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Post by Malroth on Sept 19, 2006 23:36:54 GMT -5
Uh...you were reasonably close to the monster and had your flashlight on, right? I don't know how you could possibly miss, unless you were shooting when the monster was "stunned."
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Post by kyouki on Sept 20, 2006 6:54:11 GMT -5
Silent Hill is another classic, but I liked Silent Hill 2 more. After Silent Hill 2 the series went way downhill. It's pretty hard to find Silent Hill nowadays...
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Post by kyouki on Sept 20, 2006 8:07:27 GMT -5
Today I found the imports of both Tomba and Tomba 2 on Ebay (both sealed!) so I went and purchased them. I think I'll enjoy them quite a bit.
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Post by kal on Sept 20, 2006 19:21:13 GMT -5
I'm going to point out the silliness of your post and mention that buying them sealed and then opening them nearly defeats the purpose . Great games, called Tombi over here in Pal land.
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Post by kyouki on Sept 21, 2006 7:19:24 GMT -5
I'm going to point out the silliness of your post and mention that buying them sealed and then opening them nearly defeats the purpose . Great games, called Tombi over here in Pal land. I know that, but I have a thing about buying used games (unless I have dealt with the seller before and know he/she is trustworthy). I find that many sellers on EBay are not honest in their descriptions. Anyway, it cost less for sealed JPN copies than it did for open US copies believe it or not. If there had been opened JPN copies for less from a reputable seller I would have bought them.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Sept 21, 2006 18:20:22 GMT -5
Tales of Eternia - It introduced faster battles, easier combos and although the voice acting is horribly dubbed, at least they have an "off" button for that.
Air Combat - C'mon, anyone saying that game doesn't have a simple interface needs to find the select button on their pad, just doing that switches to a 3rd person perspective VERY reminiscent of After Burner.
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Post by simonbelmondo on Sept 24, 2006 19:31:56 GMT -5
Grandia was a great PSone game (although it's technically a Saturn RPG), Brave Fencer Musashi was pretty fun too, and Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. Of course, people could contest that, it takes a special brand of person to be gripped by a game in which you do nothing but farm.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2006 1:42:25 GMT -5
For Europeans part of the fun of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature was to send your PAL game disc to Ubisoft and receive a bug-free version of the game which wouldn't always crash after getting married in-game. I'm not kidding, it's true!
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Post by sideshow on Sept 25, 2006 1:52:23 GMT -5
Ape Escape: Was the first game in my mind that implemented the analog controllers very well.
Buster Bros Collection: These collection of Pang games are some of the funnest puzzle games you can play.
Twisted Metal II: Really put the series on the map then 989 studios took over and made subpar sequels.
R-Type delta: This is just a awesome sequel to a unbelievable shmup series. Played this one for days.
Heart of Darkness: A really good adventure game that borrowed many ideas of Flashback, Out of This World, etc.
Klaymen Klaymen: I really like this game and the whole claymation graphics. Not to mention the music is bitchin.
Legacy of kain Blood Omen and Soul Reaver: These games are completely different from each other and entirely awesome. Gotta love the gothic atmospher.
Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor Underground: These games were the first really good WWII FPS I ever played in terms of smart AI. The sequel had awesome bonus levels were you fought german shephards that ran around on two legs holding a submachine gun.
Megaman 8 and Megaman X4: Awesome transition to the 32 bit world keeping it 2D.
Nectaris: One of my favorite PCEngine military strategy games got a nice 32 bit sequel.
Oddworld Abes Oddysee and Exoddus: These have got to be in my top 10 favorite PSX games. Loves the characters, enviroments, and saving all those muddokons!
Rayman: I couldnt help but be charmed by this colorful action adventure platformer. The sequels are good as well.
I can go on and on and state the obvious great titles like Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania Symphony of Night, bla bla bla.
The system has such a huge library for shmups its sick!
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Post by kal on Sept 25, 2006 3:08:32 GMT -5
Heart of Darkness was made by the guy behind Out of this world so it stands to reason that it borrowed it, there was a topic on it here a little while ago.
But some of the things you've suggested are a little odd, like the ported games like Legacy of Kain (Soul Reaver though is definately a good choice though) but more importantly why suggest Klaymen Klaymen? It's The Neverhood in Japanese granted there was no other PSX release of the orginal neverhood but I'd still suggest it'd be better to play The Neverhood on PC.
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Post by gesutaaru on Sept 25, 2006 10:19:58 GMT -5
Dino Crisis 2 - While I enjoyed the first, the second Dino Crisis is what put the series on the map for me; taking the series from survival horror with dinosaurs to fast paced action with dinosaurs was the best move Capcom could have made. It's a pity what happened with three, though...
Ace Combat 3: electrosphere - Air Combat was already mentioned, but I think the Japanese release of three deserves a special mention; Namco went nuts with this game, adding branching mission paths, a ton of futuristic planes, a futuristic setting, a deep story, tons of animation and voicework, etc.
Remote Control Dandy - I think this game wins points for what it's able to pull off on the PS1. You're given a giant robot and a big, completely destructible city to crash around in. Granted, the point is to defeat the other robot that’s bent on destroying the city, but that doesn't mean you can't knock down some of the buildings that get in your way. The game has some small visual flaws like pop-in and things like that, but, on the whole, looks amazing as a PS1 game. It’s the spiritual precursor to Robot Alchemic Drive, on the PS2, so the controls are a bit clumsy.
Parasite Eve - I think this game was pretty poorly received, but I had a great deal of fun with it. It's got it’s fair share of problems, but, the battle system was great, and being able to play an RPG that took place in modern day NY was pretty cool.
Threads of Fate/Dew Prism - I'm not sure if this game was all that great, really; the game mechanics weren’t anything terribly new and the graphics and story were pretty basic, as well. It was a hell of a lot of fun, though, despite the fact that it was basically the same game regardless of what character you chose. Also, Mint was awesome.
I don’t think any of those have been mentioned; sorry if they have.
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Post by megatronbison on Sept 25, 2006 12:06:27 GMT -5
Dino Crisis 2 - While I enjoyed the first, the second Dino Crisis is what put the series on the map for me; taking the series from survival horror with dinosaurs to fast paced action with dinosaurs was the best move Capcom could have made. It's a pity what happened with three, though... Couldn't agree more! Although the first had the sorta nice 3d backgrounds and zooming it really was nothing but a run of the mill survival horror with dinosaurs... The more action orientated sequel with the knife actually being of some sort of use for once and the great combo system ended up being quite a lot of fun... Then like you said...the third happened :\ As for Parasite Eve- it is so blose to being great on a few occasions but I really found the levelling and combat system a tad broken :( I think I may be the only person who preferred its sequel?
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Post by gesutaaru on Sept 25, 2006 12:13:42 GMT -5
I think the problem most people(myself included) had with the sequel was that, rather than taking the potentially awesome formula they'd created in the first and improving it into something that was awesome, they just scrapped the whole thing and made it into an RE clone. PE2 wasn't bad on it's own merits(it wasn't perfect, either), but it seemed like SE was developing a survival horror-esque game, and decided to tack the PE name on it so that it would sell better; it was kind of a slap in the face to people looking forward to the sequel.
One other thing that really got under my skin was that, in all the previews and ads I saw for the game, they mentioned that it took place in LA. It did take place in LA, for about 10 minutes; after that, you were whisked away to an ugly, little abandoned podunk town, where the rest of the game played out. The love story between Kyle and Aya felt pretty forced, as well.
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Post by megatronbison on Sept 25, 2006 12:18:02 GMT -5
One other thing that really got under my skin was that, in all the previews and ads I saw for the game, they mentioned that it took place in LA. It did take place in LA, for about 10 minutes; after that, you were whisked away to an ugly, little abandoned podunk town, where the rest of the game played out. The love story between Kyle and Aya felt pretty forced, as well. Never seen any of the advertisements or previews - guess I should be glad Yeah the little town and romance were a bit lame, but i just found the original games RPG elements a little tacked on to a degree?
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 25, 2006 12:25:57 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Parasite Eve back when it came out, although I haven't played it since, so I dunno if it's aged well. I do still dig the excellent soundtrack, which was composed by Yoko Shimomura before she got shackled to Kingdom Hearts crap.
The sequel, not so much.
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