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- March 16th, 2024, 8:43 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Game suggestions for the podcast
- Replies: 2130
- Views: 1546930
Re: Game suggestions for the podcast
I suggest Valfaris, a gorgeous heavy-metal run and gunner that feels a bit "what if Contra mixed with Doom Eternal"
- February 12th, 2024, 3:20 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23817
Re: Our next podcast recording (17.2.24) - 607: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Note: Sorry if this runs a bit long, but such is always the case when Cane And Rinse covers one of my favorite games of all time, I'll try cutting it down before the weekend. ______________________________ When I started a Castlevania series playthrough years ago I didn’t know Rondo of Blood existed...
- February 1st, 2024, 11:39 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23817
Re: 607: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Don't think I'm going to get far with this one, can't even beat the second level boss :lol: As a last resort, theres another playable character you can unlock in the second level that makes things far more manageable, as they're capable of sliding, double jumping, and has two short range projectile...
- January 26th, 2024, 11:53 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23817
Re: 607: Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Hmm, just looked in to it, I think the PSP version on Dracula X Chronicles is my best bet to play Rondo, although that's a remake as well. I guess I could just emulate the original. I'm almost certain that Dracula X Chronicle includes the original version of Rondo as a hidden unlockable, so the PSP...
- January 9th, 2024, 7:44 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Super Mario Land
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16403
Re: 611: Super Mario Land
Technically the first games I ever owned were Tetris and formula 1 for the game boy, but I will always think of Super Mario Land as my first "proper" videogame. I still remember staring intently at the yellowish screen, trying to figure out how this game worked. I eventually figured out ho...
- January 9th, 2024, 7:29 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Katamari Damacy series
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8966
Re: 604: Katamari Damacy series
The Katamari series are games of great contrast to me. The baseline satisfaction of cleaning up clutter to make yourself bigger is matched by the frustration at getting stuck on table legs and failing to move up narrow ramps with the slightly inflexible movement. The pleasant music and relaxing atmo...
- October 2nd, 2023, 3:26 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
- Replies: 13
- Views: 45149
Re: Our next-but-one podcast recording (7.10.23) - 590: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
My experience with Superstar Saga was remarkably similar to the one I had with Super Mario RPG. Though the games obviously build off the established Mario iconography, I found it refreshing just how much New Stuff the designers were able to throw at the wall: new locales, enemies and characters. Gra...
- September 21st, 2023, 2:01 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Super Castlevania IV
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22998
Re: Our next podcast recording (23.9.23) - 588: Super Castlevania IV
About 13 years ago I resolved to try and play through the Castlevania franchise, and Super Castlevania IV was first on the docket, reasoning that it might be representative of its NES forebears, but slightly more accommodating. And right off the bat, this is certainly the most formidable Simon Belmo...
- August 18th, 2023, 9:07 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Golf Story
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9604
Re: Our next podcast recording (19.8.23) - 583: Golf Story
I'm not a sports person in any way, being a bit of a sore loser with an aversion to things in games being outside of my control. Golf in particular has made my blood boil on several occasions. And yet, I still found myself playing, and enjoying, Golf Story. I was initially drawn in by the SNES-RPG t...
- June 26th, 2023, 7:28 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4745
Re: Our next podcast recording (1.7.23) - 576: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Some 25 years ago I found myself at a summer camp organized by my school. The experience was less than ideal due to a terse relationship with my classmates at the time, but there was one silver lining: I could borrow the Gameboy games of one of the teachers kids, one of which was Castlevania Adventu...
- May 30th, 2023, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Death's Door
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6581
Re: 573: Death's Door
Booting up Deaths Door after a wave of praise, I was initially underwhelmed. Is this all the combat is? Do the environments just look like this? Whats’ the plot again? Is pulling a lever to lower a ladder supposed to be satisfying? But it didn’t take long for the game to get its hooks in me, and hav...
- May 30th, 2023, 1:08 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (The Super Shinobi II)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2262
Re: 578: Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (The Super Shinobi II)
Seeing this years podcast schedule made me go through Shadow Dancer, Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3 in short order, and Shinobi 3 very much felt like the series having a Castlevania 4- or maybe even a Rondo of Blood- moment, and not just because it’s a technical leap forward. Everything immediatel...
- May 20th, 2023, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Nintendo news and discussion thread
- Replies: 4231
- Views: 2103968
Re: The Nintendo news and discussion thread
The Switch is excellent for 2D gaming - For the "mainstream" franchise staples you have access to - DKC tropical Freeze - Megaman classic, X, and Zero/ZX collections - Castlevania anniversary collection (for the classic games) and advance collection (more metroidvanias) - New Super Mario B...
- February 14th, 2023, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Luigi's Mansion 2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11883
Re: 567: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Luigi's Mansion 2)
I played Luigis Mansion 2 after enjoying the 3DS port of the original, and found many positive changes; the game controlled a bit better, the levels were chock full of secrets, the game was more varied in its locations, and there was more of it. Perhaps too much it turned out, as when I reached the ...
- February 14th, 2023, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Metroid: Zero Mission
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2934
Re: 566: Metroid: Zero Mission
My Memories of Zero Mission are largely positive, though they are vastly overshadowed by those of its immediate GBA predecessor in Metroid Fusion, whos controversial structural and narrative choices made for a more memorable experience. Fittingly, I mostly remember Zero Mission for the zero suit sec...
- February 14th, 2023, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Guacamelee!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2182
Re: 559: Guacamelee!
For a time I was pretty out on Metroidvanias, finding them repetitive and samey. But here Guacameelee was an outlier. The various abilities you unlock do not simply let you double jump or destroy color-coded blocks, but also expand what combos you can pull off in battles, as well as how many color-c...
- January 31st, 2023, 2:12 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4434
Re: 570: The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi)
Booting this up immediately after Shadow Dancer, I initially felt like a lot of my gripes with that game had been adressed. Level designs were more elaborate, there were more of them, and crucially Joe Musashi could now take more than one hit before crumpling like a piece of paper. You could even re...
- January 27th, 2023, 9:48 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Shadow Dancer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1622
Re: Our next podcast recording (28.1.23) - 554: Shadow Dancer and Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Seeing the plan for this years extended Shinobi Coverage on the podcast, I went down to my library to pick up a copy of Sega Mega Drive Classics. I had no prior experience with the series, and reasoned that I would initially approach it like an older Castlevania game and allow myself savestates simp...
- December 10th, 2022, 10:49 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Game suggestions for the podcast
- Replies: 2130
- Views: 1546930
Re: Game suggestions for the podcast
I'm sure the original Blaster Master is on the list, so I'd like to formally suggest the Blaster Master zero trilogy as well
- November 24th, 2022, 9:21 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6741
Re: 548: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Much like A Link To The Past or Super Metroid, Castlevania 3 is a sequel that looks back to the first game in the series and supercharges it, and for my money it is entirely a good thing. Bigger levels, more levels and more characters, all contained in a top tier audiovisual package on the NES. I sp...