Phantasy Star 2.
Never played a RPG before, found it ugly and didn't see the fun. A friend lent it to me for some days, with a save near the ending (Menobe I think), I enjoyed the maze and the fights so much that I bought the game. Then I discovered the story...
I came fresh from Turrican 2 on Amiga, so after seeing screens in the mags of the time - which clearly showed the graphics had been taken to the next level - I had an idea it was going to be be awesome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tower of Power
I haven't played it myself, but I hear the SNES version plays better simply on account of having all the moves represented. There is some pretty dodgy collision detection going on in the SEGA/Saurus port due to the cut animations. Graphics and sound are not on par with the Genesis version though, I can see that by watching videos. Overall despite all that I still rate the Genesis game as a solid port - just a missed opportunity to have a near perfect one (sans Earthquake) - it's pretty clear an extra 8 meg would have achieved this IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tower of Power
Like I said though, I haven't played the SNES port so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I thought Boogerman was gonna be the worst game I ever played.
Actually pretty decent
I remember buying Ristar from ebay around 2005, and thinking "this is just gonna be another Sonic ripoff ala Bubsy/Zero/Aero. but it turned out to be an A+ kinda game.
one of those games that when released earlier in the lifespan of the Genesis might have been a system pack-in kinda game.
Oh and way back before SOR2 was released I wasn't hoping for much, but SOR1 was one of my favorite games so I was looking forward to it none the less.
imagine my surprise when those original 8bit+ kinda graphics were replaced for big NeoGeo like sprites!
All four Phantasy Star games, at the time I was more into Final Fantasy and tried playing PS games without much faith, but then I changed my mind a lot. I rented Ristar as a kid and left more than just a good impression at the first time, when I played again years later to properly finish it, the feeling was still the same. Lion King was also better than I though when played on MD, with the usual generalized thought that all movie tie-in games were bad (at least most are bad), Aladdin was poor in level design and "acrobatic" controls unlike the SNES version, but was still decent gameplay wise and the graphics/music was way better and more like the movie than the SNES (I prefer the MD version IMO). Not so recently, when I found out about Hybrid Front, I was skeptic about the informations I read about gameplay and story, not that Sega didn't know how to make good strategy games by itself or with other developers back in time, but Nintendo (Fire Emblem and Wars series), Squaresoft, Quest, Atlus and a few others had more prominence in it, but from what I could have seen from it became one of my most favorite turn-based console games. I can say the same to Warsong/Langrisser and some other varied games in MD library like Vectorman or the Rocket Knight Adventures (played that after finishing Sparkster SNES and thought RKA went way better). MD ended up giving me better surprises than with what I have played on the SNES (although would not say this one is far behind).
Kid Chameleon
Wiz n Liz
Lemmings
I actually did post in here before. Well, here's a few more then.
I went a pretty long time without knowing the Shinobi series. I'm not sure I'd say the quality surprised me per se, but still.
Phantasy Star IV. I had the urge to replay it right away, but still held off 2 or 3 weeks before I went through it again. I never feel like playing an RPG again that soon, let alone a random battle game. It shot up as my favorite 16-bit RPG.
Mystical Fighter. I actually had a bad first impression for some reason, and for another I decided to give it another go, and found a very fun, if not overall excellent, beat 'em up.
Both are full of sacrifices. It really just depends on what sacrifices you're willing to stomach.Quote:
Originally Posted by OverDrone
For me the Genesis version comes out on top but I get why some people might prefer it on the SNES.
For a long while I didn't really pay much attention to Shadow Dancer because it wasn't really talked about back in the day compared to RoS and Shinobi III. It's one of my favorite Genesis games now though.Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightrider
I'm not an expert, but the Genesis version to me is the smoothest and most playable. It feels most like the arvade. The snes version has its strengths, but game play wise it feels like a different series entirely.Quote:
Originally Posted by OverDrone
Toy Story
I didn't much care for the game when I had played the first level at a game store back in the 90s. Later that week my mom bought it for my birthday. I remember wishing she had got the snes version over the genny one. It was really based on the audio quality and more colorful graphics. Later on I found out the genny version had an extra level, tighter controls and better cut-scenes. So I was glad she made the call at the time.
After playing for a while I found it had a lot going for it. The variety of platforming, racing and FPS-like maze elements. It also followed very close to the original film. Great music to boot.
Just recently I found out it was made by Psygnosis. Which is a now dead studio that has made some of my most favorite games - Colony Wars, Destruction Derby, Wipeout.
Anyway, yup. Toy Story! :ok:
-stell