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Brandon
A nerd who loves retro games. One of the top 150 retroachievement users for the softcore category.
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Game Ratings History
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Nintendo EPD
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Spider-Man 2
Insomniac
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Baldur's Gate III
Larian Studios
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Brandish
Nihon Falcom
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First Samurai
Mirrorsoft, Vivid Image
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Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
Toho
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RoboCop 2
Painting By Numbers
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RoboCop 2
Painting By Numbers
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Super Monaco GP
SEGA
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Cross Wiber
Sankindo
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Cyber Core
IGS Games
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Ys Books I and II
Nihon Falcom
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Battletoads
Rare
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A step into the right direction for adventure gaming, though still cruel and highly flawed with prevents me from fully recommending it to the average gamer
Oct 29, 2023
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While the Alpha series is fine, it's lacking in something I can't easily describe. It feels hollow and pointless. It feels like it adds nothing to the franchise at the end of the day and therefore isn't recommended
Oct 29, 2023
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When I saw the cover for this game, Space Invaders with a splash of defender was not what I was expecting. King and balloon is fine I suppose.
But it doesn't have a lot to differentiate itself. If you like shooters, this isn't a bad one to try
Dec 2, 2023
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I really, really wanted to love this game, but it just hates you. This is evident in every part of the game such as the maps which are designed in the most convoluted possible way, the insane encounter rate, and the esoteric progression. I simply cannot recommend this game as much as I enjoyed the first game and saw great potential.
It may have been one of the biggest cartridge games at the time but it all feels somehow wasted and still padded to hell and back.
This game only gets rated as high as it is because RPG's simply are not yet the quality most would expect in the next couple years and thus the game is average for its time.
Mar 15, 2024
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An arcade game about swimming up towards the screen, simple and repetitive even for arcade games of the time.
Dec 2, 2023
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It's ski free, but an arcade game and not very good.
Dec 2, 2023
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Just because your a better scramble doesn't mean you're good. Because at the end of the day you're still scramble
Dec 2, 2023
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Konami rips off their own game and makes it even harder despite scramble already being too hard. Glorious
Dec 2, 2023
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A shoot em up with some cool ideas but is ultimately too greedy for its own good. There are sections where pixel perfect movement and perfect frame timing required to progress, and the difficulty overall ramps up insanely fast. This would be fine if any payoff existed, which there is not outside of score. Avoid.
Dec 2, 2023
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It's a top down roaming shooter? There's virtually no skill to be gained here as the game is very basic. Has some gimicks but they get old very quickly
Dec 2, 2023
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I beat it and I still understand nothing about this fever dream of a game
Dec 2, 2023
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The sequel is way better
Dec 2, 2023
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Easily one of the best NES games ever made. A perfect blend of several different genres ranging from action to strategy to RPG all done lightly enough to not feel overcomplicated but with enough there to not get too repetitive, which is a true testament to an NES games quality is the pure quality of the gameplay loop and its longevity. Godzilla has a lot to offer and is worth looking into even if the NES usually isn't for you
Oct 30, 2023
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Oct 21, 2023
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Oct 21, 2023
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Am I missing something? because this game seems near impossible to win with how the AI behaves. If I'm just dumb I will change this review but as it stands this is a decently designed game that just has all the fun ripped out of it by greed.
Mar 23, 2024
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This game does not deserve this amazing cover art.
While there isn't anything offensive about Cross Wiber, it really is so mediocre in every aspect and has such awful design decisions I Can't give it anything above a 4
Mar 18, 2024
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Mar 19, 2024
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Though it bears a lot of the grindy esoteric problems of its time in RPG's, Ys brings a level of presentation and quality that brings it one step above its peers. Its worth a try for RPG fans
Mar 18, 2024
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Shockingly one of the best interpretations of battletoads, because its a gameboy game, and thus insane difficulty isn't an incentive.
Mar 18, 2024
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