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deoxxys posted...

Liberation missions were booty hole and dark chips lowering your max health is also booty hole. I think the puzzles in five were also a pain in the ass.

One is better than four and five just because it's barebones Battle Network. Also you'll notice the first entry has the least folder restrictions so you can find a great chip to abuse and throw like 10 of the same chip in there. There's some potential to abuse the lack of rules.

I agree about your statements about 5 and 4 but I disagree about how you see 1. You see the lack of restrictions as a plus. I see it as a negative. It felt like there wasnt even an attempt in balancing. Even then, you cant ignore how unsophisticated the game was. Navigating the net was a freaking nightmare. The constant freezing of gameplay to activate every chip combined with the terrible net made the game a chore. To top it off, it was piss easy. There is a reason that BN2 destroyed the first game. Many consider that the true beginning of the BN series because they innovated so much and fixed so many problems with BN1.

Say what you want about 4 and 5. At least they were somewhat difficult at times. At least the gameplay overall was much more intuitive even with 4s horrible decision to make Dark Chips cost you HP permanently. I dont even think that is what made BN4 truly bad. I believe the short campaign and making people replay it many times over to complete the game was its biggest flaw. It was like the game wasnt finished. The more I think about BN1, the worse it gets. I truly think thats nostalgia talking. BN1 barely feels playable compared to the rest of the games