New Fangled Video Games!

DeathsHand · 06-06-2004, 11:28 PM

I used to suck ass at NES games... Now I come in and kick their ass...

But maybe that's just because when I say "Used to", I mean when I was like... 5 or 6...

Although one thing I have noticed about older games is when the game is more than just a shoot-em up or something (meaning you actually have to like... get around to certain places, find certain things, etc), there are waaaaay less clues about what to do next than there are in newer games... so I usually give up easily and look at gamefaqs...

But games like Mario Bros, Contra... Life force......... Xevious, and Mega Man (especially mega man... I used to struggle through those games and hate them, now I can actually beat them and I realized that they're like some of the best 2D action games ever... They're so damn fun... SO DAMN FUN!!!)... I am countless times better now than I used to be...

Oh and Dragon Warrior... In the past when I tried to get into that game, I was like pssh screw this... Now I have the patience to fight monster after monster after monster for 4 hours straight to level up and get new equiptment just so I can fight more and more and more monsters...

Typhoid · 06-07-2004, 12:13 AM

Man, ive always ben good at the old-ish games..for the most part, just look at Duck Hunt.

But i agree, the mega man games own you all.

Ginkasa · 06-07-2004, 01:52 AM

Well... Part of it might just be that you haven't played for a while. Its not that the new games have ruined your skill, just that you're out of practice with those games.

*shrugs and walks away*

Canyarion · 06-07-2004, 06:49 AM

I think I have to agree with Ginkasa... when I'm into an old game, it's not that bad.

Some games though are almost impossible to beat. Adventure of Link gets SO hard in the end. Just before the final boss... you're supposed to walk a really long way past too hard enemies... so you arrive at Shadow Link with just 1 life.

Not fair...

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Originally Posted by StoneCutter

You play till you beat the game, then maybe you play through once more. Used to be you'd play just to play, even if the game did have some sort of ending, it's not like there was some great story unfolding

True true... I have much more games now than I had back then... Replayability has gone down.. or we get bored faster... dunno

Jonbo298 · 06-07-2004, 08:07 AM

I agree the games are too easy but with gaming as mainstream as ever, its understandable. About a month ago I began re-collecting the older consoles just because the classics back then were calling me back in. Still got alot of games to get but its a first step in getting back the old games.

DeathsHand · 06-07-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Some games though are almost impossible to beat. Adventure of Link gets SO hard in the end. Just before the final boss... you're supposed to walk a really long way past too hard enemies... so you arrive at Shadow Link with just 1 life.

Not fair...

I've beaten that game a few times since I started playing NES again...

You just gotta know exactly which way to go, which enemies to fight and which to run from, be good at fighting the ones you fight and avoiding the ones you avoid, then not screw up on the bosses...

Now if you wanna talk impossible, let's talk Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 (never played 3)...

Dyne · 06-07-2004, 02:18 PM

I have a hard time with Legend of Zelda because I don't know where anything is and I don't have the patience to explore. Didn't they have a map that came with the game?

TheSlyMoogle · 06-07-2004, 03:19 PM

Yeah I still have the map. He he, I'm a dork.

Anyway, Everyone keeps saying the Megaman games were hard, the only one that was hard for me was the first one. I still rule at Megaman games. I can't wait until Anniversary Collection comes out. I'm so excited about playing those never before seen here games.