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BigD145

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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8805 on: June 25, 2014, 03:21:32 pm »

VVVVVV has been in so many bundles that it's practically free.
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« Reply #8806 on: June 25, 2014, 03:24:33 pm »

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« Reply #8807 on: June 25, 2014, 03:31:19 pm »

if you enjoy excruciatingly difficult platformers, runner 1 will serve you well

no idea about how runner 2 is, and i don't care for their other games
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« Reply #8808 on: June 25, 2014, 03:41:17 pm »

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« Reply #8809 on: June 25, 2014, 03:44:49 pm »

if you enjoy excruciatingly difficult platformers, runner 1 will serve you well

no idea about how runner 2 is, and i don't care for their other games

I like VVVVVV and Cave Story just fine, which seem to be called "hardcore" for unknown reasons (They actually don't seem that difficult to me, especially Cave Story; I've had way more trouble with stuff like Super Mario World). So, if it's around that hard, maybe I'll pick it up.
Cave Story's difficulty entirely depends on how you play it. Some routes and choices are easier than others.
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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8810 on: June 25, 2014, 03:46:04 pm »

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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8811 on: June 25, 2014, 04:01:52 pm »

Let's all rock paper scissors for combat. This will be fun, right?
I'unno man, I think Infinite Space did a pretty good job of it. Admittedly a RPG instead of a TBS, but still.
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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8812 on: June 25, 2014, 04:07:03 pm »

I tried playing Cave Story once.

Ended up in a village of... Kobolds? Never found a way out and lost interest :v
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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8813 on: June 25, 2014, 04:12:46 pm »

Is the bit trip series any good? Every sale I think about buying 'em, and then I never do.

Are they good? Yes.

Are they difficult? God yes.

I just beat the first level on Bit.Trip Beat the other day after many months of trying. Don't seem to have a chance in hell on the second level, and I don't even want to imagine what the third would be like, but that's okay, because I'll surely never make it that far. Runner is a bit easier for me, because you slowly get better at each level as you learn it. I don't think I've ever beaten a level of that one on the first try. Still, totally worth playing, if you like music and have decent rhythm.

They're great wake-up games as well. No matter how sleepy you are, after a few minutes of Bit.Trip your heart is pounding. (Or, at least, mine is.)

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« Reply #8814 on: June 25, 2014, 04:14:38 pm »

Bit trip beat has multiple levels?

I don't think I believe you.
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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8815 on: June 25, 2014, 04:17:25 pm »

Transition, Descent, and Growth, each with a boss at the end. Also, there are two difficulty levels, easy and normal.

I cheered and hooted and hollered after finally beating Transition. Scared the hell out of the cat.

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« Reply #8816 on: June 25, 2014, 04:24:17 pm »

Steam sale. The new Batman games are 75% off for the next 48 minus hours.
Arkham Asylum - 5 Monies
Arkham City - 5 Monies
Arkham Origins - 7 Monies

Seems like a solid deal.
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« Reply #8817 on: June 25, 2014, 04:49:19 pm »

They Bleed Pixels is a pretty good platformer for anybody who's interested.
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Re: SALES Thread - SUMMER SALE, PRAISE BE TO GABEN
« Reply #8818 on: June 25, 2014, 06:27:40 pm »

I got ~7$ selling all my random marketable game items. I grabbed One Way Heroics already(a steal at its current price), and I'm left with around 6$. Any fun games you can suggest?
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« Reply #8819 on: June 25, 2014, 06:49:45 pm »

They Bleed Pixels is a pretty good platformer for anybody who's interested.

Yes, yes it is.

I don't have time for a proper review right now, but, the combat isn't jump-on-head, shoot-bullets, or stab-stab-stab (well, that's an option).  My typical strategy is to kick up (long-hold attack) which launches an enemy, then jump after them and air-stab in the automatic slowmo, which also lets you guide them left or right.  With some practice and luck your killing blow will launch them into spikes or saws, or other enemies.

You can also stay on the ground and slash upwards, juggling, or you can do weak kicks to knock them back off ledges and into spikes.  Holding left or right while attacking makes you phase-lunge, which is a decent attack but more useful for clearing certain gaps.

Making more impressive combos (mostly by finishing enemies into environmental hazards) seems to let you save slightly more often.  You can save on most platforms once you've filled your bar with the pixels of extraplanar beings.  It's neat deciding whether to hold off on saving, or to do it ASAP (it also heals you).  The save energy refills pretty fast on most levels so it's usually not a hard choice, just a bit of flexibility.

The music is quite great, as are the chapter concepts.  Every night she tries to destroy the book, and the resulting nightmare is a reflection of her attempt.  This is another game that I come back to every few months, just to replay a couple levels - mainly for the music and the screams of the shoggoths.

Last thing: They bleed red pixels, she bleeds... an undoing of their bloodstains.  It's amusingly creepy.
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