Why do people hate Virtual Hydlide for Sega Saturn?

[Kitsunexus]

Everybody seems to , but I think it looks awesome!

Check this video for evidence:

In this game, we have:

[ul][li]Awesome use of sprites and scaling![/li][li]Totally generic fantasy world, which may turn off some but I love generic fantasy worlds![/li][li]Despite it being totally generic, YOU GET TO FIGHT TREES! f*ckING TREES!  [/li][li]Third person hack and slash, making it pretty much like Zelda.[/li][li]The soundtrack samples, if my ears don't fail me, were provided by an E-MU Proteus/2 orchestral synth module (or technically the Emulator III orchestra library). [/li][li]SCORE! How many RPGs, let alone GAMES these days have a score counter?[/li][/ul]
And in the other video, we see that this game has SLIMES! SLIMES! So yeah, VH's framerate may suck, but if you don't want this game, I will gladly buy it from you. I DIG THIS GAME.


EDIT: APPARENTLY THIS GAME HAS A RANDOM LEVEL GENERATOR! I have never played this game before, but it is my duty to give it a 10/10.

Crossing my fingers for a PSP port, with no enhancements.

[guyjin]

if they had upped the main character's resolution a bit, or had made some decent animation rather than a series of blurry photos, it might not be so damn ugly.

[Kitsunexus]

if they had upped the main character's resolution a bit, or had made some decent animation rather than a series of blurry photos, it might not be so damn ugly.

I don't think it's ugly. I like the way it looks. ^_^

[WoodyXP]

I got suckered into buying this game for the same reasons.  It looked like a great game.. especially back
in the day.  I wanted to throw up after playing it for an hour.  And when I say "playing" what I really
mean is forcing myself to hang in there.

Buy the game.. it's cheap.  You'll see.

[Michael Helgeson]

Yea it simply wasn't fun.Even the most die hard Saturn collectors will admit this was a failure. I had it and just couldn't enjoy it. Too many problems made it cumbersome and not enjoyable.

[SignOfZeta]

It looked like shit to me at the time...and it looked like shit when I actually got to play it. I guess if you like tedious ugly garbage like King's Field you might like it, but as far as launch/near launch titles go I was much more impressed with Blue Seed, Shin Shinobi-den, and Panzer, and now that the entire Saturn library is out, I'd say there are several dozen RPGs that are better.

[Michael Helgeson]

Shin Shinobi-den is still awesome even now. The amount of crisp sprites and details keep it being top notch,as well as the over all attack selection. Im glad I own this one for sure. I never get tired of it. Easily the best of the Shinobi titles.

[Kitsunexus]

I still have to have this game, even if it's crappy.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Allright time to Chime in!

Kits don't listen to these heathens,  The game is actually pretty cool!

I played the hell out of it when it first came out, as I am a HUGE fan of the NES Hydlide game.  I still own the game today, and still pick it up once and every again to play it. 

Nintendo totally stole MANY MANY ideas from this classic to make Zelda Ocarina for the N64!!!!


Get it, its not that bad, and HELL you can even have FUN with it!!

[ParanoiaDragon]

I think this is a better video for showcasing the game:

[rolins]

Never played it. I've steered clear from it b/c of the reviews said it was garbage bin game. Though I'm thinking playing it for once, but not until I finish Hydlide 3.

[Kitsunexus]

I think this is a better video for showcasing the game:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U4bWt9oc0S4

Uhhh, that's linked in the first post, as the VERY first link in fact (Protip: Clicking on blue words sometimes opens up new browser windows!), also I linked it on the Youtube page.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Bah, I never bothered to watch a video that you said ragged on it.  I didn't think the Benny Hill one was ragging when I saw it, just thought it was funny.  My bad.

[Kitsunexus]

Bah, I never bothered to watch a video that you said ragged on it.  I didn't think the Benny Hill one was ragging when I saw it, just thought it was funny.  My bad.

It's all good man. I think everything is ragging on it though, I'm like the only one defending it. I'm off to find an ISO, and if it's as good as I think, a real disc.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I used to have it, I wanted to like it, but, just couldn't get into it.  I think the main thing graphically that puts me off is the main character, it just looks like some western made 3DO game with him, like that Vituoso game http://fz1-3do.blog.co.uk/?tag=virtuoso