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[Fabbrizio]

Taking a break from Assassin's Creed, been getting into Fire Emblem lately. Aside from, you know, XBL achievement hunting.

Don't crucify me, but after beating Megaman 4, I think it was the best game in the series so far.

This. Just this.

[The Satellite]

To expand, 4's music was very subpar and while I appreciate that they actually tried to add plot to the games, well, I didn't like 4 for its plot either. It was pretty cartoonish, which I guess makes sense for Megaman anyway, but that's definitely not what made me like the game. It just felt like it was superior design overall, and the bosses in Cossack's/Wily's castles were much better than in the past Wily Castles. The Robot Masters weren't all that great, granted, but their level design was for the most part superior to past games.

Oughta set my sights on 5, 6, and 7 soon, and try to find 8 somewhere. I'd emulate 8 but I've never gotten PS1 emulation to work for whatever reason.

[kurt91]

I just finished playing a DS game called "Solatorobo: Red the Hunter". Fairly good game, lots of sidequests to do. The battle system relies entirely on lifting up enemies and throwing them at each other a la Mischief Makers, but in 3D.

My biggest gripe with the game is rather odd. You see, partway through the game, you start receiving missions where you get to fly around an area. The physics for flying are amazing! You can almost feel the wind pressing against you when you turn, and it's the best flight system I've ever seen in a video game (I've played StarFox 64, the flight in this is still miles better). Now, without spoiling too much of the game, the final area has a flight segment, but modified to allow you to shoot weapons while flying. You would think all they would have to do is use the same flight engine they use for the sidequest areas, right? No, this one has none of the awesome flight mechanics and you feel like you're using the control pad to move a mouse cursor around the screen.

Honestly, you could make an amazing game out of the flight system alone. There was a TON of potential here, but none of it was used very well. The game was fun, I'll admit. It just could have done SO much better. If you've ever been a fan of games like "Tail Concerto", you'll like this game. It's basically an unofficial sequel of sorts by the same company.

[Orithan]

I just finished playing a DS game called "Solatorobo: Red the Hunter". Fairly good game, lots of sidequests to do. The battle system relies entirely on lifting up enemies and throwing them at each other a la Mischief Makers, but in 3D.

My biggest gripe with the game is rather odd. You see, partway through the game, you start receiving missions where you get to fly around an area. The physics for flying are amazing! You can almost feel the wind pressing against you when you turn, and it's the best flight system I've ever seen in a video game (I've played StarFox 64, the flight in this is still miles better). Now, without spoiling too much of the game, the final area has a flight segment, but modified to allow you to shoot weapons while flying. You would think all they would have to do is use the same flight engine they use for the sidequest areas, right? No, this one has none of the awesome flight mechanics and you feel like you're using the control pad to move a mouse cursor around the screen.

Honestly, you could make an amazing game out of the flight system alone. There was a TON of potential here, but none of it was used very well. The game was fun, I'll admit. It just could have done SO much better. If you've ever been a fan of games like "Tail Concerto", you'll like this game. It's basically an unofficial sequel of sorts by the same company.

I picked this up not long ago at an EB sale for only $15 AUD and begun playing it (I think I played up to before what I think is the first boss). I like my first impressions in regards to the graphical style and battle system, but I feel that the game could do better in the sound quality. Some of music and especially the sound effects have this 'whistling' aftertone that really grates my ears, like the Sonic Rush games (which I didn't mind that much, to be honest) but worse. I can't form a proper opinion on it yet because I still am right near the beginning of the game. The anime style, particularly in the cutscenes, is also a nice touch. Red is also the first anthro protagonist in a game that I've played in a long time that featured anthro characters that I haven't seen fans ruin with... weird and obnoxious art (they probably have somewhere, but I haven't seen it yet probably because because I have my content filters on) .

Edit: It didn't occur to me that the throwing enemies fighting style is reminiscent of Mischief Makers, another game that I liked.

Edited by Orin XD, 30 January 2013 - 01:33 AM.

[kurt91]

If you're playing it, then I need to point something out. Absolutely make sure that you try the post-game content. Even if you're not the kind of person who normally does, trust me when I say that you'll enjoy it. Wraps up the story very nicely and clears up MANY parts of the plot.

The title screen is actually an indicator of how much more you have to do. Finish the game, and the title screen turns to sunset. Finish the plot-relevant points in the post-game, and it turns to night.

[Ventus]

I've been meaning to pick up Solatorobo: Red the Hunter for awhile now... But my gamestop just won't get the game in stock.
I guess for the mean time I should try looking around for Tail Concerto. I've Heard that it was a pretty good game.

And also I've finished Infinite Undiscovery, And started up The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker... All the talk of a HD version made me do this.

[Moonbread]

Been playing a lot of Shining Force 2. A LOT. Trying the game on Super Difficulty for the first time (last time, I beat it on the difficulty below that, so I'm feeling sort of confident). It's pretty damn hard though, and I'm starting to just accept that, yeah, characters will die. Die and die and die and die. It's forcing me to adopt different strategies to get through fights, and strangely enough, the easiest one so far was the Kraken Battle, which before, I ranked in my top 5 worst fights of all time in that game. On my next playthrough, I'm thinking about making it an LP, so... would people rather see me pull my hair out on the highest difficulty, or would it be better to turn it down a notch and make it a bit more relaxed of a playthrough?

Also been itching to play Megaman 6 for the umpteenth time. Guess I should hook up the NES.

[The Satellite]

Megaman 5 beaten. Wow that game's music was generic. The weapons were kind of bad for the most part. The level design was okay, but the final boss was kind of disappointing. It probably had the best final boss music but that's not saying much, I haven't liked any of the final boss songs in the series very much. Wasn't too terrible, but certainly wasn't as good as the rest of the series.

[SpacemanDan]

So I've done just about everything in Super Mario 3D Land, save for the bonus level thing. I'm not sure when I'll beat that. O_o

Now playing Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia. Beat that stupid crab boss. >_> Just got to the mountain area. Man, this game is a lot harder than I thought it was. >_<

[Nicholas Steel]

Ts I have a feeling you'll enjoy the Megaman 6 music.

[kurt91]

Well, my backlog of games I have to catch up on is getting close to finished. I've mainly got Final Fantasy X-2 to get around to finishing, as well as Super Robot Taisen Eternal Frontier. I've also got Pokemon Black 2, but I'm going to wait to start that one until I play through HeartGold first. I'm getting tired of having to start from scratch every time since I don't have anybody with a DS that I can use to import my collection, so I'm planning on using PokeSav to import them myself. (They're all going to be legit, I'm taking notes on all the different stats so they're the exact same as the originals.)

Oh yeah, I've also got Pokemon Colosseum to finish (for PokeSav import purposes), Metroid Prime 1+2, and Punch-Out!

After that, I can work on some stuff on my PC, like Recettear, Street Fighter X MegaMan, the Touhou series, and various ZC and RPG Maker games...

You know, on second thought, my backlog is a bit longer than I thought. On the bright side, by the time I finish catching up, all of the "new" consoles should be fairly cheap by then.

[The Satellite]

Ts I have a feeling you'll enjoy the Megaman 6 music.

Did, at least, compared to 4 and 5. The first three have superior music still, but 6 was pleasingly good, I'll talk more on that in the music thread. The game itself was much better, too. Good items, stage design, bosses... Was really tired of going through two castles though. Still, I dunno if I like this or 4 better, and I should probably replay 3 just to make sure whether or not it's better than both and I'm just forgetting, but pretty good game.

That finished out the NES Megaman games. Next is Megaman 7 and the X series... but I can't emulate PS1 games so I'll probably have to get the rest and Megaman 8 on my PS1, might have to legitimately acquire Megaman 9 and 10 as well. Then I'll have to get a PS2 so I can get X7 and X8... Not to mention Legends, Star Force, Battle Network... wow I got a ways to go.

[Nicholas Steel]

Megaman 7, X, X2 and X3 are all on SNES as well, and they are the GOOD versions.

Edited by franpa, 02 February 2013 - 12:09 PM.

[GamingNomad]

Been playing Uncharted, to see how I like the series. I'm almost done with the first, since I'm 20 chapters in. Since I got the dual pack, I'll probably immediately start playing the second one after I'm done with the first.

Did, at least, compared to 4 and 5. The first three have superior music still, but 6 was pleasingly good, I'll talk more on that in the music thread. The game itself was much better, too. Good items, stage design, bosses... Was really tired of going through two castles though. Still, I dunno if I like this or 4 better, and I should probably replay 3 just to make sure whether or not it's better than both and I'm just forgetting, but pretty good game.

That finished out the NES Megaman games. Next is Megaman 7 and the X series... but I can't emulate PS1 games so I'll probably have to get the rest and Megaman 8 on my PS1, might have to legitimately acquire Megaman 9 and 10 as well. Then I'll have to get a PS2 so I can get X7 and X8... Not to mention Legends, Star Force, Battle Network... wow I got a ways to go.

6 was meh to me, it's right there with MM5 as my least favorite in the classic series. The music is great though, I'll admit. Can't wait to see your opinion of 7. I know alot of people hate that game, but personally, I adore it death. I think it has the best soundtrack in the entire classic series (either that or 9). Freeze Man's music is just a masterpiece, along with many other tracks in that game.

EDIT: Whoops, double post. >.<

[Nicholas Steel]

I am of the impression that Megaman 10 has the best music in the Classic series, even though it's not for the NES.