/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8852329]

You ever prefer a worse version of a game even though you know its not as good and you can easily play a better of it? For me its tales of phantasia gba, i guess its because its the only version released officially in English and that's how i played it originally but I can't play any other version of it.

[Anonymous No.8852338]

>>8852329

[Anonymous No.8852341]

>>8852329
The snes version made me go from disliking the game, to falling in love with it. I'm playing through it right now and I love it. That said, I also generally dislike handhelds and specifically the GBA. Something about the way audio sounds on that console really makes me feel a bit ill.

[Anonymous No.8852348]

>get ambushed
>lose shitton of health no matter what
SNES is harder

[Anonymous No.8853040]

Played this more times than I can count. It was the definitive way to play Mario 64 on the go for a long time

[Anonymous No.8853046]

>>8853040
Doesn't fit. It's better than the N64 version.

[Anonymous No.8853313]

>>8852329
Sonic Adventure dc vs DX.

I prefer the DC version.

[Anonymous No.8853317]

>>8853046
Nope, DS controls make it automatically worse. Cant beat that n64 joystick for m64

[Anonymous No.8853375]

Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
DOS version looks much better, but I'd rather play the SNES version because I can't seem to get the hang of the mouse controls.

[Anonymous No.8853379]

Resident Evil and Castlevania SotN

on Saturn

They're worse "technicly speaking" but they're better

[Anonymous No.8853423]

>>8853317
Yeah, OoT and MM on 3DS are my go to versions. DQ8 too, I guess I just like playing them on a handheld. I mean if I somehow lose access to my 3DS I'll emulate the originals of course

[Anonymous No.8853426]

>>8853423
Shit didn't mean to reply

[Anonymous No.8853443]

>>8853379
look at this guy actually enjoying video games.

[Anonymous No.8853447]

>>8852348
>Random chance
>Difficulty

[Anonymous No.8853457]

>>8852329
Diablo II Resurrected's bug fixes, QoL and new graphics is worth it over the 10-15% of censorship and questionable decisions (it's not always-online on my PS4 cracked version)

[Anonymous No.8853926]

>>8852329
psp one is best

[Anonymous No.8853939]

>>8852341
Original is always the best.

[Anonymous No.8853998]

>>8853313
Sonic adventure in Dreamcast is actually better than DX They botched up a lot of graphical updates as well as gameplay related things

[Anonymous No.8854006]

>completely remaking a three year old game
I love those strange little Jap freaks

[Anonymous No.8854721]

>>8852329
The snes version would be the best if it had the ps1 sprites

[Anonymous No.8854741]

>>8854006
It's a port for a portable device, you doofus.

[Anonymous No.8854746]

>>8852329
Yup whenever I feel like playing baldurs gate I will just use the shitty fucking beamdog port and murder all their fanfiction deviant art characters. It's just easier than dealing with tutu and getting everything running smoothly at modern resolutions.

[Anonymous No.8854763]

>Fully voice acted
>Most of the missing/shortened levels are shit ones like the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire.
>Hall of doors is an eerie space-like void
>Better flying shell controls
>Includes unlockable beta of the side-scrolling 2D Rayman 2
>Some new music in cutscenes which better suit the dark tone of the story.
>Final boss fight is better and more challenging than the stupid flying shell part from the original.

I grew up with the PS1 version and just recently beat the Dreamcast version. The Dreamcast port is just gorgeous and runs at a rock solid 60fps, but fuck me were some of those levels cut from the PS1 version just so tedious and frustrating.

[Anonymous No.8854776]

>>8853423
Well those are all upgrades.

[Anonymous No.8854782]

>>8853317
Just emulate. Who the fuck plays a real ds anymore.

[Anonymous No.8854820]

This is the version I played most as a kid and I didn't even realize there was less on the screen, and I still don't care

[Anonymous No.8854830]

>>8854782
What fucking schizo would emulate the DS version instead of just playing the original?

[Anonymous No.8854831]

>>8854830
Someone who wants to play the better version of the game.

[Anonymous No.8854847]

>>8854763
this reminds me I have an aborted playthrough of the ps2 version and currently playing through n64, maybe I should really go back and finish ps2 too, the new areas are fascinating but everyone calls it terrible.
I'll still check out psx on my portable devices though

[Anonymous No.8854856]

>>8854763
Is Rayman one of the earliest examples of being a multiplat series? All three games came out on every relevant console at the time of their respective releases including PCs

[Anonymous No.8854931]

>>8854763
Rayman 2 gets a new port for like every console generation. I wonder which version is the true definitive one?

[Anonymous No.8854964]

>>8852329
Kinda. I prefer Starfox 2 over 64 even though you can argue it's worse by every metric.

[Anonymous No.8855527]

>>8854964
I bet you just like those furry girls on the right.

[Anonymous No.8855712]

>>8855527
Nah. Fox+Falco for dem bombs

[Anonymous No.8855719]

>>8855527
Not him, but the poodle chick looks like a cute bitch.

[Anonymous No.8855978]

Crystal is the superior version by any reasonable metric but something about the increased emphasis on suicune always felt off to me. I prefer this version slightly

[Anonymous No.8856021]

>>8854741
Tales for PS1 is a remake.

[Anonymous No.8857916]

>>8852329
All the time, since I often play on consoles just because it was cheaper than the PC counterpart.

I prefer Chrono Trigger on the SNES as I would rather play without the animated cutscenes of the Playstation version, the extra dungeons of the DS, and I am not in need of all the accessibility features of the modern console/PC/phone releases.

I like the US Final Fantasy 2, even though it is the "easy type" because it flows better.

I routinely play the original Playstation release of Final Fantasy Tactics over the more robust iPad/PSP release because I like lines like "Blame yourself or God".

[Anonymous No.8859273]

>>8852341
>Something about the way audio sounds on that console really makes me feel a bit ill.
As a kid, I used to be car sick a lot. Video Games or no video games. For school/work/etc, I usually play handheld in the commute. For some reasons, the better the graphics became, the less car sick I would get from the bus
One of the worst case of it was when I was talking Banjo-Kazooie Grunty Revenge, the swamp stage? The isometric perspective along with the extremely crusty graphics that day made me car sick to the point of having cold sweat

[Anonymous No.8859289]

>>8855978
Yeah, it feels like an obvious addition to a game that otherwise lacks anything else like it, so it sticks out like a sore thumb

[Anonymous No.8859401]

I don't understand. Is this a bad-remake-you-like-better-fuck-you thread or a bad-port-you-like-better-fuck-you thread?
Cuz I haven't played many remakes and I don't watch youtubers to know which ports are considered "worse" than other ports because I'm too busy fucking playing video games to give ha'penny jizz wtf some twat with a camera thinks.

[Anonymous No.8859456]

>>8853423
Why the color spectrum on handheld is still this ugly ass oversaturated high contrast bullshit?

[Anonymous No.8859460]

>>8859273
You might be onto something here. Most of my memories of the GBA were long car rides and I too got quite car sick. Maybe I associate it with that.

[Anonymous No.8860005]

>>8859401
Take a breath

[Anonymous No.8860041]

>>8852329
FFIX, for some reason I prefer to emulate it over downloading the PC version with that moguri mod.

[Anonymous No.8860402]

*playing
>>8859460
Yeah, the only thing that did it on Switch was Gunvolt 1&2 and that's because the graphics looks clearly stretched. On GBA you often have clearly pixelated mess along with some manipulation of these sprites to make them bigger, rotate, etc and that just triggers it somehow

[Anonymous No.8860431]

>>8852329
Supaplex
I know the Amiga version has way smoother movement than the DOS port but after two decades of playing the PC version I just can't help but love it more

[Anonymous No.8861209]

>>8860041
The Moguri Mod looks like fucking dogshit so that makes perfect sense.

[Anonymous No.8861221]

>>8852329
Ps1 version is so superior in every way. Even the combat is better because you get full control.

[z31 No.8861229]

>>8854820
did not know that lol

[Anonymous No.8861230]

>>8859456
because the original GBA didn't have a backlit screen, it was reflective and relied on you basically playing it under a lamp, so they cranked the saturation on all the colors up so it would look normal under these conditions.
Played on a normal GBA under proper lighting, it's much more muted.