One thing in common I just realized between Breath of Fire and Der Langrisser was that the stories had you kill the benevolent god who were ruling the world you were playing in; at least with Der Langrisser you had to make that choice if you decided on the independent path. Not sure what Japan's deal with that theme was, but I thought it was pretty interesting when I was a kid.
― larry appleton, Thursday, 6 October 2016 06:59 (seven years ago) link
oh man slow down on these if you're under any pressure at all!
for sure, I don't think I'll have time to properly comment til the weekend, feel free to draw this thing out as long as you'd like
I must at least say, as one of two Crusader of Centy votes, if you like A Link to the Past at all, gotta play Centy. It's almost a long lost Genesis-only Zelda title, only it's better than that because it's just different enough to be it's own thing. The item system is replaced with a collection of friendly animal companions! And they trail behind you two at a time and do all manner of things!
And the music!
It's got time travel too! Such a good game, so good I put it at 1 no prob, no deliberation at all
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Thursday, 6 October 2016 07:33 (seven years ago) link
'Crusader of Centy' didn't ring any bell so I just googled it and found that its French name was 'Soleil', which was indeed a terrific game that I a) had totally forgotten about, and b) played the shit out of. I had no idea it was called CoC in the US. otherwise I would have totally voted for it!
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Thursday, 6 October 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link
“If you meet the Buddha, kill him" xxp
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 6 October 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
i'm v hungover so sadly will have to limit myself to say Breath of Fire fucking rules and pisses on any FF game and also
Crusader of Centy super fucking rules, if it's a Zelda-like it outplays its inspiration and sheesh is totally on the money and high five, i made it number 1 too, easy
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 11:31 (seven years ago) link
except the desert is super aggravating but then you get to go to Heaven so it's okay
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 11:32 (seven years ago) link
it just milks its mechanic beautifully, revisit the same places in a different time zone like Chrono Trigger, learn to talk to animals and plants and go back to all those creatures you couldn't understand earlier, helpful rabbits in your equipment pack, nicely pacifist story that comes together a treat to make you feel all guilty, best RPG no sweat
― don't even see how this was a duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 October 2016 11:36 (seven years ago) link
FFIV suffers from the fact that its slavishly devoted to the emotional journey of a blond jock named cecil and makes all the other characters opaque and transient. FFV otoh is fantastic for how weird and difficult it is. its hard to get lost in the game, you kind of get shoved from place to place w/o ever needing to explore much but exploring is really unpleasant. it often seems like almost every living thing in the world is trying to devour you. i think of all the early FF games its the one in which the hostility of the world map - on which each tiny clutch of houses is surrounded by wilderness teaming w/monsters - best fits the hostility of the game design. nothing is ever really explained. in order to find the rarest items and most powerful spells you have to wander w/o direction in that wilderness, risking death for uncertain and probably inessential reward.
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
also fwiw my vote for langrisser ii is probably really a vote for der langrisser - ive only played the saturn port which is named the former but actually a copy of the latter i think? im happy its the highest placing of the three srpgs i voted for since its definitely the best, although i had the impression that ogre battle had a stronger reputation. and was actually released in english.
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
I just realized that most of the ones I really cared about and gave most of my points to have already placed. Except for Sword of Vermilion which I can safely say I played more than any other pre-PS1 console game and was high on my ballot but which I've learned over time is basically just a FF clone so it probably didn't get much love here.
― The Butthole, The Whole Butthole, and Nothing But The Butthole (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
TOP 16 TIME
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NLq4hJE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/YANeJNF.jpg16 - F-Zero - 171 points / 8 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
^not a goof, that is actually in the top 16
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
for a reason. one of the best SNES games.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5YQhphl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/K00Vx4A.jpg15 - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 179 points / 9 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
I went back and tried to play F-Zero and I just couldn't get into it. MAybe through the lens of having played the superior SM Kart. TBH I think I even prefer Stunt Race FX over F-Zero and nobody would venture to call that a good game. Nobody but me anyway.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Also re: Link's Awakening, I am of the challopsy opinion that Zelda games just aren't very good BUT if I were going to vote for any of them it'd be Link's Awakening. I dunno if I can explain why a) i don't like these games (they just... never clicked for me? and believe me, i've tried... I think I beat LTTP, and Ocarina, and got p far in Awakening, and p far in the first one) and b) why I preferred this one. I feel like Awakening had kind of... like... more of a story? A sad story? I can't remember. I should play Majora's Mask tho.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/T6xOiYH.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/gbjFFMs.jpg14 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - 194 points / 8 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nSNxVW2.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/TpxAWms.jpg13 - Donkey Kong Country - 204 points / 12 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
^ While I love both of these games, they feel like they are in the wrong order
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1GnICo4.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/b9qbHc6.jpg12 - Super Mario Kart - 204 points / 1 First-place vote / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
i was always Yoshi.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
wow super mario kart pretty low imo. will m correct that f zero lives in its shadow.
link's awakening has an eerie, melancholy vibe in locations, music, and yes, eventually, story: it's a small personal/metaphysical quest rather than an epic opportunity to save the world; the final boss shuffles through the forms of classic zelda bosses past; the "wind fish" might be link, or dreamed by link, or sharing link's dream, or something, it's pretty rad for a zelda plot
when i try to decide whether link's awakening or link to the past is better i end up stacking all that stuff ^^^ up against the guy who lives under one of the bridges in lttp
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
Sonic 1 > Sonic 2. Trippier bonus round.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
SMK too low, game is top 3 of ALL TIME hands down
― cookware regression (Dinsdale), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
I'd have to agree with that.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
but....tethering.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/K2gAYxC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/fMbKQds.jpg11 - Super Bomberman - 209 points / 9 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
xpost i get why it's there, and it's part of why people love the game (you can be bad and still have a chance to win) but i wish they would have included an option to turn it off
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
wtf is tethering?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
slowing down the winners and speeding up the losers to keep the race close. "rubber band" effect.
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
whoever is ahead gets punished by being artificially slowed down and giving everyone who's behind better items so they can catch up.same thing happens in nba jam and other games
like i said i get why it's there and it definitely makes it a much better party game. no one wants to sit around playing with the mario kart expert who crushes everyone every single time
i just wish there was an option to turn it off
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Super Bomberman caught my eye when Next Generation magazine named Super Bomberman 2 the third-greatest game of all time purely on the basis of the multiplayer game. I bought it and liked it, but I could only play two player. I didn't have enough friends.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
smk's powerup ration scheme provides an interesting incentive to not always be at the head of the pack (maybe duck back a minute or so and see if you get a triple-redshell instead of another banana, then pull forward)
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
named Super Bomberman 2 the third-greatest game of all time purely on the basis of the multiplayer game
too low
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
these last few games look like something i would have chosen, with bomberman, yes, a little higher
it was an awesome party game
i never played or got into the zelda games for the gameboy though
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
So many times I would immediately accidentally get caught and blow myself up, and then you just have to sit there and wait for the other players to finish the game. After a while I was like fuck this!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
also i played donkey kong country so much...that probably would be in my top 10
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
bomberman is one giant cross-generational votesplit: i've never played super bomberman 2 and i don't even know which bomberman on which system i should actually be championing. (on the NES poll i put a bomberman at #1 on principle that turned out to have no multiplayer or something.) but bomberman-the-concept is so so so good, absolutely one of the very small handful of best multiplayer games.
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/8X4B6
amazing list, changed my life, got me into so much good shit
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
snes super bomberman 2 rules them all dude
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SxCohZm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/A0LABYZ.jpg10 - StarFox - 218 points / 9 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
xp to mr snrub that lsit has nhl powerplay at #40, what the
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
lots of fun things on that list. i had to smile and agree with marble madness at #15, although i'm sure no one else would agree today!
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/aoh2uQM.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/MgeID21.jpg9 - Secret of Mana - 222 points / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
that action button secret of evermore review was heavily critical of secret of mana, but secret of mana rules. i haven't played evermore, so perhaps it's even better, but that still wouldn't diminish the greatness of mana.
one key, though, is that i played through it with my sister. the multiplayer aspect of it was key.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
this thread has convinced me I need an SNES emulator right now. Only ever had Genesis from this generation :(
― Dominique, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
ps I assume everyone is listening to this reading the rollout? https://nmesh.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-warp-zone-4-hour-vgm-mix
― Dominique, Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
i bought an snes controller with a usb adapter and it works amazingly well
xp
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 6 October 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9ffzNJU.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ah7BE2Z.jpg8 - Super Metroid - 288 points / 11 Votes
― a simba man (Will M.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link