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I have to say that I now think of the original as a great game


Well, I can't agree with you there; I don't even think it's a good game. I do like the main music theme, though.



I played a few more minutes of NGX, and I have to say that at this point the only reason I'm playing it at all is to finally get through the fucking thing. Another problem with it is that it's just way too long.

I've said before of game challenges that those I like best are those I sensed were even a challenge to design. It's easy to give a boss a hundred hit points; it's hard to place three fairly weak enemies in a clever way so as to make getting past them require some thought.

NGX might not go the "give a boss a hundred hit points" route, but it still does obvious things, like make enemies fast while your character is slow.

God those parts with the piranhas suck so badly. It seems like if they catch you that you have to mash buttons to get them off, and button mashing just always, always sucks.

"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."
-Orwell