An outstanding achievement! This feels much snappier and more responsive than the Mega CD version. The animation on the MCD version was always a little off. Compare just pressing jump on the MCD version and this version and you'll see what I mean. Also, I liked playing as Guy in the arcade because I enjoyed the speed of his flurry; he punched almost as fast as you could press the attack button. On the MCD version his attacks feel sluggish but again, do a back-to-back comparison with this version and you'll agree, this version just feels better.
I love the MCD version - especially the soundtrack but here are some other improvements:
- Much better use of colour in this version. Everything's much more vibrant and less washed out.
- The katana and pipe attacks are animated properly. In the MCD version the weapon sprites don't move in time with the character's hands, so each attack looks weird and as though they're not actually holding the pipe/katana.
- My compliments to the devs for the cool 'checkerboard' effect in level 1 when the door in the background opens and the characters walk out into the daylight. In the MCD version the characters just pop into existence at the doorway; this effect makes it seem like the enemies are actually walking out.
I did get an address error while fighting Sodom (I have a screenshot if the devs need it for bug squashing) but honestly, I don't even care. This game is just so much fun.
Again, well done and I can't wait to see where this goes from here =)