly cheaply?

>> No.880265

>>880228
>Can you recommend some other games with that kind of thing going on?

Ys III, Legend of Xanadu, Sorcerian, Cadash...

>> No.880274
File: 63 KB, 320x256, tomba screen 4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
880274

The best game in this category is without a doubt Tomba.

>> No.880275

>>880228
Not retro, but the GBA and DS Castlevanias are like that.

Valkyrie Profile for the Playstation (and PSP) is an inverse example. It's an RPG with platforming elements, and done very well.

>> No.880276

Xexyz

>> No.883739

Addams Family (SNES)

>> No.883740

MapleStory

>> No.883743

>>880274
HOLY SHIT YES!

Also Wonder Boy in Monster World ain't bad OP.

>> No.885481

>>880274
Master race RPG platformer.

Seriously, everyone is gaga about "Metroidvania", but Tomba is the only platform-rpg that really made me want to go further FOR A REASON. Castlevania is just "you have to go the Dracula's Keep and kill some monsters on the way" when Tomba! really was "There are lots of things happening in this world, look around you and help its inhabitants!".

>> No.885490

>>880274
I hated that game for making he go OCD over the quests.

Even after searching every - and I mean EVERY - nook and cranny I still had gaps.

WHY ARE THERE STILL GAPS!

>> No.886673

>>885490
By the end of the game, you have something like six gaps at the end of your book I think. Perfectly normal.

>> No.887274
File: 63 KB, 399x382, 1367966458236.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
887274

>>880245
>Is Shantae expensive or can I probably snag a copy fairly cheaply?

>> No.887285

Popful Mail