Nah, it's not your bias. It really was a great deal with or without the patch. It's pretty sad when people expect the sun and the stars for $10. They can't be happy with an incredible game at an incredible price.
Wouldn't be surprised if Cave didn't bother with any more XBLA ports considering the whiney nothing is ever good enough fan base that came out of the woodwork for this one.
$10...
Glad to hear I'm not the only one. By the look of things it seems every port is criticized up the ying-yang.
The way I look at it is either get the PCB or just deal with what you got and enjoy it.
Let's look at cave ports just 'cause maybe people are expecting too much out of certain things. Let's keep in mind that CRTs are a thing of the past. 4:3 is a thing of the past, we need to get this in our heads and accept what's coming so we can adapt and make the most out of our games. Of course I love CRTs, of course I want a hugue 4:3 LCD with RGB, VGA, DVi, HDMI, Component and an S-Video upscanner built in, I'd fucking replace all my cabs with these if it's up to me, I know my back would love the change, but it is what it is folks.
OK here we go, discuss away, let's see different viewpoints and see what really draws you or alienate you from the ports. A simple fact is that some people complaint about the slowdown, I don't really care for that 'cause although I want to be competitive and proficient in my own way, I'm not worried about small details as it is I don't think I'll be running into an Arcade with the PCBs waiting for me and I already know the game in and out so I can show it off. Also, I play more with instinct than memorization, I use memorization for score gain, although some ports have different parts where slowdown takes place, it's actually fun to find new "milking" ways on your won.
Donpachi (Saturn/PSX) I was happy with the port, I know the explosions look akward but what can you expect when the native rez of the game is different from the consoles.
DoDonpachi (Saturn/PSX) Same story as above but it seems like the PSX is a notch nicer and has an arrange mode. (God Mode)
ESP Galuda (PS2) Filtered but again the native rez of the PS2 is just so different from these games that no port in it can be done pixel per pixel. I however felt that the port is incredible regardless the filter.
Ibara (PS2) Oh Oh, different speed, Oh noes! No big deal, I still love this port, I feel is a great training wheels for the PCB and given the arranged mode being very similar to Kuro I think this port is excellent and the AST is sick!
Mushihimesama (PS2) Fantastic port aside from filter issues which all PS2 ports are infected with. Arranged mode is pretty fun too.
DOJ (PS2) Great port, same issues as all other PS2 ports but the benefits of a stereo OST make up for it in spades. Love this port, love this game!! My fav Pachi for sure!
DOJBLEX (360) In par with the PS2 port of DOJ as far as "ingame" goes, the main menus are horrible and so is the loading but it's a small price to pay with the inclusion of BL and X mode. I know 5BP pretty much just copied and pasted the PS2 port and added to it, once you get through setting everytthing the way you want the game plays great 'cause you only have 1 loading screen to get through to play the game.
Deathsmiles (360) Excellent port in everyway, I know the US port has different slowdown parts but god damn the port it still fantastic, people just bash on for the silliest things.
Mushi Futari 1.5 (360) Just when I though a port couldnt get any better cave comes out with this. One of my fav Cave games for sure and this port excells in more ways than one. You really don't need a PCB once you get a hold of this.
ESP Galuda II (360) Just as great as the Futari port, excellent!
Guwange (XBL 360) Well I for one enjoy it big time. I have no complaints 'cause I don't use my 360 on CRT nor 4:3 ratio screen, however I have and I'm lucky that my Wega has a Zoom in feature that works perfect for this, however playing 360 on a CRT specially a 4:3 CRT is just a pain in the ass when you know there are far better ways to use the console. I guess some folks can't fathom to play with clean pixels, but for me that's how this game and all others were designed.
On a side note, I think I might be the only Mame whore playing with no effects, just clean pixel per pixel count, that's my shit right there!
Ketsui (360) 5BP finally got it right, I was very impressed with how this port was treated. It's basically bare bones ala Guwange and that's all you really need. The X mode is a welcome addition.
DDPDFK (360) Excellent port, my favorite port so far but that's 'cause DFK is perfect already! Hard to fuck it up. Even the iphone port is a must.
I too get worried if companies like cave stop producing ports like these 'cause of mouthy fanboys. I'm not arguing the fact that having a 4:3 mode would be cool or that patching DOJBLEX would be ace, but these are not things that I worry about. I'm more concerned about future releases above all else 'cause for some this is the only medium to play the games.
As always I get carried away, but I'm not trying to argue here, is just that I see so much negativity. There's gotta be a good reason why Guwange didn't have this feature available from the get go. This people do this for a living, what makes you think that any of you know what's doable and what isn't? I mean if you do then go get a job with them and get it done!