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Post by dsparil on Jun 1, 2024 6:54:05 GMT -5
Wonder Momo wasn't in the list of games covered when it was announced, but I'm not sure if that list was actually everything.
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Post by JoeQ on Jun 1, 2024 14:17:42 GMT -5
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Post by excelsior on Jun 3, 2024 6:46:53 GMT -5
I sold someone Save Me Mr Tako! and I feel guilty about it. I didn't warn them.
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 4, 2024 3:16:46 GMT -5
Shiren the Wanderer broke my heart last night. Got up to the final floor, had a plan for the final boss but it all fell apart spectacularly. The last 5 floors are just brutal with some hard hitting enemies and you basically need to use every advantage you have to get through. There's no messing about on those floors to level up and collect items, if you find the exit then move on. I was kind of running low on food and health recharges by this point as well.
So floor 29 the penultimate floor was a disaster, a massive monster room (basically a room filled to the brim with monsters and loot). I dealt with it well in fairness, had to use all my crowd control items in the process and basically run for the exit once I saw an opening but I had the tools I needed for the final boss.
The final boss has so much health and is surrounded by the most annoying enemies that you kind of need a plan to finish him off. My weapons were pretty terrible but I had a lot of money by the last village to buy some nice items My plan was to use a victory herb, which I spent a lot of money on, to get a few turns of invisibility, and then throw monster meat at him. Monster meat will turn you into the monster associated with that meat if you eat it but will also do the same if you throw it at an enemy. So I would turn the final boss into a weak enemy who I could finish off in 2 hits.
I enter floor 30 and the boss is in an awkward position. So instead of popping the victory herb and making the most of it I walk over to another enemy to thin the herd a bit before the boss approaches me. Said enemy throws me to the opposite end of the map in front of another enemy. I take this guy out and lose a bit of health but I'm ok. In the mean time a floating undead enemy approaches me. These guys usually hot you with random magic effects that can move you about the map or teleport you. They aren't too bad and you can even get status buffs off them.
However these guys are different beasts on the final floor. They can hit you with some really nasty status effects, including a new one I found out about last night. Anyway, I hit this guy with a postpone staff which sends enemies to the exit of the level and paralyses them. There's no exit in the final area so it just paralysed him. Not a bad outcome. So I walk over to beat him to a pill and after the first slap he comes out of paralysis and hits me with a Bind status. Bind basically means you can't use any items and Shiren relies on you being able to use items. So I spent the next few turns trying to use the victory herd praying that the status wore off and getting beaten to a pulp by the boss and his friends. The worst thing is I had the tools to beat this guy if I wasn't an idiot.
It's rogue like so this happens. And it wouldn't have been the end since there's 3 post game dungeons to tackle.
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Post by lurker on Jun 5, 2024 20:03:58 GMT -5
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Post by jorpho on Jun 5, 2024 22:13:19 GMT -5
Tempest 4000 is cheap enough on Steam at the moment to consider purchasing – even though it's not an all-time low.
Not sure why it's only a Mixed for its review score, though.
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 6, 2024 3:14:39 GMT -5
Finally beat the main quest in Shiren! Quite a bit of luck. Managed to get good shields and weapons. Had loads of staves but no decent scrolls.
Definitely sticking with the game, really enjoying it and looking forward to extra dungeons.
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Post by excelsior on Jun 6, 2024 6:00:34 GMT -5
Well done! Now for the tough stuff! I still need to pick up the latest entry at some point. From what I hear, it brings much of the simplicity of the original version back. jorpho - The biggest complaint I heard about Tempest 4000 is that it doesn't feel like an evolution of the formula.
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 6, 2024 6:54:09 GMT -5
Is tempest 4000 not just TxK after Jeff Minter and Atari came to an agreement over it being so similar to tempest?
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Post by dsparil on Jun 6, 2024 6:55:31 GMT -5
It also seems to have technical issues on PC although if you have a standard 1080p monitor it's probably fine. I haven't played 4000, but between the original and 2000, I prefer the cleaner and less busy look of the original.
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Post by dsparil on Jun 6, 2024 6:55:52 GMT -5
Is tempest 4000 not just TxK after Jeff Minter and Atari came to an agreement over it being so similar to tempest? Basically yes but reportedly harder too.
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Post by JoeQ on Jun 6, 2024 7:13:53 GMT -5
Tempest 4000 is cheap enough on Steam at the moment to consider purchasing – even though it's not an all-time low. Not sure why it's only a Mixed for its review score, though.
I played it on PS4 and it was great, it's basically TxK 2.0. The PC port apparently isn't great though, a lot of complaints about poor options, especially controls. I also know a lot of older fans don't like the changes to more "analog" movement compared to T2K, with momentum and straddling multiple lanes at once.
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Post by lurker on Jun 6, 2024 21:15:24 GMT -5
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Post by vnisanian2001 on Jun 7, 2024 1:44:56 GMT -5
I thought they said they couldn't find the source codes for all five of these games?
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 7, 2024 1:59:52 GMT -5
I thought they said they couldn't find the source codes for all five of these games? They don't need the source for emulation, just rom dumps. At the time they were planning the collection that was cancelled upper management at Capcom were so afraid of emulation that they didn't allow even their own commercial emulation. I think Frank cifaldi spoke about the collection he was working on and basically had to recompile all the source code into C and convince them it wasn't emulation.
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