Can't remember now - might have been the level after the one where you land on the planet and it's a left-to-right thing?

It's like a 1hr playthrough so I'd start again and make sure you're getting tooled up (if you aren't atm).

Cybernator.

I'm not going to finish it, it deserves more than a muddle through and I'm not particularly good at it. I watched a speedrun and played through roughly half with save states. It's good, very good for the time, but I'm just not hugely into it. I reminds me of Ranger X, which it clearly inspired, which was another seemingly glorious 16-bit shooter than just never quite felt right to me. The player sprites in both are a bit too big and just a touch sluggish for my tastes. It's methodical rather than twitch, so maybe that's my hang up. It's an approach I like these days, but modern 2D games often have more refined controls. I'm going to say something absolutely ridiculous but it's true and I need to get it off my chest....I think I preferred Robo Army on Switch, which is an absolute boot licker of an homage.

Good game, very low odds on whether I'd like it more if I'd played it at the time, but just not quite there. No score from me this month but mid 80s seems right, with adjustment for me clearly being in the minority and presumably the the wrong too.

That is a steal.

I really like the chunkiness of Cybernator, everything feels weighty and solid. It's definitely a more methodical shooter, lots of stopping to shield/defend etc, but it has its balls-out moments too (escapes, scrolling sections etc).

nick_md wrote:

I really like the chunkiness of Cybernator, everything feels weighty and solid. It's definitely a more methodical shooter, lots of stopping to shield/defend etc, but it has its balls-out moments too (escapes, scrolling sections etc).

Yeah - the weight and control of the mech is the best thing about it.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Your PSP has CFW right?

Cheers for the reply, makes sense.

It unsurprisingly oozes the Castlevania atmosphere which is enough to put it above any modern Metroidvania's alone for me.

I'll probably check out one of the DS games at some point off the back of this. Konami don't seem interested in reviving the series so I may as well swallow my pride and check out the back catalogue of the Metroidvania style.

Would defo play on PSP but was just thinking Vita for the suspend mode and longer battery life. No big deal though.

IV, Chronicles, Rondo, Rebirth.

That's what Castlevania is all about to me.

Had a chance to pick up Bloodlines in a car boot for buttons.. Didn't realise it was a find but I still have no idea why I didn't just pick it up.

Will see if I can get that going.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

That's one of the few I've played. Was surprised by the quality as I'd always mistakenly thought some of the Konami MD releases during that brief flurry were a bit half baked. In reality they were mostly top tier efforts slightly curtailed by 8 meg carts.

That's probably why I didn't pick it up. Konami and MD weren't a great combo especially compared to their SNES output.

Hopefully it'll be half price on Switch again soon then.

I'd recommend Rocket Knight Adventures Davy. It's peak Konami imo.

Started this on Xbox 360/Xbox One in the end. Only just realised there's an inventory screen if you press the select button. Quite liking it but I haven't had to backtrack yet. Graphics are excellent and Alucard's glide back/turning animation is lusho. Liking the dodge too.