Markies wrote:Wild Arms is a classic and well worth the price.
For Chrono Cross, the best description I've heard of the game is: "Fantastic Soundtrack, Average Game, Terrible Sequel." If you take the game as a standalone game, then I think you will enjoy it more. If you think the game as the next step in the Chrono Trigger story, then you will be completely disappointed.
But, both of those are great games and congratulations on finding them both!
Appreciate the input on both games, Markies! Especially for Chrono Cross, as I don't have expectations of it to mach up to the greatness of the first game, but I'm still looking forward to playing it. In regards to Wild Arms, used to love playing that game at my friend's place back in the day. Can't wait to sit down with it to try and finish it later in the year.
Syndicate wrote:...some really nice pickups there Note. I still remember getting ESWAT from KB Toys back in the day, I picked it over Strider and Phantasy Star II b/c I was a kid and didn't know any better and also b/c I thought it would be like the arcade game
Well it isn't, but I still had a blast with it, it's still in my collection, and I still play it w/my kids. The music is pretty good imo and the gameplay is cool once you figure out the best weapons to get the job done. Other than seeing Fatal Labyrinth in an issue of Sega Visions I can't say I know a lot about it, you'll have to post some impressions when you get a chance.
Thanks, Syndicate! That's awesome you got ESWAT from KB Toys back then. I'm a big fan of the Shinobi series, and the gameplay for ESWAT looked similar so I wanted to pick it up. I actually wasn't aware of ESWAT until a few years ago and hadn't come across it. I've been able to get up to Stage 4, but haven't completed that level yet. The music in the game is awesome IMO. I don't think you could've gone wrong with any of those games, at the time.
Fatal Labyrinth's interesting, as its Sega's take on a rogue like dungeon crawler. The difficulty really depends on the items you find early on and the type of enemies you have to face against in the first few rooms. The combat also seems to be like the early Ys games, where you are just running up to the monster to attack. One big issue I have with the game, is inside the dungeon, there is only one song playing on loop the whole time! And the song isn't even good. Big mistake IMO, there should have been a different song for each level of the dungeon.
NotLuke wrote:My Olsen twins library is almost complete. I also picked up a boxed copy of Toejam & Earl 2, Panic on Funkatron and a loose copy of Konami's Kid Dracula.
Nice pick-ups, NotLuke! Let us know how you like Toejam & Earl 2. I'm a big fan of the first game, but I haven't played the sequel. I realize it's a platformer and a much different game, but I'm interested.