Moot_Geeza wrote:

Were they called sisters?  Kinda the guardians of each portal. 

I've said it before, but Super Magnetic Neo on Dreamcast is the best Treasure game that Treasure never made.  Play it and that might make sense (but don't hold me to that).

I played the demo, didn't give it too much attention tbh.

optimark_prime wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Were they called sisters?  Kinda the guardians of each portal.  I've said it before, but Super Magnetic Neo on Dreamcast is the best Treasure game that Treasure never made.  Play it and that might make sense (but don't hold me to that).

I played the demo, didn't give it too much attention tbh.

Super Magnetic Neo?  A great game, probably one of my favourite Dreamcast titles in fact.  Well worth checking out if you fancy an extremely tricky platformers with plenty of extra lives and a good gimmick. 

I half agree with Mouldywarp about Gunstar Heroes.  I'd replace the word massively with marginally, but there are better platform shooters.  Not many though.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I'd replace the word massively with marginally, but there are better platform shooters.  Not many though.

Perhaps "massively" was too harsh.

I might copy paste my post about what so great about sin and punishment 2. Wario on the Cube was alright but a bit shallow. Ikaruga is obvious in its greatness.

Oh and I count Bucky O'Hare on the NES as Treasure - one of my all time favourite NES games / MegaMan style titles, and hands down best OST.

nick_md wrote:

Ikaruga's in my top 3 *games* alongside a SF and a IIDX.

'karaga
'ighter
'ania

Stick me on a desert island with them (and means to play) and I'll be happy.

I enjoyed Mischief Makers quite a lot as a yoot. Still need to play RSG a lot more.

I would like to 1cc RSG at some point. It was the length that put me off, same as Gradius V. I also need to play Bangai-O on the DS as I couldn't get into it on release but thought the 360 one was brilliant. About a million missiles!
Oh and I never finished S&P2 but I think I was on the last boss or at least close.

Dubs!

I hope life's treating you well.

But yes, Astro Boy, Ikaruga, pure greatness.

I played Light Crusader.  It was deeply disappointing.

dynamiteReady wrote:

I like Dynamite Headdy... And Astro Boy on the GBA. That game was awesome.

Spoken two years ago, sure, but I basically agree wholeheartedly with this.

There was a decent FAQ up to give you the basics. You punch by combining directions and a button adding a shoulder input for a special.

The story mode puts you in the gloves of a strong fighter, the first few bouts are very easy so plenty of time to get the hang of it.

As with most treasure games, the devil is in the detail. To finish the game you'll need to understand how to build your meter and how the specials interact with each other.

Never played Dynamite Headdy. Hardly any games interest me on Mega Drive, apart from the Treasure games though. Will have to pick up at some point. 

My fave Treasure games are Ikaruga and Astro Boy. Gradius V is also up there.

dynamiteReady wrote:

If I'm to be honest, Dynamite Headdy was a game of it's time (a euphemism for it being a bit shit now), but there are very few games more imaginative than it.

I don't think it's shit now at all. Played it again quite recently and it's as fresh as ever.

The only thing that dates it really is how mercilessly difficult it is towards the end.

I'd like to go a little further - Headdy's "failings" in a modern sense come from the lack of modern safety nets that often accompany something that emphasises such complex gameplay. If it were made today, there's be a whole host of mini-tutorials hand-holding you through each possibility. Getting back into Headdy was hard, not because it has aged badly but because it's a bit of a shock going back into something so aggressive so quick.

That it has something like a proper tutorial level at the start is quite unusual for a game of that age. The later bosses would need check points and probably still need to be less brutal for sure, and infinite continues at the very least. It was only using save states on emulation that ever got me to the end - when I actually owned it there was only so many times I could run out of continues, start from the beginning again, only to get torn to shreds by the same boss about an hour in.

Aye, I'm not saying tutorials (beyond what was offered) would be a good thing, merely that it clashes with what is expected today.

I fully believe that if it were remade or done today with design sensibilities and prompts ripped liberally from Ultimate G'n'G that it'd be proper God Tier.