>>> (...) "Jet Set Willy II" is also boring,
>> HERETIC!!! You'll burn in the hell, along with Bill Gate$!
>
> Hmm, quite difficult for me. First, I'm atheist, so I cannot
>go to hell. Second, Bill Gates cannot burn in hell because he
>made it, I cannot believe he hasn't made some windowsless security
>system against selfburning.
Hmm... a philosophical question... If you are atheist, then hell doesn't
exists? hmm... you have saved the soul of the whole world!! ;-)
>
> Okay, okay, talking (a little more) seriously, my favourite
>plataform game for MSX is "Thexder". Thinking about it, MSX is
In my opinion, Thexder (like FireHawk) isn't a platform game. It is
something "strange" and addictive, an excelent game, but not a platform
game.
>"weak" in plataform games. I tried to remember how many there
>were, and could only count a few ("Choro-Q", "Crusader",
>"Gojira Kun" [Godzilla], "Mr. Gordon Goody", "Majou Densetsu II
>- The Maze of Galious" and so on). There are also some very
The best of all that you mention is The Maze of Galious. It has an excelent
playability, an immense scenario, good graphics, and some elements of RPG
and adventure game.
But there are other platform game, at least in the spanish market. For
example, Abu Simbel Profanation (it was good), Temptations, Bestial Warrior,
StarQuake, Game Over, ...
>playable in the Disc Stations. Except for a few, like "MD2",
>"Hundra" and those of Disc Stations, most have a terrible
>playability, including the "Jet Set Willy" series (sorry, but
>it is the truth).
Well, I have played it a few times, and I think is good. It isn't excelent,
but it is good.
And... why do you say "it is the truth"??? It seems that you know the
truth!! Everybody knows that the truth is out there. ;-)
>A plataform game don't have to perfectly
>simulate inertia, wind speed and so on, but must give options
>to the player to actually _play_ the game. For example, "Akumajou
>Dracula" of the Super Famicom don't allow jump control while the
>character is in mid-air (like "MD2" does), but you can still
>control other "variables", like the whip, making the game very
>playable and enjoyable. On the other hand, "Actraiser", also
>for SFC, is simply annoying: like "Akumajou Dracula" it doesn't
>allow mid-air jump control, but also doesn't give the player
>any alternative (there are only one possible movement for the
>sword in mid-air, and it is too slow). The only thing that
>could make it just a bit more annoying is inertia simulation,
>exactly the factor present in "Jet Set Willy" that makes me reach
>the conclusion that it is "boring". Well, as you see, I never
>criticize without a solid argumentation basis, what in no way
>should stop people of trying those games I don't like (everyone
>must breed its own opinion). Mostly because the games I like form
>a very short list...
IMHO, there aren't at all solid argumentations. Inertia? Hum... You speak
like a Quake player speaking about the phisical forces that actuate in the
3D world!
All the things that you mention are details. There is not a mathematical
expression of "fun", then, a platform with no one of the qualities that you
mention can be good.
Why I say this? Because you can't affirm if a game is good or bad. You can
only say that you don't like it!
And, take in mind a curious thing: There are some Jet Set Willi fan clubs!!
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