[Classic] Under-Appreciated SNES Games

Originally Posted by Encephalon

WeaponLord. Fucking hell that game was WAY ahead of its time compared to the games that were being made back then. Things that are now common place in fighting titles today like story modes for each character, parrying, weapon clashes and weapon breaking (which, come to think of it, I don't think any other game since then has actually done) were first done in WeaponLord. Its art design and character paintings were fucking spectacular and I was always in awe of its meticulously painted backgrounds.

You wanna know the sad part? Nobody played this game. It was criminally ignored and I despise you all for doing so. Now it's hard as shit to find on eBay or anywhere and I wish it was more widely available to everyone so they could play this game because it's very likely that you will never see a fighting game as good as WeaponLord was for a LONG TIME.

Are you fucking serious, Paco? You never in your life played SamSho?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

Of course I did... I did, after all, have a Neo Geo at one point as well and that was one of the three games I had. This thread, however, pertains to Super NES games.

Plus, didn't Samurai Shodown and WeaponLord both come out in 1995?

Samurai Showdown 1 came out in 1993. The only thing it didn't have was parrying (which usually turns out gay anyway). There was a port of SamSho to the SNES anyway, and Weapon Lord is terrible. The things you give it accolades for don't prevent it from being so, and other fighters at the time regardless of platform were doing the things you give it props for.

Just sayin'.

There's nowhere I can't reach.