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by FABIO 07/31/2003, 2:30pm PDT |
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FoK wrote:
The first Zelda was ROCK AS FUCK. Mostly because of the music, though. I think that was the first game wherein I sort of scooted in my seat because something was chomping at my ass in a game. (Those traps, I think).
Every early NES game was Nintendo Power-required. Metroid sure was, and even Punch-Out! was, unless you were smart/lucky enough to figure out Bald Bull's weakness.
Metroid bored the hell out of me. I guess you could say it was the first free form game with huge explorable levels....if you didnt count Zelda, but all that really ment to me was that I got lost easy, had to bomb everything in sight, and get set back for hours after missing a jump and landing in god knows where. I can forgive this though since the supremely excellent Super Metroid corrected all these shortcomings. Now, can anyone with a gamecube tell me what the shit is the appeal of this Metroid Prime thing? Every time I watch someone playing it it looks boring as hell. Someone walking around an empty base practically devoid of enemies (when 2 or 3 do pop up they're always killed in a couple seconds via autotargetting) and seems to consist of nothing but 1st person jumping puzzles and "trigger the door to open then race there before it closes" segments.
The 2nd Zelda was okay, I thought it was awesome that you could walk up to a town and then enter it the way you did, turning from the up-top perspective to the side-scrolling. But, as you mentioned, the RPG leveling was WEAK AS HELL. How much longer to I have to kill these little red fuckers before I can go to bed?
I think the people who say it was shit were just pissed that it wasn't another Zelda game, if it had been released with any other name it probably would have been remembered as a good platform adventure. I thought those fights with the knights were the closest thing the NES ever got to actual swordfighting. I preferred this to the supper happy fun cutesy bomb+arrow+whatever of other Zelda games. Sadly, each new Zelda game seems to up the cuteness, downplay the sword fighting (lock-on targetting! yay!), and devote more time to gambling mini-games. More adventuring and swordfighting, less fishing mini-games thank you (can I get a decent short review of Dark Cloud 2 from anyone? People say it's great, but from the descriptions I'm getting it sounds like nothing but mini-games). Shadow Link was also the best last boss ever (apparently there was some gimmick where you could easily defeat him, thankfully I never stumbled on it).
For what it's worth, I also thought Mario 2 to be the best out of the NES and SNES eras |
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why arent these games as fun as i remember them by sfg 07/27/2003, 12:21am PDT 
still rockin NES game: Balloon Fight NT by FABIO 07/27/2003, 3:29am PDT
Try taking more drugs. NT by Someone who cares 07/27/2003, 3:44am PDT
BECAUSE THEY'RE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD NT by Entropy Stew 07/27/2003, 5:10am PDT
They suck BECAUSE GAMES ON EMULATORS SUCK. by Fullofkittens 07/27/2003, 10:07am PDT
Re: They suck BECAUSE GAMES ON EMULATORS SUCK. by Flurgendorf J. Creexul 07/27/2003, 11:12am PDT
No it didn't YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SUCKS NT by Fullofkittens 07/27/2003, 11:43am PDT
You do motherfucker. >:(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NT by Flurgendorf J. Creexul 07/30/2003, 6:55pm PDT
You. NT by Fullofkittens 07/30/2003, 7:41pm PDT
Shinobi III and Landstalker (Genesis) both rule on an emulator YOU LOSE FOREVER. NT by Senor Barorito 07/27/2003, 12:18pm PDT
Give River City Ransom a try. by Tom-Foolery Constructor 07/27/2003, 2:35pm PDT
This is probably the best game for the NES. NT by mrs. johnson 07/27/2003, 7:16pm PDT
.. and it's coming back out on the GBA in a few months. NT by bastage 07/30/2003, 11:58pm PDT
not "coming back out," new version, better graphics etc by K. Thor Jensen 07/31/2003, 10:58am PDT
Holy shit. I think I might have an excuse to buy a GBA now. Or just emulate it. NT by mrs. johnson 07/31/2003, 1:25pm PDT
Re: Give River City Ransom a try. by sfg 07/29/2003, 9:24pm PDT
In cyberspace, no one can hear your sarcasm. NT by Tom-Foolery Constructor 07/30/2003, 2:37pm PDT
Console Round-up, circa 1988 NT by Fussbett 07/27/2003, 7:55pm PDT
Get Nester for the NES. And play Punch-Out!!! again--it's still amazing/fun NT by foolio 07/27/2003, 11:29pm PDT
no thanks by sfg 07/29/2003, 9:25pm PDT
Then get the rereleased version with "Mr. Dream" as the final boss instead NT by Bob Violence 07/29/2003, 9:49pm PDT
Or the SNES version with the Bishonen boxer! NT by Wacky Willy 07/31/2003, 2:21pm PDT
Re: why arent these games as fun as i remember them by Flurgendorf J. Creexul 07/31/2003, 12:04pm PDT
I am the only person on this earth who loved Zelda II. by FABIO 07/31/2003, 1:30pm PDT
Re: I am the only person on this earth who loved Zelda II. by FoK 07/31/2003, 2:13pm PDT
I also didnt like the original Metroid :( by FABIO 07/31/2003, 2:30pm PDT
Re: I also didnt like the original Metroid :( by FoK 07/31/2003, 2:48pm PDT
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