Wondermegas are hecka badass. I just wish they did RGB out of the box
How much do you want for it?
lol, come on, they're very good games even if they aren't necessarily the best. He had other titles in his lists of Bests too and IMO they belong there easily. Glad to see Ristar in the list of best platformer, that's my #1 pick. I'd pick Shinobi III for action and Gunstar Heroes for gunning. I took a peek at his lists and I'd shuffle a few games around but overall it seems pretty fair.
No, I didn't know about that, but that sounds pretty boss.
TELL ME MORE, as I actually have an X'Eye.
Everything.What do you have against Sonic and EWJ?
I really want a WonderMega. Pretty sure I can fix the the lid too... but I ain't got no 400 dollars for one.
You're not secretly Cranky Kong with his "No Hopers" section, are you? :V
televator said:I really want a WonderMega. Pretty sure I can fix the the lid too... but I ain't got no 400 dollars for one.
lostinblue said:
The Genesis Sonic games are mediocre at best. My opinion, of course. Literally, the only thing I would desire to play less on the system would be anything housed in one of those tall cartridges with a yellow tab on the left side. I've been dumbfounded since the 90's as to why this series got popular and I'm convinced that Sega has some kind of unholy Demonic Pact which has allowed the series to flourish and basically keep them in business to this day. It's mind-numbingly baffling. Again, completely subjective.
Really? Go to a used video store, go to a flea market, go to a game exchange. Tell me what Genesis games you find at any of these places. I would say that my taste isn't THAT unusual.
Because they're extremely solid games, with lots of variety, inventive mechanics, colorful graphics, kickass soundtracks, and so on? This isn't exactly a secret or anything.
Uh, no. No, they're not. Your opinion can, and never will be, objective, any more than mine or any other opinion can. That's kind of how opinions work.
While it's true there's a lot of gags in the game, there's really nothing particularly poor about the core mechanics. Shooting is quite solid, whipping is solid, swinging with your whip's solid enough, jumping around is solid... what, exactly, did they get wrong here?
I'd only agree with that up to a point - I have no interest in sports games, and that's EA's biggest genre. However, EA still made several good non-sports games for the system - I'm aware the Road Rash and [Noun] Strike series are very popular, and I have a fondness for Rolo to the Rescue myself (first EA game ever, and only Genesis one I own, so).
Sonic games are plagued with a problem of wanting to be about speed but having to have an interesting world to see and explore (this is most prominent in Sonic CD, if I recall). These two things tend to go at odds with each other. And let's be honest the whole "speed" thing is garbage anyway, holding down the right button, jumping over an occasional obstacle and being automatically shot through loops and tunnels isn't exactly engaging gameplay. It LOOKS cool, and I guess that's all they needed to sell it to people.
The fact that every Sonic game beyond Sonic and Knuckles has received any level of critical and/or commercial success really disproves this point.
It's not an opinion. Earthworm Jim is a mess of a game. It's a product of mechanical designers fighting with visual designers where the visual designers had final say on everything.
If you enjoy the game, great. I can't argue that. I've had a lot of fun times and good memories with stinker games too, Hydlide and Deadly Towers are guilty pleasures of mine. I would never say those games are well designed though. I have fun with this, that's it.
I actually like Road Rash, but my point still kind of stands on that one.
Contra sold millions. Go to a flea market and tell me how many copies you can find and if you find one, how much is it going to cost you to buy it? There's a difference between selling millions and selling millions of something nobody wants a few years later. EA games are a cancer on the Genesis aftermarket, regardless if there's an interesting title or two in their lineup.
I did not. Thanks for that information. I'll dispose of it properly.
Ooookay
What exactly do you have a problem with? Earthworm Jim is a game designed around its visuals. Are you purporting that this is incorrect?
If you point out an inconstancy, I'll gladly try to address or correct it.
Well, I never contested this, I simply said that I felt that the aspect of speed and the aspect of exploration were at odds with each other. I don't feel like it's interesting to play the game by holding a single directional button and letting the game's gimmicks shoot me in several directions while I watch and I don't feel like exploring a level in a Sonic game provides any sort of reward. Many of the levels of Sonic have these little roller coaster set pieces that automatically guide the player to some point and then they pepper a few things on and around these set pieces. And because these giant set pieces of speed exist, the levels up being really large and due to that, end up feeling completely hollow and empty, even though there are things in them.
I've never once indicated that my opinions on Sonic games are objective. I've given reasons for not liking them, which you are welcome to not agree with or just not like. If I worded anything to indicate otherwise, it was not my intent and the only thing I ever meant as a 100% objective fact was that Earthworm Jim was designed around its visual gags. However, I find it interesting that in this conversation, because I don't like Sonic games (an opinion which isn't that uncommon, mind you, and one that I explained, and one that I'm allowed to have), I have been told I should be burned, that I have unusual taste, that I'm trolling, that I'm "out there," that I'm pathetic and that I have "weird shit" in my brain.
I've played entire levels in multiple Sonic games this way (at least one on Genesis and maybe two? of GBA ones), so I'm sorry if my experiences with them offends you or diminishes your enjoyment of the series.
Hah! Speaking of, what are the ones to look for? I always saw PC to console ports from that time as a little janky looking and rarely well suited to console controllers (some exceptions being the Ultima games FCI handled and Maniac Mansion). I wanted to try Faery Tale at some point, but I've always had it in my mind that those things didn't translate very well. I would like to be told otherwise though.
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