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But I like bad levels. As long as they’re not hard, like Castles – Masterpiece Set sort of hard, then it's fine.

No, not yet.

But since every 10 reviews I usually review a “classic” or an “old school” RMN game on here, and since I’m getting pretty close to 30, I guess I could consider playing and reviewing either Super RMN All Stars, Super RMN Bros. 3 or Mario VS The Moon Base for it.

I mean, I had either Romancing Walker or Love And War Act I in mind, but I guess I could scoot those ones over for another time. Besides, I need some more Mario in my life. ^^

author=Addit
But I like bad levels. As long as they’re not hard, like Castles – Masterpiece Set sort of hard, then it's fine.

To elaborate on what GRS means by "bad":

- There are a few collect-a-thon levels where you hunt for Red coins in gigantic mazes. The worst of them is Goomba Caves, which forces you to pull of some advanced maneuvers to get them all, and they aren't even confined in a single section. Even though it's only for a secret star, it's still unbearable.

- Speaking of secret stars, you actually need a few of them in order to progress in the game, but so many of them were abused to the point where the levels only became worse with their inclusion (Like the aformentioned Goomba Caves). There are also some that are really cryptically hidden, and it's just frustrating.

- The game actually has somewhere around 120 levels, but in terms of length, it's actually about average, considering most levels early on are needlessly short and forgettable. The levels start to get lengthy and arduous later on, though.

- While SRB1 was filled with simply bad newbie levels, SRB3 was filled with the worst ideas for levels. There's a level where the entire concept revolves around waiting for an NPC to clear the way for you, and screwing up the timing in any way puts you in an unwinnable situation. There's also a level where you are falling down a huge pit, forced to dodge traps that come at you at an insanely fast rate, and after doing that for about 10 minutes, you have to climb back UP the level using a clunky elevator system. Oh, and I should mention the broken scrolling level where you can't maintain traction with the platforms due to everything moving so fast. Need I say more?

I don't know, the game itself is a guilty pleasure of mine, similar to how I feel about a lot of bad games like Action 52 or Stargazer. For everyone else, though, you should stay away from it.

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EDIT: We need RMN No-Stars. Where there's nothing but the bad levels!

Yesssssss Do it.

You know I'll be on board for this.

going through some psn classics ive not played

is legend of dragoon any good? would anyone like to be its unofficial spokesperson?

When I was looking at one of the RMN Bros games (All-Stars, I think it was), I read a huge review from someone that tore into it and I remember laughing my ass off.

Good times.

Ah, right; I get them mixed up all the time. :x

Everything he said seemed quite justified, I agree.

author=Darken
going through some psn classics ive not played

is legend of dragoon any good? would anyone like to be its unofficial spokesperson?

Considering that was one of the first RPGs I played, it holds a special nostalgic place in my heart. I've replayed it a handful of times.

I actually liked the battles. The story though, starts off a little cliche, but it picks up. There are some awkwardly funny moments. 90% of the characters aren't anything special, but the other 10% are interesting enough. If you're a fan of pre-rendered backgrounds, you'll probably appreciate some of the beautiful environments.

I have a craving for orange juice right now.

People around me are talking about the 90s. I bet they don't know anything about the REAL 90s, y'know, the 1890s.

Things used to be way better back then. We had Grover Cleveland, Coca-Cola with actual cocaine in it, Mark Twain, diphteria and Panic of 1893.