Random Game Challenge!!!

[Yankee]

I'm back again for another try.

Figures I'd get something like this lol. With how many there are it's pretty likely right?
Interesting though that this is from when SEGA still owned Visual Concepts (the developers of all the 2k sports games to current) before selling them to Take Two Interactive. Wow, I wonder if they regret that considering how much cash these must be raking in nowadays.
Outside of 99% 2k sports games Visual Concepts also developed the esteemed CLAYFIGHTER, LESTER THE UNLIKELY, and WEAPONLORD! Uh yeah... maybe better they stick to the balls huh?
I'll be back after a game. It's got good review scores so I'm optimistic.

I can see why this is praised. If I was a Football fan I'd probably be very excited at the presentation of this game. It has live action ESPN SportsCenter footage, great looking models and fields, as well as realistic impacts to the tackling interactions. It looks really smooth when you slip out of a grab around your legs, or when your linemen jump over opponents sprawled on the ground. The animations are great.
I haven't played enough to know if this is really better or worse in other fields like UX, and since I only played a Quick Match I can't comment on how the Season Mode and such are but I bet they're good too.

 

[Aeriththeflowergirl]

I have a vivid memory of playing this as a kid

 

[middler]

Okay its that time again. And, the RNG gods gave me:

Lego Racers 2​

I had no idea there was a sequel to Lego Racers. I had played the first one on PC. I had no expectations of the GBA version being the definitive port of it but I went in fairly optimistic.

Rocker Racer, after being defeated in the first game, found a new place to reclaim glory, the planet Xalax.

And apparently its your job to earn your way there to beat him again. You do this by:
Racing-

Upgrading your vehicle-

and winning-

So you can collect gold bricks.

There isn't really anything else to it. I have a feeling that this port is very stripped back compared to the PC/PS2 versions. No car customization, just the upgrades. Building your own car was my favorite part in the first one. Controls are pretty sensitive and acceleration is hard to make sense of and toward the end of my time winning or loosing almost felt more like luck than skill.

If you are looking at playing this game maybe try the PS2 version to get the whole experience.

 

[Antilocal123]

Damn I got Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 nooo the horror I don't want tiddies nooooo /j

 

[Turd Curator]

This sounded like fun so I took a chance on the Random Button and it blessed me with Tomb Raider Underworld for the DS
The release notes from the included nfo don't fill me with confidence, however

 

[tpyo]

Todays random game was Doshin The Giant on the Gamecube

This was a really interesting game where you play a giant helping develop civilizations during 30 minute long days. Was nice to just relax and vibe with the music and slow paced game play. Highly recommend!

 

[middler]

And what does May have in store for me?...

OH HELL YEA!

This is the first game Ive gotten that I have actually played before. Mind you its been years. Also, I don't have pics like I usually do because I was playing it on my TV via Batocera and I am still learning it so I didn't learn about the screenshot command until after. So I will make thins a short one.

I played for 1.5 hours and in that time I just got into the secret area in the Cathedral to save the Queen.

We all know this game is absolutely amazing, and if you haven't played it, you are missing out on an actually iconic RPG.

 

[middler]

Still trucking along. Lets see what June has for me...

Skip Beat for the PS2. Sadly It does not have an english patch here on RGT, and I don't like VNs' enough to try to track one down I have, (6 months in) my first pass. I had no idea I would regret passing on a visual novel in a language I can't read. I got... 7 Sins

The short short synopsis: It's an asshole simulator.

The not as short version: Its effectively Leisure Suit Larry without any of the story or humor getting in the way, and unlike LSL apparently you can actually get laid. All while exploiting unsuspecting women for money sex and influence.

From the tutorial:

After the tutorial you go to your "job" at a high end woman's products store. While you are being a piece of crap there are things that make you Horny, Nervous, or Angry and you need to find ways to relieve these states. Like peeing on plants, (which is a mini game) and ogling your prey (which is also a mini game) among others. You can do "Sins" which are basically things you can do to get an advantage or cheat in some way of which you can do 7 times if you don't relieve them by... actually listening to what your target thinks about things.

I managed to last the whole hour of play, in which time i got a mark to slap me, kiss me, and change clothes outside of a changing room exposing her undies.

Total cringe-fest. Play at your own risk.

 

[elwynd16x]

Let's play:

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Made by Titus Interactive, known for such classics as Suoerman 64, RoboCop for the PS2 and kicking your household pet into a ditch, this is your standard arcade formula-one racer. Perfect for beginners looking to understand the basics of managing turns and shifting gears without overwhelming you with custom vehicle stats or complicated terrain physics. Just pick a vehicle, select a track and turn that PS2-era eurotek up to 10! It's not bad, definitely something your dad would pick up from the bargain bin and I think that says more than any number could.

Pressing "R2" on the vehicle select menu will reveal character portraits, because who needs to know about tire durability when the desert sun is just going to torch them anyway?

(I had a lot of fun making this)

 

[Cosmiken]

I'm currently at work, away from my emulating machine, but I had to take a roll.

English patched version of Warriors Orochi 2 Special? Hell yeah, I ain't mad at that. I'm looking forward to seeing what the teeny tiny battlefields will look like. And am I losing my mind or is that Rachel from Ninja Gaiden photobombing the cover back there?

 

[middler]

It's July already... lets see what I get! Mega Man X4 for the Sega Saturn. Cool.

A few caveats for this months challenge:
1. I have never played any of the X series before and my report will reflect that i think.
2. I mostly play RPG's so, though I do play side-scrollers quite a bit I am not an expert at them.
3. I never look up any guides for these challenges so I don't know the proper order to play things in.

Someone attacks the city and it looks like its a group of robots called the Repliforce. However you run across a Colonel of the Repliforce and they say its not them but they end up being the bad guys anyway because they would not submit to authority.

After an animated cut scene:

It drops you at the stage select screen.

I chose the cyberspace stage and apparently, that is the wrong answer. The stage itself wasn't too bad. There was only a single timed wall jump I had problems with. It has sections and you are graded at the end of each of them. If you do poorly in a section you are forced to redo it. So i get to the boss of the stage:

And he summarily kicked my booty back to the continue screen. I tried one more time and after 3 more swift deaths, it became obvious that I was not going to take him out with the basic gun. I went back to stage select and chose the Jungle stage to try my luck there.

The stage itself was quite easy for me so I figured I might have made a good choice. Then I got to the boss:

I didn't beat him before my hour was up but i was learning his attacks and the x-buster was doing damage to him. Is the bet first boss to kill... no idea.

So, the game is hard, but that's not a strike against it, these games are hard on purpose. The thing that always gets me with Saturn games (in my observations only, it may well be different for everyone else) is how heavy the controls feel. I have never played on actual hardware so i don't know if its my emulator or not, but every Saturn game i have played has had this heaviness. If I were to keep playing I would get adjusted to it but an hour isn't enough time for me.

The game looks great though, I may have to look into the X series more.

 

[Segadude113]

I'm back again for another try.

Figures I'd get something like this lol. With how many there are it's pretty likely right?
Interesting though that this is from when SEGA still owned Visual Concepts (the developers of all the 2k sports games to current) before selling them to Take Two Interactive. Wow, I wonder if they regret that considering how much cash these must be raking in nowadays.
Outside of 99% 2k sports games Visual Concepts also developed the esteemed CLAYFIGHTER, LESTER THE UNLIKELY, and WEAPONLORD! Uh yeah... maybe better they stick to the balls huh?
I'll be back after a game. It's got good review scores so I'm optimistic.
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I can see why this is praised. If I was a Football fan I'd probably be very excited at the presentation of this game. It has live action ESPN SportsCenter footage, great looking models and fields, as well as realistic impacts to the tackling interactions. It looks really smooth when you slip out of a grab around your legs, or when your linemen jump over opponents sprawled on the ground. The animations are great.
I haven't played enough to know if this is really better or worse in other fields like UX, and since I only played a Quick Match I can't comment on how the Season Mode and such are but I bet they're good too.

Sega Sports was great. BRING IT BACK.

 

[middler]

Its August already? Daaaaaaang. Time to roll again, and I got...
Full Auto 2: Battlelines

Before getting this randomly I had never heard of this game. But it looked like a good time so I was excited to jump in.

Its set in a strange future where an AI that brought the whole world to peace is being undermined by a group of people that uses these destruction derby type events to over throw it. However, somehow, that group is also loosing their grip on things, so it turns out that the best driver in these derby events basically rules the world somehow. Yes, I used somehow 2 times in that last sentence. The plot is a bit of a stretch.

The game itself is a bit Need for Speed, and a bit Twisted Metal. You choose a "race":

Then choose your vehicle and weapons:

BATTLE!!

And win to unlock new weapons vehicles and customization items:

All in all its a simple but pretty fun game. Steering was really sensitive for me, but that was my only real complaint. Rubberbanding is crazy but it pretty much has to be there to keep the game interesting so you get used to it pretty quick.

The run away best part of the game is a great Rock/Metal soundtrack featuring bands like: Stone Sour, Megadeth, and The Used, among others. I was pretty impressed!

 

[Segadude113]

i got HunterXHunter Wonder Adventure for the PSP with my randomizer