Re: Strider and Sapphire: and why I'm a happy man:

> Strider is indeed a very fun game, but to put down Dracula X, which makes
> much better use of the hardware, and dole out praise to Strider in the
same
> email... That's hard to take seriously.

I prool didn't explain myself clearly enough, I wasn't comparing Strider to
Dracula X. It doesn't hold a candle there. When I was talking about Dracula
X I was talking about how expensivie it is, and how hyped up it was, and
when I got it I think that I was expecting more. When I got Sapphire, I was
expecting less, and got more. Now, everyone told me that Strider was
terrible, and not worth the money at all, and I just wanted to say I
strongly dis-agree. I like it a lot.

Strider is fun merely because the
> original arcade game was so well designed. The cinemas make good use of
>the> arcade card (and sweet CD tuneage), but otherwise it is inferior to
the >Sega
> Genesis version in every way. To me, saying you were bored with the Genny
> version indicates a PCE bias.

Well you might be right about the PCE bias. I think that music also really
brings me into the game, and personally I enjoy this version more than the
Genny. For whatever reason I'm having more fun playing it, I don't think
it's because It's just on my PCE alone though. I like the feel of the game,
even lacking the parallax.

> Contrarily, Dracula X on Duo smokes the SNES
> port (despite its mostly superior hardware) and is an original installment
> in its series to boot.
I never really questioned that.

> Speaking of which, Nick Rox's Game Fan review of Strider had some
>noticeable
> errors... He claimed TWO extra levels were added (instead of one) and also
> claimed the cinemas were full-screen, 30 FPS miracles. They ARE cool
> cinemas, but not always full screen, and I'm not sure about the 30 FPS
> either. Anyway, I caught up with him in Game Fan chat a year or 2 ago
> (making sure it was him) and he apologized for those mistakes I thought
that
> was so cool... He WAS a fantastic reviewer, especially for his age (17
when
> the mag started).

hehe yah that's a good point and I had forgotten that. I also remember him
saying something about a polygon map in the begining. Hrmmm yah now that you
mention it he did say 30fps! Oh well, I still like this version of Strider,
I'm prolly just a fruitcake, but I really do.

Take Care,

Eagan

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