Recent Gaming Purchases

@otbr87 Yeah Tao Feng: Fist of Lotus is on my shopping list as well as soon I can get hold of my original Xbox. It is at different place now.

My last purchase was another Mega drive Game on the weekend. World of Illusion. Looking forward to play it.
 
9dragons said:
@otbr87 Yeah Tao Feng: Fist of Lotus is on my shopping list as well as soon I can get hold of my original Xbox. It is at different place now.

My last purchase was another Mega drive Game on the weekend. World of Illusion. Looking forward to play it.
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You'll have a blast! IMO it's one of the best looking games on the system and a joy to play co-op - it's the only 16-bit game in my top 10 games of all time. Castle of Illusion was decent but World' is leagues over it!

Funnily enough on that matter I managed to snag a MD copy of Aladdin at my local charity store this month!
 
9dragons said:
@otbr87 Yeah Tao Feng: Fist of Lotus is on my shopping list as well as soon I can get hold of my original Xbox. It is at different place now.

My last purchase was another Mega drive Game on the weekend. World of Illusion. Looking forward to play it.
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Excellent. While I'm not a fan of Disney properties in games (just never took to them, outside of Aladdin), the Illusion titles are PHENOMENAL games and well-worth the time/money.

Was also good to see Mickey get some more time in the spotlight; he is the mascot for the company, after all, but it seems like the last 30+ years, he's been relegated to a sideshow/kicked upstairs, in comparison to the rest of their characters.
 
@Truck_1_0_1_ and @Vivi-gamer Thanks. I cannot way to play it. I have a feeling that I am going to like it.

Aladdin is indeed a great game. I have i already in MD collection and I am like playing it. Very nice graphics and animation but quite a hard difficulty. Especially the level in the cave.
 
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The cave level I've only done twice in my life (in many, many, MANY playthroughs lol) and I usually do level skip to get past that part, as I can complete the rest of the game no problem.

Excellent title indeed; if Lion King didn't have that stupid difficulty on the Monkeys, it would be considered just as great a title as Aladdin, but that ridiculous section has it going down in infamy, instead of receive the praise it should have.
 
Yes Lion King is a mixed bag unforunately. The graphics and the animation seem to be superb, really catch the whole flair of the movie but tis supposed to super hard. So I have never considered adding it to my collection. But among the Disney Jump and Runs for the MD Lion King is worth mentioning. That's for sure.
 
So, some thoughts on my recent DOA purchases.

DOA 1 Ultimate: A decent port of the original game, for its time. Not playable in 2021.

DOA 2 Ultimate: The best version of DOA 2, which surprisingly has aged really well, but it's still no where near as compotent or good as DOA 3, so it's not really worth spending time on in 2021.

DOA 3: This game has aged incredibly well. Aside from having to use the Xbox 360 controller d-pad, which is brutal after being adjusted to the beauty that is the Series X controller DOA 3 still stands the test of time really well, and is the only game pre-DOA 5 that is worth playing at all, though admittedly the character designs in all of the older DOA games aren't very good, and the gameplay doesn't feel as smooth or put together as DOA 5 or 6. Regardless of how bad the 360 controller is 15 years later, I am just grateful I'm not experiencing this on a PlayStation dualshock of any kind.

DOA 4: Hands down the worst DOA game there is. Sure, it's better than the first 3 graphically, and it has a bit more smoothness in the fighting, providing you can actually get off any moves. The difficulty settings in 4 (that are completely different from all the other entries)is so difficult on the easiest mode(which is normal, yet it feels like very hard)that it ruins any enjoyment that the game could potentially offer, cause for its time the graphics are really nice and the levels are cool too.

DOA Dimensions: The handheld game is better than all of the older titles before 5 too, which is sad really being that it's a 3DS title.

Unless you're on a fighting game binge like I've been this month, I cannot suggest spending any time with any DOA games outside of 5 and 6 on either the current gen or last gen XB1/PS4 consoles. DOA 5 Last Round is the king within the franchise, and DOA 6 is really solid too, though it lacks a bit in options that are offered in 5. If you're stuck with a retro-gen Xbox console then DOA 3 is the best option, as it isn't actually a bad game like 4, nor is it so old it's unplayable like 1 or 2. If you're on PS2 play Tekken 5 or Virtua Fighter 4 instead.
 
otbr87 said:
So, some thoughts on my recent DOA purchases.

DOA 1 Ultimate: A decent port of the original game, for its time. Not playable in 2021.

DOA 2 Ultimate: The best version of DOA 2, which surprisingly has aged really well, but it's still no where near as compotent or good as DOA 3, so it's not really worth spending time on in 2021.

DOA 3: This game has aged incredibly well. Aside from having to use the Xbox 360 controller d-pad, which is brutal after being adjusted to the beauty that is the Series X controller DOA 3 still stands the test of time really well, and is the only game pre-DOA 5 that is worth playing at all, though admittedly the character designs in all of the older DOA games aren't very good, and the gameplay doesn't feel as smooth or put together as DOA 5 or 6. Regardless of how bad the 360 controller is 15 years later, I am just grateful I'm not experiencing this on a PlayStation dualshock of any kind...
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It's interesting you say that about DOA2/3. From my perspective I see DOA2 as the title which was most important in pushing the series forward to how it is today - I don't think there have been many advancements in the series since. I feel the same way with Soul Calibur - Once SC2 was made the formula was perfected and the series has struggled to stand out since. I've only dabbled with 3 & 4 a little but I didn't see that if had much to offer which DOA2 didn't already bring to the table.

I bought DOA6 again a few months ago, I was put off by the loading times on PS4, hoping the PS5 will fix that with it installed on the console SSD.
 
Doa 5 is good game technically but I am more into the classic look of Doa 2, 3 and 4. DOA 5 and 6 look different. DOA 6 is not a bad game though. Some pretty nice animation and the clothes destroying stuff is also quite funny but it is just a gimmick without any real gameplay relevence.

My altime favourite will always be DOA 2. Still great graphics and it has some very iconic character themes.

I really like the Kasumi Theme


and the Hayabusa Theme

 
Vivi-gamer said:
It's interesting you say that about DOA2/3. From my perspective I see DOA2 as the title which was most important in pushing the series forward to how it is today - I don't think there have been many advancements in the series since. I feel the same way with Soul Calibur - Once SC2 was made the formula was perfected and the series has struggled to stand out since. I've only dabbled with 3 & 4 a little but I didn't see that if had much to offer which DOA2 didn't already bring to the table.

I bought DOA6 again a few months ago, I was put off by the loading times on PS4, hoping the PS5 will fix that with it installed on the console SSD.
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In it's time I would agree that DOA 2 pushed the franchise forward and set the tone for what it perfected with 5 and even 6 regardless of it missing key elements like Tag Team mode. Yet DOA 2 does have a different in the lack of dodging techniques and some of the grabs aren't there, but DOA 3 perfected what 2 did during their console gen, while 4 made the graphics prettier it stalled the game play with its difficulty and if it weren't for the difficulty issue and reversal feature, I'd say 4 would have easily been better than 2 and also 3 as well. I feel like 5 Last Round running on no console older than XB1/PS4(even though PS3/360 versions were ok within the limits of that console gen) is the perfection of the franchise, the graphics are great and fairly realistic(obviously graphics matter to me as we are now in an era where they don't have to look like crap), its the first game where the character models were overhauled and improved, using an Xbox One controller was pleasant, all of the guest characters from Virtua Fighter is awesome and all the unlockables are nice to have. 6 is a step back without the Tag mode but outside of that the graphics are better and the R1/RB combo button is a nice touch new to the franchise. I can confirm that DOA 6(and DOA 5 Last Round)are much faster on both the Xbox Series S and PS5 than on the Xbox One and PS4, the graphics also benefit from running on those consoles as well. Some games that don't look good on their original console(like Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown) that only look ok on last gen look really great on the Xbox Series.

As for SoulCalibur I would agree with you on SC2, with exception to SC5 and SC6. 6 is the perfection of the franchise and builds off the ground work for 2. Soul Blade for PS1 was awful even in its time, but SC1 for Dreamcast was great until SC2 came out. SC3 was ok but nothing special(mainly due to it being stuck on the weakest console with the most unfriendly d-pad of that gen), SC4 was the shits quite honestly I didn't enjoy anything about it. SC5 was the first major improvement I've seen since 2, but 6 nailed it. I'm not a big SC fan in general, so I'd say 2 is the best overall when I first experienced it 20 years ago or so, but with DOA I never got into the franchise much and didn't enjoy the games in their heyday the way I've been enjoying DOA 5 and 6 this past year.
 
9dragons said:
Doa 5 is good game technically but I am more into the classic look of Doa 2, 3 and 4. DOA 5 and 6 look different. DOA 6 is not a bad game though. Some pretty nice animation and the clothes destroying stuff is also quite funny but it is just a gimmick without any real gameplay relevence.

My altime favourite will always be DOA 2. Still great graphics and it has some very iconic character themes.

I really like the Kasumi Theme


and the Hayabusa Theme

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I agree on the graphics for DOA 2, 3 and 4 that they still look good for their time by todays standards, they've aged better than a lot of other games from their generations. I personally don't like any of the character designs outside of DOA 5 and 6, but I can agree with you on liking 2, 3 and 4 character designs better than DOA 1 lol. DOA 6 getting so much hate really wasn't warranted. I mean, I get it about removing the Tag Team option as it's easily the one thing that always set DOA apart from the other fighters(I wish Mortal Kombat would have put Tag in X and especially 11), but the thing with the girl characters being covered up with the clothing in their main costumes really wasn't that big of a deal considering it still has all the over the top DOA-ness to it that the previous titles had for those who want to indulge in that.
 
A few purchases I made this month:
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Thought I had RE Dead Aim - Turns out I didn't & got it for a good deal on eBay :)
The Crash Team Racing / Spyro bundle is interesting as the Spyro disc included is different from the launch copy of the game and has ALL 3 GAMES on disc! Very eager to get it as soon as I heard.
 
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Double dipped on EDF only because I was under the impression it was PC and Switch only...turns out it runs like poop on my laptop unfortunately
 
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otbr87 said:
So, some thoughts on my recent DOA purchases.

DOA 1 Ultimate: A decent port of the original game, for its time. Not playable in 2021.

DOA 2 Ultimate: The best version of DOA 2, which surprisingly has aged really well, but it's still no where near as compotent or good as DOA 3, so it's not really worth spending time on in 2021.

DOA 3: This game has aged incredibly well. Aside from having to use the Xbox 360 controller d-pad, which is brutal after being adjusted to the beauty that is the Series X controller DOA 3 still stands the test of time really well, and is the only game pre-DOA 5 that is worth playing at all, though admittedly the character designs in all of the older DOA games aren't very good, and the gameplay doesn't feel as smooth or put together as DOA 5 or 6. Regardless of how bad the 360 controller is 15 years later, I am just grateful I'm not experiencing this on a PlayStation dualshock of any kind.

DOA 4: Hands down the worst DOA game there is. Sure, it's better than the first 3 graphically, and it has a bit more smoothness in the fighting, providing you can actually get off any moves. The difficulty settings in 4 (that are completely different from all the other entries)is so difficult on the easiest mode(which is normal, yet it feels like very hard)that it ruins any enjoyment that the game could potentially offer, cause for its time the graphics are really nice and the levels are cool too.

DOA Dimensions: The handheld game is better than all of the older titles before 5 too, which is sad really being that it's a 3DS title.

Unless you're on a fighting game binge like I've been this month, I cannot suggest spending any time with any DOA games outside of 5 and 6 on either the current gen or last gen XB1/PS4 consoles. DOA 5 Last Round is the king within the franchise, and DOA 6 is really solid too, though it lacks a bit in options that are offered in 5. If you're stuck with a retro-gen Xbox console then DOA 3 is the best option, as it isn't actually a bad game like 4, nor is it so old it's unplayable like 1 or 2. If you're on PS2 play Tekken 5 or Virtua Fighter 4 instead.
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So if I were going to pick up a modern DOA game, you'd recommend 5LR over 6? How do they compare in terms of single player content?
 
Dietsoap said:
So if I were going to pick up a modern DOA game, you'd recommend 5LR over 6? How do they compare in terms of single player content?
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Well, it depends as its a two part answer. Overall, yes 5LR is better than 6 but there are a few factors to consider as my main reason for preferring 5LR comes down to tag mode and guest characters. First of all, both 5LR and 6 are completely free digitally on Xbox, Playstation and PC Steam for the base games which includes all levels, all modes except story mode and a few of the main characters. Everything else can be purchased as individual DLC or just buy the games at full price for everything unlocked except for some costumes. If you go with 5 only buy Last Round as the original and Ultimate aren't worth it at this point. LR is complete edition. Here's some pros and cons for each:

5LR has tag team mode, 6 does not.

5LR has Virtua Fighter guest characters Akira, Pai, Sarah and Jacky, 6 does not.

Both have guest characters from King of Fighters(Mai and others I think).

Both have solid single player.

6 has much better graphics but 5LR still looks great on 2013 gen and 2020 gen consoles. I've played both on a 2021 PC, XB Series S, XB1, PS5 and PS4 and they look good on all of them.

Costumes are easier to unlock on 5LR than on 6.

Story mode on both is decent but has some filler added in as well.

6 has a cool Mortal Kombat style 'fatal blow' feature, 5LR does not.

Rosters are about the same size though there's a few character differences, but they both have all the essential main characters like the ninjas, etc.

Both still seems to have an online community though I've heard its not as big as MK11 or Tekken 7.

Both are far superior to any of the previous titles across the board. If you're on a PS3/360 you won't be able to get 6, but 5LR is compatible.

I'd recommend downloading both since their base games are free to see which you prefer. I personally play both 5LR and 6 interchangeably but I am already done with 1, 2, 3, 4 and Dimensions because they just don't come close to the most recent titles. I mainly went back to those to experience the story mode leading up to 5 and 6.

Which console are you going to be playing on??
 
Ordered Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart for the PS5....I've always loved the Ratchet and Clank games and finally we have a new PS5 exclusive (as in not cross gen and built specifically for the console)

I'm waiting for Resident Evil 8 Village to go on sale...I just don't feel enticed to buy it at full price and will wait for the inevitable price drop.

Also ordered Lost Judgment on Amazon.com.au for the PS5

And was flirting with buying Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Remastered on Steam...never played an actual Shin Megami Tensei game before. I've played and loved the spin-off series Persona but yeah, curious about an actual Shin Megami Tensei game and thought this new remaster of III might be a good place to jump in. It's in my wish list, still not sure if I should pull the trigger and buy.
 
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And was flirting with buying Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Remastered on Steam...never played an actual Shin Megami Tensei game before. I've played and loved the spin-off series Persona but yeah, curious about an actual Shin Megami Tensei game and thought this new remaster of III might be a good place to jump in. It's in my wish list, still not sure if I should pull the trigger and buy.
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True Tensei games are a mind trip. No srsly. Everything is quirky and edgy but also deep and philosophical too. It's a gem of a jrpg.

The sound track is Peak Meguro btw.

A fun trivia challenge, Try hunting for the 7 solos that plays in just one BGm throughout the game. You'll appreciate the sheer artistry work put into the sound design. ;)

 
otbr87 said:
Well, it depends as its a two part answer. Overall, yes 5LR is better than 6 but there are a few factors to consider as my main reason for preferring 5LR comes down to tag mode and guest characters. First of all, both 5LR and 6 are completely free digitally on Xbox, Playstation and PC Steam for the base games which includes all levels, all modes except story mode and a few of the main characters. Everything else can be purchased as individual DLC or just buy the games at full price for everything unlocked except for some costumes. If you go with 5 only buy Last Round as the original and Ultimate aren't worth it at this point. LR is complete edition. Here's some pros and cons for each:

5LR has tag team mode, 6 does not.

5LR has Virtua Fighter guest characters Akira, Pai, Sarah and Jacky, 6 does not.

Both have guest characters from King of Fighters(Mai and others I think).

Both have solid single player.

6 has much better graphics but 5LR still looks great on 2013 gen and 2020 gen consoles. I've played both on a 2021 PC, XB Series S, XB1, PS5 and PS4 and they look good on all of them.

Costumes are easier to unlock on 5LR than on 6.

Story mode on both is decent but has some filler added in as well.

6 has a cool Mortal Kombat style 'fatal blow' feature, 5LR does not.

Rosters are about the same size though there's a few character differences, but they both have all the essential main characters like the ninjas, etc.

Both still seems to have an online community though I've heard its not as big as MK11 or Tekken 7.

Both are far superior to any of the previous titles across the board. If you're on a PS3/360 you won't be able to get 6, but 5LR is compatible.

I'd recommend downloading both since their base games are free to see which you prefer. I personally play both 5LR and 6 interchangeably but I am already done with 1, 2, 3, 4 and Dimensions because they just don't come close to the most recent titles. I mainly went back to those to experience the story mode leading up to 5 and 6.

Which console are you going to be playing on??
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Well I tried the demos and I think I agree with you, 5LR seems more like my cup of tea. I'm playing on PC so unfortunately I don't get the upgraded visual assets/engine of the Xbone/PS4 versions, and tbh I don't like all the bloom, but w/e I can adjust. Color saturation is also too low by default imo, but thankfully that's something you can crank with an AMD or Nvidia GPU. 6 is quite a lot better looking imo. Really, it's shockingly pretty. it's something I've never noticed from screenshots.

But ultimately, as good as it feels to play (it really does feel good)... I dunno, it's kind of weird to say, but I feel like it actually feels a little TOO buttoned down and streamlined? 5LR just feels faster, looser, and a little more raw. It just feels more like a DOA game, I guess? And the VF characters are a big draw, too. Also, call me shallow but... I couldn't get over Kasumi and Ayane having smaller boobs in 6?? Or at least it looks that way to me. It just seems wrong...

But yeah, this is looking like a great overall package. I just wanna wait for a sale since I'm a cheap bastard and it's been out for several years now.
 
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