Game Night #5: Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

[owsf2000]

This game didn't take nearly as long as I expected it to take. I went through the game twice, first with the normal mode and got Ending 1. This unlocked "Magic Mode" (half magic consumption, half defense) so I went through it again.

The second time through I aimed to get all the items as well, which I succeeded at obtaining. As a result of this, plus having a total time of just over 4 hours, I got ending 2.

Ending 3 apparently involves getting all the items but managing to finish the game in under 4 hours. Given all the pointless backtracking I did even with that, I could have easily gotten ending 3. I was just 20 minutes off I think.

Ending 4 involves just completing the game in under 2 hours. You don't need to get all the items.

I might try for those one day when I get bored (or I may take a stab at it during the week before the next game night starts) but for now I'm finished with it.

Well animated, but obviously fairly short if it's expected that you can finish the game in under 2 hours. I had one game crash happen during all that time, with rather pissed me off. I learned to save every time I passed a save point regardless of if I managed to get anything new or not just in case. While worth what I paid for it, I'm glad I got it on sale. (Then again I bought it twice on sale apparently. I have this in my steam library as well...)

Next up, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception.

Comments

[kane_magus]

I only played through it once, and Steam says it took me 7 hours to complete. Given that my first times through games like Metroid 2 on GB and Super Metroid and other similar games took around 7-15 hours or so, but are totally doable in under 2 hours, that sounds about right.

Also, it's possible that your Steam version might have been one of my spare Humble things that I send you every now and then.

(EDIT) ...then again, I just checked my Humble account, and it seems that I still have an unredeemed, ungifted key for Risky's Revenge myself, so apparently I bought a bundle with it at some point, saw that you already had it on Steam yourself, and then just let the key sit gathering dust. So... I dunno. ^^; (/EDIT)

[owsf2000]

With all the games I've redeemed from you, I wouldn't have doubted it to be honest. Although this is the type of game I'd also pick up in the sales. Hoping to get a cheap newer computer before too long that'll play a larger percentage of the steam games I have. There's one place that sells refurbed comps that still have Win 7 on it.