Inferior Conversions/Ports of Games You Preferred to the "Better" Versions?

Jegriva · Jan 23, 2020

JulianV said:
the ps2 port of the original had some additional levels if I remember correctly.

Yes, GC and PS2 have an additional snowy level, but they lack the three DLC levels.

Fisty · Jan 23, 2020

Streets of Rage 2 on Game Gear was definitely inferior to the Genesis/MegaDrive version, but dat portability

Max was the worst character anyway

andymcc · Jan 23, 2020

Combichristoffersen said:
Indeed. Like, the old Ghostbusters game for NES that was complete ass? It's actually pretty decent on MS. Obviously not a great game, but definitely the best version of the game available.

did you know that Compile did both the Master System and Genesis/MD Ghostbusters games? probably why they're leagues better than all of the others (well, ok, maybe just marginally better than the HAL Ghostbusters II).

Bee.Cups · Jan 23, 2020

Disgaea is always better on portable, even if it runs worse, the games are perfect for the go.
P3P is better than both of the console versions even with worse graphics and lack of cutscenes.

Combichristoffersen · Jan 23, 2020

andymcc said:
did you know that Compile did both the Master System and Genesis/MD Ghostbusters games? probably why they're leagues better than all of the others (well, ok, maybe just marginally better than the HAL Ghostbusters II).

No, didn't know. The MD game is kinda weird, as it doesn't really have anything to do with the movies, and the characters are all chibi :p

andymcc · Jan 23, 2020

Combichristoffersen said:
No, didn't know. The MD game is kinda weird, as it doesn't really have anything to do with the movies, and the characters are all chibi :p

it's a pretty good run n gun platformer though! i recommend it.

kubev · Jan 23, 2020

Fisty said:
Streets of Rage 2 on Game Gear was definitely inferior to the Genesis/MegaDrive version, but dat portability

Max was the worst character anyway

I played the Game Gear version of Streets of Rage 2 long before I ever played the Genesis version, and I could see why someone might prefer that version. It's quite solid for a portable game. Sure, it made plenty of compromises, but it's not compromised to the point that it's not fun to play or anything. Also, each character has a special (super?) movie that's exclusive to the Game Gear version of the game. I also have to say that the music is quite solid.

Turrican3 · Jan 23, 2020

Okami for the Wii.

Really liked being allowed to draw attacks way faster than the PS2 version, and also the option to skip most of the text/cutscenes.
Drawing didn't always register, true... but it wasn't as awful/broken as some people claim either, and anyway it was so fast it was basically a non-issue to me.