You may know me from my writings at GameFAQs: guides, reviews, Top 10s, and other miscellanea. I also wrote for GamingSymmetry; I was known as Alice Kojiro there. You can also find me in the club:
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Credit for my banner goes to the fantastic artist, Lois van Baarle. Check out her works here:
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Special thanks to Bevr for making my avatar blink!
My humble collection of uncommon video game memorabilia:
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My setup:
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About the ancient dreamer:
+ Physical Anomolies: congenital anosmia, heterochromia, no depth perception, synaesthesia (multiple types), low vitals
+ Languages Spoken: English and Spanish, but the latter is very rusty. Sometimes, I can read enough of Romance languages to figure them out.
+ Religion: Agnostic; elements from Hinduism and Buddhism
+ My theme song:
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+ Playing Since: 1987
+ First Game Systems: NES, SEGA Master System
+ First Computer: Apple II CE
+ Favorite System: SNES
+ Favorite Genres: 2D Platformers, Action-Adventure, Adventure
+ Favorite Franchises: Mega Man, Borderlands
Rating System:
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x0 (F) - I hated this game or haven't finished it
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x1 (D) - I didn't like it, but it's not unplayable
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x2 (C) - It's okay
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x3 (B) - I enjoyed it
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x4 (A) - I had a blast with it
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x5 (S) - This is one of my all-time favorites
Status:
- Games that have no end, but I've played enough to be satisfied with it. Since compilations will always list every game in them, any that I don't like enough to finish will have this status. The actual collection might also have this, if I think it's worth summarizing how good it is as a whole.
- Games I haven't even touched yet, or games I've only sampled, even if they don't end.
- Games that I've begun, even if they don't end.
- Games that have been beaten with at least one character, but not to my satisfaction; I'm not done here.
- Games that have been 100% completed with all characters where appropriate. All optional bosses have been destroyed. You get the idea. Higher difficulty levels are considered only if there's something in it for me; most of the time, stuff like artwork or music won't count. Achievements are meaningless and don't matter.
- Any game that's been beaten 100% and with some sort of
intentional additional challenge; 1CCs, no death runs, and no item runs don't count. Achievements are still meaningless and still don't matter.
Rom Hacks:
Rom hacks are filed under the original game, but with a (Hack) tag to denote that they're not official expansions. My mini-review assumes you've read the review for the original game, and thus details only what's new in the hack.
PC Games:
PC is my main platform, so anything DRM-free will be under PC, regardless of whether I got it at GOG or itch or wherever; the only store-specific labels I use are things (like Steam or Epic) that require the use of a launcher to install, uninstall, etc. If something looks cool, and you're curious about where I got it, you can try this:
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Whether you're in a wonderful land or a nightmare, never stop dreaming...
I want to like the Vectorman games more (the mid 90s CGI aesthetic definitely has appeal), but I just have too many issues with the "combat" and how enemies just pop up seemingly out of nowhere as you traverse the screen. If you're going to make a game where it feels like you can never stop shooting, why not add auto fire?
I dunno. Maybe I'll try them again on an actual Genesis someday. I don't have too much patience for games with limited lives anymore, I guess. Or, more accurately, the thought of "you still have 500+ other games to check out and you're not getting any younger, so hurry up" is always in the back of my mind, and being kicked back to start by cheap shot after cheap shot really sours a game experience for me.