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Post by admin on Mar 11, 2018 0:56:03 GMT
Thunder Spirits [Super Nintendo]: T hunder Force III [Sega Genesis]:
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Post by leaon79s on Mar 11, 2018 4:34:39 GMT
For those not in the know, at first glance one may mistake the two for essentially being the same game, with one being a simple port of the other... However, Spirits is actually the SNES port of Thunder Force AC (arcade) - an upgrade of the original Thunder Force III for coin-ops with graphical + audio enhancements, new + remixed stages, and increased difficulty, but without the stage select function of the original. While that may make it sound slightly superior on the surface, what is even less obvious until you play it is that Spirits also retains arcade style controls - i.e it lacks turbofire functionality requiring the player to repeatedly press the fire button in order to shoot continually... Some might see this as being true to the arcade original and adding to the challenge, but to me this effectively renders it unplayable as a console shootemup - at least not with a standard controller.. especially on top of the already increased difficulty. So unless you have a turbo-fire controller (or some way to make that function available e.g emulation, or better yet a proper arcade stick to hook up to your SNES), the original Thunder Force III is the way to go for a funner more playably accessible game. What's more, the proper Thunder Force AC is available for the Sega Saturn in all its silky smooth arcadey glory, making this lower tier slow-down laden version for the SNES even less desirable... Some videos comparing them as reference for the interested. |
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 11, 2018 12:52:59 GMT
Great comparison leaon79s, you seem to know a lot about this one. It doesn't surprise me. I remember you saying you love the Thunderforce series, so I trust your input on this one. I would vote for the Super Nintendo version without hesitation for being closer to the arcade version, but you make very good points about the Genesis version being there before, making it the original. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 11, 2018 17:59:27 GMT
Blast Processing!
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Post by Balder on Mar 11, 2018 19:30:26 GMT
Why is it so that we can't see the results before voting? I don't want to vote since I haven't played them, but I still want to see what people think.
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 11, 2018 19:47:39 GMT
We will be special with you Balder, you don't even have to play them to vote. Since you don't have emulators or the originals, just watch a review or a gameplay, and then you can vote, it is not the same as feeling the controllers, but it is a lot closer, you can then vote and see the results for yourself. It is better for all because that way we all get more participation in the voting. |
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Post by Balder on Mar 11, 2018 20:05:34 GMT
We will be special with you Balder , you don't even have to play them to vote. Since you don't have emulators or the originals, just watch a review or a gameplay, and then you can vote, it is not the same as feeling the controllers, but it is a lot closer, you can then vote and see the results for yourself. It is better for all because that way we all get more participation in the voting. I won't vote if I haven't played it, nobody should. Why do you have to hide the results anyway? |
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 11, 2018 20:09:56 GMT
Hey I have nothing against the tradition of the voting, but if you really want to play it, do it man, life is too short. I don't mind if you vote base on your perspective of gameplays and reviews, I'm sure you can give us an honest vote within those limitations.
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Post by admin on Mar 12, 2018 17:20:13 GMT
Why is it so that we can't see the results before voting? It is to prevent situations when the difference is small, and someone may want to add their vote just to favor one over the other, as opposed of voting without those intentions. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 12, 2018 17:49:58 GMT
Why is it so that we can't see the results before voting? It is to prevent situations when the difference is small, and someone may want to add their vote just to favor one over the other, as opposed of voting without those intentions. Sound reasoning. But Balder does have a point. For people who haven't played either game, it would be cool to see which game the Pub recommends most. |
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 12, 2018 19:30:46 GMT
I guess that could be an incentive for people to try the game or at least look into it. If they later change their mind after playing it, they can still change the vote, the voting remains open for future users or past returning users that want to participate. |
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