Chloyster [she/her]

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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023
  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgMtoGaming@beehaw.org•Let's discuss: 8-bit Era Games
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    43 minutes ago

    I kind of feel a lot of 8 bit era games haven’t aged the best. But there are a few that I love. Of course smb3 is really outstanding. That game is timeless and really showed how well Nintendo can make games. While I may personally prefer smw, smb3 was in my eyes the first to perfect the side scrolling platformer.

    Mother is another game from the era I enjoy a lot. It hasnt aged as well as smb3, but it’s still a fun game to look back on. I feel the game was a bit ahead of it’s time, and with a few gameplay changes I think it would still be worth playing for any jrpg fan today

  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgMtoGaming@beehaw.org•[Request] Retro Recommendations
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    10 days ago

    You could play mother 1 for sure if it interests you, although it’s aged the worst out of the 3 in my opinion.

    Sad about Mario world :( I find it to be one of the least floaty Mario games, partially due to a mechanic in the game that isn’t present on many others where the speed of your fall is controlled by holding the jump button (many games have variable height by holding the jump button, but few have it so the speed of the fall down is controllable)

    As for silent hill I’d argue that they could be seen as more puzzley. There are bosses and enemies of course, but it’s not usually a constant enemy fest. In silent hill 2 (and maybe 3 I can’t quite remember) there are separate combat and puzzle difficulty settings, so you can set easy combat and hard puzzles. Of the original silent hills id recommend silent hill 2 the most. You don’t need to play any others to get it, it’s a self contained story.

  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgMtoGaming@beehaw.org•[Request] Retro Recommendations
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    10 days ago

    No it’s not rewritten. Mainly I just think the pre rendered picture movement of the original can be harder to explore and piece things together than the fully 3d environment of the remakes.

    As for Zork, I only played a very small amount for a school assignment lol. I considered it esoteric in a way I feel all text adventures are, but I really don’t have enough experience to say.

  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgMtoGaming@beehaw.org•[Request] Retro Recommendations
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    10 days ago

    I’ll list off some of the older titles on my faves list

    • Earthbound is on there, so glad you got that one :)
    • Mother 3 (GBA)
    • Mario and Luigi superstar saga (GBA)
    • Super Mario World (SNES)
    • Super Metroid, zero mission, fusion (SNES and GBA)
    • Myst (lots of platforms these days but originally pc)
    • Resident evil 1-4 (ps1-2)
    • Kirby superstar (SNES) / Kirby superstar ultra (DS)
    • Silent Hill 1-4 (ps1-2)

    I’m def missing some here. I would argue not all of these have necessarily stood the test of time if we look at it from a modern sensibility lens. Particularly resident evil 1-3 and silent hill 1 can be a bit difficult to play if you can’t get used to tank controls. And Myst can be a bit esoteric, especially the older versions.

    Besides that though I really do think these have all stood the test of time. I would like to particularly shout out the original re4. Despite having a recent remake that I adore potentially more than the original, the original is still so good even to this day. It is wild to me how well it still feels to play

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