Jurassic Park: TLW OR Mr. Bones OR Shinobi X?

[sych]

Doing battle are 3 of the most off beat and hip Saturn platformers. Which will it be? Pick one and comment below.

JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD



MR. BONES



SHINOBI X

[captainkael]

Every poll you have made this week is hurting my soul to choose between games.

Haven't played Mr Bones (though I plan to one day). And totally think Shinobi X is a better game technically than Jurassic Park.

But gotta vote for Jurassic Park: TLW. One of my first games on the Saturn and one of my favs. You get to be a T-Rex. Childhood dreams fulfilled. Autovote!

[Sonnington]

No contest. Mr. Bones wins hands down. The variety of the game modes, the pacing, the beautiful, beautiful 2d graphics with the 3d Mr. Bones. The game has it all. Holy smokes I almost forgot the blues music. It's easily one of my favorite Saturn titles of all time.

[The Elite MYT]

Mr Bones is a great inventive game, although each level tends to be hit or miss. The difficulty is also made frustrating by the lack of a continue option.

Shinobi X is just awesome though. The game. The cutscenes. Everything. No competition.

[pocketpocket]

Mr Bones is the only one I've played out of the lot. In my opinion it's the best out of the Saturn-exclusive platformers I've played. It's still not perfect, but it's pretty good for sure. I actually think the game's a bit worse when you judge it as a platformer since it tends to shift genres level by level a lot and the core platforming gameplay there is simplistic at best and clunky at worst. Mr Bones biggest strength is it's variety, quirky personality, often surreal and psychedelic style and sense of humour. Definitely worth at least one playthrough just to experience it's unique style, but I find it's not super replayable since a big part of the fun during your first playthrough is how unpredictable the game is.

[Anthaemia.]

Shinobi X gets my vote, and I feel the PAL version especially deserves a mention for its amazing soundtrack, which can only be described as Richard Jacques doing his best to emulate Yuzo Koshiro...

[tempest]

Jurassic Park was an awkward, clunky game to me.

Mr Bones is the only game here I put a significant amount of time into. When a particular level worked, it was awesome. But there were probably more levels that I just didn't get. And some of them were really hard.

Shinobi X is the most traditional game in the list. Not perfect but an enjoyable game nonetheless.

[sych]

As much as I love Shinobi X there are some super insane next to impossible levels that seriously frustrate me. The game itself is quite beautifully made but to appreciate all of it I had to resort to AR codes. Such a great game but just too hard for my liking. Save points in this game would have made the experience soo much better imo.

As for Jurassic Park: TLW. This is one game I just don't get. Everyone has one of those games on the Saturn and mine is this. I know this game has a huge cult following which to me is even more bizzare. Not that it's a bad game but to me I could never extract the enjoyment from it that I needed. To me it's very "meh"

Finally onto Mr. Bones. This will ahve to be my clear winner. What's interesting about this poll is that all 3 games are full of variety but Mr. Bones really took the date in that department. It just fells so super cool to play. Some levels I enjoyed more than I should have and the good thing is I can replay them thanks to the Level Select mode. Some really quirky a FMV sections and some cool stages. I never thought I'd be rocking out on a guitar as a Skeleton to a crowd of Skeleton masses. Fun times. So Mr. Bones gets my vote.

[linkt101]

Mr Bones is the clear winner here. Has the best FMV from the 32-bit era. Games can be a bit hit or miss, but there is a few good ones.

[captainkael]

May 31, 2017 19:14:51 GMT sych said:

As for Jurassic Park: TLW. This is one game I just don't get. Everyone has one of those games on the Saturn and mine is this. I know this game has a huge cult following which to me is even more bizzare. Not that it's a bad game but to me I could never extract the enjoyment from it that I needed. To me it's very "meh"

You mean their are people other than me who like this game? I'm a huge fan of this one, but I am the first to admit the Saturn controls, especially on the human levels with the grappling hook are clunky as hell.

[sych]

You're not the only one that loves Jurassic Park, believe me. I remember one time there was a thread about games that belonged on the scrap heat. I listed Hardcore 4 x 4, Die Hard Trilogy and Jurassic Park. The amount of abuse I got, I'm shaking now just reliving it. Lol. It has many supporters. I got abuse for Die Hard Trilogy as well but not on the level as Jurassic Park. It has a little cult following.

[Sonnington]

Jun 1, 2017 21:58:03 GMT sych said:

You're not the only one that loves Jurassic Park, believe me. I remember one time there was a thread about games that belonged on the scrap heat. I listed Hardcore 4 x 4, Die Hard Trilogy and Jurassic Park. The amount of abuse I got, I'm shaking now just reliving it. Lol. It has many supporters. I got abuse for Die Hard Trilogy as well but not on the level as Jurassic Park. It has a little cult following.

Yeah, people are overly sensitive about hearing their beloved games get trashed. I love me some Dark Savior, but I fully expect people to trash it. It's definitely flawed. Similarly I thought Shinobi wasn't great. I loved the graphics and I really wanted to like it, but the levels felt kinda bland and short. When it got difficult it got -way- too difficult and not in a fun way. It felt kinda rushed overall. I'm fully expecting the pitchforks to come out.

[bultje112]

jurrassic park (sega cd/3do) is very good imo. the lost world is less so.

[xDerekRx]

Im a Jurassic Park freak. Saw the first movie when I was around 8 years old when it was released. Been one of my Top 5 films of all time.

As far as the games go they are hit or miss.

JP Trespasser for PC is my favorite. It gets a bad rap for being unfinished but very immersive.

Operation Genesis for PC/Xbox/PS2 is a definite #2. Just amazing to be able to build and run your own dino park. The only downfall is that Konami simply didn't beef the game up enough.

Lost World for Genesis is probably my #3. Was amazing to play a 3/4th overhead JP game and drive vehicles!

The 3DO/Sega CD one is actually great too, love point and clicks so this was always up my alley.

[xDerekRx]

Getting back to this poll, definitely the most awkward combo yet Id say Sych.



I want to say this about Jurassic Park Lost World though.



I remember seeing a perfect 5/5 review for it in Gamepro for PS1 then a poor review for the Saturn version months later. Truth is they are basically the same. Not sure if the first reviewer was just caught up in the movie hype.


But the 3D polygons and graphics I think look pretty nice for the Saturn. The concept of the game was actually very cool. Get to play as all your favorite dinos! Its flaw might have only been how ambitious it was in design going between all of the different style and levels.

The controls are a bit sluggish as many people have pointed out. But Ive always wanted to really give this game a good solid play. Ive played it a fair amount but as a JP fan there is too much to like to just pass it off.

Its a tough poll for JP, glad someone picked it lol but to me Shinobi Legions is tough to pass up. One of the better releases on the console.

SYCH I was thinking of another poll idea. I wonder if Contra vs. Loaded vs. maybe Mass Destruction would be similar? Im trying to think of other games like Contra or Loaded...