From: opaopajr@comcast.net   
      
   John.P.McDevitt@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Azel wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > For the record, I meant nothing against the Saturn.  Just the usual   
   > "all these great games I own but haven't played" gripe.  There are more   
   > games on the system that interest me than just PDS and Nights, but the   
   > chances of me getting to them don't look good...   
   >   
      
   oh, you and me both. same boat, sinking in responsibility. best we can   
   do is grab a pail and start bailing. i vote pitching out home renovation   
   chores...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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