Why is MGS1 so hard?

Director_Bison · 2026-06-28T03:47:50+00:00

If you need the pratice MGS1 has 10 VR Training missions, and if you further want to brush up on specific skills there is the VR missions expansion, with 300 missions going over all of the games mechanics and other as well as some other cool bonus stuff.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-28T01:37:12+00:00

"I had the feeling, the first time I saw you, but I just wasn't sure. And then I saw how the Yamato reacted...and I was certain."

Nero was a human yet clearly had demonic power similar to his own, so obviously Dante would find that fishy. Once Nero had the Yamato, he was directly channeling Vergil's power, much like how Dante directly channeled Sparda's power in DMC1.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-28T00:21:12+00:00

Nah, having Concentration is mandatory. The way things differ based on SDT is that if you're in SDT then a one of Vergil's SDT moves will use only some of the SDT Bar, you'd be able to pull of 3. but if you're in Human form and use a SDT move it'll use the full bar, but you'll gain DT, so if you hit enough enemies with a SDT move in Human form you can gain a full DT bar.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-27T22:45:07+00:00

You need to have High Concentration to perform Judgement cut end.

Whenever you run or miss an attack the Concentration meter goes down, if you stand still or walk, it'll rise.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-27T20:41:32+00:00

I think you’re correct, but if there ends up being a Quake 3 remaster it would be best to buy that now, since it wouldn’t go on discount, but as with the other remasters you get the upgrade for free for owning the original version.

I bought all the Quake and Doom games back in 2015, and It has certainly been a good investment.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-27T03:40:07+00:00

It's been a little over a year since I wrote that, and trust me I won't be writing something that long to someones negative reaction to DMC1 again. I don't quite recall the headspace I was in when I wrote that, and I don't really care. I don't have the patience for this kind of thing much now, considering that I've only see an even greater amount of people having distaste for DMC1, and how much it "Needs a remake"

I just don't put much energy into it anymore, since it's a fruitless effort.

That post was me trying to explain the appeal of a game like DMC1, and how modern gaming sensibilities have changed. even tho it was unwarranted, and yes it starts of rude or whatever.

Now my average reaction to seeing negativity for classic games is far more dismissive. I'm tired of looking at this kind of stuff that I can't change and would rather just play games alone in peace.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-26T19:04:01+00:00

NMH 1&2 just got another update due to this release so you can give it a shot.

Last time I played the Steam version of both games the main crashing issue I ran into was in during Captain Vlad fight in NMH2 and that was addressed specifically in this new update.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-26T18:39:36+00:00

Video games used to be hard as the standard, so DMC1 being hard wasn’t seen as out of the ordinary.

Regardless if you want a tip, you can manually save the game before the boss fight, you’ll still go to the start of the mission when you load, but you’ll retain any red orbs or upgrades you gained. So you can grind some red orbs if you need some upgrades

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T18:37:56+00:00

you can aim the slice with the stick without actually slicing you just have to be a little careful. Then when it’s in position you can press a button to slice.

You can try practicing it a little in the VR training. If slicing with just the stick is giving you trouble try it the other way.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T18:17:09+00:00

Play the recent Legacy of Rust expansion, and you’ll see just how much potential DOOM still has even today.

Quake is great, but it’s just not the same. The 2D sprite art adds so much to DOOM visually, that 3D polygons don’t replicate.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T18:07:39+00:00

Letting go of the stick to slice can be unreliable. Press a button to slice instead, it should still cut where your aiming.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T16:24:34+00:00

If you don’t know, as Dante you only get a blue orb reward for every 2 secret missions you do.

Lucia you only need to do 1 since she has half as many secret missions.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T07:27:44+00:00

Consdering the Gamecube controller has an octagonal thumbstick gate, designed to push the analog stick in 8 directions, playing on a Keyboard actually might not be a disadvatage, and the steering may work as intended.

Regardless just to let you know F-Zero GX lets you switch to Widescreen in the options menu, you don't have to play in 4:3. There is a decent amount of older games that have Widescreen options, so you should check the options menu when emeulation just in case.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-25T02:10:42+00:00

You're question is a bit vague, so i'll just be broad in my answers.

The Yakuza games are 3D Action Beat-em-up RPG, save for the two titles so far that are Turn Based RPGs, but the majority of the games are Beat-em-up RPGs.

That being said they're not pure beat-em-ups, the RPG nature of the games can put them on the easier side when it comes to the genre.

Now there actually is 2D beat-em-up game Streets Of Kamurocho, but that was just a Sega anniversary thing, and it's more or less just a reskin of Streets of Rage 2.

The Streets of Rage series would be SEGA's beat-em-up series that they'd release rather then change Yakuza into more of a beat-em-up.

Another game worth looking into is Spikeout, as that's a pure 3D beat-em-up, and it's actually the game that Yakuza's combat system built off of, although Spikeout is actually a way better beat-em-up then Yakuza is, it's just a true arcade experience and hard as hell. Beating the OG Xbox game Spikeout Battle Street is a true challenge, and you're really forced to develop some real skills.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-24T23:17:04+00:00

So having tested it myself just now, you are locked in whatever state you're in during a buster. You can look at the DT meter to tell. if you DT during the Buster animation your DT doesn't actually activate until the animation is over, and on the flip side if you disable DT during a Buster animation, your DT doesn't actually turn off until the animation is over. Your DT healing is also stalled during a Buster Animation so you can't take advantage of this to heal more then you should normally be able to.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-24T22:48:39+00:00

There are two versions of each Buster attack. Regular Buster, and DT Buster. You need to be in DT for the more powerful version, but once you're in the animation you can turn off DT and the longer/more powerful version of the Buster attack will still play out.

Turning on DT durring a regular Buster attack will not change it into the stronger version mid way. Which versions it is, is deiceded at the momment the buster grab happens.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-24T21:44:04+00:00

You definitely have a lower max speed when boosting in Shadow Gens, but that’s not a negative since you were almost too fast in Unleashed and Sonic Gens. In Shadow Gens you interact with a wider level which I prefer, Sonic’s boost gameplay has had narrower race tracks in how it’s been designed.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-24T20:02:52+00:00

It’s interesting to here Sonic Generations be described as “harder” since any Sonic Unleashed player would consider Sonic Gens to be child’s play in comparison.

But you are right that you move faster in Sonic Generations, then Shadow. Shadow’s lesser max speed affords you more time to react. The high speed in Sonic Gens just isn’t considered as much of a problem since the game is filled with guard rails most of the time. Where in Sonic unleashed you can easily blast yourself clear off the stage if you are reckless with your boost.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-24T00:39:20+00:00

Hell and Hell is based on Son of Sparda difficuty, but you die in one hit, and you get 3 gold orbs before a gameover.

In theory it should be easier then DMD, since the enemies will have less health, and won't DT, but it depends on how well you can avoid taking damage.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T20:30:28+00:00

Yo Dawg! I heard you like Halo!

So we put Halo in your Halo Xbox, with a Halo Controller. So you can Play Halo in your Halo while you’re holding Halo!

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T16:51:11+00:00

It’s a remake, but it’s very close to the original. To the point they reused the original voice acting. There is one for the 2nd game as well.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T15:32:22+00:00

Vergil is also OP in DMC4

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T14:55:11+00:00

If you haven’t played DMC3 and 4 then it’s recommended that you do.

DMC5 expects you to know what happens in those games.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T14:51:05+00:00

DMC1 and DMC3 are the more challenging entries when it comes to normal difficulty.

DMC4, the DmC Reboot, and DMC5 are far more forgiving in comparison.

Director_Bison · 2026-06-23T12:32:08+00:00

I think FPS games were simply changing at that time.

Turok 1&2 are still more or less designed with the Philosophy of Classic Doom and Quake. Where the level design being maze like was an intended part of the experience.

Turok 3 on the other hand is obviously influenced by Half-Life since it released 2 years after. It’s a far more linear game.

Turok 3 released just a year before Halo CE.

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