DariaPlays - Classic Game Reviews

It's been a few months since I've updated this thread - but I've been steadily improving my content.

A history of the evolution of the JRPG genre through the 80s
https://youtu.be/spwVRZ63pQk

Review Library:
The Goonies II - Goonies Never Say Die but they do Press Start
Princess Tomato - A Weird Adventure about Vegetables
Dark Half - SNES Horror SRPG - Why talk to NPCs when they're so darn tasty?
15 Influential RPG from the 1980s
Unepc Adventures for the Sega Genesis - 3 unpopular RPGs
Girly Games 4 Manly Men - 3 Super Cute RPGs
Haunted Halloween '85 - Nostalgic NES Homebrew Platformer
Treasures of the Rudras - Square's best RPG unreleased in the west
Shadows of Adam - New Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest Clone for Steam
Willow - Capcom Action Rpg that proves that even movie-tie in games can be good
LandStalker - Isometric Action RPG for the Sega Genesis
Firestriker - The Zelda/Arkanoid Love Child
Sweet Home - the scariest game on the NES
Little Ninja Brothers - a quirky 2-Player Co-Op/Beat em' Up RPG
The Incident - A homebrew NES puzzle game from Khan Games.
Arabian Nights - Super Famicom RPG
Owlia - A New NES Homebrew Adventure Game
Why Growing Up An RPG Gamer on the Sega Genesis Was F*%&ing AWESOME!
My Top 3 Games to Chill By
Swords & Runes - A NES Indie RPG
Top 5 JRPGs for Total N00bs!
Clock Tower - Why is this SNES Horror Game Scarier than Modern Titles?

Wanted to do something fun for Valentine's Day but missed the deadline. :P

https://youtu.be/RGYc5DYOCwo

Goonies never say die! But they do press start
https://youtu.be/BjHP8pQ4K50

^ That was the first video of yours I didn't like. Don't ask me why, as I don't know. Maybe because I've never seen the movie The Goonies yet or played that game. (So don't even worry about this opinion of mine. Nor would I ever dare down vote your vids)

But now your new video is out, everything is back to normal since I enjoyed it like the rest of your vids;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjA6VaR-po

PS - lol, what movie is that with that rabbit attacking those knights.

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PS - lol, what movie is that with that rabbit attacking those knights.

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I don't even need to look in order tell you it's Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Just... how can you NOT know about Monty Python and the Holy Grail? That kinda' baffles me

Perhaps he's like me, and not as much of a movie watcher. I still get the reference, but not because I wanted to see the movie myself. Also, I'm not sure Daria's gonna appreciate the sidetracking.

Haven't seen the vid, but when I first got into emulation, I had a playthrough of Spike McFang because it did seem interesting from what I caught in the magazine I had. Can't remember much of anything about it lately though.

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^ That was the first video of yours I didn't like. Don't ask me why, as I don't know. Maybe because I've never seen the movie The Goonies yet or played that game. (So don't even worry about this opinion of mine. Nor would I ever dare down vote your vids)

But now your new video is out, everything is back to normal since I enjoyed it like the rest of your vids;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjA6VaR-po

PS - lol, what movie is that with that rabbit attacking those knights.

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Hey no worries - you can't like them all. Goonies was an odd choice just because it was done for a collaboration. You should really watch the movie though.

And yeah the rabbit scene was Quest for the Holy Grail - which you should also watch. XD

Edit: I also don't mind the side tracking. At least the thread was seeing some action.

Oh wait, I just watched the Quest for the Holy Grail movie for the first time like 4 days ago. My biggest laugh out loud moment was one during the Black Knight scene. I really liked that movie.

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Oh wait, I just watched the Quest for the Holy Grail movie for the first time like 4 days ago. My biggest laugh out loud moment was one during the Black Knight scene. I really liked that movie.

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Yay!!!! (:

It's probably been a good decade since I've seen it - it's overdue for a rewatch.

Glad to see the discussion didn't spiral out of hand too much.

And I did look at the videos though, really good content and I had never even heard of Rhapsody or the Marl Kingdom games as a whole before the Girly Games video :D

Seemed like a really neat series and watching this review of it pretty much made me have to look up all the games in the series.

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Glad to see the discussion didn't spiral out of hand too much.

And I did look at the videos though, really good content and I had never even heard of Rhapsody or the Marl Kingdom games as a whole before the Girly Games video :D

Seemed like a really neat series and watching this review of it pretty much made me have to look up all the games in the series.

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Yeah I'm very sad that more of those weren't released in English. :/

https://youtu.be/4MHzfUFfhsY

https://youtu.be/YQH-i7NPoLM

I never knew Drakkhen had a sequel. Is the first game really the worst SNES RPG? Anyway. The overworld exploring in Drakkhen 2 looks very awesome. Was also surprised to hear you ranking this game so high near the end of the video. So you really liked this game.

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I never knew Drakkhen had a sequel. Is the first game really the worst SNES RPG? Anyway. The overworld exploring in Drakkhen 2 looks very awesome. Was also surprised to hear you ranking this game so high near the end of the video. So you really liked this game.

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Game was just fun - beginning to end I wanted to keep going. And there's really nothing wrong with it - lacks in the story I guess but it's a gameplay driven game. Also Drakkhen apparently has some die hard supporters so I guess I nee dto give that one a fair run through sometime.

Nice job on Gunman's Proof - I have that down on my 'wish list' of games, and you're right, 1997! Wow, what a late release!

If you enjoyed Proof you might want to check out Marvelous: Another Treasure Island if you haven't already. For some reason that comes to mind, perhaps more so because of the art direction and humorous style, but that's another translated cart I'd like to get...

Thanks for shedding some light on Dragon View, very interesting... now if only I could make some more space on my shelf...

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Nice job on Gunman's Proof - I have that down on my 'wish list' of games, and you're right, 1997! Wow, what a late release!

If you enjoyed Proof you might want to check out Marvelous: Another Treasure Island if you haven't already. For some reason that comes to mind, perhaps more so because of the art direction and humorous style, but that's another translated cart I'd like to get...

Thanks for shedding some light on Dragon View, very interesting... now if only I could make some more space on my shelf...

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I've come pretty close to reviewing Marvelous a few times now - mainly because the finalized translation is pretty recent. I just getting this weird urges to play... uh... other games. But it'll be sooner rather than eventually I'm sure. Next up will be Treasure Hunter G since I'm a little over half-way through it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xGr5NYiFHQ

Daria, I don't care how it compares to other LameSoft games. :p I only care about how it compares to Shining Force and what Shining Force fans will think of it. Namely gameplay enjoyment department and replay value. Are you planning on ever coming back to this game or is one playthrough is enough for you personally?

Yes, I know it's best to be more PC when doing these videos because of how quickly everyone gets triggered, but you're safe here. So spill it, sister.


Also, finally created a YouTube channel, meaning I can finally show support by subscribing.

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I only care about how it compares to Shining Force and what Shining Force fans will think of it.

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I think she did a good enough job of explaining the game in the video. It's basically a Mario RPG/Grandia type(a visual representation of enemies on screen, that switches to a whole other perspective when you touch them), with quick strategy battles. Shining Force is basically nothing but full scale strategy battles, with town exploration in between.

I remember trying the early patches beforehand(lucky if you could say they covered 5% of the game), and then eagerly awaiting the final patch. If I remember correctly, the hacker also hung around the games forums at GameFAQs before the full patch was released. I hadn't played it again since that first time, and I can't say I have the urge to do so again, but it was a fun enough game for the genre.

Also, when bringing up Sting, I tend to think of the Dreamcast(and there's a sort of GameCube compilation) Evolution dungeon crawler games.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xGr5NYiFHQ

Daria, I don't care how it compares to other LameSoft games. :p I only care about how it compares to Shining Force and what Shining Force fans will think of it. Namely gameplay enjoyment department and replay value. Are you planning on ever coming back to this game or is one playthrough is enough for you personally?

Yes, I know it's best to be more PC when doing these videos because of how quickly everyone gets triggered, but you're safe here. So spill it, sister.


Also, finally created a YouTube channel, meaning I can finally show support by subscribing.

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Soooo months later: did you play it? :D

I probably won't play G again, not for years away. I have too many other new games to play. And I didn't compare it to Shining Force because it didn't remind me of Shining Force. Even though they're both tactical games the battle systems were way too different. :/

Nah, Dark Souls and Mass Effect series have been keeping me very busy gaming lately (not that I'm complaining. I love playing the same games I love over and over again). I've also now been back on a new game kick (it's an alternating thing), what now that I've bought a PS4 my next games in line should also be Bloodborne (Dark Souls in spirit), Witcher III (not sure if I should play the others to get more out of 3) and Fallout 4... maybe that enhanced Skyrim too if I'm not open world worn out by then. That's all I can think off. Maybe another replay of ME Trilogy. And I'm still far from done with Andromeda and plan on doing another Dark Souls 3 and 2 SotfS run.

This is why I haven't been active in other part of this forum, since it's all retro. But when I get back to the retro scene again, I'll be sure Treasure Hunter G is one of the first I look forward too.

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Nah, Dark Souls and Mass Effect series have been keeping me very busy gaming lately (not that I'm complaining. I love playing the same games I love over and over again). I've also now been back on a new game kick (it's an alternating thing), what now that I've bought a PS4 my next games in line should also be Bloodborne (Dark Souls in spirit), Witcher III (not sure if I should play the others to get more out of 3) and Fallout 4... maybe that enhanced Skyrim too if I'm not open world worn out by then. That's all I can think off. Maybe another replay of ME Trilogy. And I'm still far from done with Andromeda and plan on doing another Dark Souls 3 and 2 SotfS run.

This is why I haven't been active in other part of this forum, since it's all retro. But when I get back to the retro scene again, I'll be sure Treasure Hunter G is one of the first I look forward too.

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Yeah I've been on the alternate kicks. My PS4 purchases keep stacking up unopened. I wouldn't even buy them but I keep tripping over clearance sales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLpVnlfryI&feature=em-uploademail

Did not know this Golden Axe game wasn't any good. Why didn't anybody tell me?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLpVnlfryI&feature=em-uploademail

Did not know this Golden Axe game wasn't any good. Why didn't anybody tell me?

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Here's a site which reviews Sega games that you might want to check out:

http://www.sega-16.com/2011/02/ax-ba...of-golden-axe/