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SaturdayMorningRobots

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I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« on: April 04, 2011, 04:55:16 PM »
Today I got in a bunch of games, Among them were Spriggan and Spriggan Mk 2. Now Spriggan is as cool as everybody says (I was already a big fan of Compile's NES shooters) But Mk 2 is the game that is really capturing my interest (after a bumpy start). Why doesn't anyone really seem to like this game?

The gameplay is very original and strategic for a shoot em up, and I've never really played a game like it. Takes a little bit from  Sidearms, and the assault suits series.

At first I was very taken aback by the so called demo mode that kept popping up freezing the game to feed you story (like V Gundam on super famicom) until I figured out I could turn it off then I really got into the gameplay though. I do wonder if that turned off all the cutscenes too?

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 05:08:39 PM »
I like Spriggan Mk 2!
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 09:19:24 PM »
Spriggan (either one) is one of the games that I read about during the mid 90's, and was very highly considered by whatever magazine it was.  Since then, I've always wanted to play it, and it even popped up when I was talking to my girlfriend.  Apparantly a Spriggan is a Cornish goblin of some kind.

But yeah, that's on my list of games to get!

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 01:30:36 AM »
One of my top ten games on the pc engine, i like it a bit more than the original.


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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2011, 02:08:20 AM »
I love the mecha design of this game. The battle ships are enormous and nicely drawn.
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2011, 11:07:32 AM »
Spriggan Mark 2 is an awesome game. I love the progression of the levels and the variety of them. They game isn't hard, but isn't specifically super easy either. But the harder modes are rewarding. Each mode has it's own ending (which might be something as minor as 1 or 2 more pics at the end credits). You have the beat the game on hard to find the real last boss, but that's more for story than anything else.

 I love the strategy of the game too. You start off with a limited number of ammo for each weapon and it's up to you to figure out how you want to waste it through out the stage. I like the button employment of the sub/special weapons too. Since there's already auto fire, single tap (on -off- on again) works great for micro managing the sub weapon stock. Then when you need all out sub weapon auto along with normal weapon, you just flip up the turbo switch. Real PCE/Duo controllers are awesome ;)

 I'd discussion my love for the levels in more detail, but I don't want to spoil anything for you if you haven't gotten that far or beaten the game. Also, love the music in the game. The explosions are also great (love the randomness of how they explode as well as the style/look of the explosions - some of my favorite in the 16bit era). The game is quite unique IMO. While I like the first game, I love the this way more. Scrolls, great explosions, cool bosses and in game sprites (battle ships, mechs, pods, etc), perfect length. A trick if you have the voice intermission enable for the level, if you need to quick skip it - you can pause and go to item select screen, the back out. It'll convert the voiced intermission to button fastfoward voiceless mode. After having beat the game the first few times, I started leaving the voice over in level intermissions on. Just something else to experience once you've seen/experienced the meat of the game.

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 01:17:32 PM »
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The explosions are also great (love the randomness of how they explode as well as the style/look of the explosions


Oh hell yes, i love that, some of it seems like they were going for environmental influences...great particle effects on some of the explosions.

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2011, 04:42:23 PM »
I like the game quite a bit. People pan it for not being as good as the first one, and I can see where they're coming from, but I personally enjoy it a lot.

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2011, 05:09:25 PM »
Seirei Senshi Spriggan vs. Spriggan mk2 is like comparing apples and oranges. Two very different games which barely have more in common than its names.

Personally i like Seirei Senshi Spriggan much more, because it's like an awesome hardcore action packed arcade title.

But Spriggan mk 2 is still great because it is quite different to other shooties. It is well made, has a cracking sound track (compile jam) and it feels like being in a 2D war. The graphx is quite top and the action solid. Some heavy flickers here and there. though. Not so compile like.
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2011, 01:56:58 AM »
If Mk2 had a caravan mode I would probably rate it higher :D

I like both still though. Mk2 is one of the better horizontal shooters.
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2011, 03:35:39 AM »
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You have the beat the game on hard to find the real last boss, but that's more for story than anything else.

Wow! I didn't know that!
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2011, 06:26:46 AM »
Some heavy flickers here and there. though. Not so compile like.

More Naxat like? :)

I love the music too and I love that it has a Sound effect and music playback mode. Very nice!

The cutscenes are really exquisite art wise. I wonder if the mecha designer was a known name... looks a LOT like Mika Akitaka's Nadesico designs from 4 years later.

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2011, 08:12:52 AM »
Still remember I bought this game brand new from Japan Video Games ............:)
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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2011, 11:17:55 AM »
Spriggan Mk 2 is indeed an awesome game for the PCE :)

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Re: I love Spriggan Mk 2!
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2011, 12:47:07 AM »
Can a dev confirm that there is some rotation from time to time in this game (such as robts' arms, etc...)?
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