best CD based games

[DragonmasterDan]

Maybe I need to give Cosmic Fantasy 2 another shot. I played it in HS and thought it was awesome, then I played it in college and thought it was not near as good as I remembered. I didn't think it aged terribly well, but I haven't played it in probably 8 years.

It has some balance issues, I remember trying to restart it a few years ago when I changed Duo's and it being unforgiving difficult early on. I enjoyed the game overall though. It's not as well made of a game as Dragon Slayer, but it's a far better presented game than Dragon Slayer.

[geise]

I need to play through Cosmic Fantasy 2 again.  I beat it in 94 and haven't touched it since.  I don't really remember anything about that game.  Not that it's unmemerable, but it was so long ago.  I liked the game back when i first played it, but man have some monster encounters.

[Sadler]

Maybe I need to give Cosmic Fantasy 2 another shot. I played it in HS and thought it was awesome, then I played it in college and thought it was not near as good as I remembered. I didn't think it aged terribly well, but I haven't played it in probably 8 years.

It has some balance issues, I remember trying to restart it a few years ago when I changed Duo's and it being unforgiving difficult early on. I enjoyed the game overall though. It's not as well made of a game as Dragon Slayer, but it's a far better presented game than Dragon Slayer.

I'll agree with that. I mean, there's no Babette shower scene in Dragon Slayer

[DragonmasterDan]

Maybe I need to give Cosmic Fantasy 2 another shot. I played it in HS and thought it was awesome, then I played it in college and thought it was not near as good as I remembered. I didn't think it aged terribly well, but I haven't played it in probably 8 years.

It has some balance issues, I remember trying to restart it a few years ago when I changed Duo's and it being unforgiving difficult early on. I enjoyed the game overall though. It's not as well made of a game as Dragon Slayer, but it's a far better presented game than Dragon Slayer.

I'll agree with that. I mean, there's no Babette shower scene in Dragon Slayer

There's no character portraits either, around a quarter the screen is taken up by the status bar. The character sprites aren't as nice, nor are the environments as detailed. Dragon Slayer has much better music, balance, and general design though.

[_joshuaTurbo]

There's no character portraits either, around a quarter the screen is taken up by the status bar. The character sprites aren't as nice, nor are the environments as detailed. Dragon Slayer has much better music, balance, and general design though.

I don't know if I totally agree with that. They are very different, and I don't know if I'm just speaking from a prospective of a dude that loves Falcom- and this game has a bit of an Ys feel to it, BUT they each have a special charm to them.  

From a gameplay standpoint, Dragon Slayer has seamless transitions from roaming to battle sequences, while CF2 has terrible random battles that can completely throw off your direction when roaming about.

I would say DS has far better gameplay and playability while CF2 has slightly better presentation.

[munchiaz]

thanks for all the tips guys. I am getting a copy of cosmic fantasy 2 with my purchase of a duo-r. I will def be getting exile (im trying to collect all working designs games). So as far as platformers go. what are the must haves?

[DragonmasterDan]

There's no character portraits either, around a quarter the screen is taken up by the status bar. The character sprites aren't as nice, nor are the environments as detailed. Dragon Slayer has much better music, balance, and general design though.

I don't know if I totally agree with that. They are very different, and I don't know if I'm just speaking from a prospective of a dude that loves Falcom- and this game has a bit of an Ys feel to it, BUT they each have a special charm to them. 

From a gameplay standpoint, Dragon Slayer has seamless transitions from roaming to battle sequences, while CF2 has terrible random battles that can completely throw off your direction when roaming about.

I would say DS has far better gameplay and playability while CF2 has slightly better presentation.

I agree with that for the most part.
I think that DS has better gameplay, engine design and music. I think CF 2 has a much better story, dub, artwork, localized writing, graphics and overall presentation.

[Sadler]

thanks for all the tips guys. I am getting a copy of cosmic fantasy 2 with my purchase of a duo-r. I will def be getting exile (im trying to collect all working designs games). So as far as platformers go. what are the must haves?

I'm not terribly familiar with the PC Engine library, but at least as far as US releases go I think you are better off with HuCards for platformers. New Adventure Island and Bonk's Revenge are my favorites. As far as CD games go, I guess the Valis games have quite a bit of platforming. There's Bonk 3 CD as well, which isn't a bad game, but good luck finding it.

[TR0N]

thanks for all the tips guys. I am getting a copy of cosmic fantasy 2 with my purchase of a duo-r. I will def be getting exile (im trying to collect all working designs games). So as far as platformers go. what are the must haves?

Realy good luck on trying to get them all ever since wd went out of business any thing they have publish,went up in value.Also i have to warn you about exile wicked phenomenon if you ever go afther it.When wd localize exile wp they had a glitch wich up the games diffculty making it frustrating to finsh.

[DragonmasterDan]

Realy good luck on trying to get them all ever since wd went out of business any thing they have publish,went up in value.Also i have to warn you about exile wicked phenomenon if you ever go afther it.When wd localize exile wp they had a glitch wich up the games diffculty making it frustrating to finsh.

CF2 and Exile got a lot cheaper after they went out of business, a huge number of unsold new and sealed copies got released into market.

[TR0N]

Realy good luck on trying to get them all ever since wd went out of business any thing they have publish,went up in value.Also i have to warn you about exile wicked phenomenon if you ever go afther it.When wd localize exile wp they had a glitch wich up the games diffculty making it frustrating to finsh.

CF2 and Exile got a lot cheaper after they went out of business, a huge number of unsold new and sealed copies got released into market.

Those are far more common at least.Still i been checking out prices for other wd games publish for the sega-cd and it's up there case in point popful mail....

[munchiaz]

^yeah they are very pricey. The only sega CD WD game i have right now is vay.

[Tatsujin]

Wondlerboy in monstlerlair wasn't mentioned yet.

[DragonmasterDan]

Those are far more common at least.Still i been checking out prices for other wd games publish for the sega-cd and it's up there case in point popful mail....

It used to be going for about 50-60 (roughly the price of a new release game). Has it gone up that much?

[TR0N]

Those are far more common at least.Still i been checking out prices for other wd games publish for the sega-cd and it's up there case in point popful mail....

It used to be going for about 50-60 (roughly the price of a new release game). Has it gone up that much?

Can hit $80.00 to $100.00 on evilbay.