GenghisConn3
2006
Another one in the series of "games you thought were awesome as a kid".
When you really like a game as a kid but then you play it as an adult and realise it's just mediocre shovelware.
Just play the GBA version.
Testing out PS2 games to figure out which ones to get rid of to free up shelf-space.
Yes it's crap.
Yes it's crap.
1997
The Tekken 4 of the Virtua Fighter series, an experimental game that didn't gel with fans and became the black sheep as newer games abandoned its innovations.
As a casual player I had fun though.
As a casual player I had fun though.
A collection of the two "oh yeah those exist" Street Fighter 3 games, in my opinion they have way better music and presentation than 3rd Strike but the gameplay isn't as good.
I will never forgive Capcom for replacing Good Fighter with Kobu.
I will never forgive Capcom for replacing Good Fighter with Kobu.
I prefer this in many ways to 3rd Strike.
I can't really get too mad at its simplistic combat since it came before DMC1 set new standards for 3D action games, it's fun enough when your sword isn't bumping into walls and it has remixes of the Berserk '97 OST so that's cool.
I really wish I grew up with the Spyro series like I did with Crash but alas, my only experience during childhood was playing the Spyro 1 demo via demo discs and playing one of those crappy Legend of Spyro games on DS.
Anyway, Spyro 3 is more of the same, levels are fantastically designed with them being fun to explore, having memorable setpieces/gimmicks, standing out thematically and shit is satisfying to collect.
To address the Elephant in the room, this game introduces new playable characters and for some reason this seems to bother a lot of people, not me though, I found them all tolerable enough and they help to break up the Spyro gameplay, plus they're mostly optional anyway, sure they're not as fun to play as Spyro but they're perfectly serviceable in my opinion.
I will say there are a few annoying moments, Yeti boxing in particular is awful but overall I had a fantastic time with this and for once, the Speedways are actually really fun!
Anyway, Spyro 3 is more of the same, levels are fantastically designed with them being fun to explore, having memorable setpieces/gimmicks, standing out thematically and shit is satisfying to collect.
To address the Elephant in the room, this game introduces new playable characters and for some reason this seems to bother a lot of people, not me though, I found them all tolerable enough and they help to break up the Spyro gameplay, plus they're mostly optional anyway, sure they're not as fun to play as Spyro but they're perfectly serviceable in my opinion.
I will say there are a few annoying moments, Yeti boxing in particular is awful but overall I had a fantastic time with this and for once, the Speedways are actually really fun!
H-scenes were good
Alpha 1 is a guilty pleasure for me, sure it's got a small roster, it's blatantly unfinished with recycled stages for over half the roster and competitively it's a broken mess but I just love how it feels, how easy to pick-up-and-play it is with the combo system, the amazing Alpha-era art, how god damn good the music is and the game has a really cozy atmosphere, Sonson Market... home.
For me, Street Fighter peaked here, the artstyle, character designs, sound design, music and game-feel is all chef’s kiss.
Some may say 3rd Strike is where the series peaked and I wouldn't really argue with that sentiment but for me, Alpha 2 just represents everything that was so comfy about the CPS2 era.
Some may say 3rd Strike is where the series peaked and I wouldn't really argue with that sentiment but for me, Alpha 2 just represents everything that was so comfy about the CPS2 era.
Mega Man X: Command Mission is a pretty mediocre RPG, the story isn't very interesting (although I appreciate that they finally made an X story that doesn't involve Sigma), the dungeons are frankly a chore to get through and the random encounter rate is mind-numbingly high, so why the above average score?
Simply put, the combat is fun, every character feels vastly different thanks to the action trigger mechanic which has you doing special inputs or little minigames to do a more powerful attack (think special moves in Mario RPG) along with the hyper mode mechanic which makes your character more powerful for a set amount of turns, sure towards the end of the game I just stuck with a team of X, Zero and Cinnamon (especially once I get the secret hyper modes) but it's still fun to experiment with such a large cast of characters.
Also I'm a massive fan of the X series so that helps too.
Simply put, the combat is fun, every character feels vastly different thanks to the action trigger mechanic which has you doing special inputs or little minigames to do a more powerful attack (think special moves in Mario RPG) along with the hyper mode mechanic which makes your character more powerful for a set amount of turns, sure towards the end of the game I just stuck with a team of X, Zero and Cinnamon (especially once I get the secret hyper modes) but it's still fun to experiment with such a large cast of characters.
Also I'm a massive fan of the X series so that helps too.
Never been the biggest fan of Alpha 3, the game felt way too floaty for my liking, the presentation and music is a massive step back from the previous game and overall it just makes me wish I was playing Alpha 2.
This PSP port is easily the best version with the most amount of characters, some fixes to weird move properties and now you can actually continue against Bison, which was one of the things that put me off of the original.
I would still rather play Alpha 2 but this is solid.
This PSP port is easily the best version with the most amount of characters, some fixes to weird move properties and now you can actually continue against Bison, which was one of the things that put me off of the original.
I would still rather play Alpha 2 but this is solid.
2007
Better presentation than the first game, even has voice acted cutscenes and a Crush40 vocal song but this game is atrocious, they got too ambitious with their shitty engine held together with tape and popsicle sticks, nothing works in this game and its an exercise in frustration.
The bog-standard racing is fine but hurt severely by rubber-banding AI, the battle mode and boss fights just don't work, playing them will make you miserable.
Just another crap Sonic game from the dark age shat out without any care.
The bog-standard racing is fine but hurt severely by rubber-banding AI, the battle mode and boss fights just don't work, playing them will make you miserable.
Just another crap Sonic game from the dark age shat out without any care.