From: opaopajr@comcast.net   
      
   John.P.McDevitt@gmail.com wrote:   
   > BelPowerslave wrote:   
   >>>> I just got Orta a week, or so, ago. I like it, but fucking-a it is   
   >>>> *hard*. It's got a widescreen mode(like Zwei did) but the game just   
   >>> Yes, it is very hard, even compared to Panzer Dragoon and Zwei, until   
   >>> you figure out the dragon mode switching and which mode is most useful   
   >>> for which parts of each stage.   
   >> I think this is what makes the game so tough, if you use the wrong form   
   >> for a situation the game just hands your ass to you. The fact that when   
   >> you die they *start you ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL   
   >> the way back at the beginning of the level* really makes it   
   >> overly-frustrating. Just seems like it turns from "Hey, try this form   
   >> and let's see how it goes. :)" to "Hey, if you use the wrong form, it's   
   >> over motherfucker, and we're sending you   
   >> ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way back   
   >> to the beginning. Enjoy, hahahahaahhahah!".   
   >>   
   >>> Keep with it because there are some really nice bonuses to be unlocked.   
   >> I hear the PC version of the original is one of the bonuin ses...I n'tlike t   
   >> say I'm real thrilled with it, as I've seen other Saturn ports on the   
   >> PC(they all pretty much suck), but I'll stick with it for quite a   
   >> while...hopefully I can manage to unlock it before it drives me   
   >> away...;)   
   >>   
   >> Bel   
   >   
   > After my excitement at seeing how "low" the PDS price is now, I pulled   
   > out the ole' Saturn to play Panzer Dragoon.  I bought the console in   
   > 1999 for around $75 with a few games, PD among them, and have not spent   
   > longer than 2 hours TOTAL playing the system.  I got it basically just   
   > for Nights and PDS...maybe I'll actually get to Nights now that the   
   > system is hooked up again.   
   >   
   > Oh but back to Panzer Dragoon (not PDS)...my frigging disc has a huge   
   > scratch in it so I can't play it.  I really wanted to play it, but now   
   > I'm not sure that I should actually spend money to get it.   
      
   that's funny, as the Saturn is perhaps still my favorite system. it's   
   probably the one library that, if i had the time, would end up pouring   
   the most time into, even now. but then i'm a fighting game and strategy   
   game nut, so that probably colors my opinion.   
      
   i still need to get me a Gun Valkyrie, Virtual Fighter 4, and Phantasy   
   Star Online episode 3, even though i haven't the systems... sex, drugs,   
   and rock 'n roll or sega games, the eternal question.   
      
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