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Post by Feynman on Apr 10, 2013 22:44:33 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden III had only five continues. It was an incredibly poor design choice, considering the previous two games gave you, as Zete from Battlefield Earth would say, "endless options for renewal." It really sucked balls having to replay the entire damn game just because you ran out of continues on the final boss, but those were the breaks back then. Really, my concerns are twofold. First, I see no moral difference here from save-stating, since you're making a game easier to play than its original retail release allows. Second, this was a terrible game to choose, so if you're going to stand by your guns and say this is definitely the April game, then put your big boy pants on and beat it legitimately. Also, I might be just the slightest bit bitter about having beaten this game on its own terms several years ago, after Something Awful did a piece on it. This is kind of a Special GC9X Event though. Much like the Deus Ex team game we had last summer, this is kind of a special thing. Either play a game so insufferably bad you'd have to be a fool (pun so very much intended) to do so, or play an improved version of that game for sane people! The fact that the game is Home Improvement and a hacked ROM with home-made improvements has been made just adds to the flavor and makes for a unique experience as far as GC9X stuff goes. Whether it's "morally" different from save-stating isn't terribly relevant, because the point is to do something more interesting than just save-state through a game. Is the hacked version easier? Sure, but you still have to play the game normally. I actually finished the unhacked game the other day (incidentally, the final boss is dramatically more difficult than the other bosses, and also cheap as hell), so the concept of playing a less shitty hacked version is appealing just to see how a terrible game could have been at least a playable game with just a few minor changes. |
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Post by Scylla on Apr 10, 2013 23:05:09 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden III had only five continues. It was an incredibly poor design choice, considering the previous two games gave you, as Zete from Battlefield Earth would say, "endless options for renewal." It really sucked balls having to replay the entire damn game just because you ran out of continues on the final boss, but those were the breaks back then. If Ninja Gaiden III was a GC9X game, I imagine everyone would switch to the Japanese version almost immediately.  The US version is grade-A bullcorn and not how the game should be. |
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Post by xerxes on Apr 10, 2013 23:13:41 GMT -5
If Ninja Gaiden III was a GC9X game, I imagine everyone would switch to the Japanese version almost immediately. The US version is grade-A bullcorn and not how the game should be. Will you please guest-host the podcast again? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 23:29:06 GMT -5
Do you have any tips from this experience? I'm curious how you managed to beat this game on its own terms given how frustrating it is to play. I'm generally pretty good at games, and even this is making me say "Fuck this". It can get to be sort of like Dark Souls, in the respect that you have to become comfortable with losing enormous amounts of progress after making very simple mistakes. As for tips, it's hard to say at this point, as it was quite a while ago when I played it. Feynman probably has a better idea of what it takes, since he seems to have done it in about a week, whereas it took me nearly two months. At any rate, I'll let the subject of the hacks drop. Everyone's stated their positions, and there's no need for it to escalate into a big argument. Bottom line, Home Improvement will take years off of your life and should be avoided at all costs. |
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Post by Scylla on Apr 10, 2013 23:56:18 GMT -5
If Ninja Gaiden III was a GC9X game, I imagine everyone would switch to the Japanese version almost immediately. The US version is grade-A bullcorn and not how the game should be. Will you please guest-host the podcast again? When the game chosen is something I own and have the time to play, I'd be happy to.  ...and when it doesn't suck quite as spectacularly as Home Improvement, haha. |
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Post by Feynman on Apr 11, 2013 0:53:52 GMT -5
Do you have any tips from this experience? I'm curious how you managed to beat this game on its own terms given how frustrating it is to play. I'm generally pretty good at games, and even this is making me say "Fuck this". Some things that helped me clear the game: - Be super careful around bottomless pits. They claim more of my lives than anything else in this damn game. Always check below you before making any downward jumps near the bottom of a level! That doesn't help much when trying to jump and grapple over such pits, but there's not much that can be done about that other than just getting used to the shitty timing on the grapple. - Try to keep the lightning gun or the flamethrower. Both of these weapons have good hitboxes and can attack through walls and ceilings, which is very useful in a game where many enemies take eight million hits to kill, have long invincibility times after being hit, and have access to ranged attacks. The nailgun is an okay weapon, but try to avoid the sword (the hitbox on that weapon is kind of weird), and stay as far away from dynamite as you can... its attack range is pathetically small and the weapon itself is awkward to use. - Large spike/fire/slime/whatever-filled pits aren't too bad! It's often easier to just jump in the pit and sprint across while you pick up some of your dropped bolts on the way than it is to try to jump/grapple over them one platform at a time. I'll try to record a playthrough of the game the way I've been recording my Castlevania clears, but I need to work on clearing the game in a more reasonable amount of time first so that the video file doesn't fill an entire hard drive. A&X - attack diagonally while standing B - jump Y - attack L - grappling hook R - run This was basically my idea for the control scheme, although I'd swap run to L and the grappling hook to R. Yeah, switching L & R would be a better idea. I used R for run because holding down R for long periods of time is less of a hassle than trying to hold L while using the d-pad, but it's not like you spend that much time in Home Improvement running, and R is a more natural trigger button for quickly activating abilities. |
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Post by TheGunheart on Apr 12, 2013 17:58:06 GMT -5
Can I suggest "Home Improvement: More Power!" as the name of the hack?
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Post by kal on Apr 12, 2013 19:06:52 GMT -5
Second
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Post by Weasel on Apr 12, 2013 21:14:02 GMT -5
I think "Home Improvement Improvement" would be funnier. =P
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Post by dooz on Apr 12, 2013 22:04:25 GMT -5
Or, Home Improvement: Home Improvement.
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Post by doctorallosaurus on Apr 13, 2013 7:45:40 GMT -5
I'd personally go with Home Improvement: Tim Didn't Touch This edition
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Post by apachacha on Apr 13, 2013 11:05:52 GMT -5
You guys be cheating I see :/
I don't blame you much, I do it all the time, but I thought you were better then me !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2013 12:00:36 GMT -5
Eh, it's no different than Tim going to Wilson to solve his problems.
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Post by Bobinator on Apr 13, 2013 13:40:13 GMT -5
Hey, we're just giving ourselves
MORE POWER
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Post by Ryusui on Apr 14, 2013 2:21:59 GMT -5
Okay. The hack is now officially "Home Improvement: More Power! Edition." It says so on the title screen. :3 Plus, I rejiggered the control scheme based on Feynman and Snarboo's input. To reiterate: B: Jump Y: Fire L: Run R: Grapple Gun A, X: Diagonal Fire Get it here. Enjoy! |
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The US version is grade-A bullcorn and not how the game should be.
