Question TMNT 2 Battle Nexus

[Class is Pain 101]

Why does everybody hate TMNT 2 Battle Nexus, I personally enjoyed the game very much.

Give me reasons why you don't like it

I liked it because I thought it was fun playing 4 player and more fun than the first game.

[Captain_Apollo]

I think it's weird how people bash it for having cheap deaths, yet these same people like the original arcade games. Sure, those are two great games in their own right, but you also died frequently in both of them.

They also argue that the new console TMNTs are too repetitve; you just hit the attack button over and over. What do they think we did when the arcade versions were in full swing?

Amazing how one game can be a masterpiece, yet another game that follows the same formula is suddenly bad.

[Class is Pain 101]

Originally Posted by Captain_Apollo

I think it's weird how people bash it for having cheap deaths, yet these same people like the original arcade games. Sure, those are two great games in their own right, but you also died frequently in both of them.

They also argue that the new console TMNTs are too repetitve; you just hit the attack button over and over. What do they think we did when the arcade versions were in full swing?

Amazing how one game can be a masterpiece, yet another game that follows the same formula is suddenly bad.

you have a very good point it does basically have the same formula

[XERO]

Originally Posted by Captain_Apollo

I think it's weird how people bash it for having cheap deaths, yet these same people like the original arcade games. Sure, those are two great games in their own right, but you also died frequently in both of them.

They also argue that the new console TMNTs are too repetitve; you just hit the attack button over and over. What do they think we did when the arcade versions were in full swing?

Amazing how one game can be a masterpiece, yet another game that follows the same formula is suddenly bad.

It's the technology. The arcade back then was considered state-of-the-art.

Now, it's obviously obsolete, but still fun nevertheless.

Even though I haven't played the Battle Nexus, I believe they haven't pushed the boundaries of the technical power it's recieved. It could be better.

[StealthNinjaScyther]

It wasn't the technology as much as it was the medium. Since arcade games were designed to be played in short spurts, simple and repetitive gameplay wasn't a problem. Arcade games could of course be extremely complex, as in most any decent fighting game, but generally games that are easy to jump into are prevalent in the arcade medium. Part of the problem with todays TMNT games is that they do adhere so closely to the originals' formula, which even at the time weren't so hot. Based strictly on gameplay the arcade TMNT games were pretty standard, not bad but far from great. They made up for some of that with atmosphere, but stacked up against better beat em ups like Streets of Rage 2 they clearly fall short.

[Captain_Apollo]

Since arcade games were designed to be played in short spurts, simple and repetitive gameplay wasn't a problem.

But the arcade games have to be finished in one playing session. You can save your progress in the newer ones.

As to the people who say it's not "state of the art", so what? Isn't gameplay more important than graphics and bells and whistles? Look at how many people still think the original Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. 3, River City Ransom, etc. are among the top 100 video games ever made. Go to any top 100 video game list, and you will see most, if not all, of those games on the list. Obviously, those games depend on more than graphics if they can still compete with all this newfangled stuff.

[OA]

Ahhh..Legend of Zelda...what a fantastic game...

And Welcome to the Technodrome Captain Apollo and Stealninja!!