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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: turboswimbz on July 09, 2015, 12:09:38 PM
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Basically I haven't played a ton of Feka games. And I have a new hope of crossing a bunch of games I've never played off the list, I really don't have time to play every game, so I'm looking to those of you who enjoy the genny/MD to help me out on which games I should definitely try. (also just inter sting games in general) Also if you could include the games genre too that would be a huge help to me.
Thanks in advance.
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Alien Soldier - Run & gun
Ranger-X - Run & Gun/Platformer
Shinobi III - Platformer
Beyond Oasis - Action RPG
Panorama Cotton - Rail shooter
Thunder Force IV - sidescrolling shooter
Streets of Rage 2 - beat em up
Gunstar Heroes - Run & gun
Virtua Racing - racing
These are all AAA titles IMO.
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Shadow Dancer - Shinobi action platformer, it has the arcade feel
Thunderforce III - horizontal shooter
Streets of Rage 2 - Double Dragon clone
Shining Force - tactical RPG
Gunstar Heroes - Contra clone
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Shadow dancer
Strider
Mega turrican
Monster world
Monster world iv
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Alien Soldier - Run & gun
Ranger-X - Run & Gun/Platformer
Shinobi III - Platformer
Beyond Oasis - Action RPG
Panorama Cotton - Rail shooter
Thunder Force IV - sidescrolling shooter
Streets of Rage 2 - beat em up
Gunstar Heroes - Run & gun
Virtua Racing - racing
These are all AAA titles IMO.
Some damn good titles listed here. Streets of Rage 2 and TF IV in particular.
I would add
Contra Hard Corps run and gun
Castlevania Bloodlines platformer
Zombies Ate My Neighbors run and gun
Pulseman platformer
Wonder Boy in Monster World platform/action much cheaper than Dynastic Hero
You may wish to try
Comix Zone beat em up
El Viento platformer
MUSHA is good but I can't say I'd recommend paying the going rate for it.
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Too many to list! At least folks have started out with a nice bunch...
Here are some that you should consider, but only if the blurb I wrote appeals to you...
Gaiares —only if you are a hardcore shootemup fan. :)
Valis III — To see a great* game, but to see how the TG-CD is even better. Action-platformer. * Most folks wouldn't call it great. I like it, though.
Phantasy Star II — even if this genre—ARPG/RPG—normally doesn't appeal to you, you must play Phantasy Star II.
Herzog Zwei — one of the first Genesis games I had a blast playing with a friend (some battles were ridiculously awesome). Early real-time-strategy...might not be appealing to you.
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Too many to list! At least folks have started out with a nice bunch...
Here are some that you should consider, but only if the blurb I wrote appeals to you...
Gaiares —only if you are a hardcore shootemup fan. :)
Valis III — To see a great game, but to see how the TG-CD is even better. Action-platformer.
Phantasy Star II — even if this genre—ARPG/RPG—normally doesn't appeal to you, you must play Phantasy Star II.
thanks, so far all the games appeal to me. I have an everdrive on the way, and want to start out my feka playing right. I am super curious to compare valis 3 now though! and it does seem there are more than I enough great games on the platform.
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1 ) Toejam and Earl - Adventure/Exploration/Action
2 ) LighteningForce / ThunderForce IV - side scrolling spaceship shooter
3 ) Streets of Rage 2 - Side Scrolling brawler action
4 ) EA NHL 94 - Hockey
5 ) Road Rash II - Motorcycle racing combat
6 ) GranadaX - Top down tank style shooter
7 ) Arcus Odyssey - Top down dungeon crawler like Gauntlet
8 ) Light Crusader - Isometric adventure RPG (When I tried Gotzendiener recently on PCE it reminded me of this game)
9 ) Mystic Defender - Action platformer
10 ) Rocket Knight Adventure
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Too many to list! At least folks have started out with a nice bunch...
Here are some that you should consider, but only if the blurb I wrote appeals to you...
Gaiares —only if you are a hardcore shootemup fan. :)
Valis III — To see a great game, but to see how the TG-CD is even better. Action-platformer.
Phantasy Star II — even if this genre—ARPG/RPG—normally doesn't appeal to you, you must play Phantasy Star II.
thanks, so far all the games appeal to me. I have an everdrive on the way, and want to start out my feka playing right. I am super curious to compare valis 3 now though! and it does seem there are more than I enough great games on the platform.
I added Herzog Zwei to the list :) while you were posting.
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An everdrive you say. Then definitely play MUSHA.
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An everdrive you say. Then definitely play MUSHA.
will do! perhaps it will be first. lol
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1 ) Toejam and Earl - Adventure/Exploration/Action
2 ) LighteningForce / ThunderForce IV - side scrolling spaceship shooter
3 ) Streets of Rage 2 - Side Scrolling brawler action
4 ) EA NHL 94 - Hockey
5 ) Road Rash II - Motorcycle racing combat
6 ) GranadaX - Top down tank style shooter
7 ) Arcus Odyssey - Top down dungeon crawler like Gauntlet
8 ) Light Crusader - Isometric adventure RPG (When I tried Gotzendiener recently on PCE it reminded me of this game)
9 ) Mystic Defender - Action platformer
10 ) Rocket Knight Adventure
I just started playing Light Crusader, it's great! I guess it's underrated since it's by Treasure and it's not considered as good as similar games on the system like Landstalker and Beyond Oasis. I like it a lot so far.
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Sticking strictly with cartridges
1. Streets of Rage 2
2. Rocket Knight Adventure
3. Castlevania Bloodlines
4. Gunstar Heroes
5. Sonic the Hedgehog III
6. El Viento
7. Phantasy Star IV
8.Toe Jam and Earl
9. Contra Hard Corps
10. Gaiares
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Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Shadow Dancer
Bare Knuckle 2
Robocop vs Terminator
Sonic 2
Lightning Force
Double Dragon
Shining Force 2
Strider
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Beyond Oasis
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hard Corps
Gunstar Heroes
Mega Turrican
Outrunners
Road Rash 3
Sonic 2
Streets of Rage 2
Wonderboy in Monster World
Games that I also recommend:
Aladdin
Comix Zone
Mercs
Ranger X
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rolling Thunder 2
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi 3
Splatterhouse 2
X-men 2 Clone Wars
Sorry but the Genesis has so many awesome games I can't narrow it down. And since you said Everdrive... well... load those puppies up.
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Alien Soldier - Run & gun
Ranger-X - Run & Gun/Platformer
Shinobi III - Platformer
Beyond Oasis - Action RPG
Panorama Cotton - Rail shooter
Thunder Force IV - sidescrolling shooter
Streets of Rage 2 - beat em up
Gunstar Heroes - Run & gun
Virtua Racing - racing
These are all AAA titles IMO.
Some damn good titles listed here. Streets of Rage 2 and TF IV in particular.
I would add
Contra Hard Corps run and gun
Castlevania Bloodlines platformer
Zombies Ate My Neighbors run and gun
Pulseman platformer
Wonder Boy in Monster World platform/action much cheaper than Dynastic Hero
You may wish to try
Comix Zone beat em up
El Viento platformer
MUSHA is good but I can't say I'd recommend paying the going rate for it.
Nailed it [emoji4]
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Agreed, almost all the best ones are covered there.
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Here is my top 10. Five through ten are subject to change depending on my mood and how recently I played a game. :mrgreen:
I decided to limit it to one game per series, but obviously if one game is good, there's a good change other games in the series are good.
10. Streets of Rage 2 (beat-em-up)
9. Monster World IV (side-scrolling action RPG)
8. Phantasy Star IV (turn-based RPG)
7. Rocket Knight Adventures (platformer)
6. Castlevania Bloodlines (chain-whipping platformer)
5. Castle of Illusion (Disney platforming goodness)
4. Alien Soldier (run-n-gun platformer)
3. Shinobi III (ninja platformer)
2. Thunder Force III (horizontal shooter)
1. Sonic 3 + Knuckles (one-of-the-best-games-of-all-time platformer)
Runner up: Road Rash 2
Many of you are probably questioning why I put SoR2 last. Well, the only reason Streets of Rage 2 is on here at all is because how amazing it was at the time, and how awesome it would have been today if it were not for Streets of Rage Remake. I find it hard to revisit the classic series with SoRR out. But if you've not played any SoR game, then by all means, play 2. In fact, play SoR1 first!
Just a couple of games can't make it to the list because I've never played them. These include Crusader of Centy and Ranger-X.
Some I played just enough to know I like, but not enough to go top 10 just yet, like Beyond Oasis. I'll revisit it when I have time. :-"
Others I didn't give a fair shot on the Genesis because they were better elsewhere, like Zombies Ate My Neighbors, which looks and sounds much better on the SNES (despite muffle); also included here are Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter II, and Phantom 2040.
I'll defend my list, although I'm a bit bummed more shooters didn't make it into the top 10. Some like Gaiares, MUSHA, and Gleylancer vie up there.
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1.Gunstar Heroes
2.Gleylancer
3.Castlevania Bloodlines
4.Contra Hard Corps
5.Beyond Oasis
6.Monster World IV
7.Rocket Knight Adventure
8.Streets of Rage 2
9.Thunder Force IV
10.Battle Mania 2
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My top list, based on all the six games I either own in cartridge form or as a download via Xbox 360 Live Arcade. So please take this with a grain of salt.
6. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
5. Gunstar Heroes (way too short for such a late game in the Genesis lifetime)
4. Sonic The Hedgehog (I liked the Game Gear / Master System version better, but the GG version was the first Sonic I played after all)
3. Rocket Knight Adventures
2. Jurassic Park (guilty pleasure, in fact it is not a good game, but I was amazed by it back then in the early 90s. The "SEGA!!" roaring T-rex rocks)
1. Monster World IV (pleasing music and visuals. The translation available for the downloadable version on Xbox Live is done well)
I also tried Castlevania Bloodlines on emulation. I wish there would be a release available for purchase on Xbox Live/Virtual console/PSN. Or is there?
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Nailed it [emoji4]
Ha, thanks.
Same Toymachine from Gametz? I am the same Gypsy of course. Your complete turbo library was awesome while it lasted. ^_^
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1. Monster World IV (pleasing music and visuals. The translation available for the downloadable version on Xbox Live is done well)
The problem with Monster World IV is the dungeons are so large they're incredibly tedious. It starts to become a chore in spots.
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Going through my list of games, in alpha order:
Earthworm Jim 1 and 2
Final Fight CD
Keio Flying Squad
Mis-adv. of Flink
MUSHA <- a bit silly on the going rate
Phantasy Star IV
Sol-Feace
Streets of Rage 2(nothing wrong with part 1, but 2 does it all better)
Target Earth
Thunder Force III (Lightening is good, but my nostalgia prefers 3)
Bloodlines and Hard Corp are overrated and over priced, but you did preface this thread with "your fav". I trade off titles that I do not want to have, so I end up with pretty much all fav's...well, I do have Sewer Shark for lulz.
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I'm not a big fan of the Mega Drive (Genesis) but I did own one on import when it was first released and I've played hundreds of games from it's library.
My Top 5:
1. Strider Hiryu
2. Dai MakaiMura
3. Thunder Force II (maybe not a great game but I enjoy playing it as I have alot of nostalgia with it)
4. The Super Shinobi
5. Thunder Force IV
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Shining Force
Shining Force II
Monster World IV
Beyond Oasis
Phantasy Star IV
Phantasy Star II
Shining in the Darkness
PSIII
Monster World III
Super Fantasy Zone
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Crusader of Centy is a very good action RPG. It just didn't blow me away. Not worth the going rate imho.
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Sooooo many good titles, a lot of them have been talked about already.
Carts only:
Alisia Dragoon
El Viento
Sonic 3 + Knuckles (Sonic 2 is awesome in a different but also good way)
Trouble Shooter (and sequel)
Sparkster and Rocket Knight Adventures
Gunstar Heroes
Lion King and Aladdin are like the pinnacle of movie tie in games from that era to me.
Streets of Rage 2
There are lots more, these are just some off the top of my head. It really depends on your preferences.
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Black Tiger seems to like the games I like.
Phantasy Star 2
Phantasy Star 3
Phantasy Star 4
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force 1
Shining Force 2
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Vay
Dungeons & Dragons : Wariors of the Eternal Sun
Sword of Vermillion
Fatal Labrynth
I know a lot more than 5 but I love the old school RPG's no matter what platform they are on.
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I grew up with the SNES, but it's pretty hard for me to jump into any pre-32bit RPG that isn't Super Mario RPG or Final Fantasy V Advance. Phantasy Star II seems to me the epitome of "you had to be there, man." Could not enjoy it at all. Phantasy Star IV though is fun.
Now Landstalker on the other hand is a true classic. It's a shame that Climax/Matrix wouldn't be able to make a game as good as Landstalker until they made Alundra, but two bona fide classics is pretty good for a small-ish studio.
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I grew up with the SNES, but it's pretty hard for me to jump into any pre-32bit RPG that isn't Super Mario RPG or Final Fantasy V Advance. Phantasy Star II seems to me the epitome of "you had to be there, man." Could not enjoy it at all. Phantasy Star IV though is fun.
Now Landstalker on the other hand is a true classic. It's a shame that Climax/Matrix wouldn't be able to make a game as good as Landstalker until they made Alundra, but two bona fide classics is pretty good for a small-ish studio.
The trick for me with the Phantasy Star series is that I started with Phantasy Star 2. I didn't even know there was a first one. After some research back then I found the power base and an original cart of the the first Phantasy Star. It became an obsession of sorts really. But in the end it was the story between all 4 games that really pulled me into it. Phantasy Star 2 if you think it is good or bad must be played to fully understand the entire story of the Algo star system and it's habitants.
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I try not to list what others have. Other games that I would highly recommend:
Alien Storm (Golden Axe with Aliens)
Space Invaders 90/91 - Shooter
Last Battle/Hakuto no Ken - Action
Ghostbusters - Platformer
Sword of Vermillion - Dungeon Crawler/RPG
Decap Attack - Platformer
Dynamite Headdy - Action/Platformer
Valis III - Action Platformer (not as good as the Turbo version, but has some better backgrounds and worth playing)
Elemental Master - Shooter
Sagaia/Darius II - Shooter
The Adventures of Batman and Robin - Action Platformer (great music and some cool raster effects)
Trouble Shooter/Battle Mania - Shooter
Battle Mania Daiginjo - Shooter (Trouble shooter sequel and Japanese only)
Ristar Action Platformer
Quack Attack Action Platformer (awesome graphics)
Gynoug/Wings of War - Shooter
Jewel Master - Action
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Now Landstalker on the other hand is a true classic.
Yeh agree, this was an excellent game.
edit: a game I haven't seen mentioned that I quite enjoyed was Twinkle Tale, not as good as the amazing Kiki KaiKai on the Super Famicom but still a good game.
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Nailed it [emoji4]
Ha, thanks.
Same Toymachine from Gametz? I am the same Gypsy of course. Your complete turbo library was awesome while it lasted. ^_^
There's another me running around the internet!? [emoji32] Grrrrrrrrrr.... Thought I was the only one lol
This is my only gaming haunt. I have an account at neo-geo but I'm not active there. Its way too elitist for my tastes. This place is much friendlier, with really honest and generous folks. There's a good sense of humor here as well, and I like that. Even though it goes over my head sometimes [emoji38]
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Nailed it [emoji4]
Ha, thanks.
Same Toymachine from Gametz? I am the same Gypsy of course. Your complete turbo library was awesome while it lasted. ^_^
There's another me running around the internet!? [emoji32] Grrrrrrrrrr.... Thought I was the only one lol
This is my only gaming haunt. I have an account at neo-geo but I'm not active there. Its way too elitist for my tastes. This place is much friendlier, with really honest and generous folks. There's a good sense of humor here as well, and I like that. Even though it goes over my head sometimes [emoji38]
My bad, the numbers are different. Toymachine3285 over there. :oops:
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thank you to all. I've played only a handful of these games so I am looking forward to playing a lot of these.
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Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Streets of Rage 2
Thunder Force II
Golden Axe
Any of the PGA Tour Golf games EXCEPT 96
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
Ghouls N Ghosts
Starflight
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
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Ghouls N Ghosts
This one would probably have been my second runner-up.
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In no particular order:
Sonic
Sonic 2
Mortal Kombat (Blood Code!!)
Road Rash 3 (really interchange any of the 3 of them, they are all the same and all good)
Streets of Rage 2
Aladdin
Castle of Illusion
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
Captain America and the Avengers
Vectorman (either 1 or 2, both are awesome)
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LOL! Almost everyone has mentioned Streets of Rage 2. One of the best on the Genesis and my personal favorite.
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LOL! Almost everyone has mentioned Streets of Rage 2. One of the best on the Genesis and my personal favorite.
It's probably my personal favorite cartridge.
I do think the Sega CD has more "elite" quality games than the Genesis itself. One game a few people mentioned I completely forgot was Aladdin. Genesis Aladdin is absolutely stellar and would have been in my top ten had I remembered it.
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task force harrier ex-shooter
streets of rage 2-beat em up
bio hazard battle- shooter
shinobi 3- platformer
gain ground- strategy?
truxton- shooter
zoom- puzzle
combat cars- racing
soldiers of fortune- run n gun
tmnt hyper stone heist- beat em up
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Now Landstalker on the other hand is a true classic. It's a shame that Climax/Matrix wouldn't be able to make a game as good as Landstalker until they made Alundra, but two bona fide classics is pretty good for a small-ish studio.
Landstalker is a gem on the genesis.Though i wouldn't call it perfect due to it's isometric view,it did make platforming tricky.I was able to complete that game a few years ago finally thanks to a let's play id watched.Makes me wish the game had gotten a sequel due to it's ending.Sure there were spin offs such as ladystalker and it's spiritual successor alundra but that's it.Then the game was gonna get a remake for the psp but it became vaporware.
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Then the game was gonna get a remake for the psp but it became vaporware.
I was so excited when I saw that quick video clip of one of the towns. Sucks it was never to be a reality. It really could've been a great game.
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Landstalker is a gem on the genesis.Though i wouldn't call it perfect due to it's isometric view,it did make platforming tricky.
Difficult platforming and hard puzzles are what make the game so good in my view. Most of the platforming, while difficult, is straightforward once you understand the engine a little bit (though there are some intentionally misleading spots - I believe the game engine was called the Illusion Engine or something!).
The split-second timing and execution of the puzzles in the game put Landstalker in a league of its own when it comes to puzzles - far outstripping Zelda's "light the torch" variety (and don't get me wrong, I love Zelda games).
Light Crusader is similar, and unfortunately overlooked for not being "Treasure enough" for a Treasure game. It's not as good as Landstalker but a very good game in its own right.
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I could not get into Landstalker. I am not a fan of games with isometric view. It was a good attempt at 3d for the times but just make it so tedious to navigate in my opinion.
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f*ck Landstalker, get your hands on Jurassic Park..
oh well.
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Well 95 games later! Time to start downloading, two-three weeks wait is going to be rough or the everdrive.
Thanks again to everyone, I've also been enjoying the talk about these games.
Which Reminds me some FEKA raffles/giveaways from me soon.
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I try not to list what others have. Other games that I would highly recommend:
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Last Battle/Hakuto no Ken - Action
Da fcuk? To each his own I guess but I do not recommend Last Battle for 'Swimbz. Unless for historical perspective of how far Feka came from launch titles.
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I also forgot to mention Outlander. A lot of people don't care for the game for its somewhat choppy frame rate & straightforward brawler segments, but I really admire what they tried to do there. Nothing like capping a motorcycle guy riding up next to you with your shotgun & running the guy in front of you over, watching them tumble over you in the rear-view. A very underrated game.
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I could not get into Landstalker. I am not a fan of games with isometric view. It was a good attempt at 3d for the times but just make it so tedious to navigate in my opinion.
Ha ha, I actually felt the same way about isometric games and about Landstalker until I got a few hours in. Something clicked and the game really grew on me*. Dark Savior, its spiritual pseudo-sequel was the same way (I played DS first) but its controls were a little more forgiving, and you had a shadow to judge jumps.
*the forest maze section is bullshit but every game needs "that one part"...
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I try not to list what others have. Other games that I would highly recommend:
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Last Battle/Hakuto no Ken - Action
Da fcuk? To each his own I guess but I do not recommend Last Battle for 'Swimbz. Unless for historical perspective of how far Feka came from launch titles.
I skipped that one, never trust a gieslier completly I always say, :)
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I try not to list what others have. Other games that I would highly recommend:
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Last Battle/Hakuto no Ken - Action
Da fcuk? To each his own I guess but I do not recommend Last Battle for 'Swimbz. Unless for historical perspective of how far Feka came from launch titles.
I skipped that one, never trust a gieslier completly I always say, :)
Last Battle sucks my arse, but I still squeezed as much fun from it as I could back in the day. I don't think I am that desperate now that I am out of high school. :)
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I try not to list what others have. Other games that I would highly recommend:
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Last Battle/Hakuto no Ken - Action
Da fcuk? To each his own I guess but I do not recommend Last Battle for 'Swimbz. Unless for historical perspective of how far Feka came from launch titles.
I skipped that one, never trust a gieslier completly I always say, :)
Last Battle sucks my arse, but I still squeezed as much fun from it as I could back in the day. I don't think I am that desperate now that I am out of high school. :)
You're all ready dead :roll: I assume you know all ready it was originally a fist of the north star game.Which ended up being censor for the west.Though there are better fotsn games out there.