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I much prefer the 8 bit sound of Sega Master System and for any of these 8 bit indie games, I wish more would emulate SMS sound rather than NES.
IMO the best era of midi music for games was not 8 or 16 bit. It was the CD mid sound. Strider 2 or Bulk Slash are good examples. Hell even Ys 1 on PCE CD. They were not quite real instruments but on the way there. Guardian Heroes one of my favorites.
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Originally Posted by SegataS
In my mind, the 16-bit redbook audio stuff still sounds blatantly like 16-bit music, just with effectively more channels. a lot of it comes down to composition of game soundtracks for the era. They were still more interested in hooks that don't sound awful repeated a bunch of times. It really wasn't till Gen 5 that you started seeing orchestral ambience start filtering into game soundtracks. (Though to my ears, most of those 32-bit OSTs still sound "video game-y" which is by no means a bad thing.)
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Originally Posted by Armoured Priest
I too love those arranged soundtracks of the era. Often moreso than the modern counterparts, the the point where it irks me when they don’t have an option to use the earlier arranged soundtrack rather than the newly composed one.
Raiden V is a good game (at least in it's Director's Cut incarnation).
Midnight Resistance is an excellent run 'n gun for the MD and handles the arcade spinner controls just fine.
Rocket Knight Adventures is well executed but kind of boring. The only folks I've seen agree with me was some old Mean Machines or CVG magazine review, where it copped a rating in the high sixties IIRC. Pulseman is much more entertaining to play and has better graphics and soundtrack too.
TMNT Hyperstone Heist is the best of the belt scroll games because the gameplay is the best of the lot. The music destroys the much hyped SNES entry.
Musha Aleste is not the king of vertical scrolling shmups on MD, despite what many would have you believe.
Raiden V is an awesome game tho like you I only know from the Directors Cut.
Apart from adding two player mode, apparently Raiden V Director's Cut tunes some of the enemy placement to make certain areas more interesting and adds the third type of each of the three weapons, which IIRC was added in a patch on the XBone version.
The dudes over on Shmups forums really didn't get on well with this one, but for my money it's pretty damned good. It probably runs too long for a shooter, so all the best stuff is in the final couple of levels. Certainly there are some genuine visibility issues with flak. But the new weapon systems/Fighting Thunders are awesome and a nice evolutionary advance in a series that's traditionally conservative with bringing in new ideas.
Resident evil code veronica is the best old-style resident evil made. even better than 2. only 7 through vr is a better game in general.
What would you pick instead? Fireshark? Not disagreeing or anything, just curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by OverDrone
Yeah, Fire Shark is a good pick for top spot I reckon, played on normal or hard anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
The problem with Musha Aleste is that it has style to burn and some amazing graphics for a 1990 vertical shooter, but the difficulty curve is too uneven to compete with stablemates like Slap Fight MD (Special Mode), Elemental Master, Truxton and Vapor Trail (a pretty underrated STG by all accounts, despite having very solid level design).
A lot of Musha is just too mild a challenge even on Hard, but then you get to the fast-bullet turret fest in the airship stage, where it can easily become the opposite since recovery there is difficult AF with the peashooter if you do happen to get killed. Compile seemed to think so too as Dennin Aleste softened the impact of player death by only dropping a few power levels instead.
MUSHA is pretty much a snoozefest until those damage sponge turrets in stage 5 or so, good presentation but not as tightly designed as Toaplan/Raiden and the walk 'em ups like Elemental Master and Undeadline
I personally wouldn't call that controversial as Code Veronica is easily one of the best Resident Evil games of all time. Resi 1 and 2 just edge it for me but I can fully understand why you think Veronica is the best. It's a superbly executed and genuinely disturbing game from start to finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by bultje112
Yeah I wouldn't consider it controversial either. I know most people might pick 2, but they won't disagree with someone's choice of Code Veronica. Heck, I might pick it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
Ok, I must apologize in advance. This will be one negative cuss-filled post. Really negative.
Pier Solar is a fucking hot steaming pile of fucking shit. Kemco makes better shit than this. I am Setsuna is Final Fantasy VI next to this steaming trash pile. The one positive I will give the game is the OST. Everything else can suck rotting donkey testicles. Let's just start with a basic thing. Towns. Why is it a god damn maze just to navigate a fucking town? Why is such a basic thing so frustrating to navigate? Why are the battles so damn off balance? Why are enemies heavily favored? This isn't difficulty this is badly balanced. Why are dungeons an even worse maze than the towns? Why do I have to fight through a dungeon fight a shit boss then fight my way back out of the dungeon only to be met with a cutscene and guess what IT..LEADS TO ANOTHER FUCKING BOSS! When My health is low and low on items. I'm just fucked so fuck the game. Oh this is not a recent rage quit rant..this was 3 years ago. It's still fresh in my memory tho. The game was so hyped. It honestly looked fun. Then I played it and only one other RPG has made me have this much disdain for it. Infinite Undiscovery. Congrats Pier Solar. The best part Pier Solar ran down the crack of it's mom's ass as a shit stain on the mattress.
So want to hear how I really feel?
You play games like old people fuck! I don't actually think that, I just wanted an excuse to throw more lines from Full Metal Jacket into the mix so... start playing games properly or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull fuck you! Dismissed, maggot!Quote:
Originally Posted by SegataS
rofl! can't rep sadly.