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[EnigmaticHat]

Questionably.

The graphics and the general experience are there, but the game balance and difficulty curve have significant problems that people keep discussing in the thread.

[Spehss _]

Questionably.

The graphics and the general experience are there, but the game balance and difficulty curve have significant problems that people keep discussing in the thread.

I'll go check out the B12 thread then. didn't know that was a thing.

Steam says the game is still in early access, so it's entirely possible the balance and such could be addressed by the devs in the future. And, well, losing is fun.

Then again, because it's in early access it could not get a higher sale than 25%.

[nenjin]

After a couple good runs at it, I think it's a solid buy at that price. You have to take gameplay as it is. I find it pretty intense and not a foregone conclusion. Other people say they can pretty much pimp the game out at its worst. Regardless of either of those two, thematically, acoustically, in terms of flavor....it's a must buy. It may in the final analysis turn out to be a sort of shallow game, but it does not fail to enthrall until you've played it for many hours.

[Spehss _]

After a couple good runs at it, I think it's a solid buy at that price. You have to take gameplay as it is. I find it pretty intense and not a foregone conclusion. Other people say they can pretty much pimp the game out at its worst. Regardless of either of those two, thematically, acoustically, in terms of flavor....it's a must buy. It may in the final analysis turn out to be a sort of shallow game, but it does not fail to enthrall until you've played it for many hours.

....What do you mean by "pimping the game out at its worst"?

[Teneb]

After a couple good runs at it, I think it's a solid buy at that price. You have to take gameplay as it is. I find it pretty intense and not a foregone conclusion. Other people say they can pretty much pimp the game out at its worst. Regardless of either of those two, thematically, acoustically, in terms of flavor....it's a must buy. It may in the final analysis turn out to be a sort of shallow game, but it does not fail to enthrall until you've played it for many hours.

....What do you mean by "pimping the game out at its worst"?

Laughing as the game throws its worst and proceeding to roll over the AI. I actually found it to be difficult, but maybe I just suck.

Or maybe its because I tend to not care too much about avoiding insanity, I really like to see the effects of that.

[EnigmaticHat]

That'd do it.  Stress is basically a second health bar.

[JoshuaFH]

This cookie clicker game attached to the Steam Sale just seems like dumbest thing ever.

[Darkmere]

Crypt of the Necrodancer is $7.50. I'm very tempted at that price.

It's just a feature-thin rogue-lite with an annoying gimmick, unless you really, really like rhythm games. I enjoyed it for a couple hours until I got over the novelty and actually wanted to get somewhere, then the whole dance thing felt like a chore/obstacle instead of fun.

[Nighthawk]

Crypt of the Necrodancer is $7.50. I'm very tempted at that price.

It's just a feature-thin rogue-lite with an annoying gimmick, unless you really, really like rhythm games. I enjoyed it for a couple hours until I got over the novelty and actually wanted to get somewhere, then the whole dance thing felt like a chore/obstacle instead of fun.

Feature-thin isn't really a fair way to describe it. Just because the gameplay is built around the idea of timing everything to the beat doesn't mean there isn't much to it. The game has a difficult learning curve, but all the enemies have predictable patterns they follow, making each one a little puzzle that you have to solve - a puzzle that becomes more complex as more enemies are added to the mix, requiring you to think on your feet, and do so quickly. I think it's really well-designed.

Also, if you don't like the rhythm/dance aspect, you can just play Bard. The character is unlocked from the beginning of the game, and allows you to play it like a traditional turn-based roguelike.

... Honestly, if you didn't play enough to discover that, you ought not to be judging the game so harshly.

[Flying Dice]

Oh wow, I'm suddenly grateful for the Summer Sale more than ever -- it brought my attention to the wonderful reviews of Hunie Pop.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I really enjoyed this. I liked that it got harder as I played. The game difficulty also increased.

This game is like real life because women are unsolvable puzzles and they love to laugh at me.

When a man loves a women they play bejeweled.

Got banned by Valve for uploading screenshots from the game because it violates Steam's ToS. (The game itself violates your ToS dumbasses.)
Will upload more lewd screenshots.

Forgive me Jesus for I have sinned all over the desk.

My girlfriend sent me this while I was playing:

"What the HELL are you playing?!?!?"

10/10

i just ♥♥♥♥ed an alien girl and got an acheivment called ayy lmao

I bought a Mexican woman maracas, a poncho, and a sombrero so she'd like me. This makes me very uncomfortable.

On the other hand, I was literally able to state that I smoke weed "erryday." 10/10

My Mom bought me this game, she didn't even know what it was til i told her after.
Anyways now i'm grounded. 10/10

10/10 my girlfriend hates it


edit update:

10/10 my ex gf probably still hates it

It's the Dark Souls of the puzzle/dating sim genre.

I made my boyfriend dissapointed on me because I got more chicks then him in a game
so its ok 10/10 best game

[Ozyton]

Crypt of the Ncrodancer was a bit of a disappointment for the reason stated by Darkmere. While the music is generally very nice (you can look it up on Youtube) it doesn't actually bring anything to the game. While most games incorporate the music into gameplay (even in minor ways such as stepping to eigth notes in DDR) in CotND you're stuck with just simply doing every action on the beat of the music (which is all 4/4, by the way, as far as I can tell). The difficulty comes from the more fast-paced songs, leaving you less time to react to enemies. My favorite boss in the game is King Conga simply because there is a slight integration with the (awesome) music, as every 8th beat is a rest, but that's about it. It also wasn't really designed to be used with a controller it seems, but you can use a dance mat if you wish which I imagine might make the value of the gameplay go up a bit if you can afford to have such a peripheral lying around when you're not using it.

TLDR: Good music, poor integration of music in the gameplay of a music-based game. You'll like it the first few times you play, but that's about it. I suppose I was hoping for more rhythm game and less roguelike.

[Spehss _]

Oh wow, I'm suddenly grateful for the Summer Sale more than ever -- it brought my attention to the wonderful reviews of Hunie Pop.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I really enjoyed this. I liked that it got harder as I played. The game difficulty also increased.

This game is like real life because women are unsolvable puzzles and they love to laugh at me.

When a man loves a women they play bejeweled.

Got banned by Valve for uploading screenshots from the game because it violates Steam's ToS. (The game itself violates your ToS dumbasses.)
Will upload more lewd screenshots.

Forgive me Jesus for I have sinned all over the desk.

My girlfriend sent me this while I was playing:

"What the HELL are you playing?!?!?"

10/10

i just ♥♥♥♥ed an alien girl and got an acheivment called ayy lmao

I bought a Mexican woman maracas, a poncho, and a sombrero so she'd like me. This makes me very uncomfortable.

On the other hand, I was literally able to state that I smoke weed "erryday." 10/10

My Mom bought me this game, she didn't even know what it was til i told her after.
Anyways now i'm grounded. 10/10

10/10 my girlfriend hates it


edit update:

10/10 my ex gf probably still hates it

It's the Dark Souls of the puzzle/dating sim genre.

I made my boyfriend dissapointed on me because I got more chicks then him in a game
so its ok 10/10 best game

I think the best review for Huniepop is from Christ Centered Gamer: "As a Christian, I cannot recommend this game to fellow believers." Ha. Ha. _{^{I bet he loved it and won't admit it.}}

Found a humorous review by Dodger, that chick from PressHeartToContinue. Found some other good ones. These are all for Wings of Vi.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Has it been awhile since you tore your hair out in frustration while being simultaneously delighted by pixelated angel anime boobs? The search is over.

"Hey, I beat super meat boy and handled it pretty well, this shoudln't be that hard!"

Boy was I wrong.

Any game that keeps me going after 4,000 deaths must be doing something right.

I Wanna Be The Megaman: Cave Storyvania

Played game, switched to playing dark souls to relieve stress.

In sales news, Long Live the Queen is on sale at 80% off, currently $2. Flash sale, get it while it's hot.

[Darkmere]

Also, if you don't like the rhythm/dance aspect, you can just play Bard. The character is unlocked from the beginning of the game, and allows you to play it like a traditional turn-based roguelike.

... Honestly, if you didn't play enough to discover that, you ought not to be judging the game so harshly.

I did play Bard. It just makes the game a bland turn-based roguelike, which highlights the problems I mentioned. Rhythm games do Rhythm better, puzzlers do puzzles better (play DROD and see, I'll wait), and roguelikes do roguelikes better. If you absolutely love all 3 maybe it's okay for the novelty, but it's not really great at any of its components, so I wouldn't consider it worth more than $5, tops.

[Yoink]

Oh wow, I'm suddenly grateful for the Summer Sale more than ever -- it brought my attention to the wonderful reviews of Hunie Pop.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I really enjoyed this. I liked that it got harder as I played. The game difficulty also increased.

This game is like real life because women are unsolvable puzzles and they love to laugh at me.

When a man loves a women they play bejeweled.

Got banned by Valve for uploading screenshots from the game because it violates Steam's ToS. (The game itself violates your ToS dumbasses.)
Will upload more lewd screenshots.

Forgive me Jesus for I have sinned all over the desk.

My girlfriend sent me this while I was playing:

"What the HELL are you playing?!?!?"

10/10

i just ♥♥♥♥ed an alien girl and got an acheivment called ayy lmao

I bought a Mexican woman maracas, a poncho, and a sombrero so she'd like me. This makes me very uncomfortable.

On the other hand, I was literally able to state that I smoke weed "erryday." 10/10

My Mom bought me this game, she didn't even know what it was til i told her after.
Anyways now i'm grounded. 10/10

10/10 my girlfriend hates it


edit update:

10/10 my ex gf probably still hates it

It's the Dark Souls of the puzzle/dating sim genre.

I made my boyfriend dissapointed on me because I got more chicks then him in a game
so its ok 10/10 best game

This sounds amazing. I want to try this game now.

[BigD145]

Nom Nom Galaxy is $5. It's supposed to be out of early access this month. It's certainly got more than 5 hours of play in it. Quite a bit more, if you're going by a dollar per hour metric. It does need more information in game. Play with a controller unless you hate your fingers.