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Post by centipede on Jul 31, 2023 23:47:24 GMT
Does this remind oyu of anything?
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Post by centipede on Aug 1, 2023 0:07:10 GMT
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Post by stratogustav on Aug 2, 2023 0:42:23 GMT
Monster World 4
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Post by MeleeMonk on Aug 3, 2023 8:49:26 GMT
This is one of those games that I was never expecting. I literally never expected any game developer to take inspiration from the CDI Zeldas, considering they are regarded by historians as some of the very worst games ever made.
The fact that some indie developer spent months (if not years?) developing what is essentially a joke in video game form paying homage to some unintentionally terrible games is astonishing. I can't think of another example like this.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I was a proud member of the generation that was raised on the early Youtube era of CDI YT poops. I've never even played the CDI Zeldas but I have nostalgia for them purely from growing up watching Youtube Poop. I would think that this game would be aimed at me, then, since most people never actually played the CDI games, not even die-hard Nintendo historians.
I guess I'd better get going!
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Post by dschult3 on Aug 3, 2023 12:25:11 GMT
Does this remind you of anything?
That's interesting. Someone remade the CD-i games recently, and I got a chance to play them. The hit detection was corrected, but the menu system was still garbage. The games still suck, but there was a lot of potential in them. I like it that they brought back some of the original talent. Jeffrey Rath did Link's voice in the Faces of Evil and The Wand of Gamelon. Bonnie Jean Wilbur did Zelda's voice in the same games. The drawn cut scenes look very similar, and those sound effects (which get repetitively annoying in the CD-i games) have to be exact replicas. Did you notice the Hotel Mario reference at the 42 second mark? Someone went all in on the CD-i nostalgia, and I've got to give them props for that. Hopefully, the combat is better than the originals. Bosses in the original were invincible, until you found a particular item. If you got it, they just died. The Gannon fight is the most underwhelming thing I've seen in gaming history. If they fixed that, this could be fun...in a niche kind of way. "Coming soon, to your interactive multimedia system!" God, this takes me back to the days when I was at the "Electric Avenue" in Montgomery Wards with my brothers and gawking at the systems we could never afford! |
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Post by Imperial Khador on Aug 4, 2023 10:14:53 GMT
It did seem to be an interesting exercise: "Can we take the basic template of the CD-i Zelda games and make something good?"
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Post by MeleeMonk on Aug 4, 2023 13:05:25 GMT
It did seem to be an interesting exercise: "Can we take the basic template of the CD-i Zelda games and make something good?"As a matter of fact, somebody already did. It was called Zelda II .jpg&ehk=g%2ba6Ej8saPoF1G8FSkNeR778XsBSbknr%2fhrWoAeK1BI%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) It's one of the greatest games I've ever played, and it did literally everything better than the CDI Zeldas. The fact that Phillips took the formula of Zelda II and regressed on literally everything is baffling. I mean, I know Zelda II was a tough act to follow, but these CDI Zelda games were just clown shows. Even back in the 4th gen there wasn't any reason to play the CDI games. |
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Post by dschult3 on Aug 13, 2023 16:08:45 GMT
centipede, are you ordering a copy of the game?
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Post by centipede on Aug 16, 2023 0:55:21 GMT
dschult3 It's on my Suwich wishlist, but if the system requirements are low enough, I'll get it on Steam.
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Post by dschult3 on Dec 18, 2023 22:13:45 GMT
Apparently, this will be coming out on Valentine's Day of '24.
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Post by dschult3 on Feb 15, 2024 16:29:44 GMT
Well, it's out. I look forward to your review, centipede. |
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Post by centipede on Feb 18, 2024 10:44:31 GMT
Well, it's out. I look forward to your review, centipede . Currently downloading onto my Switch. No physical copies available, unless I look overseas. But the reviews on Steam have been favourable, but one downside is that it's short. |
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Post by stratogustav on Feb 18, 2024 23:16:28 GMT
Again, Monster World 4.
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