The VOOT Thread.

Okay. Now, I've made a VOOT thread. Don't worry, while I'm a VO fanatic, you won't be seeing any Zidane-esque "I'll take a bullet for Kojima!!!" antics from me.

Okay, some things I wanna say:

Link cable Vs. - I recently picked up a DC Vs. cable. VOOT, using the cable, works like a dream. It's amazing to see just how much detail was taken out of some of the arenas for split-screen. And the VRs are now just as visible as they should be. It's actually easier to see some of the smaller projectiles, now. Damn Apharmd LT grenades... Oh, and having an idea of what's to the left and right of my VR is pretty nice.

Oratan.com - If your DC can connect to the 'net, please pop in the browser and head to www.oratan.com . Okay, now download some replays. Some nice gameplay, from the best VO player in the US. The replays from Kalxath, which are mentioned on the main page, are even better. Especially the Balbados Vs. Specineff one.

Virtual On: Force - It looks like Force will be half a step "backwards" from VOOM. No, that's not a terrible thing. I never really had the chance to play much Arcade VOOM, and the Saturn port is crap. So, if Force is going to be some mix of VOOM and VOOT, with four players at once, I'm not going to complain. Also, there are countless VR variations, a lot of which must be unlocked. Some are more "rare" than others, it seems. Looks like Hitmaker wants a collection thing going on. Oh, and one more thing: Force uses the card system. If a player uses up his card, (s)he can take it to the card terminal, and turn it into an AI partner. The partner is based on AI recorded from the player, somewhat like VF4. Nice.

I thought the Saturn port of Virtual On was pretty good considering the hardware.

I don't play my VO games much. I really suck at playing them.

Do you (or anyone, for that matter) know of a possible console release of VOF? That'll probably be the only way I'd ever get to play it.

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Saturn Virtual On is one of the few 3D games I own for the system, seemed smooth at the time and I was impressed they could fake the wall transparencies. Never seen the arcade version though so I suppose that says something.

VOOT was the second DC game I owned, I still curse Sega for denying me net play and freedom to make decals. *-neo

I'm still pissed about buying VOOT for DC and how much I hated it. I ran out and bought it after reading Gamefan's glowing review of it. This game sucked.

My copy of VOOT was stolen. I think I got to play it like twice. :(

Hooray! a topic about VOOT!

I really want to give Cable vs a try, I still kick myself for trading my official Sega one away :( :( :(

Here's my Force VR of choice pretty soon:
http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/game/vo4_2..._b_m_landa.gif

Oh, and you dont need twinsticks to be good at VOOT, I havent touched the twinsticks outside the arcade and I think I play just fine :-)

Although a port from the Saturn, the PC version of VOOM is significantly better. It has much shorter load times, models 3D background objects, and can be cranked up to 640 x 480. But the best thing about it is that it allows two joysticks to serve as twinsticks. While bog standard analogue PC joysticks don't work all that well, a couple of hacked NES joysticks are perfect! I beleive netplay is also an option but I've never tried it.

Anyone else think that the DS2 would be a natural for VOF?

The Saturn port isn't too bad, graphically. But the gameplay is different. VERY different. I mean, every single attack has a different speed and damage count from the arcade version. There's no single-framing, which is very important. And there are no hills in Green Hills! Those reasons among others.

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Although a port from the Saturn, the PC version of VOOM is significantly better. It has much shorter load times, models 3D background objects, and can be cranked up to 640 x 480. But the best thing about it is that it allows two joysticks to serve as twinsticks. While bog standard analogue PC joysticks don't work all that well, a couple of hacked NES joysticks are perfect! I beleive netplay is also an option but I've never tried it.

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Yes, I know... The PC version of VOOM is damn nice, and very close to the arcade. PC VOOM is not a port from the Saturn version. It's a port from the arcade version, complete with accurate gameplay and 3D backgrounds.

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VOOT was the second DC game I owned, I still curse Sega for denying me net play and freedom to make decals. *-neo

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Decal-making and custom colors are fun. :D Anyway, don't fret about the netplay. http://voot.sourceforge.net

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Do you (or anyone, for that matter) know of a possible console release of VOF? That'll probably be the only way I'd ever get to play it.

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Nope. No announcement. I have a feeling it'll go to either the 'Box or the PS2, but I honestly have no idea. I AM sure Hitmaker will port it, though. Oh, and there have already been three releases of Force in the arcades, and I have a feeling. When they port Force to a console, it'd better be the final version.

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I'm still pissed about buying VOOT for DC and how much I hated it. I ran out and bought it after reading Gamefan's glowing review of it. This game sucked.

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The GameFan review wasn't very good. I could tell the man really didn't know too much about the game when the only "Advanced Technique" he covered in the VOOT Strategy article he ran was Vector Dashing... Anyway, I'd love to hear, you know, reasons as to why you hated it, but, oh well.

Next time you play it, if you ever touch it again, try thinking instead of endless dash-attacking. It helps.

Damn. I'm bumping again.