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[BigJonsson]

SO AWESOME!!!

My instant message ringtone is a Link treasure get
I watched a speed run described by the nerd a few hours ago
The power glove!!!!

That was one of the best yet!

 

[dragonballjoseph]

Wow. I knew the game had RPG elements, but I didn't know it was that deep. Really need to play it one of these days.

Also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i8Oy2l0cjo

^_^

 

[ThatObviousUser]

BUY THE POWER
NINTENDO POWER

:lol

 

[Narag]

I could swore he covered this game before.

It reminded me heavily of his Castlevania II review.

 

[oatmeal]

Not his best one...

But was still good.

He made Death Mountain harder than it actually is. I don't have too many problems going through it.

 

[Duderz]

I hate these Gamestop ads so much.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Much better than that Game Glitch abortion last month.

Sucks that we have to wait a whole month for a new one now when there's one that sucks.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Great ep I do not really like zelda 2 but I do think he does a great job of reviewing it!

:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[HylianScribe]

He says it's a good game, just very frustrating...

Only if you suck at video games.

So glad he did this. I have a friend who trolls to no end how bad Zelda II is, and I just say he sucks at it and that's why he hates it. You could sleep with hookers, kill villagers, and destroy forests. GTA, eat your heart out.

 

[MYE]

hair is getting a bit thin up there, James

 

[AniHawk]

He says it's a good game, just very frustrating...

Only if you suck at video games.

So glad he did this. I have a friend who trolls to no end how bad Zelda II is, and I just say he sucks at it and that's why he hates it. You could sleep with hookers, kill villagers, and destroy forests. GTA, eat your heart out.

My biggest issue with Zelda II is restarting at the beginning of the game when you get a game over.

 

[firehawk12]

Hah, the ending is a nice callback to the original Power Glove video, where he lands the plane on the carrier in Top Gun.

Maybe I'm just a fanboy, but I don't see the drop in quality. I'm glad he's mellowed out the character and the videos have become more informative anyway.

 

[Augemitbutter]

this game gave me an ominous feeling as a kid, that hasn't changed. the villagers behave strangely and death is painful, it is a nightmare that can't be reproduced these days.

james looked kinda bored at the beginning, he came back pretty quick though. dunno why, but i hate how he wrecks his classic posters in some episodes.

 

[firehawk12]

Yeah, I do to. But I figure that's why he does it; it's like "he's so pissed he's fucking up his posters!"

 

[Teppic]

Pretty bad episode. He sounds kind of bored.

 

[Man God]

My biggest issue with Zelda II is restarting at the beginning of the game when you get a game over.

The only place that takes more than 5 minutes to get to from the start is the final palace, and you can actually continue there.

 

[AniHawk]

The only place that takes more than 5 minutes to get to from the start is the final palace, and you can actually continue there.

I dunno, I grew tired of the travel to the 7th dungeon.

 

[Loxley]

I could swore he covered this game before.

He covered the Zelda timeline as well as the Zelda CDi games, that's mprobably why it seems familiar.

 

[cartman414]

I dunno, I grew tired of the travel to the 7th dungeon.

Takes way less time than traveling through any of the 3d Zeldas.

Great ep I do not really like zelda 2 but I do think he does a great job of reviewing it!

:lol :lol :lol :lol

You fail.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

Never thought it was hard at all.

However, there were some sections that were frustrating since there weren't a lot of clues as to what to do next at times.

How would anyone know to use "spell" on that flying final boss to be able to hit it too?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

What a shame, the video buffers at the golden cart part right in the beginning and just restarts itself into an endless loop of the first few minutes

 

[cjtiger300]

New Nerd is up.

Zelda II: The Adventures of Link.

One of my favorite games of all time!!!!! Honestly, I don't get the hate for it! I beat this game multiple times as a child!

 

[Jazzem]

Haha, ending was great.

Nice episode, if not his best. I pretty much agree with him regarding Zelda II, though perhaps in a more positive limelight

Spoiler

plus I prefer it to the first game.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Very entertaining episode.

I personally like it when he does well known games as well as obscure ones.

I hope James continues doing this thing for a few more years. I don't care if some people think his 'heart isn't in it' anymore. I appreciate his hard work and look forward to and enjoy every single episode he's done.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Never thought it was hard at all.

However, there were some sections that were frustrating since there weren't a lot of clues as to what to do next at times.

How would anyone know to use "spell" on that flying final boss to be able to hit it too?

I thought you had to use Thunder?

 

[SlipperySlope]

Yeah, Thunder, and wasting like all of your magic (after you cast Jump and Shield). No magic left for Life.

Fucking hated that boss, only beat him once, only to get my ass handed to me by shadow link.

Edit - Has anyone here beaten shadow link without the crouching glitch? You saw his actions in the video. He's like impossible to hit.

 

[maharg]

Edit - Has anyone here beaten shadow link without the crouching glitch? You saw his actions in the video. He's like impossible to hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XJ49mdh_c

Video of someone doing it, supposedly with a PC keyboard on an emulator. Doesn't look like he slowed it down or anything, and it's a pretty tight fight. Basically it's a fight of attrition.

 

[SlipperySlope]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XJ49mdh_c

Video of someone doing it, supposedly with a PC keyboard on an emulator. Doesn't look like he slowed it down or anything, and it's a pretty tight fight. Basically it's a fight of attrition.

Cool. But nobody here's done it? My dad's the only one I know who's beaten him the "natural" way.

Edit - Holy shit he got lucky in the end. He had nothing left.

 

[HylianScribe]

Cool. But nobody here's done it? My dad's the only one I know who's beaten him the "natural" way.

 

[ntropy]

Cool. But nobody here's done it? My dad's the only one I know who's beaten him the "natural" way.

Edit - Holy shit he got lucky in the end.

i couldn't beat him til i used shield.

 

[USD]

james looked kinda bored at the beginning, he came back pretty quick though. dunno why, but i hate how he wrecks his classic posters in some episodes.

This. It kills me. :\

 

[USD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XJ49mdh_c

Video of someone doing it, supposedly with a PC keyboard on an emulator. Doesn't look like he slowed it down or anything, and it's a pretty tight fight. Basically it's a fight of attrition.

The standoff at 0:56 is so awesome. :lol

It's been a long time since I played the game, but I don't remember using the crouching glitch either.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

Cool. But nobody here's done it? My dad's the only one I know who's beaten him the "natural" way.

Edit - Holy shit he got lucky in the end. He had nothing left.

Like I said in the other Zelda II thread, I beat Shadow Link when I was like 9 years old, first try, no glitches or cheap tricks. Shit, I didn't even have Nintendo Power.

I'm also one of those gamers he refers to who's made it to Gannon without a sword.

I assumed the Nerd was going to demo the crouching trick at the end, but he found a pretty creative way to do it. :lol

 

[Davey Cakes]

He's right on the money.

Zelda II is "good but hard." Anyone saying it's a bad game is just plain wrong.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

He's right on the money.

Zelda II is "good but hard." Anyone saying it's a bad game is just plain wrong.

I came in expecting him to say it sucked! Wow, i'm gonna watch this right away... I never thought he would agree with me on this one. AVGN respect +1.

 

[bigosc2k]

It was nice to see a video review where he doesn't go bat shit insane on the cussing, but love the ending with the power glove

 

[SlipperySlope]

Is Quest 2 feasible without a sword? I have trouble with Quest 2 even with a sword. I hate those rooms with 3 bomb-eating triceratopses.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

Is Quest 2 feasible without a sword? I have trouble with Quest 2 even with a sword. I hate those rooms with 3 bomb-eating triceratopses.

Probably. I haven't tried. Quest 2 is just fun and challenging on its own anyway.

BTW, do you know how to stun the Dodongos (triceratopses)? It's a pretty important trick if you're fighting lots of them.

I've done that one too. Not so bad once you've gotten the wand.

I'd say the hardest part is the section the Nerd shows in the video; I think it's level 5. You have to get through like 3 rooms full of blue darknuts without running out of bombs.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Probably. I haven't tried. Quest 2 is just fun and challenging on its own anyway.

BTW, do you know how to stun the Dodongos (triceratopses)? It's a pretty important trick if you're fighting lots of them.



I'd say the hardest part is the section the Nerd shows in the video; I think it's level 5. You have to get through like 3 rooms full of blue darknuts without running out of bombs.

You stun them by having a bomb go off next to them. You can then kill them with one shot with your sword. I used to be good at doing this, but now I can't seem to get the timing right. They turn, and there goes your chance, one bomb gone.

 

[SlipperySlope]

You know whats sad? I used to play quest 2 over and over again thinking something would change. I was told that level 7 would turn into some kind of tree level on the 7th play through. I stupidly believed it. On the same file I went through Quest 2 about 7 times before giving up.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

You know whats sad? I used to play quest 2 over and over again thinking something would change. I was told that level 7 would turn into some kind of tree level on the 7th play through. I stupidly believed it. On the same file I went through Quest 2 about 7 times before giving up.

Oh yeah, everyone on the playground assumed there was a 3rd quest.

The thing with stunning Dodongos is that not only do you kill them with 1 bomb instead of 2, but they drop a 4-bomb refill every time. So even if you miss a couple times you should come out of the battle with more bombs than when you started.

 

[cartman414]

Wait a sec... when did this become about Zelda 1?

 

[maharg]

When people decided to talk about the better game.

Oh yeah, I went there.

 

[John Dunbar]

Funny that he used Error as an example of a useless NPC, since he's one of the useful ones in the game.

 

[Natetan]

Funny that he used Error as an example of a useless NPC, since he's one of the useful ones in the game.

He should have talked about the whole Error/Bagu thing. (Isn't Bagu the useful one and not error?)

Anyway, I agree. I like the less raving lunatic and more complaining, but here's some trivia aspect of these recent episodes. Hearing him swear a bunch got old awhile ago. i mostly like it because he goes over old school NES games and some SNES games that I can sympathize about the difficulty with.

Has he covered deadly towers?

I always thought Zelda II was really hard. My brother and I were so happy when we got through all those rooms of damn blue darknuts to get the flute in level 5.

I also thought what he said about the enemy names was funny too. When I was a kid, I did think at least for a second or two 'where do they get these names from?'

 

[cartman414]

When people decided to talk about the better game.

Oh yeah, I went there.

Meh. Zelda 1 is overrated.

 

[John Dunbar]

He should have talked about the whole Error/Bagu thing. (Isn't Bagu the useful one and not error?)

When you talk to a man in Mido, he tells you to talk to Error again, and Error will then help you to get to the Island Palace.

 

[Haunted]

When people decided to talk about the better game.

Oh yeah, I went there.

and by "there" you meant to the popular opinion?

 

[sphinx]

zelda II's difficulty is way overblown and out of proportion.

I think most people played it wrong back then.

It was kinda like Super metroid, that you could go ahead and go deeper in the game with less weapons and skills but the game would be batshit insane and hard to beat.

Darknuts must be hit in the forehead to effectively beat them without trouble. Any other enemies require good timing while jumping and hitting but nothing a veteran gamer like most people here wouldn't master.

Music is awesome, it had many towns, nice temples, magic, weapons, interesting overworld, epic feeling from beginning to end.

It's a shame this masterpiece was mostly misunderstood.

 

[Siyou]

Just saw his Swordquest review... That is so damn epic.