PandaMonium

It's like when they have fire underwater in Spongebob.

Square shaped jewel cases for western Saturn games are now canon in RE.

New video on the Sega Saturn is live on YouTube! Even if you don't know much about the system, I hope you give at least one of these games a chance, as the Saturn has a lot of art that did not receive the recognition it deserved.

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Thank you for pointing this out, that explains a lot. I am hopeful, since they have already released three patches for the demo this week alone. So they’re at least trying. Still, even if this nails controls, it’s so hard to match the majesty of playing Zwei on Saturn.

Great vid. The reticle has startup & release velocity which is why it feels floaty.

I used Open Joystick Display so that my inputs were on screen. When releasing a direction, the reticle will continue to move ~12-13 frames while the distance in each frame decreases. Try it yourself.

Panzer Dragoon I & II are really interesting examples of the difficulties of remakes - the abstraction of low-fidelity allows the game to trick your brain into seeing huge scale differences that "hi-fi" can't do without investing tons of resources & making huge changes (which these remakes can't do)

No notes. Well played.

I’m concerned about the last boss, lol

YouTube video by SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! PandaMonium Reviews the Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake Demo

My look at the Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake demo.

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Its art direction was catered to Saturn hardware, so it belongs on Saturn. Any remake is an antithesis to the original vision. Though I think the biggest problem with this remake, other than input delay and bad hit detection, is it looks more than 10 years old. It's not maximizing modern hardware.

I’m whipping something up for today, talking about the demo. It still has many problems. Very good to see they are at least trying to take fan critique seriously. But yeah… :/

This made me laugh out loud. 10/10

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Regarding the Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake demo: It is very worth noting that they have made many changes since the Tokyo Game Show footage dropped last year. They are listening to the fans. It's still not "there" yet. So if you have played the original, play the demo and tell Forever what you think.

We're losing Myrient to a severe lack of funds and AI making storage too expensive 😭

Not enough. Never enough.

Oh I think I got confused. Still just two. I think I played it this morning right before the second patch came out, so it’s still new to me lmao

They just released another one today lol

I largely agree, though I will give Forever this: They did make many of the recommendations fans brought up since the TGS demo footage. I feel listened to, in a sense.

(Play on Saturn if you can, but if you don’t have one, PC based Saturn emulators are good now.)

I don’t have a MiSTer but I do have a Sega Saturn. Not sure how Zwei performs on MiSTer. I know the Saturn core is good though! If this is your first time playing Zwei, I would throw on a PC and fire it up with Bizhawk or Mednafen.

The Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake demo is now out on Steam. I played it. I have thoughts. I would like to share them this Friday.

Please just play the original on Saturn or emu.

"This is going to do it for Saturn."
— Siddhartha Gautama

Real!! Like, it’s okay to just not like something. You can live a full life without the ability to enjoy 3D platformers, it’s totally fine!! “These specific games did not leave a meaningful impact on me and I would rather spend my time doing other things.” See, it’s easy.

This man is out here pretending the console wars are still a thing.

Smash Remix has me dusting off the Everdrive, it is a very good mod. Other than that, I think the most recent N64 game I played was Bomberman Hero a few years ago. Great game tho!

Yes, though it is now about a lot more than just Double Switch. Some stuff happened. :)

Never! 😈

lol I wish

This video has unraveled into being something that is not just about a Saturn game. Though a Saturn game (or more) does get covered!!