Action-Platformer Battle 1993

[JefmcC]

Yeah, great work following the directions on his part.

What a fucking moron.

He still voted for the right game.

[Frogacuda]

Yeah, great work following the directions on his part.

What a fucking moron.

I voted for Pat Buchanan

[bbobb]

I voted for Pat Buchanan

So the last 6 years are all your fault.

[Frogacuda]

No I voted for him for best action platformer of 1993.

[bbobb]

Well that's acceptable.

[Grave]

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.

With emulation being what it is, there's really no excuse for not having playing Drac X. Assuming you can run Windows or have a PSP that can play homebrew stuff, and I'd assume that even modded Xboxes can do it. I didn't play either game until high school, and yeah, Dracula X was a lot more "exotic" and exciting when it had to be played on a Duo, but I still think it's a great game. I agree that it's on the easy side, and I think that if CV3 had its graphics and control, it'd blow it out of the water in every way.

Shinobi 3 never had that sort of buildup for me, and honestly, I probably would have never owned the cart if I didn't get it as a gift. I did enjoy the hell out of the game, but I think it just got buried in a pile of Genesis titles I was catching up on at the time. I think I'll give both a spin again tonight, and though I don't think I'll reconsider my vote, you never know.

[Taito]

I just never cared for the levels in Shinobi 3 aside from the Neo Zeed remix level. The theme in Revenge, obviously inspired by a variety of 80s action hero/MA movies, was at least novel and interesting. And all but the last level in Shinobi 3 was very, very easy.. even on 'hard' difficulty. Revenge on the other hand was a worthy challenge when I first played it. If Joe was anywhere near as fast as he was in Shinobi 3, Revenge would probably be my favorite Super Shinobi game.

Dracula X has varied enemy AI/patterns, branching paths, and an aesthetic advantage over the majority of action-platformers out there. Choosing this over Shinobi 3 wasn't a hard decision at all.

[Shou]

I just never cared for the levels in Shinobi 3 aside from the Neo Zeed remix level. The theme in Revenge, obviously inspired by a variety of 80s action hero/MA movies, was at least novel and interesting. And all but the last level in Shinobi 3 was very, very easy.. even on 'hard' difficulty. Revenge on the other hand was a worthy challenge when I first played it. If Joe was anywhere near as fast as he was in Shinobi 3, Revenge would probably be my favorite Super Shinobi game.

Dracula X has varied enemy AI/patterns, branching paths, and an aesthetic advantage over the majority of action-platformers out there. Choosing this over Shinobi 3 wasn't a hard decision at all.

Welcome to Akumajo Densetsu...much more of a game than Dracula X is.

[Bar81]

The original Genesis Revenge of Shinobi had Batman in it, but it was removed pretty quickly.

Precisely. I got that shit Dracula X is still better but Revenge of Shinobi is on its ass followed by Shinobi III.