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Gradius V
Started by ROBOTRON, Sep 4 2003 7:48 PM
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 7:48 PM
I'm excited about this upcoming shootem up for PS2...anyone else?
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 8:45 PM
No.
I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
R-Type Final, on the other hand...
Now THAT'S a game I can salivate over(and out now, at least in Japan)
I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
R-Type Final, on the other hand...
Now THAT'S a game I can salivate over(and out now, at least in Japan)
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 8:49 PM
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No.
I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
Sounds like someone couldn't beat Gradius III
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 9:03 PM
Tempest said:
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I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
I hate Gradius, as I believe no game should be physically impossible to survive if you die in the wrong place.
Sounds like someone couldn't beat Gradius III
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So I repeat: No game should be physically impossible to beat if you die in the wrong place.
I'll be honest. I can't beat R-Type either. Or Mars Matrix. Or Asteroids(
).But I don't hate them because they're hard, but fair. You can recover from an accident.
Gradius views a mistake as a reason to execute you. 1st life or last, it doesn't matter. You die, you're dead.
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 9:04 PM
ROBOTRON said:
I'm excited about this upcoming shootem up for PS2...anyone else?
Must have.
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 9:22 PM
FUCK YEAH! I am all over this puppy. 
Incidentally I just played Gradius 2 (Famicom/NES) last night and beat it with the help of save states of course.. that game is friggin HARD. I understand what people mean by thinking that Gradius is too difficult.. because it well, it kind of is! My main gripe about some of the Gradius' is there are stages where it's just non-stop assault of the same object ("bubbles" or "rocks" anyone? 
)which seems to go on forever and ever and ever.... you know what I'm saying? So in that sense it's odd that my favorite title happens to be NES Life Force. It had the same feel etc., but there was less repetition and more variety to the stages. Plus I dug the upward scrolling stages
That being said, I think I'll play me some Gradius Gaiden on the PSX now that my appetite is whetted
Incidentally I just played Gradius 2 (Famicom/NES) last night and beat it with the help of save states of course.. that game is friggin HARD. I understand what people mean by thinking that Gradius is too difficult.. because it well, it kind of is!
My main gripe about some of the Gradius' is there are stages where it's just non-stop assault of the same object ("bubbles" or "rocks" anyone? )which seems to go on forever and ever and ever.... you know what I'm saying? So in that sense it's odd that my favorite title happens to be NES Life Force. It had the same feel etc., but there was less repetition and more variety to the stages. Plus I dug the upward scrolling stages That being said, I think I'll play me some Gradius Gaiden on the PSX now that my appetite is whetted
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 9:42 PM
Hell yeah. It's comin out in the states too, I'm lookin forward to that. Gradius games are friggin hard, too...Gradius 3 though, I took it to school. And Life Force, but that's not a Gradius game like the rest of em. Gradius 1 was a pain in the ASS...I never got past the easter island level in it.
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 9:43 PM
NE146 said:
FUCK YEAH! I am all over this puppy.
Incidentally I just played Gradius 2 (Famicom/NES) last night and beat it with the help of save states of course.. that game is friggin HARD. I understand what people mean by thinking that Gradius is too difficult.. because it well, it kind of is! My main gripe about some of the Gradius' is there are stages where it's just non-stop assault of the same object ("bubbles" or "rocks" anyone? )which seems to go on forever and ever and ever.... you know what I'm saying? So in that sense it's odd that my favorite title happens to be NES Life Force. It had the same feel etc., but there was less repetition and more variety to the stages. Plus I dug the upward scrolling stages
That being said, I think I'll play me some Gradius Gaiden on the PSX now that my appetite is whetted
Incidentally I just played Gradius 2 (Famicom/NES) last night and beat it with the help of save states of course.. that game is friggin HARD. I understand what people mean by thinking that Gradius is too difficult.. because it well, it kind of is!
My main gripe about some of the Gradius' is there are stages where it's just non-stop assault of the same object ("bubbles" or "rocks" anyone? )which seems to go on forever and ever and ever.... you know what I'm saying? So in that sense it's odd that my favorite title happens to be NES Life Force. It had the same feel etc., but there was less repetition and more variety to the stages. Plus I dug the upward scrolling stages That being said, I think I'll play me some Gradius Gaiden on the PSX now that my appetite is whetted
I like Salamander. It has a diffrent power-up system that lets you get back up to fighting strength a lot faster.
I consider it Gradius done right.
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Posted Thu Sep 4, 2003 10:45 PM
I must admit, I'm not keen on the "die once and it's Game Over" aspect.
However, whether it's for nostalgic reasons or whatever, I love the Gradius games, and I'll definitely be getting Gradius V. I just got Gradius III + IV on the PS2 recently, and enjoy them a lot, although Gradius IV is more fun, as III is just too damn hard!!
I still prefer the name Nemesis to Gradius as well!
However, whether it's for nostalgic reasons or whatever, I love the Gradius games, and I'll definitely be getting Gradius V. I just got Gradius III + IV on the PS2 recently, and enjoy them a lot, although Gradius IV is more fun, as III is just too damn hard!!
I still prefer the name Nemesis to Gradius as well!
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 10:47 AM
I'm a fan of Gradius myself, part 5 should be interesting.
I'm still hooked on the classic "Gradius - NES".
I'm still hooked on the classic "Gradius - NES".
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 12:02 PM
Gradius 1 and the NES Max controller was awesome!
Too bad it's not coming out for the Gamecube.
Too bad it's not coming out for the Gamecube.
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 12:08 PM
somebody actually liked the NES Max?
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 12:45 PM
I am looking forward to Gradius V, even though I've never completed any of the Gradius games yet.
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 12:58 PM
chrisbid said:
somebody actually liked the NES Max?
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
I never used the rotary thingie myseld, but I loved having the turbo buttons right there.
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Posted Fri Sep 5, 2003 1:26 PM
Inky said:
chrisbid said:
somebody actually liked the NES Max?
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
The thumbpad never worked that well for me, i always just pressed on the outer black layer for movement. The Turbo buttons were nice, but in awkward positions if you needed to use one turbo and one regular button.
now the NES Advantage...
I never used the rotary thingie myseld, but I loved having the turbo buttons right there.
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Posted Sat Sep 6, 2003 2:56 PM
R-Type Final is awesome too, try it.
Stage 5 DISTORTED SPACE is mind numbing...The effect is just too addictive...I can't stop playing it.
Stage 5 DISTORTED SPACE is mind numbing...The effect is just too addictive...I can't stop playing it.
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