Gate of Thunder Vs Winds/Lords of thunder - which game is better?

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The two mighty games go head to head, clash of the titans!!
Gate of Thunder Vs Winds/Lords of thunder which game is better?

My vote goes to W/LOT as it's my favorite game of all time on any system.
I'm not saying GOT is not a good game but W/LOT is simply perfect, the music is sublime, the game play is finely tuned to absolute perfection and the graphics are gorgeous! 

[awack]

My vote goes to W/LOT as it's my favorite game of all time on any system.

Hell yeah, a master piece in my opinion, it has better game play, graphics and sound...its better optimized with 2 load times per level versus 1 for GOT, of course GOT is still way ahead of cart and hucard games, the best pce, snes and genesis cartridge games have around 400 to 500 sprite frames, 10 to 16 Background variation, smaller sprites and less sound fx, GOT  in comparison has 787 sprite frames and 34 to 37 back ground variations.

Only a hand full of games are optimized( more than one load time per level, WOT and rondo for the super cd and for the pitiful half a meg cd rom2 theres Macross 2036...it has pretty good animation, large bosses, and awesome sound fx thanks to the half a meg of memory dedicated to adpcm.

[nodtveidt]

Winds/Lords Of Thunder is more unique but Gate Of Thunder has more solid gameplay. Both are masterpieces but I think Gate has a slight advantage.

[esteban]

Gate of Thunder is the better (if more generic-looking) horizontal shoot-em-up.

Lords of Thunder has amazing aesthetic qualities, but is too easy. Don't get me wrong, LoT is a quality game, but connoisseurs of the genre will admit that GoT offers more.

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Lords of Thunder has amazing aesthetic qualities, but is too easy.

Personally I found it the reverse, I thought the challenge of W/LOT was perfect but I found GOT a little to short and easy.

[esteban]

Lords of Thunder has amazing aesthetic qualities, but is too easy.

Personally I found it the reverse, I thought the challenge of W/LOT was perfect but I found GOT a little to short and easy.

Ha! I should play them back to back for the ULTIMATE CRITIQUE.

Knowing the history of these forums, a majority of folks will go with Lords of Thunder as the better game...Gate of Thunder hasn't received a tenth of the attention/discussion time than Lords (IMHO).

[Tatsujin]

I HATE YOU OTAKU 

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I HATE YOU OTAKU 

you love me really Iron Man 

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Knowing the history of these forums, a majority of folks will go with Lords of Thunder as the better game.

My guess it will will be a close battle, seems like there's a lot of GOT fans too.   

[TheClash603]

Gate is tighter in my opinion.  I prefer the size of the character sprites and I think the level design is more interesting and just more "my style."

Both are obviously great games.

[ccovell]

Both are intense, have great variety, and are fantastic in their own ways.  I can't decide.

[Sadler]

Lords/Winds for sure. Better graphics, better theme, better configuration, better everything.

[Tatsujin]

ok, gave my vote to GoToBeY!!

In the end it is more my taste of game (and especially musics), and it was one of my first SCD experience too. I always fell that it plays better and more precise than WoT and it is one of my rare "perfectest game" in my book of video games. But WoT really is just one iota behind that.

Anyway, two trully master pieces that showed the 16-bit age who's boss on the shewty throne!!

[DragonmasterDan]

I think Gate is a slightly better game that's as mentioned way more traditional and is a better game for fans of shooters.

I think Lords is a game that takes a lot more risks, swings and misses in spots but is potentially a game with a wider appeal due to things like the power-up system, the store, the level select at the start among other things. I think it's a somewhat friendlier game.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I love both, but Lords for the win!  Personally, for someone of my limited skills, I find Lords to be perfect in it's difficulty, with Gate being too hard.  IIRC, I was able to make it to the last level in Gate, but never could beat it.  Finally years later I gave in & used save states to beat it.