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I much prefer Virtua Racing (the MD version) to Starfox. Racing across varied terrain is a lot more fun than flying over a flat plain while shooting the occasional bad guys. the different tracks in VR beat the pillars and arches you get in Starfox. Starfox is just Space Harrier with polygons... only not as fun.
Genesis Virtua Racing is fast, smooth, and controls great for a digital pad racer. What's not to love? I'm always amazed when great Sega games get bashed here of all places.
Yeah Virtua Racing Genesis port looks pretty nice. Fast & smooth with nice 3D. However, i've never been a fan of that racer.
If only they had ported Virtua Fighter instead!!
Eh, I loved the arcade version of VR, but was not a fan of the home ports until I played the arcade perfect version on the PS2's Sega Classics Collection.
The only thing I don't like about Virtua Racing is the physics, or lack thereof. When I play VR, I feel as if the car has no relation or connection to the world it drives in, they're so paper thin it's ridiculous.
Starfox 1 will always be a fun game, who cares if it doesn't use as many polygons as VR. I love the levels, the controls and physics of Starfox. What a great game. It's one of the only shooting games I can play well without crosshairs.
I was talking about gameplay not graphics. I'd rather play stunt race fx than virtual racing.
Space harrior is really repetative starfox gives you plenty of variety.Quote:
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I think Virtua Racing is more impressive graphically for the time, especially on the Genesis, but I don't find myself playing either title too often.
Virtua Racing benefits gameplay-wise from 3D graphics. Starfox is a 2D that runs choppy and looks fugly all for the novelty of having polygons on-screen. Starfox would have been much better if the FX chip was used for smooth scaling sprites or if the extra cost was jst put into more memory for animation. Anything to get a decent number if enemies on-screen at a time or something. Look at the difference between Starfix and sone of the Sega-CD 'super scalers'.
Which game is better may be up to personal taste. I played Starfox through every which way as a rental and it wasn't as much fun as the average game. The lack of 3D movement was very disappointing, but it was a neat tech demo to have for SNES, so I bought it cheap later on but haven't played it much since. Virtua Racing the arcade had a big impact on me and after Starfox I couldn't believe how good the 3D was in the Genesis version. I still only rented it at the time, since I saved my cash for RPGs. I was so happy to get it for 32X though and loved the extra content. I played it a lot until I eventually sold my 32X lot to help pay for a Saturn after I realized that there wouldn't be any more 32X games. But both versions of VR are still fun and the music memorable, whenever I play them again.
Starfox isn't a bad game, it just more of a bland game and just a proof of concept. I was really looking forward to trying Starfox 2, to see if they improved the gameplay/experience.
Wow, VR is at least a racing game, SRFX is more of a driving sim like Hard Driven', the way it plods along.Quote:
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Have you played any Space Harrier games besides SHII? I'm not a huge SH fan myself, but it's like Super Mario Bros, a classic because it's built on solid fun gameplay which goes the distance. I'm not sure what you consider plenty of variety in Starfox, but its still based around a slow simply game.Quote:
Space harrior is really repetative starfox gives you plenty of variety.
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I'm glad atleast someone else gets it.
I totally agree with this; this is why I defend Yoshi's Island in the other thread, because I feel like they actually used the FX-chip to expand upon the strengths of the hardware, rather than try and emulate something outside its capacity.Quote:
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I've always had massive respect for Starfox, even if the graphics do look like melted LEGO blocks plodding along. While not the optimal use of the SUPER-FX chip, it did provide massive novelty for those who were desperate for it back in the day. In terms of gameplay, I really don't see what all the fuss is about; I've beaten it several times, and I always feel like I never really have solid control on what's going on on screen. The lack of enemies drives me nuts, also.
Starfox > Virtua Racing
I'll take a shmup over dry racing any day. Only good racing is Road Rash and Carmaggedon style.
Starfox is definitely the better game, but Genesis Virtua Racing is no slouch for what it is and those that enjoy racing.
If only Sega learned from Nintendo's example and made more SVP ports, rather than the crappy 32X!
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Totally agree here actually. Even if Stunt Race FX runs slower than Virtua Racing, at least the vehicle in SRFX feels like it exists in the world it drives in. The physics are actually quite advanced for such a primitive 3D game.Quote:
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The draw distance in Stunt Race FX is horrible. For me, being able to properly see turns ahead of time is necessary for a good racer.
The graphics and animation in the first three Mega Man X titles on the SNES are also stellar, IMO.