« Last post by Polident Hive on April 13, 2024, 06:13:54 PM »
Came out a month before the PS4. Twilight of the PS3 and no backwards compatibility. Overshadowed by Knack. Puppeteer could’ve had a second wind with a PS4 port.
« Last post by tiesto on April 12, 2024, 03:18:22 PM »
Well, since I cleared IW and Star Ocean: Blue Sphere, I've been playing a lot of Rebirth. Currently just started Ch 11 and hoping I can put in some serious time this weekend to make further progress. I'm really impressed with Rebirth, sometimes the minigames get a bit too overbearing and their quality is mixed, but everything else is just awesome... best FF since 9. I think they really nailed the mix of open world and more linear, focused exploration, which really helps with the pacing. You never feel bogged down. There's a lot to see and do, the game also captures the wackiness and "soul" of earlier FFs, and the amount of music/remixes in this game is ridiculous.
I also won an auction for a cib copy of Knight Quest for Game Boy. It was a LOT of money but a good deal less than I've seen it go for over the years. I had this game as a kid and recall making it to the final area but never finishing it. I started playing it again and it's pretty basic and quite grindy (at least at the onset) but has some nice things going for it. I currently made it to what the instruction book calls chapter 3 (of 5), and it seems like a game you can finish in 5-10 hours (considerably less if you use an emu to speed up the grinding). I'm playing on a mix of Analogue Pocket and Super Game Boy.
It's a one on one RPG where you can select from 4 different attacks to use against enemies, and every enemy type has its own weakness. The overworld graphics are very simple but the in-battle graphics really shine. Animated characters/monsters, nice backgrounds. Also it's cool that there are multiple battle themes.
And as for non-RPGs, well I've been continuing with Super Mario All Stars - finished 1, 2, and 3, and up to 8-4 in Lost Levels. Finished Demon's Crest, including the hidden ending which you get a password for if you collect everything in the main game. It's an excellent almost-Metroidvania style game although some of the secrets feel a bit obscure and it definitely requires a guide to 100%... the graphics and art direction are also stellar, it's one of the best looking SNES games IMO, oozing with atmosphere and perfectly-selected palette choices. Also tried a bit of Super Adventure Island and made it reasonably far in my first shot. It's not that great of a game, it feels extremely basic in terms of gameplay and level design, like comparable to the original Adventure Island. Even the NES sequels of 2-4 (especially 4) felt more advanced than this with world maps, more exploration, dinosaur partners and more than 2 weapons. The Koshiro soundtrack kicks ass however.
« Last post by Polident Hive on April 12, 2024, 12:45:17 PM »
Exploring ways to rewatch the whole* series. Seems there’s no great “official” source? Fans built their own copies using broadcast audio from home VHS tapes and fixing color degradation. Also some recuts, like Kai, but with original music and audio. Dragon Ball is brought down to 82 episodes (from 153). DBZ fan recuts aren’t complete, that I’ve found anyway. Kai already cut 130 episodes of filler.
It’s honestly impressive how thorough the fans are. Some DBZ files are large for including six or so audio tracks. I’m only interested in the original audio but it’s nostalgic to hear the Ocean dub.
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