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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: MurderDate on September 22, 2007, 04:30:56 AM
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Which do you prefer? What do you guys think?
The bosses in II look amazing , but the game play might be a little better in the first one.
:pray:
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the 1st one overall.
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The graphics, gameplay, sound, and overall feel of the second is quite superior. It's easier, but only because the first one is flawed by design and is more difficult because of that (very bad coldet, mostly).
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This one's a toughie. The 2nd is easier to pick up and put down and a little easier to play, but I kinda like the way speed and power work in the 1st one over the multiple weapon system of the 2nd. The 1st game had a more thoughtful, patient combat strategy to it, IMO, whereas in the 2nd it was more, I dunno... FLAIL!
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I realy like the first one all round.
I've never really liked the second game all round, but I haven't played through it since it came out.
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Both are great games in their own right, and I can't choose one over the other. I am not voting-- that would be an injustice to whichever one I don't pick.
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I'm leaning to vote for the first one, but I'm just not sure.
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I voted for the first one. The sequel has better audio/visuals but it feels like a different game.. but that's not a bad thing.
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Turbo D chooses the first one. He likes how its unique. The second one feels like a different game and should of had a different name in stead of being part 2 in the series :wink:
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The original still II isn't bad for being a rastan clone.
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I voted for II, but neither one really floats my boat. They're not bad by any means, but I wouldn't call 'em phenomenal either.
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The first one definately has the nicer graphics, both have great sound but Ankoku Densetsu has the better music.
I didn't much like Ankoku Densetsu until recenly when I replayed it for my site update it. I've changed my opinion completely and think it's a great, atmospheric action platformer, despite the graphics being pretty dull and the sprites badly drawn.
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I only own the first one, but never got into it. It seemed very cheap, so I got frustrated with it. To be fair, I only played it for about a half hour. One day i'll give it another go.
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a heating head-to-head race :mrgreen:
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I voted for the first one. The sequel has better audio/visuals but it feels like a different game.. but that's not a bad thing.
It IS a different game. I don't believe they are really linked in any way; the original names don't lend themselves to it. I think they just needed an excuse to tack on the sequel label for us westerners. :D
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I think the thing to do is get yourself ready for the real deal (part one) by going to town on the sequal (which looks awesome and is a lot of fun to play).
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I think the thing to do is get yourself ready for the real deal (part one) by going to town on the sequal (which looks awesome and is a lot of fun to play).
I suggest starting out with the original, then playing the sequel only when you've earned it! 8)
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These two games are so different, it doesn't matter what order you play them in. There is no story line or anything that links them.
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I got both of them at the same time in 1994, back when 16-bit was king. And I enjoyed the second one more. I think it has superior grafx and music. Allthough I love both- I would give the nod to LA2.
Its really sad that Legendary Axe III never saw the light of day.....................
That would have been a hella sweet SCD!
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I can't vote.
As folks have already stated (nat?), voting for one is an injustice to the other. I like both games. I don't care what nod says, LAI is a great game. Feels great to beat it.
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Its really sad that Legendary Axe III never saw the light of day.....................
That would have been a hella sweet SCD!
Oh man, that would be freakin' awesome =P~
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Its really sad that Legendary Axe III never saw the light of day.....................
Don't count it out just yet... :-"
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I loved both games but I voted for the first game. I remember playing LE and thinking it was just ok, that was until I got to the 3rd zone the game opened up and got much better.
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Has anyone noticed how HARD it is to program a good sword-swinging side-scroller? Even masterful Taito screwed it up with Rastan Saga 2 (I hate that game). The games we know as Legendary Axe controlled well and were fun. So many others were not.
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I got both of them at the same time in 1994, back when 16-bit was king. And I enjoyed the second one more. I think it has superior grafx and music. Allthough I love both- I would give the nod to LA2.
Its really sad that Legendary Axe III never saw the light of day.....................
That would have been a hella sweet SCD!
Ever play shapeshifter?
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Ever play shapeshifter?
Please don't soil Legendary Axe's good name by comparing it to that...erm...thing. [-(
I'd rather play the first Legendary Axe, even with all its flaws, than ever touch Shape Shifter again.
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Ever play shapeshifter?
That's the game I always mention when people discuss what might have been with a CD Axe. :D
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Ever play shapeshifter?
Please don't soil Legendary Axe's good name by comparing it to that...erm...thing. [-(
I'd rather play the first Legendary Axe, even with all its flaws, than ever touch Shape Shifter again.
I just got Shapeshifter as part of my TZD order, and I think it's pretty awesome! Yes, the Rastan 1-like bats and flying critters are annoying, but it's a sweet game in my opinion.
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I also like Shape Shifter, but it doesn't really fit in with the LA series.
I always put Shape Shifter in the same group with Shadow of the Beast.
Which I love too!
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Ever play shapeshifter?
Please don't soil Legendary Axe's good name by comparing it to that...erm...thing. [-(
I'd rather play the first Legendary Axe, even with all its flaws, than ever touch Shape Shifter again.
I just got Shapeshifter as part of my TZD order, and I think it's pretty awesome! Yes, the Rastan 1-like bats and flying critters are annoying, but it's a sweet game in my opinion.
Wait until you really start to get into it. I love it.
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I also like Shape Shifter, but it doesn't really fit in with the LA series.
I always put Shape Shifter in the same group with Shadow of the Beast.
Which I love too!
The questing elements are reminiscent of Shadow of the Beast, but thematically, it has a lot in common with Axe (barbarian fellow grabs an axe and journeys through jungles and caves, fighting giant spiders and whatnot). It's sort of like Simon's Quest to the first Axe's Castlevania. In a lot of ways, it's more similar to Axe than is the game that they actually chose to dub "Axe II" here.
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the original.
since we're on the subject of Legendary Axe, I'm reposting this from a thread I made last year:
do any of you remember the U.S. television commercial for Legendary Axe?
I remember seeing it in late 1989 / early 1990.
it was NOT the same commercial that introduced the TG16 which did show some footage of Legendary Axe, but was not mainly about that game (that commercial is already on the internet and linked to below)
what I remember of the U.S. Legendary Axe commercial:
-two guys in their livingroom/den playing Legendary Axe
-part of the gameplay showed the scene where you have to avoid the two boulders. one of the guys says "go back! go back"
-i think the guy who is playing, jumps onto the rope
-there is a dog in commercial, maybe a Dalmation?
-IIRC one of the guys has a sandwich which he drops on the floor.
-maybe the dog gets it. the dog definitally rolls over towards the end of the ad.
the two guys in the Legendary Axe commercial may, or may not have been the same two guys in THIS U.S. TG16 commercial that introduced the console and gaming including Keith Courage and the CD-ROM
http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/adspecial2/Commercials/Other/turbografx.mpg
if anyone has the U.S. Legendary Axe commercial with the dog, I would very much like to see it. would be much appreciated.
i've already checked for it on:
* gameads.gamepressure.com
* gaming-age
* youtube
* turbotv_ad_archive.html on this website
and elsewhere, without any luck.
still haven't found it.
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I still haven't came across it either and I would still love to see this as well (and any other TG16 commercials I haven't seen - we should compile a list of them sometime).
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I liked the first game because it actually had something to do with an AXE. The second game, while it was fun, and for the record, DID allow you to get an axe, wasn't centered around it. Besides, the first game had a nice colorful jungle atmosphere with awesome tribal music and the axe power meter was a nice touch. The second game did have a power meter but seemed too shortcoming since you could max it with a few powerups rather than powering up your weapon a little bit each more by the level. Finally, the final level in Legendary Axe II was a total bitch to complete. The tractor beams pissed me off to no end. :evil: I'd take the temple maze anyday in LEI than the f*cking spaceship(?) in LEII.
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I could have sworn I've beaten the game and I don't remember any tractor beams anywhere.
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Yeah, there are tractor beams in the final level of LA II. They aren't *that* bad, but they sure are annoying.
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Haha, I find it funny that there are tractor beams in a game like that.
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I'm sticking to the first one. Part 2 is in name only,really has nothing to do with Legendary Axe and I found it alot less interesting.
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Haha, I find it funny that there are tractor beams in a game like that.
Tractor beams, but not a single tractor. Weird, eh?
"Legendary Tractor" would be a sweet title for a game. I'm not sure what the storyline would entail, but it would have nothing to do with actual tractors.
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It would be an early racing combat game. You all drive tractors outfitted with chariot-style weapons. You can shoot arrows, ram, side-swipe... Destruction derby with tractors and ancient tools of war.
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Dude! I'd actually play a game like that if it was ever made! :D
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Count me in Spenoza. The only things that it's missing are gratuitous nudity and chainsaws.
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Count me in Spenoza. The only things that it's missing are gratuitous nudity and chainsaws.
You need to have rednecks in there at the least. :wink:
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A massive combine style tractor could be a hidden vehicle. The true "legendary tractor", if you will.
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It would be an early racing combat game. You all drive tractors outfitted with chariot-style weapons. You can shoot arrows, ram, side-swipe... Destruction derby with tractors and ancient tools of war.
That sounds amazing.
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So, do they both have that ugly hawk? :-k
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From what I can remmeber, no. Instead you get harpies.