New week, new acquisitions!
Bushido Blade:
Fun stuff. I actually never played it before. The combat can either be really quick or quite long, depending of your play style. Since you can be killed in one hit, you decide on whether you go all out or take the time to find an ouverture. I also love how you can freely roam in the 3d environment. Good graphics too. You can tell this game is using many camera tricks to hide the PS1 limitations. One thing that sucks though is how many characters you get. Only 7, and one of them is hidden. So, as much as MK1. This feels very vintage. I've beat the story mode in little time too. Good thing the gameplay differentiates itself from the rest.
X-Men VS Street Fighter:
I've heard very bad things about this version: frame cut, slow down issues, long load time, lack of tag mode. Turns out, they're all (mostly) true. The framerate holds up the 60hz refresh for the most part, only dropping a bit when doing team attacks. Barely noticeable. The speed of the game really is slower though. All in in, the game is perfectly playable on the PS1. the graphics are not as good and there are loading screens, but if you are used to PS1 load speed, this won't be a problem. Unfortunately, I do not have the manual for this and there are some writing on the cd. But since I got the game for a stupidly low price, I'm still really happy about this acquisition.
Mega Man Legends 2:
Ok, here's the deal. I am not a mega man fan. I guess I just never got into it, you know? Most likely, I just suck at them. I feel like I get hit by every fucking enemies on screen no matter what. It's like Dr. Light fucking made mega man's armor with bullet magnet materials. But since those games are well regarded and because it is so different from the 2D plat-former it is being known for, I've decided to acquire them for the sake of the collection.
So I've started the purchase with Tronbonne. First comment: Holy fucking shit at the price of admission for physical copy owner. Are you kidding me? Good thing the game was good, otherwise this would have left me with a salty taste in my mouth. Now, even though MML2 isn't exactly a cheap game to acquire, you can still purchase about 3 copies of it for the same price you would pay for a single copy of Tronbonne. All in all, not too shaby!
Now, MML2..........Where to begin? Simply put, wow! This game aged so well, it's just incredible. The style they went for feels so modern. the voice acting is great, but so is the quality of the voice samples. The graphics are top notch. Another game which hides the PS1 limitation very well. The cutscenes are beautifully done, the music is good, the gameplay is fun. The controls take some times getting used to, but other than that, the game does a good job at pulling me in. This game is fucking guuuuuuuuud. I think I'll play this one for good as soon as I complete Uncharted 4.
Rayman 2:
Never played the version of that game. I've haven't actually started playing it. Is the game still a good experience on PS1? What should I expect?