>tfw you'll never experience Cave Story's story and soundtrack for the first time again
is it nostalgic to you /v/?
I remember tearing up during this part
Yes, it is. It's been nearly 10 years since I played it for the first time and I still replay it occasionally. I kinda wish I could forget it all so I could take it all in for the first time again, the initial blind run was magical and the core room surprise really managed to sucker punch me.
Also am I the only one who thinks Balcony is one of the better songs in the entire game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoigiNs59s8
>>333404876
I agree, such a great song.
I also like the "running hell" music, the stage is painful but god, that music...
>>333403478
>Cave Story's story for the first time
Wow big fucking deal.
>>333403478
That part is one of my favourites.
That OST, the feeling of finally seeing the outside after being underground for the whole game and the feeling of knowing the game mixed with the calm atmosphere the level has made me feel so good.
I've played in it so long ago that if i will start replaying now it will feel almost as if i never experienced it before.
I still need to get the good ending.
>dragon egg zone to sand zone is shit
>garbage zone to hell is amazing
I want to replay but can't do it, maybe someday.
Am I the only person who dislikes this game's soundtrack? It uses some extremely annoying wave patterns. I know he made his own sound format and all, but damn, so many raspy single-cycle waves.
I didn't play it until 2011 so I wouldn't say it's nostalgic.
Anyway, it's a game I enjoy more the more I play it, so I don't mind.
I've never played cave story, is it worth getting the eshop version on 3DS?
>>333409462
That's the definitive version.
Get the standard version with sprite graphics, not the "3D" version with polygonal graphics.
>>333409516
The definitive version is the original freeware version on PC.
>>333409516
Yeah I've heard the 3D version is supposed to be shit, is it just a graphics update or are there any extra features?
I still haven't played Cave Story. Stay jelly, fags.
>>333409789
I think there's some other stuff in there, but not much. Play it if you're anxious for another run of Cave Story with some variety.
>>333409789
There is an extra level, after beating the undead core but before going to hell.
I still haven't beaten hell
>>333409758
>50fps on a 60hz screen
top heh
>>333403478
Jokes on you, I've never fucking played it
>>333403478
It was average at best.
>>333410215
>playing a version of the game that runs 20% faster than intended because they couldn't be assed to pay attention to the most basic of technical details
tip top lmao
Meh, Undertale is better
>>333410385
I personally like both, in light of the vast majority of indies being shit. I think we should both appreciate them for what they are instead of comparing two diamonds in a pile of shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkCbCTfsbpM&nohtml5=False
One of the best songs wasn't even put in.
>>333410385
>>333410587
Fucking retarded to compare the two, they are different genres and have different focus on the story.
Does it still hurt /v/?
It does for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rVa7qgg9Ik&nohtml5=False
>>333410215
>10fps speedup without the appropriate adjustments to the game's physics
lel you're literally not even playing the same game, it controls like absolute dogshit
translation is worse than the original too
honestly haven't cried at a video game like I did with cave story
>>333410740
Yes.
>>333410805
I wouldn't say it controls like dogshit. I think CS and the other ports are good games in and of themselves.
But yeah, the fact that it just literally runs faster is absolutely retarded.
Played it months ago and stopped on Egg Corridor because my controller broke
>>333410385
Fuck off, everyone knows lasagne is superior.
>>333411004
Compared to spaghetti? Yeah, I agree.
>>333410215
>60 hz
Lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8smb_XuiSU
>yfw when 1:09 kicks in
I just love how some of the songs just go beyond amazing when you just expect them to go safe and loop
>>333410215
>He doesn't have a multisync CRT
>>333403478
i used to play this game in the computer lab at my high school, nostalgic doesn't even describe it
i still never played it or even spoiled any of it
jealous?
>>333410954
controls not like a studio pixel game then. kero blaster ran at 60 and it had the same sort of floaty, weighty platforming mechanics as cave story.
kero is overlooked by the way, that game was great. not cave story great, but a solid little game.
>>333410973
RIP
Could play it on keyboard, 4 of the speedrunners of the game play it on keyboard so it could be something you could get used to if you wanted to.
>>333411221
Not really. Have fun anon. You have a great experience ahead.
>>333403478
Never could finish it, very boring.
>>333408459
This. Benefit of having terrible memory. I can re-play games from scratch.
>tfw playing Yakuza 1 again even though I beat it two/three years ago
>tfw it's magical again.
It was a cute game but it was too shallow to make me feel anything really
>>333411242
Well yeah, I agree, it doesn't have the same feel it originally does.
Also, Kero Blaster being at 60fps makes me wonder why Pixel made Cave Story and Ikachan the way he did. It definitely gives them a unique feel, I just wonder why.
>>333409189
That's the old music. The Steam version has an updated version of the soundtrack with 16-bit instrumentation that is vastly superior.
>>333403478
I played it for the first time, in January, although it was the 3DS remake, from the eShop.
>>333410385
>>333411587
Some people are going to go apeshit over this but this is the objective truth. The Wiiware release had a shit remaster but Cave Story+'s remastered soundtrack is just much better than the original.
>>333410740
Maybe someday the pain will fade senpai
>>333411920
Her legs are weird.
>yfw in the (bad) ending when you escape with Kazuma you realize that kasuma fucked a robot in the mountains
>>333409189
>>333411587
>>333411868
Unbelievable.
I love Cave Story even though the furthest I've got out of 3 playthroughs is final cave
Cave Story is pretty good, but the jumping and backtracking are its biggest flaws.
Kero Blaster is betterwith the Zangyou/Updated Omake, anyways. Before that update it was kinda underwhelming.
>>333410385
Have another (you) my dude.
>>333412413
Thanks. At least my shitty bait keeps the thread bumped
>>333403478
First time I played it was the PSP fan port. I sometimes replay it each time on a different platform (3DS, Wii, PC). I still think the PSP was the most ergonomic.
>>333411868
>>333411587
>>333409189
what the fuck
kill yourself faggots
>>333411920
Don't lie to me anon. The pain never leaves. It's what makes us human.
>>333412283
After 3 playthroughs I still don't get the "jumping is a problem" issue that people keep saying
>>333406620
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJeIwf5XJU0
>>333412965
I like Dokuro's cover better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEGdQpYtqUk&nohtml5=False
>>333412098
>>333412539
Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHtWKbR_P-c
Remastered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq7v8CiP09c
New https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLp1616Nl74
There's literally nothing wrong with the remastered version.
>>333412482
The PSP port was really good.
>>333413543
THe Wiiware version sounds soulless in comparison to the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cuLEE5cTvY
>tfw 0:55
>>333403478
I still haven't fucking beaten it. I've played literally every part of it except the ending.
>>333410385
They are completely different genres, it's not fair to compare them.
>>333403821
Fuck, me too
>>333410740
Stop reminding me.
>>333403478
Nope
I am schizophrenic so barely have emotions now.
>>333409789
you do realize that Cave Story 3D and Cave Story on the 3DS eShop aren't the same game, right?
OST POWER RANKING
>BEST TIER
Cave Story OG
>PRETTY GOOD TIER
Cave Story Wii (Post-Patch/EU with the drums fixed)
>KILL YOURSELF, IT'S FUCKING TRASH TIER
"""Remastered"""/3DS version
>LITERALLY BUGGED TIER
Cave Story Wii Pre-Patch
>>333413543
You're right, the remastered version sounds great.
It's just not as good as the original (opinion), and doesn't have the same feeling or even emphasize the same things as the original (fact), which should be its purpose, yeah?
Also the "new" music (the third link) is absolute trash and I can't believe made it into the game.
>>333417304
>actually liking the remastered version over the patched wii version
Neck yourself.
https://youtu.be/0pt8CTKpZBg
https://youtu.be/73-rWN2pQvo
>>333417592
I just meant the Plantation theme.
I agree the "new" version of Balcony is better.
But I will, because I still havnt played it.
As if I'm going to bother with fucking indie games. Everyone always says this one is feels or whatever but I know it's just like how everyone says other indie games are so deep when they're walking simulators with shit tons of crappy poetry.
Shit don't even rhyme
>>333418483
This is probably bait, but people actually like Pixel's games as games, and not for the story.
To be perfectly honest, ther's barely any story in CS at all, and Kero Blaster takes it even further by reducing it to "This frog is a custodian, enemies are dirty, your gun cleans them."
>>333418483
Go back to wherever you came from.
>>333418483
Cave Story's just a simple platformer though. It's not pretending to have some deep meaning or whatever. It's about as humble as a game can get.
>>333413717
Fuck you talking about nigga?? Shit was zoomed out times 10.
I never really knew whether or not to put Cave Story under "Substancial" or not, because I can't really tell the difference between it and a lot of other modern indie games. I feel like it's the "Velvet Underground & Nico" of videogames.
>>333419115
It was adjusted from 240p to 272p. That's not much of a difference. And it meant the game remained sharp rather than blurry and scaled.
>>333417259
what about the dsi version?
>>333417010
Yes, I was just wondering if the 3D version was worth getting over the standard version thats on the eshop
>>333419179
I don't know what you mean by that example, but I can see what you mean.
CS's main issue is that it sparked a lot of clones once it hit the big time. I'd say put Kero Blaster on there instead, because that game is honestly worth playing through 3 times for Normal, Zangyou, and Omake.
>>333419332
Exact same as the PC version but the inventory is on the bottom screen along with the map.
>>333419358
No, god no. Get the one with the original graphics pretty please and thank you. And make sure to set the soundtrack to Original.
>>333419179
Christ, what a faggot
>>333419396
Veltvet Underground & Nico basically defined Rock in the 1960's. It's a great album.
HUZZAH!
Ending was kind of shitty though. It's like it was left open for a sequel that never came.
>>333403478
Running hell isn't that hard
>>333418483
you'll fit in just fine.
>>333404876
>>333406620
People praise metroid for its atmosphere but in my opinion cave story tops it with the way it implements everything from the music,scenery,and lore. It'd be great if pixel made a prequel or sequel to the game,I wouldn't even mind waiting 10 years but I know it wouldn't live up to expectations and I'd probably lose all faith in vidya if it became a shitty kick starter funded game. A lot of Indie devs these days have become pretentious pricks who think they deserve everything
>>333419179
You can't tell the difference for two reasons
1. You're a pleb who only analyzes games in a very surface-level fashion
and
2. Cave Story was influential enough that almost all indie pixelshit platformers are trying to be like it
Cave is substantial because of the culmination of its subtler details that put it leagues above most of the games that have tried to follow in its footsteps.
>>333420539
>You're a pleb who only analyzes games in a very surface-level fashion.
Oh, I am, that's why I was able to come to the conclusion that the first half of Cave Story was repetitive garbage that became god-tier by Jenka's Labyrinth.
Did you know that the woman named Jenka had a younger brother? His name was Ballos.
I actually just replayed Cave Story, through Cave Story+, like a week ago. I hadn't played the game for I guess almost 6 or 7 years. I thought that when you do Hell, there was a timer? It wasn't timed when I did it.
>>333421437
The timer exists in the original version as well, you have to enter a semi-hidden room and open the loot chest in order to activate it. Does CS+ have it on by default? I haven't played it
>>333419179
Protip: Eye is not actually a good game.
The level design sucks major dick, and in a game like that it's an unforgivable flaw.
>>333421735
>You gain Brouzouf
>listened to /v/ and tried out Undertale
>listened to /v/ and tried out Stardew Valley
Nah, sorry, not doing it. You guys have shit taste. I'm not listening to one more indie game suggestion of yours.
>>333421891
Both of those are tryhard nouveaux indie games.
Cave Story is legit.
>>333421891
Cave Story is like the OG indie game though, music's good, gameplay is pretty floaty but it's a good kind of floaty, and the pixel art was extremely impressive for a one-man team in 2004. You'd like it if you like Metroid-style shooting and platforming (it isn't a metroidvania though)
>>333421437
>bought cavestory+
>play on hard mode
>get to final cave
>dont touch game again
normal was too easy but the 3 heart thing was fucking insane. i feel like a pussy and cant even open the game anymore
>>333422279
>Game is balanced around normal
>Plays hard
k
>>333404876
>Also am I the only one who thinks Balcony is one of the better songs in the entire game?
Balcony is great, but Moonsong will always be at the top
>>333421891
CaveStory it's THE game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6BTTltmgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaJoP_1MTYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYydrmTkbEE
>>333421891
Undertale has many similarities to CS in both story and progression, even the name is sort of a play on Cave Story.
>>333418483
>Cave Story
>walking simulator
>>333411920
What was Arthur like?
>>333422392
i didnt know hard mode was a 3 heart run when i started. the original game was pretty easy up until the last cave/hell
>>333422279
Don't feel bad dude, the game was not really intended to be played on ""hard"" (which is literally gimping yourself for the sake of "challenge")
>>333421628
What I'm saying is that I remember it being timed in the original, but it wasn't timed in +.
But I guess I didn't pick up the timer wherever it was.
>>333410385
>ITT: lereddittumblerfag neckbeard hipsters
>muh goat th-thimulator
Reminder that Cave Story Plus is cancer
TFWcurly dies and this plays throughout the next zone.
https://youtu.be/-5WyKoUVWQc
>>333421891
>not trying out a labor of love that based Pixel made for free
>>333421891
Cave story is an indie game before the term 'indie' existed.
It released back in 2004, it's made all by a japanese guy and the original version was fucking free.
He worked on the game for FIVE years and then it released it for FREE.
>>333413543
the carefully-constructed harmonies of the original have been removed or destroyed in the remasters, and even the most energetic themes (like the title them) are now slow, plodding, and thinly-instrumented.
the newer ones are a little better but it still sounds like it was made by a teenager using the default synths that come with FL studio. zero thought has gone into the instrumentation. i could make a better re-arrangement in about 30 minutes
>>333403478I didn't find the game very interesting or enjoyable until the last few areas. Nothing hooked me in and the bosses weren't interesting until the final stretchThe desert place is the most unfun part and it made me put the game away for monthsSacred Grounds redeems the whole game just for presentation, I'm not even a speedrunner
>>333421891
I don't like indieshit. I hate Undertale. I love Cave Story.
>>333421891
Ok, thanks for letting us know you won't play a particular game, person we don't know.
>>333422279
Same thing happened to me, but I stopped at the medicine boss. Ragequit and played through on easy, then normal multiple times.Was barely a difference between easy and normal desu. Don't think I'll ever go for a hard run.
Reminder that Cave Story is the best indie game ever made and all the, "remastered," soundtracks are vastly inferior to the original's.
>>333422279
If you feel bad, try the final bosses, I spent a whole year to beat them.
I saved then in the house. I have the requeriments for the good ending. But I'm not doing hell in hard mode.
>A black wind blows through your body
>>333423340
Reminder that the Aeon Genesis translation is superior to the "remake" translation
>>333423427
absolutely 100% correct
Who /bestgirl/ here?
>>333423427
>>333423340
the remasters also introduce a bunch of bugs not present in the original
>>333423459
sue is the best
>get to the core
>first playthrough sodidn't save Curly
>go through waterway, back to Mimiga Village
>music changed and npcs all vanished
One of the most disconcerting moments I've ever experienced in a video game. The story might've been simple but the execution was something else
>>333423564
I agree
Just played through this for the first time about a month ago on my 3DS.
Shit was pretty cool.
Should I try a Hard Mode run?
>>333423751
Still stuck at monster X.
Also going Spur, so this will suck.
>>333414584
>GiIvasunner is dead
wew lad
Honestly I wasn't impressed by cave story at all.
I mean it's a neat game I'd recommend to anyone but not really anything special.
Curly's theme was the best part of the ost, y/n?
>>333423796
Sword is the best against monster X in hard mode, abuse it.
>>333423459
Curly is my girly
>>333424041
Why does a robot need underwear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4wWZS8qRc
Damn, i didnt expect how dark this game would turn in the second half. Specially if you let curly die.
>>333423459
I don't see Curly Brace.
>>333414584
>Still have this video loaded on browser.
>GiIvaSunner just died.
>>333424140
She's programmed to not be a slut.
>>333424231
She was going bareback in hell
>>333424316
I don't know about you, but me and everyone I know own multiple pairs of underwear.
>>333421891
S H O V E L K N I G H T
O
N
D
O
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has pixel done anything else with his life other than this game?
>>333423886
Close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgBffK9Phg
>>333424656
A bunch of other games.
>>333424656
Kero Blaster came out like two years ago
>>333424656
Ikachan before this, along with a few smaller games.
Kero Blaster as of 2014, and a huge update for it last year.
>>333424656
Yes.
Anything as good? No.
>>333424656
afaik he started cave story as a student and finished it while he was working on software for a bank. he now has a wife and two kids. after cave story he said he was never going to make another game, but the urge must have returned
>>333421891
Fuck off, CaveStory is miles better than Undertumblr and Shitdew Valley. /v/ is not one person, just because some people here like undertale and autism valley doesn't mean the rest of us do.
>Cave Story came out more than 10 years ago
>Countless games inspired by it
>None of them as good
How is that even possible?
>>333425992
Easily? This happens all the time in every medium, every industry.
Who here /hard mode ballos/?
It felt so fucking GOOD to beat this game on a N3DS XL in hard mode after putting it off for years
>crisp as fuck pixel perfect art
>original soundtrack and spritework save for portraits
>all challenges included nonetheless
>significant 3D made even better on a N3DS
God damn that was a ride
>>333423017
Didn't youget the good ending?
>>333426260
>tfw could never beat hell on le nicalis hard mode
>tfw could never beat hell in under 3 minutes
>>333426505
3 minute hell is just pure fucking madness, but doable
There honestly isn't any downside to nicalis' hard mode other than it being really obtuse in hindsight since the game was never meant to be played like thatbut whoever made that ""remastered""* soundtrack needs to be replaced ASAP
>is a robot
>drowns
Why ?
>>333426863
Short circuits my nigga.
>>333426863
her metal innards get flooded
you have to drain the water out of her to save her
>>333426863
how many machines will keep working underwater?
>>333426863
It's explained ingame they shut down to avoid a short circuit should they submerge for too long. see >>333426989
>>333426863
>throw computer in bathtub
>it stops working
woooooooooooooooooow
>>333426863
She also gets sealed inside a flooded room behind a massive steel door
Although the door also closes for no reason so there's that too
>>333403478
I actually can experience it for the first time.
>>333429249
do it dude
I remember playing Cave Story in 2011 on my shitty desktop with a CRT.
Intel Pentium 1.4GHz, 512MB of DDR RAM, 20 GB HDD.
I'm convinced that is the ONLY way to experience Cave Story. God I fucking loved that game.
>>333431036
tfw no CRT
>>333432237
I think I still have my CRT. I should plug it into my laptop and play Cave Story again.
>>333403478
>2004
>nostalgic
>>333433883
I get nostalgic for games I played only a few years ago
>>333433883
That's 12 years you fuck. Even those who are 25 today were kids back then.
>>333433883
Kids born in 1998 are posting here right now without breaking any rule
>>333434390
>Cave Story was 12 years ago
>>333434390
The English translation didn't come out for a while after that. I'd be surprised if many people here played before 2007-2008
>>333434390
>Feeling nostalgic over any game made before 1990
>>333410740
rip lil bunbun
you were too pure and innocent for this world
>>333410385
ITT we troll others using poor bait and watch people fall for it hook line and sinker.
NEVER EVER
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>>333435141
Ebin oldefag xDD
>>333437692
>I'm a pants shitting prepube and I'm proud xD
>>333437387
>That feel when all you wanted was more games that play like Cavestory.
>People complained about how it is a ripoff
>There was even some faggot who nuked Podunkians forums and bragged about it on the cavestory fansite.
Fuck I just wanted more games. You can only play Cave Story so many times before you get bored.
>>333403478
Never bothered to play Cave Story.
>>333423014
>>333423181
>>333423340
>>333426721
cant brleive a game like this woud be considered "old" by now
were truly living in hell
>>333403478
>tfw when your mind back then wasn't corrupted by /v/ and you just enjoyed the game itself because no one told you if its a good or bad game
>>333438330
>tumblr screenshots
>145xxxxxxxxxx.jpg
Get out newfag
>>333439038
At least I'm not twisted by nostalgia into thinking inferior things are superior.
>>333439230
Nisa pls
>>333439230
>people explain why the new shit sucks
>all this shitposter can do is post meme reactions he got from tumblr.
(You)
>>333440045
>"reasons" are shit
>all these shitposters can do is bring up MUH SORES
>>333403478
i found cave story to be too easy, and i didnt like the mimigas for being furry bait.
no i'm not trying to bait angry responses, this is genuinely how i feel. i enjoyed i wanna be the guy more.
>>333440516
>"reasons" are shit
>all this shitposter can do is bring up MUH NISA
>>333437387
Why did you have to remind me
>>333403478
yes because i played it 10 years ago
>>333440747
Because I don't want to be alone feeling this pain.
>>333440725
The "remastered" music is superior, take your nostalgia goggles off.
The "new" music, however, is complete rancid garbage and anyone who defends it is the bad kind of autistic.
333441368
Nisa we know your butthurt over people not gobbling up your garbage, but could you please at least try making sound arguments instead of screaming nostalgia goggles?
Not gonna even give you a proper (You)
I wish there wasn't so much fucking talking in the game.
>>333442149
What people? An autistic minority on one of the most autistic niche forums on the Internet?
If you actually talked to the majority of Cave Story players outside the echo cham/v/er they'll tell you they much prefer the remastered music. As would anyone who was introduced to the game via the steam release. Only isolated super-spergs think this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUZkTLE06A
is better than this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDtmHBPIqc&nohtml5=False
>>333442946
every cave story fan I've ever met prefers the original soundtrack
>recommend Cave Story to a friend that's into indie games a few years ago
>plays it for 2 minutes and never touches it again
>>333443617
aka the people in your autistic little clique that played the game when you did.
>>333443617
And I'm sure some people would prefer the soundtrack to Chrono Trigger on an Intellevision rather than an SNES.
Your point?
>>333444590
Chrono Trigger never came out on the intellevision you dumbass.
