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I want to hear what Saturn games you tried out, going in with low expectations, and they completely blew you away!
I’ll go first… there are so many titles to choose from, but I’ll pick Impact Racing. Looked like a boring, sus 3rd party racer, but when I got into it, MAN was it good! A cross between a race and vehicular combat, the game is strangely addicting. On paper it sounds like WipEout, and it’s similar, but somehow I like it better.Don’t know about blown away, but I enjoyed Time Warner Interactive’s VR Virtua Racing (i’m not a racing game guy), more than I expected. Astal didn’t come out in Europe so didn’t know about it at the time and I enjoyed it when I played it last year. Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster was ok, better than I thought ( only wanted to play it because Tim Curry).
Back in the in 96/97 I bought Keio Flying Squadron 2 for £20 in Makro, no idea what it was, but look a ok platformer from the screenshots at the back of the cover and was relatively cheap. It was a surprise, wacky and fun, but never got past the first couple of levels. Revisited it recent via emulation and finally finished it (thank god for save states)
Powerslave. I saw a little gameplay from it and thought “This looks interesting, but probably won’t be much”. It’s not perfect, but it’s a really good time and I’ve gotten more out of it than I thought I would.
This is going to shock a lot of people but bear in mind it’s not just a hype thing. Dungeon master Nexus. wait what? I thought you loved this game and the biggest fan about the video game series… well sorta. So while i was hyped to own and play the game, and i was already an adult looking at the pictures it felt different then what i expected. my search for the game and initial playing it was more of “hey i have the console i should collect this even if i don’t like or could ever beat this. The era of gaming where one kidna follows more blindly, i need the game series\console maker\author etc even if i don’t play it. the mummy and screamer looked so different i thought will i even like this? the slow moving of the console(not knowing about fast movement) was also a let down. learning to play with a controller was harder, not knowing some of the shortcuts didn’t help either. its the framing of the mind, Wanting it for collecting the series, knowing full well I Would have a hard time playing it. The Hype was for getting it, not beating it. So what happened why the change? while the maps, spells items etc were online long before i ever got the game, my ability to play games with console was still somewhat poor, it was learning how to play the game that grew to love this more, I was a PC gamer, long before i had dungeon crawler\explorer games for console. by getting better at both it became clearer that while different it was a really tight and amazing game. thats also why i recorded a a video to explain how to paly this. it certainly helped remembering the classic DM spells to try those out. I suspect if anyone never played any dungeon master game before this they would just turn away and never look back. using a button to recall the last spell you cast is one of the most amazing things you can do in a dungeon crawler\explorer game. seeing the different monsters never seen in any other game or port was amazing. The english patch was what completely sealed it for me. the maps and guides for all those puzzles already existed so you could beat it with the guides but to read the text in english, all the muns etc fully translated etc was the icing on the cake. Again expecting a game i would try play a little and quit is what i first expected and after getting better at both pc and console playing playing helped me enjoy the game more. This is also the very first dungeon master i’ve ever beaten, despite being a fan since like 89 or something..
This is going to shock a lot of people but bear in mind it’s not just a hype thing. Dungeon master Nexus. wait what? I thought you loved this game and the biggest fan about the video game series… well sorta. So while i was hyped to own and play the game, and i was already an adult looking at the pictures it felt different then what i expected. my search for the game and initial playing it was more of “hey i have the console i should collect this even if i don’t like or could ever beat this. The era of gaming where one kidna follows more blindly, i need the game series\console maker\author etc even if i don’t play it. the mummy and screamer looked so different i thought will i even like this? the slow moving of the console(not knowing about fast movement) was also a let down. learning to play with a controller was harder, not knowing some of the shortcuts didn’t help either. its the framing of the mind, Wanting it for collecting the series, knowing full well I Would have a hard time playing it. The Hype was for getting it, not beating it. So what happened why the change? while the maps, spells items etc were online long before i ever got the game, my ability to play games with console was still somewhat poor, it was learning how to play the game that grew to love this more, I was a PC gamer, long before i had dungeon crawler\explorer games for console. by getting better at both it became clearer that while different it was a really tight and amazing game. thats also why i recorded a a video to explain how to paly this. it certainly helped remembering the classic DM spells to try those out. I suspect if anyone never played any dungeon master game before this they would just turn away and never look back. using a button to recall the last spell you cast is one of the most amazing things you can do in a dungeon crawler\explorer game. seeing the different monsters never seen in any other game or port was amazing. The english patch was what completely sealed it for me. the maps and guides for all those puzzles already existed so you could beat it with the guides but to read the text in english, all the muns etc fully translated etc was the icing on the cake. Again expecting a game i would try play a little and quit is what i first expected and after getting better at both pc and console playing playing helped me enjoy the game more. This is also the very first dungeon master i’ve ever beaten, despite being a fan since like 89 or something..
That’s awesome you liked the Saturn version so much more than you thought you would.
One for me is Shinobi Legions. I’m generally not into FMV and I think digitized sprites generally look kind of bad and camp, but the visuals in this game really work for me, and the animations don’t get in the way of the great Shinobi gameplay. I’ve even found myself enjoying the FMV, I think because they tend to be brief and don’t seem to try to do things beyond what they’re capable of.
Grid Run is a surprisingly fun and addictive capture-the-flag game viewed from an isometric perspective. It even has a two player mode, but I’ve not managed to play it with another human.
Like Peter said, Impact Racing is a surprisingly enjoyable racing game with combat elements. It might not have the thrilling handling of Daytona USA or SEGA Rally, but once you get used to the controls and gameplay flow it can be good fun.
Time Warner’s V. R. Virtua Racing is far better than most Saturn gamers will tell you. It might not have the handling of the coin-op, but the physics model is still really fun and there’s a ton of new content that adds longevity to the game.
Hang On GP is horrible when played with a control pad. But hook up an arcade racer and the game has the same addictive handling and gameplay of SEGA’s classic arcade racing classics.
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