alex kidd in the enchanted castle is kind of interesting? in theory?
but i just can’t say “this is good”. i’m pretty sure nearly all affection for this game was formed in 1989 because i feel like every SMS alex kidd game is just… better? god i want to be like sega rules boys drool but this game tests my enthusiasm to the nth
it’s weird. i like that you can kick through the ground and shit. that’s basically it.
I’ve never met anyone who believes Alex Kidd is better than Mario but you know there gotta be dozens of those folks and that makes me feel kinda uneasy
Saying that as an Alex Kidd “main” in one of those Sonic Karts
Alex Kidd and Billy Hatcher…4 life
Is there really anyone who actually likes enchanted castle though? Pretty sure the only nostalgia for the franchise comes from the master system titles.
I feel like Miracle World had some interesting elements to it that could have been expanded on in 16 bit sequels, but instead they just made all the physics feel horrible and emphasised the worst parts like the janken battles
i haven’t met them but i am outraged that there is hypothetically someone out there who likes questionable sega games more than me. personally offended. (excluding notbov of course)
actually, damn even aderack only mustered relatively faint praise for enchanted castle
convinced if sega ever released another console they’d launch with “sonic adventure 3” “virtua fighter shuffle” “sega smash pack 2” and it would fail horrifically
sega hardware is too beautiful for this world
Yeah I’m probably the biggest Alex Kidd stan on this forum and even I can’t stand to play Enchanted Castle for more than five minutes without getting angry at it
At least Hi Tech World is amusingly bad
i need to understand the logic behind the entire development and release of that game lol
It makes more sense if you know the original version is based on Amnitsu Hime anime. Why they chose that particular game to reskin as an Alex Kidd game, I have no idea
iirc, enchanted castle was the first mega drive game, made long before the console’s release (maybe even a whole year?)
i’ve never seen past the first stage of high tech world, and most of the fun me and my friends got out of it was finding new nonsensical ways to die
Every maze game.
Started playing some KOF98 ranked on Fightcade. Ended up finding a player in my rank I’ve played against twice on different days, lose consistently to, but the matches always seem like they’re within reach, so now I look forward to fighting them again in hopes of finally winning a match against them
Why I like Bioshock
In elementary school, a few of us used to draw “mazes”. These weren’t actually mazes but original videogame levels commited to paper. Occasionally, the “maze” would diverge with some trick to enter the dead end area and of course a prize.
Bioshock’s level design is never more complicated than what Canadian 4th graders were capable of inventing in the 90s, and that’s why I like it
Do people really fight about stuff like this? My wife and I have been together for ~15 years and we’ve only really fought twice, as I’ve mentioned before on the forums: once about JD Salinger and once about whether we have an ethical obligation to contact or to not contact indigenous tribes who have not yet had contact with globalized civilization. That is pretty much the extent of us ever like raising our voices.
If a fight isn’t about money or sex it’s probably about socks
Are you asking in-game or in life? Like you’ve never had a bad day boil over into making you and your partner mad because it is okay to yell/complain at your partner than it is at work?
Definitely having a kid helps offset a lot of this but a year of pandemic has caused a lot of stupid arguments.
Generally a fight about socks is not really a fight about socks per se, it’s more of a resentment or hurt that comes to light because of a relatively mundane situation (and is usually made worse by people being under stress for various reasons).
For example, the last time me and my wife had an argument, it was about earplugs. It wasn’t really about earplugs, it just happened to be a conversation about earplugs that went sideways.
I’ve raised my voice in anger 2 times in the last 30 years.
I raise my voice all the time so that it’s less alarming when it’s actually for a reason
I read Martha Nussbaum’s “Anger Bad” book and I was like “Yeah, makes sense.”
maybe i’m just projecting, but this feels a little glib and smug… i don’t know, my husband and i are both extremely mentally ill and under a lot of life stress and carrying a lot of baggage. we’re pretty young and learning how to survive together in less than ideal circumstances. fights happen sometimes, and they can be prompted by small or silly things, because the underlying situation is volatile and complicated and messy, but that doesn’t come from anger or resentment. we still love each other and we’re still in each other’s corners. i always want to work on communication and compassion and mindfulness, but i don’t think it’s something to be ashamed of. maybe this belongs in a different thread.