Action-Platformer Battle 1993

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Originally Posted by Cheebs

And damn, by the looks of the poll y'all need to give Shinobi III another look.

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I'm mostly surprised that we have that many people here that have played both games. It's cool to see. I was expecting closer poll results, though.

Played Rondo but never played the third Shinobi, so voting is a big negative for me.

I recently picked up a copy of Shinobi III on Super Clearance when Rhino VG went under so Ill have to give it a try. It looks awesome, and to garner a poll putting it up against Rondo, it must be.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

But yes, even garbagey XX is better than Bloodlines.

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Now you're just being ridiculous. What's with all the Bloodlines hate? It was a 16-bit CV3-style game with great art design and pure old school gameplay (real men don't need the 8-way whip).

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Now you're just being ridiculous. What's with all the Bloodlines hate? It was a 16-bit CV3-style game with great art design and pure old school gameplay (real men don't need the 8-way whip).

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Great art design? The game looked abominable. Campy 80s-tastic long-hairded musclemen with tiny heads traversing muddy levels with an awkward perspective. The level design was thoroughly mediocre, and the whole game smacks of half-assed. Some cool bosses, but that's about it.

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Originally Posted by Jetman

Played Rondo but never played the third Shinobi, so voting is a big negative for me.

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I hate that it got renamed Shinobi III by the way because it's not the third Shinobi, it's like the fifth. They just wanted to retcon Revenge as a proper Shinobi sequel, which it isn't. Arcade Shadow Dancer is.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Great art design? The game looked abominable. Campy 80s-tastic long-hairded musclemen with tiny heads traversing muddy levels with an awkward perspective. The level design was thoroughly mediocre, and the whole game smacks of half-assed. Some cool bosses, but that's about it.

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Agreed, not a fan it.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Great art design? The game looked abominable. Campy 80s-tastic long-hairded musclemen with tiny heads traversing muddy levels with an awkward perspective. The level design was thoroughly mediocre, and the whole game smacks of half-assed. Some cool bosses, but that's about it.

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good, and here i thought me saying the same in the best Genny action game thread would have made me look like the only one. i know the Genny couldnt duplicate SNES style visuals, but it was certainly able to do better than what we got with Bloodlines.

ive played and finished both Shinobi 3 and Dracula X. its a hard sell to just pick one. on one hand you have fast paced, very good control and beautiful (for the system) graphics with Shinobi 3, as opposed to great reedbook (i will ALWAYS have a soft sport for SEGA CD and Turbo CD music), cutscenes and just plain bad assness of one of the last great non-metroid Castlevanias.

I never understood the Bloodlines hate either. It's a great game in the CV 1 style. I'll take it any day over CV:IV. Paula Abghoul and Fred Ascare? Are you fucking serious? I really did like CV:IV though as it was a quality addition to the series. I just always though it was WAY over hyped. If Bloodlines had CV:IV graphics this wouldn't ever have been an issue.

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Originally Posted by Glass Joe

If Bloodlines had CV:IV graphics this wouldn't ever have been an issue.

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Originally Posted by Glass Joe

If Bloodlines had CV:IV graphics this wouldn't ever have been an issue.

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no, if bloodlines didnt have stupid nazi factory levels this wouldnt be an issue. its not just the graphics, its the whole package. at least for me.