This thread is in response to a review for Elevator Action on the NES. You are encouraged to view the review in a new window before reading this thread.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: August 18, 2011 (07:13 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Nice job, Joe. The last paragraph, which is also your front page box text, needs an "it's" for "its" swap. Also, this sentence: As with most things ugly and irritating, I only felt pity could be misleading. Anyway, I'll stay away from this 'classic' based on your review.
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Author: SamildanachEmrys
Posted: August 18, 2011 (07:17 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm glad you acknowledged that the real problems go beyond dated visuals and sound, since I had some concerns at the beginning that you were ripping into the game basically just for being old.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: August 18, 2011 (08:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thank you, gentlemen. I made some modifications that I hope will work.
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Author: qxz
Posted: August 18, 2011 (11:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Joe, despite your complaints against the NES version of Elevator Action, I'm still somewhat interested in hunting down a copy and taking it for a spin.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: August 19, 2011 (03:32 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I guess one thing I didn't mention in the review is that the mechanics are fairly sound.
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Author: bloomer
Posted: August 21, 2011 (05:15 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't understand the line: 'Even the gameplay, relevant in 1983, was dated.'
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Author: SamildanachEmrys
Posted: August 21, 2011 (05:41 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I took that sentence to mean that the gameplay was good at the time but hasn't aged well - that if the gameplay was ever good it was because of context rather than being fundamentally fun (in contrast to, say, Tetris - still fun today). That's my interpretation, but you're right, it is unclear.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: August 22, 2011 (12:06 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Both bloomer and Sam are correct.
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Author: Leroux
Posted: August 22, 2011 (02:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Elevator Action Returns is awesome. |
Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: August 22, 2011 (02:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I've wondered if that was good or not. It looked awesome.
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Author: qxz
Posted: August 22, 2011 (04:49 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
JoeTheDestroyer wrote:
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 22, 2011 (05:07 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's always difficult to tell. There were a number of NES home conversions that were better than their arcade inspiration (usually because they added depth rather than trying for pixel-perfect conversions)... and then there were many that the NES just couldn't handle what it needed to and the developers weren't smart enough to compensate.
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