Lina

it stunk cause the gameplay is dumbdumb slow stinky puzzle solving and just not very engaging btw. but the hscenes werent good either

i've played this game (it stinks)

ty

i really never try to give any sort of historical context ever this was my 1 exception & even then it's basic as shit cause i'm a LIAR & hate RESEARCH. and as much as i love understanding stories in games i'm also terrible as shit when it comes to actually talking about theming and general narrative

ty,,,

a Backloggd review on Spartan X that's too long to fit all in this alt-text limit but the first half goes as follows: "I'm currently in a phase of curiosity in my life. I've had an itch lately to just play through the origins of my favorite genres, seeing if these games really are just "completely unplayable outdated historical artifacts that served no purpose other than to pave the way for other games". I was honestly expecting to fall under that same belief for a moment, but I'm happy to report that I'm actually not! To just get it out of the way right now, Spartan X is brutal. I would NOT have beaten this without save stating once at the start of each new floor and then doing the entire floor itself legitimately until I save state again once I reach the next one. Each floor in isolation, even that dreaded floor 5 as painful as it is, is quite learnable and feasible. It's just the fact that you have to 1cc the game to beat it at all that's insane. I decided to replay the game again today from last night before finishing up this review and I was capable of legitimately getting up to floor 4 without any help, so that felt great. This game is so strange because it can be very easy for me to take a step back, look at it from a distance, and say this isn't really a beat'emup. It's easy to give that credit entirely to the first kunio-kun, since that's when you actually get introduced to the genre's most easily identifiable mechanics (i.e. grabbing, throwing, jab combos, multi-plane movement, and an even bigger emphasis on crowd control). HOWEVER... I think spartan x does still deserve the title of being the first of the genre's kind because of how you can still identify the absolute core fundamentals of beat'emups here. The fundamentals in question may be in their most rudimentary state, but they're still here nonetheless..."

ig my approach would be trying as best as i can to describe my personal experience while playing the game while also being very gameplay oriented??? i think? i see other people on the site being incredibly good at analyzing and discussing themes or talking about historical context way better than me

wish i could be better at writing but unfortunately i have stupid virus....... i also never wanna particularly punch above my own weight (and i feel like i already do anyway) and just start saying Words and Sentences that just say nothing just cause i wanna be fancy

think one of oomf's reviews described double dragon perfectly where the dudebro masculine fantasy of it all really adds to the game's shittiness

putting you on my suicide note

Lina Inverse from the game Slayers PC 98, jumping away from an exploding mountaintop.

nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as the victorious Lina Inverse from the hit game Slayers PC 98 and you as an exploding loser mountain

Ghost of Yotei got me thinking about this one

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

both wizardry and ultima (but i mainly just want to play akalabeth rather than ultima 1 or 2). also no of course not, mapping is great. shining in the darkness is one of my favorite games ever

'Sonic 1 Co-op' (Hack) by Undying_Star
Play Sonic 1, split screen! Even works with water levels!
https://shc.zone/entries/contest2025/1242

i hope it’s also fun to give myself some more history lessons on shooters and also to discover for the first time what ACTUAL pre-ff1 rpgs are like for once. i’ve been thinking about the two apple II giants for a while now so i’m looking forward to them. even if i’ll prob get filtered... we’ll see

i thought spartan x was genuinely fun even if it was beating my ass for so long. the original kunio-kun i also find honestly quite impressive for what it introduced to the genre coming off of the former game. i like it, it’s fun. double dragon was absolute misery though, as i expected

honestly makes me feel a little weird to be genuinely enjoying myself with games that are just seen as completely unplayable and outdated historical artifacts that served no purpose other than to pave the way for other games to most people. it makes me feel like sky’s the limit with what i can love

screenshot of stage 3 in Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun featuring kunio in the middle of the screen surrounded by enemies and misuzu waiting at the top

this game is kicking my ass so hard dude fuckkk.............. genuinely cannot get past misuzu for the life of me. the enemies here are easier than the previous two stages but misuzu herself is HELL

how much different is the nes game btw? have you played any other games in this series and do they ever get good because it seems like everyone has a miserable time with every entry until the modern ones LOL

i just beat the arcade original rn with my wife and we didn't think it could get worse than ninja gaiden arcade but here we are. at least ninja gaiden can run 😭

if i wanna continue experiencing the history of beatemups a little more though that DOES mean i'd have to play renegade and double dragon. which im not looking forward to playing the latter at all......

felt like Educating Myself On Game History™so i played spartan X. how the hell has anybody made it through this game legitimately. the levels are doable on their own but the idea of needing to do them all in a row on 3-4 lives only is terrifying. was fun though. might even attempt to learn it more

#鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ #東方Project

bc you're right it would be the ideal fandom experience

she just didn't brush it be nice

yawn

just game harder pal, idk

tried lunar1 & really disliked it but i hope you can enjoy it. lunar2 has a really enjoyable cast & the combat’s much better but also unfortunately held back by abysmal cd load times. it really needs to be played with an everdrive or load speedup bc of how it affects every single attack animation

unfortunate. kinda why i've never really had interest in rpgmaker games on top of them really having a liking to not focus on combat. they're not all like that of course, just need to take the time to sit down and seek out the good ones one of these days