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Late VGM Friday contribution
 

VGM fridays 🤘
 
 

^Always thought that song was cool, don't know why I waited over 10 years to revisit it lol.

only sad part of last night was that sega is coming out with a new shinobi game but not a 3D one. its like they torment me with refusing to reboot that shinobi ps2 game. when it was their best action game ever.

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Really excited to hear the score from the first trilogy return. 

Am I the only one that finds Kojima EXTREMELY overrated? The more advanced technology gets the less entertaining his games become. He clearly wants to make a movie. Just do it already. I swear if you took a middling eccentric game and slapped Kojima's name on people would pretend it's a masterpiece.

Nice interview with the producer of the new Contra:
 
https://gonintendo.com/contents/29455-wayforward-on-cracking-konami-s-code-with-contra-operation-galuga

Nice interview with the producer of the new Contra:
 
https://gonintendo.com/contents/29455-wayforward-on-cracking-konami-s-code-with-contra-operation-galuga

Nice interview with the producer of the new Contra:
 
https://gonintendo.com/contents/29455-wayforward-on-cracking-konami-s-code-with-contra-operation-galuga

LoS2 has a really nice art design in the castle areas, and I like the story concept.  Combat isn't bad either, certainly no DMC, but more fun than GoW3 was.  But yeah those stealth sections suck, and a lot of the present day settings are bland as hell.

Castlevania Mirror of Fate HD was also just 3 bucks; I got that one on the Steam Deck, and so far it's alright.. I'm tempted to get Lords of Shadow 2 on Steam as well though I had it on ps3....  but still it was such an odd thing with that game... at first I was loving it, and then they committed one of the great sins of game design... forced stealth sections.
 
It's just stupid/silly---the player is in the role of Dracula here....but you *have* to sneak around in those areas....even though he should be able to easily rip those big armored guys to pieces even with his powers not yet at 100%.  It's very simple what they had to do there, and it could've easily been a top-rank vampire power fantasy game for me... just go all in on it being a DMC or God of War kind of thing but with the Castlevania IP....get that forced stealth shyte out of here, or make it purely optional...like if Drac is noticed that just means it's time to simply fight and destroy those silly mortals....show them who's really on at the top of the food chain there.
 
It started off awesome too, now that I am remembering... soldiers show up in the castle, foolishly thinking they ever had a chance.
 
...and again I'm now realizing it's a real shame that Konami owns this franchise....it's another one I wish were "rescued" and made relevant by a better company.

I'm so looking forward to this.  Contra 4 was stellar- the dead zone was the only real complaint I had.  I do kind of wish they'd drop the limited continues model also, though this was alleviated in Contra 4 by the missions allowing you to practice tough spots without having to re-run the whole game up to that point. They could even re-balance the game to be more difficult if limited continues were axed, like the Japanese hard corps.

I like Legacy of Darkness and subscribe to the notion that CV64 is pretty shit in general. Legacy improves on it most ways, tho still has it flaws. 
 
Of the 3D CVs from that general era, 64 is probably the one I have the least inclination to ever play again.
 
To add to Hecatoms post, 93-98 we got some of the tightest and most creative 2D platforming design that had ever been done to that point, late 97 was Symphony of the Night, the Metroid-ish game that made games like Metroid popular honestly. 
 
All Konami had to do really was delay 6 months. Legacy of Darkness was the same year, 99  and significantly improves upon what CV64 was.  Konami shot it out the door before it was ready, and I mean that from a core systems perspective. 

Machine Gun Kelly wants to play Link in the live action movie
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/machine-gun-kelly-wants-to-play-link-in-the-zelda-movie/1100-6519166/
 

VGMF contribution, this one is legit Castlevania tier: 
 
 
 

woooo I can smell that salt from a mile away... I noticed Jim Sterling's latest vid is titled "Maybe the wizard game just wasn't very good." or something to that effect....likely referring to it being snubbed out of any nominations for the Video Game Awards, I'm guessing.... oh gee I wonder what could be Sterling's "issue" with that game at the moment, or more specifically... a certain person that created that franchise and IP in the first place.  Yes, I do take a sick bit of pleasure in people hating that woman for having what is deemed an "incorrect" opinion on certain things, apparently. 
 
Oh yeah... how did that little boycott turn out regarding "the wizard game"?  😆
*on another note---I actually forgot I was still subscribed to Sterling's channel; it was a surprise seeing that vid pop up when I was checking out what's new on my "subscriptions" page just now.

I loved XIII back in the day, I still think it was the best FG of that generation. Wish they'd gotten around to giving it rollback netcode sooner, but it's still a great game that deserves a revival

I'm loving Last Faith so far. Is really is a killer blend of Castlevania and Bloodborne, but has its own vibe too. It's a shame Konami couldnt be assed to make something like this.

I'm a couple hours into Last Faith and really enjoying it so far. The art style and design is incredible; I always wanted a game like this to have this kind of vibe. The combat is well done and the character feels real snappy and responsive so moving around as well as fighting feels really good. There rpg elements, but thus far they're not overbearing, which I like.
 
 
 

Lol
I just realized that the VGA snubbed Hogwarts Legacy to be even nominated.
Apparently is intentional because they don't want it to win any kind of award or recognition.

Last Faith is out Wednesday! Please God don't let the switch port be a mess on launch 🙏