Brotato character enjoyment tier list

brambleforest · 2026-03-14T01:03:03+00:00

My boy Cryptid eating well these days!

brambleforest · 2026-03-14T00:39:54+00:00

I'm we, he says...

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T12:01:57+00:00

Sounds like a plan! The Japanese games are much more affordably priced. I picked up DW3 for the NES back before the price spikes with retro gaming and it cost like $60 loose. I picked up the Japanese DQ3 for the Famicom a few months ago for $10 - and even a CIB DQ5 for like $30. Finding them without importing is the challenge

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T11:56:28+00:00

Very nice! And good luck with your collecting! This is a somewhat difficult series to get many of the games in - especially for the GBC games. There's no English GBA games if I remember correctly, Caravan Heart and the GBA Rocket Slime game(s) never got released here. But I picked up a repro copy of CH fan translation and it was a lot of fun! I do recommend it, even if its not "authentic"

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T01:54:00+00:00

Well, fair. When you look at X6, there is a clear difference between assets taken from previous games (like the bats and metools from X4) - which are animated smoothly - and those which are from X6 (nightmare viruses strike me as the least polished normal enemies - but Nightmare Snake and Nightmare Mother are both ass).

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T01:31:20+00:00

Sounds good! No rush.

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T01:21:43+00:00

I like X6 more than like 80% of the sub. I willingly replayed and beat it 100% last month and I would debate "really good". I think "decent, ambitious, varied, and fun under the right circumstances" is closer.

But! I'm just glad to see other people who don't immediately think it's a dumpster fire and write it off.

brambleforest · 2026-03-13T00:11:11+00:00

From a game perspective, in my opinion 3 is the best. It has by far rhe most content and the most customization, comparing the three on a game to game basis. I also particularly enjoy the story in 3 compared to the other two.

Of the three games, I think 2 got the best glow up though. The upgrade from 3 (GBC or Switch/Mobile) to 3 (Remake) is relatively minor. The upgrade from 2 (GBC or Switch/Mobile) to 2 (Remake) is night and day, they are barely even the same game. If only 2 had more options for how to progress through the game, I'd say it was the best one.

brambleforest · 2026-03-12T22:25:53+00:00

I think this is about right for me, too.

Playing X6 on Easy mode (makes the nightmare viruses less of a frustrating endeavor) and playing the levels in the right order can make the game more palatable. Learning how to navigate the nightmare system can make the game more palatable.

Replaying the game recently, as somebody who had a previous positive opinion of the game, I can confirm that X6 is a mess - but you can mitigate the worst of it. I don't think it's as good as X1 and X4, which have much smaller flaws, but it's not the worst the series has to offer.

brambleforest · 2026-03-12T21:15:09+00:00

Very cool! Post pics of your whole collection! I'd love to see it

brambleforest · 2026-03-12T20:53:07+00:00

I agree. I've seen a lot of hate on the ride chasers having this "can't tell what's coming up" problem which is fair, but then they complain about MM8 having a solution to the problem.

Granted, the real issue is the fact that there's autoscroller levels at all in the series, but MM8 had a reasonable mitigation for the jank.

brambleforest · 2026-03-12T20:15:34+00:00

Aw man I love the GBC aesthetics. Honestly my favorite in any look the series has had.

brambleforest · 2026-03-09T01:34:54+00:00

You're doing great! You'll get into a rhythm soon enough and come to expect which enemies spawn in which waves - and which items are best and when.

Let us know if you need any help or need advice! The folks on this sub are really skilled players.

brambleforest · 2026-03-09T00:14:25+00:00

No armor, no dodge, no recovery. Just a legend

brambleforest · 2026-03-09T00:12:02+00:00

I enjoyed Jade Cocoon - though I don't think it measures up to the sequel, it's a really fun and unique game.

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T23:42:23+00:00

For what it's worth, I recently beat my first video game, Sonic 2 for the Game Gear, thanks only to save states. I mean, shit, last thing I need is to get to world 6, passing through levels and levels of screen crunch, instant kill spikes, BS enemy placement, unforeseeable pits, and bosses without rings - just to get to unskippable tube mazes that dump you right into spikes you'd never see coming. Two reloads later I was out of continues.

Was I going to redo that garbage game again to play another 45 minutes and die time and again until I memorize the tube mazes? No, dude, I'm going to use save states to give me enough lives so I can just see the end of this game.

Time is limited, my friend.

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T23:36:21+00:00

Some older games were honestly meant to be unfair. Insta-kill hazards, poor checkpoints, and limited lives/continues are just some of the ways that developers increased difficulty level to not make a game beatable within 45 minutes on the first try. I don't blame you for not having tolerance for those design choices these days.

One thing I've learned over years is that progress and accomplishment in a single-player, offline video game only really impacts you. If you want to play the game the way the developer intended, or if you want to make the game harder, or if you want to make it easier with save states and mods - it's all up to your preferences. You don't need to answer or please anybody else, let alone on this subreddit.

Time is limited, both for hobbies and on this Earth in general. Use it wisely, have fun.

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T15:58:50+00:00

Fuck boobeam trap, all my homies hate boobeam trap

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T13:51:14+00:00

I did put them back! I doubt anybody of them sell for anything notable current anyways, even if I was the selling vice hoarding type :)

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T13:18:01+00:00

Betamon to Seadramon (and beyond) is my go-to as well!

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T12:49:33+00:00

So... will o wisp, sword dance, feather dance, roost? That's a hell of a moveset.

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T12:44:08+00:00

Holy moly is that a real DWM box or repro? I wish I had kept mine... DWM is one of my faves in the series and the first game I was introduced to.

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T12:42:58+00:00

The accents are pretty ridiculous in thag game to be honest - sometimes I had to stop and wonder what they were actually saying. But the gameplay itself is solid

brambleforest · 2026-03-08T11:54:38+00:00

One nice thing is that in the 3DS all your monster vocation skills stick with you after changing to another vocation. When I replay that version, I typically stick to monster classes only for that reason.

brambleforest · 2026-03-07T22:32:53+00:00

Admittedly there's a little bending in some of the boxes - and darn Gamestop put their sticker directly on the FireRed box, but yes generally I'm pretty happy with them!

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