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That's why Nick Rox was always my favorite reviewer. People mocked him for caring about missing frames of animation and blue super shadows, but that's the exact same kind of stuff I scrutinize when playing a 2D port. I wish more (any) reviewers gave that kind of detail these days. Those little details are important. :)Quote:
Originally posted by SearchManX
Chibi, you've got an insane eye for detail for this stuff... you remind me of a friend who picks apart every single game I show him. :)
To all three of you that is. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
Those little details are important. :)
The port was done by KCE Nagoya, Konami's worst development team EVER. They were also responsible for the polished turds Castlevania Legends and Ganbare Goemon on the B&W Game Boy.
There's a text file or two on the Saturn SOTN disc that contains the whinings of KCEN staff members over how hard the Saturn is to program for.
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Originally posted by Zerodash
Wow, a 2D games that's SUPERIOR on the PSX as opposed to SS?
*kisses his PSX copy*
How bizzare
http://the-nextlevel.com/board/image...ies/bangin.gif
errr what a revelation
Thankfully KCEN isn't around anymore.
Other SS niceties are the sound test mode, .bmp files on the CD to use on your PC, and the new weapons (the new fire sword is pretty cool), but really there's no reason to seek out the SS version when the PS rev can be found relatively painlessly here.
I could've sworn we had a thread about this a few months back.
Anyway, the worst thing about this game has got to be the load times. The PSX version had loading rooms between areas which would stream data off the disc, so you would not have to sit through a loading screen. Well, the rooms are still in the Saturn version, but they don't work! The game goes into a loading screen after you exit the room.
I got the saturn version for $12 when Babbages was carrying imports back in the day, and for $12 it's plenty fine. I got through the entire game with no problem, then again I had played through the NA PSX version too, so It's not like I didn't know what to do. Maria is fun, kinda plays like Megaman, and I'm pretty sure if you're looking at this thread, you've played as Richter on the PSX rev. Needless to say it was awesome for the $12 I bought it for, but I later sold it on ebay for $75, and it's not worth that.
One of the best additions were the .BMPs on the disk. I really appreciated that.
But otherwise, I found it to be a very painful transition. The flaws nearly did ruin the experience for me. I know the Saturn's architecture is quite different than that of a PSX, but this was just low-quality. Like most people said, the mis-scaled sprites and 2D images, mixed with the nearly constant slowdown ruined what could've been a very nice DX:NotM+. I did sorta like the Underground Garden stage quite a bit, and playing with Maria was nifty as well, but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but serious fans of the series, particularly this installment. The PSX version is still the definitive.
Strikers 1945 II , donpachi,dodonpachi,street fighter alpha 2(according to nick rox) ,and maybe even soukourentai (im not sure about this one)were done better on the psx.Quote:
Originally posted by Zerodash
Wow, a 2D games that's SUPERIOR on the PSX as opposed to SS?
*kisses his PSX copy*
How bizzare
I'm not sure about Alpha 2, personaly I think Alpha 2 Gold on Saturn is the best version of that made... but the rest you are correct on.Quote:
Originally posted by xS
Strikers 1945 II , donpachi,dodonpachi,street fighter alpha 2(according to nick rox) ,and maybe even soukourentai (im not sure about this one)were done better on the psx.