I love retro...
Or at least I thought I loved retro...
I have so many fond memories of games I played and loved. I retain a lot of these games for nostaliga and do return to some every now and again.
I played Secret of Mana when it was originally released on the SNES all those years ago. I have so many fond memories of the game; I adored it, in fact I would probably have put it in my top ten games of all time; until a month ago...
I started playing it again recently and I am more than slightly distressed at much I am NOT enjoying the game.
I've just got to the forest of seasons and I've been dumped with no option to rest and restore my party; I have to either keep them alive or bring them to life with a cup of wishes.
I have no magic for the characters so I have to spend 2000GP!! on a fairy walnut if I want to use any magic.
I wandered the seasons getting the sh!t kicked out of me by normal enemies, even tho I have the best armour I can buy only to stumble on a boss fight with both my team dead and me at half health; death comes in 2 hits - all the way back to my last save point.
I do it again, gear myself for the boss and resave before hand. I walk in on the boss, he casts balloon (can't remember the name), I can't move, he jumps all over me - dead
I do it again, my AI teammates get themselves killed and he hits me with level 4 lightning bolt, which takes off more than my maximum health - dead
This kind of thing has happened to me at least 2 more times so far and I'm only 6 hours into the game. The AI is completely useless and gets itself killed, even when I tell them to stay away from things.
This experience has completely marred any nostaliga I had for the game, I have no desire to want to play the game or care if I ever play it again.
Now this isn't a trolling thread, or a ranting thread, TBH it's more a 'completely f**king gutted' thread. I'm now thinking I'm scared to play other retro games because I fear it will shatter illusions I have about games I've loved.
Has anyone else had this with games they held in such high regard only to have their dreams dashed?
One thing that remains constant is that I still adore the music.
Or at least I thought I loved retro...
I have so many fond memories of games I played and loved. I retain a lot of these games for nostaliga and do return to some every now and again.
I played Secret of Mana when it was originally released on the SNES all those years ago. I have so many fond memories of the game; I adored it, in fact I would probably have put it in my top ten games of all time; until a month ago...
I started playing it again recently and I am more than slightly distressed at much I am NOT enjoying the game.
I've just got to the forest of seasons and I've been dumped with no option to rest and restore my party; I have to either keep them alive or bring them to life with a cup of wishes.
I have no magic for the characters so I have to spend 2000GP!! on a fairy walnut if I want to use any magic.
I wandered the seasons getting the sh!t kicked out of me by normal enemies, even tho I have the best armour I can buy only to stumble on a boss fight with both my team dead and me at half health; death comes in 2 hits - all the way back to my last save point.
I do it again, gear myself for the boss and resave before hand. I walk in on the boss, he casts balloon (can't remember the name), I can't move, he jumps all over me - dead
I do it again, my AI teammates get themselves killed and he hits me with level 4 lightning bolt, which takes off more than my maximum health - dead
This kind of thing has happened to me at least 2 more times so far and I'm only 6 hours into the game. The AI is completely useless and gets itself killed, even when I tell them to stay away from things.
This experience has completely marred any nostaliga I had for the game, I have no desire to want to play the game or care if I ever play it again.
Now this isn't a trolling thread, or a ranting thread, TBH it's more a 'completely f**king gutted' thread. I'm now thinking I'm scared to play other retro games because I fear it will shatter illusions I have about games I've loved.
Has anyone else had this with games they held in such high regard only to have their dreams dashed?
One thing that remains constant is that I still adore the music.
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