Ha ha! This thread is just utterly indicative of what all internet discourse has become - a ton of negative moaning!
If you don't like the price (or the Switch 2's price, or Mario Kart World's price, or the fact Ridge Racer only has one track, or that RR64 or a PlayStation version is better) - just don't buy it and move on.
Maybe there should be different internets for people of different ages, then those of us that just want to wallow in the nostalgia of our long-past youth and the fact it's 32 years (terrifying!) since this game was originally released can do so...
Christ, all that 'what? only one track' crap above!
I guess that something like the Arcade Archives series isn't for everyone - clearly nostalgia plays a massive part for those of us who are happy to part with their £15 for a title like this.
I just bought it on my original Switch, and it's incredible, everything I could have wanted and more - as it says at the start of the review, you really had to be there to appreciate a title like this, and for 32 years I have been waiting for an official port of the original arcade version to a home system. As with the author of the review, I had those Edge magazines and fully bought into the hype - you have to remember that at the time we only had Super Nintendo's and Mega Drives at home, so texture mapped 3D graphics like this looked hyper-realistic!
Hoping for Ridge Racer 2 (so I can pay another £15 for a rear-view mirror!) and Rave Raver to come along at some point. I would love someone like M2 to port the PlayStation Ridge Racer Revolution onto a System 22 board!
The issue with these Taito Milestones (and they are not alone in this) are since Retro has become ‘popular’ the compilations are significantly worse than ones we got back in PlayStation/PS2 era. Look at Taito Legends 1 & 2 - both were lower priced releases and absolutely stacked with games, yet these Milestones titles have a fraction of those releases and cost more. Add in changes like the Rainbow Islands music, and I’d rather just emulate these (I get this isn’t the politically correct answer!) - mind you I still own those old PS2 and Xbox games, so if you squint I can hate my clear conscience, right?!
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Re: Review: Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer (Switch 2) - Still A Thrill, More Than 30 Years Later
Ha ha! This thread is just utterly indicative of what all internet discourse has become - a ton of negative moaning!
If you don't like the price (or the Switch 2's price, or Mario Kart World's price, or the fact Ridge Racer only has one track, or that RR64 or a PlayStation version is better) - just don't buy it and move on.
Maybe there should be different internets for people of different ages, then those of us that just want to wallow in the nostalgia of our long-past youth and the fact it's 32 years (terrifying!) since this game was originally released can do so...
Re: Review: Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer (Switch 2) - Still A Thrill, More Than 30 Years Later
Christ, all that 'what? only one track' crap above!
I guess that something like the Arcade Archives series isn't for everyone - clearly nostalgia plays a massive part for those of us who are happy to part with their £15 for a title like this.
I just bought it on my original Switch, and it's incredible, everything I could have wanted and more - as it says at the start of the review, you really had to be there to appreciate a title like this, and for 32 years I have been waiting for an official port of the original arcade version to a home system. As with the author of the review, I had those Edge magazines and fully bought into the hype - you have to remember that at the time we only had Super Nintendo's and Mega Drives at home, so texture mapped 3D graphics like this looked hyper-realistic!
Hoping for Ridge Racer 2 (so I can pay another £15 for a rear-view mirror!) and Rave Raver to come along at some point. I would love someone like M2 to port the PlayStation Ridge Racer Revolution onto a System 22 board!
Re: Mini Review: Taito Milestones 3 (Switch) - Third Time's A Charm
The issue with these Taito Milestones (and they are not alone in this) are since Retro has become ‘popular’ the compilations are significantly worse than ones we got back in PlayStation/PS2 era. Look at Taito Legends 1 & 2 - both were lower priced releases and absolutely stacked with games, yet these Milestones titles have a fraction of those releases and cost more. Add in changes like the Rainbow Islands music, and I’d rather just emulate these (I get this isn’t the politically correct answer!) - mind you I still own those old PS2 and Xbox games, so if you squint I can hate my clear conscience, right?!