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^ It appears this would be one of the increasingly uncommon times I agree with you. That is on Link to the Past; the original Zelda is far above its herd. But my surmise of the general high regard it gets is that it's the gentler, storybook tone that captivates so many players and leads them to externally unhelpful descriptions like 'magical'.
@ MrM: sorry about your disenchantment. There's a reason I refer to every subsequent 3D game in the Zelda series as OoT2/3/4/etc.
^^Actually, Data, I disagree completely.
Where the &%$# did Street Fighter Alpha 3 for Saturn go on epay?
I hate disappointing game chasing days. Checked all over town today and only ended up with a couple PSX games from Goodwill and a loose Game Boy Ms Pac Man cart.
I'm a big ALTTP lover myself. And to answer your question, everything. I like everything about the game. The graphics are good. Simplistic looking, but nothing is wasted or out of place looking. The monsters are cool with some neat AI. The over worlds are great (discovering the dark world was on par with the upside down castle in SOTN). The dungeons are well designed with fun traps and puzzles to work through. It has an excellent variety of items to play with. There's plenty of characterization and NPC interaction, including side stories, without it becoming obtrusive and detracting from the overall game. There is also the sense of there being secrets and hidden things on every screen. I can remember going through an area hundreds of times only to discover something new when I would have thought it impossible. The game is so well designed in this matter that if feels like your constantly discovering something new. The combat and action is also really refined and a lot of fun. To me it's about as perfect as an action RPG can get. Of course I played this game before I played any of the later ones. So a lot of the stuff that got reused like crazy in later games was a completely new experience for me with ALTTP. To me the later games seem derived, where someone who played the later ones first might see things differently and be less impressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
I did call it "flawless". Just name one aspect you don't like about the game and I will call it "flawless" in comparison to almost any game you can name (I have a couple more I also consider flawless, but that's another topic altogether).
I don't get why people sometimes complain that some games are too short, I like games that are quick. Take Comix Zone, I think its the perfect length, why make a game that takes three weeks to complete?
^I like my RPGs as long as possible, and my Platformers, Beat 'em Ups, Run N Guns and Shmups as short as possible.
Anyone ever heard of Excalibur 2555AD on the PSX? I used to own it when I was younger and re-bought it a few days ago. Information on it online seems to be scarce for some reason. Seems like an ok game to me, a sort of poor man's Tomb Raider.
never heard of it.. looks interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
I'd always get that one mixed with X-Kaliber 2097 from what I (barely) read about it. Hell, I always thought those two were related since the titles are similar and they have the same fonts on the logo.
Anyway...
REASON #3019 WHY THE SEGA VINTAGE COLLECTIONS ROCK
The Golden Axe collection has this:
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Been studying antimycobacterial, antiretroviral, and antiviral therapy for a while, so I came here to relax.