20th July 2018, 11:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 21st July 2018, 7:02 PM by A Black Falcon.)
I've always said to skip II but play the other four, and I still think that. But maybe just play II also, since it's so, so short... but skipping it really is a better idea, it's not worth it. I'm sure part of it is nostalgia, but despite its definite issues I do like MMI for GB. III through V are far better games, and I of course particularly love IV (just like on the NES, the fourth game is the best!), but I is an interesting game and can be fun once you learn it.
As for disappearing blocks though, doesn't the first NES game do that stuff too? Iceman's level on the NES is also a pretty big pain at times thanks to that stuff. The second one for NES has quite a bit of that of it too, though you can get an item to get over them in that one that isn't an option on the GB. Still, things like the Iceman level, Gutsman's lifts, the instant-death beams in Quick Man's level... the NES Mega Man games aren't quite as hard as their reputation suggests, but they are challenging and so are most of the Game Boy games. Really, thinking about it right now, compared to Mario, the GB Mega Man games are probably closer to the difficulty of their console counterparts than the GB Mario games are... Mario Land 1 is challenging but a lot easier than the NES games, and while Mario Land 2 and Mario World are both easy Mario Land 2 is probably easier.
Game Boy Advance
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Double Pack: Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - cart only, $1.50. These two games are actually ports of the console games of the same names and not different titles, interestingly. Competent ports really.
Mario Pinball Land - $3, cart only. I remember hearing this was not that great so I didn't get it back then. Well... yeah, it's not that great. For this price I couldn't refuse, but the ball physics aren't too good and it gets boring quickly... not sure how much more of this I'll play.
SNES
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Bubsy in Clawed Encounters of the Furred Kind - $5, cart only. Yes, I actually finally got this game. I really don't like the one hit deaths in this game... you go way too fast for that.
3DS DD
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Witch & Hero III - $3, currently on sale. I didn't know there was a third game in this series until I saw it in the currently-on-sale list, but there is and it released this year, so I got it. These are amusing little single-screen action games.
Xbox One
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Destiny - $1, disc only. I probably shouldn't have gotten this and just buy the digital collection with all the addons, since if I play much more of the game I will need them (presuming you can carry your save over from the 360 version which I'm pretty sure you can), but... for only a dollar I decided to get this anyway.
PS Vita
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - $27, complete. Now, Ys VIII is on four platforms, Vita, PC, PS4, and Switch. I don't have a PS4. All of the versions have issues, from framerate problems to a sometimes-terrible translation to bugs and glitches and more. This Vita version is the original version of the game, and it's missing a bunch of stuff that the other three versions added, including some new modes for a character, a new added dungeon and harder difficulty level, and some other stuff. So really it's the worst version... but the PC or Switch versions would cost me about twice as much money, and both have issues too, including framerate problems, crashes, poor performance, and more, on both formats. The Vita version apparently doesn't match the PS4's 60fps framreate either, but at least it should be mostly stable... so yeah, because it's cheaper and the original version I got this. If I like it I'll probably also get it for PC at some point, once the price goes down and they fix it. Ys games are fun.
As for disappearing blocks though, doesn't the first NES game do that stuff too? Iceman's level on the NES is also a pretty big pain at times thanks to that stuff. The second one for NES has quite a bit of that of it too, though you can get an item to get over them in that one that isn't an option on the GB. Still, things like the Iceman level, Gutsman's lifts, the instant-death beams in Quick Man's level... the NES Mega Man games aren't quite as hard as their reputation suggests, but they are challenging and so are most of the Game Boy games. Really, thinking about it right now, compared to Mario, the GB Mega Man games are probably closer to the difficulty of their console counterparts than the GB Mario games are... Mario Land 1 is challenging but a lot easier than the NES games, and while Mario Land 2 and Mario World are both easy Mario Land 2 is probably easier.
Game Boy Advance
--
Double Pack: Pac-Man World and Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - cart only, $1.50. These two games are actually ports of the console games of the same names and not different titles, interestingly. Competent ports really.
Mario Pinball Land - $3, cart only. I remember hearing this was not that great so I didn't get it back then. Well... yeah, it's not that great. For this price I couldn't refuse, but the ball physics aren't too good and it gets boring quickly... not sure how much more of this I'll play.
SNES
--
Bubsy in Clawed Encounters of the Furred Kind - $5, cart only. Yes, I actually finally got this game. I really don't like the one hit deaths in this game... you go way too fast for that.
3DS DD
--
Witch & Hero III - $3, currently on sale. I didn't know there was a third game in this series until I saw it in the currently-on-sale list, but there is and it released this year, so I got it. These are amusing little single-screen action games.
Xbox One
--
Destiny - $1, disc only. I probably shouldn't have gotten this and just buy the digital collection with all the addons, since if I play much more of the game I will need them (presuming you can carry your save over from the 360 version which I'm pretty sure you can), but... for only a dollar I decided to get this anyway.
PS Vita
--
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - $27, complete. Now, Ys VIII is on four platforms, Vita, PC, PS4, and Switch. I don't have a PS4. All of the versions have issues, from framerate problems to a sometimes-terrible translation to bugs and glitches and more. This Vita version is the original version of the game, and it's missing a bunch of stuff that the other three versions added, including some new modes for a character, a new added dungeon and harder difficulty level, and some other stuff. So really it's the worst version... but the PC or Switch versions would cost me about twice as much money, and both have issues too, including framerate problems, crashes, poor performance, and more, on both formats. The Vita version apparently doesn't match the PS4's 60fps framreate either, but at least it should be mostly stable... so yeah, because it's cheaper and the original version I got this. If I like it I'll probably also get it for PC at some point, once the price goes down and they fix it. Ys games are fun.