29th May 2010, 1:42 PM
Over the past week or so:
PS2
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The King of Fighters 2006 - Just got it, and beat it with one character. It's a pretty good game actually, I like it... it plays like KOF crossed with a 3d fighting game, and I think it's actually done fairly well. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's definitely good.
Saturn
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Puyo Puyo 2 - Beat in Beginner and Arcade (Normal difficulty) modes, or I'm guessing that's what they're called because the names are in Japanese... I beat it in the 4-level short easy game and the 10-stage main normal arcade modes, anyway. The 36-stage "campaign mode" or whatever that saves your progress (so that you don't need to play it all in one sitting) is the one mode that remains, aside from trying to get better... this really is a quite good game, but VERY difficult! The speed gets very high by the end, the final couple of stages are just insane... I don't remember Puyo Puyo Fever ever getting this fast. I guess they slowed things down in some of the newer ones. This way it's harder and more frantic. I wasn't sure if this would be worth getting, but it's pretty good stuff.
Genesis
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (w/max life/continue settings, Normal difficulty) -- A bland and disappointing game, easily the worst of the classic TMNT beat 'em ups. All of the stage areas rehashes from prior TMNT games, it has only five levels (sure they're long, but still there are only five of them and they're not THAT long), the fourth level is mostly a boss rush so it's not even a full-length stage, the game has very little of the variety and great touches that make the Arcade, NES and SNES beat 'em up so great, and it's not that hard either... so yeah, it has a lot of problems. Of course, it IS a classic TMNT beat 'em up, so it is fun, and was definitely enjoyable to play. Still, compared to the other classic TMNT beat 'em ups, this one doesn't come close. It's too simple, too lacking in the things that make TMNT games unique, has stages and backgrounds that are far too plain and simple (where are the angled areas like TMNT 3, or the great level designs like TMNT 3, or the throw-enemies-at-the-screen move of TMNT 4, or the sewer where you actually go into the water (and there is both a side platform and water in the sewer), instead of just walking on water for absolutely no apparent reason like you do in this game (seriously, they just ... walk on the water as if it was land. No special animation, nothing. Yet the Pizza Monster enemies jumping at you jump out of the water with a big splash. Um, STUPID!), etc, etc, etc... yeah, it's fun, but it really is a disappointing game, sadly.
PS2
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The King of Fighters 2006 - Just got it, and beat it with one character. It's a pretty good game actually, I like it... it plays like KOF crossed with a 3d fighting game, and I think it's actually done fairly well. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's definitely good.
Saturn
--
Puyo Puyo 2 - Beat in Beginner and Arcade (Normal difficulty) modes, or I'm guessing that's what they're called because the names are in Japanese... I beat it in the 4-level short easy game and the 10-stage main normal arcade modes, anyway. The 36-stage "campaign mode" or whatever that saves your progress (so that you don't need to play it all in one sitting) is the one mode that remains, aside from trying to get better... this really is a quite good game, but VERY difficult! The speed gets very high by the end, the final couple of stages are just insane... I don't remember Puyo Puyo Fever ever getting this fast. I guess they slowed things down in some of the newer ones. This way it's harder and more frantic. I wasn't sure if this would be worth getting, but it's pretty good stuff.
Genesis
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (w/max life/continue settings, Normal difficulty) -- A bland and disappointing game, easily the worst of the classic TMNT beat 'em ups. All of the stage areas rehashes from prior TMNT games, it has only five levels (sure they're long, but still there are only five of them and they're not THAT long), the fourth level is mostly a boss rush so it's not even a full-length stage, the game has very little of the variety and great touches that make the Arcade, NES and SNES beat 'em up so great, and it's not that hard either... so yeah, it has a lot of problems. Of course, it IS a classic TMNT beat 'em up, so it is fun, and was definitely enjoyable to play. Still, compared to the other classic TMNT beat 'em ups, this one doesn't come close. It's too simple, too lacking in the things that make TMNT games unique, has stages and backgrounds that are far too plain and simple (where are the angled areas like TMNT 3, or the great level designs like TMNT 3, or the throw-enemies-at-the-screen move of TMNT 4, or the sewer where you actually go into the water (and there is both a side platform and water in the sewer), instead of just walking on water for absolutely no apparent reason like you do in this game (seriously, they just ... walk on the water as if it was land. No special animation, nothing. Yet the Pizza Monster enemies jumping at you jump out of the water with a big splash. Um, STUPID!), etc, etc, etc... yeah, it's fun, but it really is a disappointing game, sadly.
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