Ju O Ki (Altered Beast) Sucks

[Joe Redifer]

Has anyone here played the PS2 version of Altered Beast?

[Tatsujin]

Dear god NO!!!!

[esteban]

Has anyone here played the PS2 version of Altered Beast?

I take it wasn't simply an arcade emulation....

[Tatsujin]

Has anyone here played the PS2 version of Altered Beast?

I take it wasn't simply an arcade emulation....

It was the same as what they did with splatt0rhouse on next gen sys. just even more worse.

[esteban]

CHALLENGE:
http://junk.tg-16.com/audio/Altered_Beast/Track_06.mp3
(the boring cinema narration is not included). Now, compare Red Book to the PSG tunes on the HuCARD.

Is it the same? Or did the Altered Beast CD take tune from arcade? Or did CD take audio from another source? Or is it completely original?

I have never cared enough to find out! YOU MUST HELP ME.

Thank you.

[jeffhlewis]

Here's the arcade version of that song:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vW19g4Zq6is&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvW19g4Zq6is




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[esteban]

Here's the arcade version of that song:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vW19g4Zq6is&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvW19g4Zq6is

They sound pretty darn close to me.

Any differences in recording can be attributed to EQ/mixing on PCE CD, as well as arcade board vs. emulation....

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

[ccovell]

Yeah, the CD track is just the arcade ending with a heavy filter and reverb effect.

[Arkhan]

Definitely not the PCE doing that tune.  The bass and drums give it away.  Those are so obviously FM.

[Mishran]

I've always loved Altered Beast. Dropped alot of quarters into it in the arcade as a kid. Even recently obtained the arcade board for my continued enjoyment. I actually prefer the PCE CD over the Genny due to the closer to arcade look of the sprites. The game gets alot of slack from people, but it will always be A+ in my book. None of the ports I own will likely see any play now that the arcade version is in my possession.

If this was fighting street, I'd tell you haters to go suck it. This isn't fighting street so I shall refrain from doing so.

[nodtveidt]

A shitty port of a shitty game. The only reason people would like it is because of nostalgia. Hell, nostalgia is the only reason I like Turrican... even I can admit that ultimately, it sucks cow pies. Some of these old games, even when compared to other games of their time, SUCK ASS. Altered Beast is one such game.

[Tatsujin]

I think altered beast was a very original game when it came out and had that kind of special charm. only bad thing is it wasn't really that much of a gameplay beast.

[nodtveidt]

True, it had kind of an original premise when it came out... but at the same time, also shows that just because an idea is original, that doesn't mean it's any good. I think it could have been a great game, but it's too slow, clunky, and stiff. I've certainly played worse, but there were games of the day that were way better.

[roflmao]

I played the arcade version of this some while at the Galloping Ghost this weekend and ... yeah, it sucks.  Nostalgia is a bitch.

[Xak]

I remember the Hucard being HELLISHLY hard. Never got to play the CD one, Im sure it had epic cutscenes. It cant be as hard as the GBA reboot though made by some random European developers.