@ishambard@cupoftea.social
This is one of my absolute favourites.
GameArts just nailed the feel. The second one is just as great but sadly remained a Japan exclusive.
I still need to play the new Front Mission myself.
@scribblemacher@mstdn.games
Yeah. It’s baffling to me to call Shining in the Darkness crap. It was terrific!
If anything, Shining Wisdom was quite a disappointment for me personally.
I really wish we got Sega Europe to do translations for the Lunar games as well as Grandia. 😭
yeah, that jumped out at me as well.
There were a ton of these kinds of ads in magazines at the time as well, most were to get images on your phone, but some were close to being sex lines even. Really weird seeing that in games magazines, no matter the age.
I hated those bikes. 😅
But that’s only because they were not balanced compared to the karts, so that messed up online in a big way.
A similar thing happened to Ridge Racer btw.
While the new ones feel and look incredible, they lost something in trying to shave off all though rough edges till there was nothing left.
Didn’t like the addition of nitros either myself.
Till this day Ridge Racer V remains the final one which really felt rewarding as you needed to keep the cars under control.
In the follow-ups you could do multiple 360s while drifting and still win without any issues.
The old one were an actual battle, against the opponents but also the tracks.
I really miss that.
@lunarloony@dosgame.club
It’s definitely one of the toughest Mario Kart games.
I actually miss this style of MK.
Despite the new ones feeling just perfect in every way possible, the drifting feels a little too on rails for me.
Bit on the easy side.
Love the shoutout for Wii btw.
Another entry that does not deserve the hate it gets at all.
For single player racing I actually prefer it to DS.
A steering wheel and some of those harder courses and it’s just bliss to play. 😄
The battle modes after DS just don’t hit those highs anymore sadly.
@yesterzine@topspicy.social
You know, I never even thought about that or even noticed it for that matter.
Well, unless we’re talking about Baby Park which is like 10 laps. 😅
I think that's only normal.
My memory seems to go wonky at times as well, I guess that's just how it goes.
I have vivid memories of playing Castlevania on that train ride back as well, but when I saw on my list that I only picked it up 2 weeks later, it kinda confused me...
But I'm pretty sure I know what happened.
My friend came along to buy his own GBA the same trip and we must have picked up different games.
Perhaps they didn't have enough copies in stock or something.
At times like these, I'm so glad that I have this games list that goes all the way back to the early 90's to see what I got and where. Although the first year or so of the listing is a little vague with just general months and no concrete dates as I didn't have any receipts of those days when I started making these lists in the early 2000's.
Still, it really help to puzzle this memories back together.
I actually picked that one up many years ago on PS2, but never got around to playing it.
That one really looks like it's right up my alley.
Love the way it looks.
Got it on PS4 as well, so that might actually be a good idea.
Really want to go back to Persona and Trails from Zero as well.
I still need to go back to this one as back when it came out, I wasn't into this style of RPG and vastly preferred the classics.
Lunar, Tales, Skies of Arcadia, etc...
Right now I'm nearing the end of FF7 remake, so I'll be looking to play another one. Still haven't decided what to pick though.
It wasn't actually a launch title, but it was pretty close.
I got my GBA on Saturday June 23 , 2001, one day after release as I used to go to visit my local import shop by train once a month, or sometimes sooner if something like this released.
They also still sold EU releases back then, so that's where I picked everything up.
Got Kuru Kuru Kururin, Super Mario Advance and F-Zero Maximum Velocity alongside it and remember playing them on the train ride back.
Castlevania released the same day, but somehow I got it 2 weeks later.
Probably spent too much at launch already. 😅
Surprisingly Krazy Racers by Konami was a launch game but Mario Kart came out in the middle of September.
I think Mario Kart DS might as well be my favourite in the series.
It's definitely my most played entry hands down as I played several thousands of rounds of battle mode on Block Fort alone in multiplayer.
Just the best.
I had the SNES version and yeah, this was so damn hard.
Reminds me of Ghostbusters 2 on NES.
I was a massive Ghostbusters fan (still am) and thus I just had to get the game, but it kicked my butt so bad.
Still played it a ton. 😅
That's what I'm planning on doing. 😄
SO much more fun to try and get everything out of a game by yourself instead of going "ah, this is the point where that is going to happen" the first time you play it.
Basically a back to the old times mentality and I'm having a lot more fun this way.
Heard nothing but great things about it and also that it's one of those games where it's best to go in completely blind, so besides just the basic time mechanic, I don't know anything more.
Ah, I didn't know that the game didn't even include the DLC as a code.
It was just missing completely...
Checked the Switch version, and despite needing a patch as I put the cart in, I booted it up and it does have the expansion included, so all if well on that end. 😊
Didn't know about a game breaking bug, but the PS5 version, at least in Europe, not sure about the US, seemed to have shipped as just the base game, without the expansion.
@ishambard@cupoftea.social
This is one of my absolute favourites.
GameArts just nailed the feel. The second one is just as great but sadly remained a Japan exclusive.
I still need to play the new Front Mission myself.
@scribblemacher@mstdn.games
Yeah. It’s baffling to me to call Shining in the Darkness crap. It was terrific!
If anything, Shining Wisdom was quite a disappointment for me personally.
I really wish we got Sega Europe to do translations for the Lunar games as well as Grandia. 😭
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@COMPU73E@mstdn.games
yeah, that jumped out at me as well.
There were a ton of these kinds of ads in magazines at the time as well, most were to get images on your phone, but some were close to being sex lines even. Really weird seeing that in games magazines, no matter the age.
@lunarloony@dosgame.club
I hated those bikes. 😅
But that’s only because they were not balanced compared to the karts, so that messed up online in a big way.
A similar thing happened to Ridge Racer btw.
While the new ones feel and look incredible, they lost something in trying to shave off all though rough edges till there was nothing left.
Didn’t like the addition of nitros either myself.
Till this day Ridge Racer V remains the final one which really felt rewarding as you needed to keep the cars under control.
In the follow-ups you could do multiple 360s while drifting and still win without any issues.
The old one were an actual battle, against the opponents but also the tracks.
I really miss that.
@lunarloony@dosgame.club
It’s definitely one of the toughest Mario Kart games.
I actually miss this style of MK.
Despite the new ones feeling just perfect in every way possible, the drifting feels a little too on rails for me.
Bit on the easy side.
Love the shoutout for Wii btw.
Another entry that does not deserve the hate it gets at all.
For single player racing I actually prefer it to DS.
A steering wheel and some of those harder courses and it’s just bliss to play. 😄
The battle modes after DS just don’t hit those highs anymore sadly.
@yesterzine@topspicy.social
You know, I never even thought about that or even noticed it for that matter.
Well, unless we’re talking about Baby Park which is like 10 laps. 😅
@wildrikku@mastodon.gamedev.place
You’re welcome. 😊
@ishambard@cupoftea.social
I think that's only normal.
My memory seems to go wonky at times as well, I guess that's just how it goes.
I have vivid memories of playing Castlevania on that train ride back as well, but when I saw on my list that I only picked it up 2 weeks later, it kinda confused me...
But I'm pretty sure I know what happened.
My friend came along to buy his own GBA the same trip and we must have picked up different games.
Perhaps they didn't have enough copies in stock or something.
At times like these, I'm so glad that I have this games list that goes all the way back to the early 90's to see what I got and where. Although the first year or so of the listing is a little vague with just general months and no concrete dates as I didn't have any receipts of those days when I started making these lists in the early 2000's.
Still, it really help to puzzle this memories back together.
@Concave1142@lemmy.world
I actually picked that one up many years ago on PS2, but never got around to playing it.
That one really looks like it's right up my alley.
Love the way it looks.
Got it on PS4 as well, so that might actually be a good idea.
Really want to go back to Persona and Trails from Zero as well.
So many RPGs, so little time... 😬
@Concave1142@lemmy.world
I still need to go back to this one as back when it came out, I wasn't into this style of RPG and vastly preferred the classics.
Lunar, Tales, Skies of Arcadia, etc...
Right now I'm nearing the end of FF7 remake, so I'll be looking to play another one. Still haven't decided what to pick though.
@ishambard@cupoftea.social
It wasn't actually a launch title, but it was pretty close.
I got my GBA on Saturday June 23 , 2001, one day after release as I used to go to visit my local import shop by train once a month, or sometimes sooner if something like this released.
They also still sold EU releases back then, so that's where I picked everything up.
Got Kuru Kuru Kururin, Super Mario Advance and F-Zero Maximum Velocity alongside it and remember playing them on the train ride back.
Castlevania released the same day, but somehow I got it 2 weeks later.
Probably spent too much at launch already. 😅
Surprisingly Krazy Racers by Konami was a launch game but Mario Kart came out in the middle of September.
I think Mario Kart DS might as well be my favourite in the series.
It's definitely my most played entry hands down as I played several thousands of rounds of battle mode on Block Fort alone in multiplayer.
Just the best.
And the contents pages for GamesMaster 112 - October 2001 (UK)
@tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
I had the SNES version and yeah, this was so damn hard.
Reminds me of Ghostbusters 2 on NES.
I was a massive Ghostbusters fan (still am) and thus I just had to get the game, but it kicked my butt so bad.
Still played it a ton. 😅
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhYLG2y8rII
@matt@mstdn.games @sudaksis@furry.engineer
That's what I'm planning on doing. 😄
SO much more fun to try and get everything out of a game by yourself instead of going "ah, this is the point where that is going to happen" the first time you play it.
Basically a back to the old times mentality and I'm having a lot more fun this way.
@sudaksis@furry.engineer
Heard nothing but great things about it and also that it's one of those games where it's best to go in completely blind, so besides just the basic time mechanic, I don't know anything more.
@sudaksis@furry.engineer
Ah, I didn't know that the game didn't even include the DLC as a code.
It was just missing completely...
Checked the Switch version, and despite needing a patch as I put the cart in, I booted it up and it does have the expansion included, so all if well on that end. 😊
@sudaksis@furry.engineer
Ah, I see.
Didn't know about a game breaking bug, but the PS5 version, at least in Europe, not sure about the US, seemed to have shipped as just the base game, without the expansion.
@morenonatural@todon.nl
Goddamnit... 😂
And the contents pages for Mega Drive Advanced Gaming 15 - November 1993 (UK)