/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1916509]

ITT: We discuss and list horrible mistakes in game that are common. I'll start

>Picking up a shitty weapon in Castlevania when you have a good one

[Anonymous No.1916532]

You dont need to create stupid threads just because you know

[Anonymous No.1916546]

>Random drops from enemies in Castlevania

Forces you to be insanely careful when killing stuff, less you grab a clock or a knife from something you just killed.

[Anonymous No.1916587]

>>1916546
Shit like that also makes no whip upgrade runs hard as shit. The challenge comes more from not picking up a whip.

[Anonymous No.1916638]

>tfw you pick up the torch weapon in Ghosts n' Goblins

[Anonymous No.1916643]

Stealing someone's identity in BoneTown when you're already Satan.

[Anonymous No.1916768]

>tfw you accidentally pick up the dagger sub-weapon when you had a boomerang or holy water with triple shot before

[Anonymous No.1916774]

The worst part is when the game intentionally places a shitty item before a boss or area where the better weapon would be more useful

I love Castlevania but I hate that sort of bad-faith design. Rondo of Blood letting you switch back shortly if you fuck up is a godsend

[Anonymous No.1916781]

>>1916638
>the torch

[Anonymous No.1916787]

>Path splits into two different ways
>One way leads to items
>One way leads to boss fight

[Anonymous No.1916796]

>>1916509
>SPREAD
>RAPID

>LASER

FFFFFUUUUUUUUCK, even the standard gun is better than this crap!

[Anonymous No.1916871]

>trying to get the power up bell

[Anonymous No.1916875]

>>1916638
>>1916781
The torch doesn't seem too bad in the arcade version. I was watching someone do a playthrough and they used the torch through most of the game, but the NES torch is a pile of shit.

[Anonymous No.1917658]

>>1916509
>long spiel from a character in an RPG
>"Do you want me to repeat myself?"
>"Yes" is first choice

[Anonymous No.1917663]

>>1916871
THIS, so much this in Parodius.

[Anonymous No.1917665]

>>1916774
At it's worst in the NA/PAL version of CVIII, where lots of crosses/holy water are replaced with daggers.

[Anonymous No.1918996]

>>1917658
> webm

Sauce?

[Anonymous No.1919012]

>>1916871
>>1917663
Bell power-ups are much easier to get in the AC TwinBee. Not sure why they mess up the color changing pattern in the FC version.

[Anonymous No.1919578]

>Boss is hard as fuck
>Blocks, parries, evades almost everything you do
>You lose a shit ton of health
>Use up items recovering your health/magic, etc
>Run out of items or a certain time passes
>Cutscene triggers
>Boss leaves or you weren't meant to win in the first place

[Anonymous No.1919587]

>>1918996
Phantom of the Paradise

[Anonymous No.1919801]

>>1916774
Indeed, ifyou pay attention, there's a pattern.

Each time you enter a new "section" of a stage, you'll realize the most useful weapon for that part was the one you found in the PREVIOUS section. If you're smart, this allows you to decide/foresee which weapon to wear.

[Anonymous No.1919828]

>>1916875
Torch is used by speedrunners because it has the best damage potential when used with skill. For regular players, very short range and limited projectiles (only two on screen, including the long-lasting ground flames) make it a poor choice for most situations.

[Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco No.1921058]

>be me
>be playing Castlevania 1
>level 3, have level 3 holy water
>hit a candle
>clock falls out
>stand there and wait for it to disappear
>randomly decide to crouch for some reason
>a treasure bag magically appears behind me

I love accidentally finding secrets like that.

[Anonymous No.1921089]

>>1916774
The idea is that if you die, you get to start with a new weapon right before the boss.

Not really the smartest design, but at least it's not as stupid as the random weapon drops that occur once every 100 enemies or so.

[Anonymous No.1922039]

>>1919578
I spent like 2 hours in a fight like this in Xenosaga Episode I

[Anonymous No.1922051]

Dark Forces:
using the stormtrooper rifle over katarn's pistol.

[Anonymous No.1922056]

>>1918996
>Phantom of the Paradise

apparently this film only did well in Winnipeg where they worship it? That's unusual.

[Anonymous No.1922080]

>Unskippable cutscenes, ever
It's good to be proud of your work and all, but come on.

[Anonymous No.1922115]

>>1922051
Why SHOULDN'T you use the stormtrooper rifle? I can see it being less accurate from a distance, but for close fights bringing out the pistol just screams "kill me". Especially when you get to the unforgiving enemies and minibosses.

[Anonymous No.1922293]

>>1916643
BoneTown? Never heard of it.

[Anonymous No.1922345]

>>1922080
that's one place where modern games get it right.

[Anonymous No.1922350]

>>1922345
Yeah nah, now they've taken over gameplay, and since you're not technically in cutscene mode you can't do really do jack about it.

[Anonymous No.1922812]

>>1916787
every fucking jrpg ever made

[Anonymous No.1922829]

>>1922350
Why do you only play shitty games, anon?

[Anonymous No.1925208]

Fighting Magus.

[Anonymous No.1925212]

>>1916787
>Path splits into two different ways
>One way leads to save point
>One way leads to boss fight

[Anonymous No.1925390]

>spend all your money gearing up
>pick up the same exact gear in the next dungeon minutes later

[Anonymous No.1925431]

>>1917658
>Get so impatient that you hammer through the dialogue only to accidentally press the "Yes" option again.

[Anonymous No.1925494]

>>1921058
That's how I found it as well. It's like they KNEW you would crouch there for no reason.

[Anonymous No.1925512]

>>1916796
What are you on? Laser is the most fun.
...oh...

[Anonymous No.1925515]

>NG1
>restarting the game when you game over on Jacquio

[Anonymous No.1925808]

activating the auto destruct when in a vehicle in metal slug by pressing jump and fire at once which completely fucks up your one credit run