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(08-10-2012, 02:03 PM)
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Dust: An Elysian Tail |OT| Become the Storm
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 Dust: An Elysian Tail is a game brought to you by Noogy. You may remember him from such threads as the Xbox LIVE Arcade thread, and probably some other threads where he’s talked about games he likes. The point I’m making is that Noogy is from round NeoGAF way, he’s made this bloody awesome game, and he’d be honoured if you'd buy it – everybody wins! He may have learnt to program from scratch and done all the art himself, but he had some help along the way. “I’d like to thank Alex Kain, my cowriter, Deven Mack my casting director, Alex Brandon for additional music, and a HUGE thanks to Chris and Dan from Hyperduck,” he says. There are some very talented people among that list. Release Date: August 15th 2012 Format: Xbox LIVE Arcade Price: 1,200 MS Points How many games with “Dust” in the title are there now? 72 Is this the best one? Yes Is it coming to Steam? “Dust: AET is exclusive to XBLA. There have been no discussions regarding any other platforms, so please don’t ask.” Is there a Facebook? Yep, here! And if it gets 10,000,000 likes by Wednesday, nothing in particular will happen. So, like, what the hell is Dust, anyway? Glad you asked…  Think of a genre you like. That’s what Dust is! Okay, to be honest there isn’t much golf in Dust and I don’t think there are any dancing sections, but it’s basically a bunch of genres mashed together to make something entirely awesome. It’s a Metroidvania. There’s a world map and the game is split up into regions, but in each of them you’ll find areas you can’t access that you’ll need to come back to later with new skills or items. A map means you’ll always know where something hasn’t been discovered. It’s a 2D platformer. Pretty self-explanatory. One of the moves at your disposal is pressing down and jump to drop through a platform. This is my favourite thing in 2D platformers. You have a ton more moves at your disposal too and your repertoire grows as the game goes on. It’s a hack-and-slash type affair. X is your basic attack, and you can add Y for various combos. You can juggle enemies like this. B uses Fidget’s skill, and if you hold Y (Dust Storm) in conjunction with that they combine to form something quite special. It’s simple on the surface but add in blocking/parrying and it becomes incredibly deep. One of the achievements is for maintaining a 1,000 hit combo, and that should tell you all you need to know about the potential for awesome that the battle system has. It also has Popcap style rising music as your combo grows, which will make every part of your brain feel nice. It has item crafting. You’ll find blueprints all over, as well as tons of craftable materials. Want some better equipment? Make it yourself. Noogy can’t do everything! There are also RPG elements, like levelling up and random battles. Okay, there are no random battles, but there is levelling up, and you get to increase your skills how you see fit. Want to do massive damage? Go for it! Want 5,000HP while you chip away at enemies a few points at a time? You can do that too. Want to be melee focussed or rely on ranged attacks? The choice is yours. This might not make sense, but I’m going with it anyway: you might have played games like Dust before, but you’ve never played a game like Dust.
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   These screens are precisely as ace as the game looks when you play it. Only instead, imagine the glorious animation at 60fps. It’s kind of beautiful.     Those things are terrifying.   Highest quality trailer here! (100MB~)
Originally Posted by S1kkZ:
 Friend of Falana 10 Complete 5 Sidequests Hero of Falana 10 Complete 10 Sidequests Savior of Falana 10 Complete 20 Sidequests A Decent Start... 10 Successfully complete a 200+ hit combo That's More Like It 10 Successfully complete a 1000+ hit combo Bringer of Death 10 Kill 500 Enemies Push and Turn 10 Unlock a Treasure Chest Wait, aren't you...? 10 Unlock a Cage and Rescue a Friend Baker's Dozen 10 Hang out with Twelve Friends in the Sanctuary Distant Thunder 10 Use the DUST STORM on Fidget's Projectiles Well on your Way 10 Pick Up an Ability Orb With Great Power... 10 Level Up by Assigning Skill Gems An Impressive Display 10 Earn a Four-Star Rating in any Challenge Arena The Stuff of Legends 40 Earn a Four-Star Rating in EVERY Challenge Arena Blue Bomber 10 Simultaneously Kill 6 Enemies with a Single Bomb Cutting It Close 10 Successfully Parry with less than 10% health remaining Tinkerer 10 Craft an item from a blueprint Opposite of Fail 10 Complete all Fale Quests Above and Beyond the Call 10 Complete the Game on Tough or Hardcore setting Sad Way to Go 10 Kill an enemy with the slide attack One Last Wish 10 Fulfill Bopo’s wish for snow The Blacksmith of Archer's Pass 10 Meet Haley Secret Achievement 20 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 50 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 20 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 20 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 10 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 10 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 10 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. Secret Achievement 10 Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement.  Dust: AET comes with a bunch of avatar awards to win! Bagsy the Ahrah shirt.   I’m only going to post the “safe” reviews here. I’d urge everyone to avoid reading them willy-nilly because you will have things spoiled for you that it’s really, really better to leave unspoiled. The reviews I've linked to are safe and spoiler free. The Controller Online 9.0
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The Indie Game Magazine 90% Destructoid 8.5 Gamerlimit 9.5 Official Xbox Magazine 9.5 1up B VVGtv 4.9/5 The Unemployed Gamers 9/10  As in – please be careful! Don’t think about whether you consider something a spoiler, think about whether someone else might consider it a spoiler, and use the SPOILER tags accordingly. It’s better to spoiler tag something that doesn’t need it, than plain-text something that you should have tagged. It’s about a thousand times more fun to discover things in Dust for yourself, and it’s unfair to deprive someone else of that joy, so respect your fellow Gaffer! Most of all, enjoy Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Last edited by toythatkills; 08-14-2012 at 08:49 AM.
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(08-10-2012, 02:05 PM)
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#5
Been waiting on this game forever how long has it been since the first thread now?
Great to finally see it get a big push by MS.
Originally Posted by Vinterbird:
Last edited by Dabanton; 08-10-2012 at 02:08 PM.
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(08-10-2012, 02:10 PM)
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Congrats, Noogy! I bought a "how to make cartoons in Flash" book in like 1999 or so, and one of Noogy's illustrations was in it. That led me to his site, and the EZ Board forum he had there became the first message board I was ever part of. Congrats, man! This thing looks amazing.
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(08-10-2012, 02:13 PM)
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Was able to grab a prerelease copy. The game is mesmerizing to look at and the combat is incredibly fast and fluid. Quite possibly the most beautiful 2D animation I have ever laid eyes on. What an absolute joy to play.
If you buy any XBLA game this year, it must be this. The industry thanks you for this gem, Noogy |
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(08-10-2012, 02:17 PM)
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#31
This font. My eyes.
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(08-10-2012, 02:18 PM)
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#33
Originally Posted by Melizee:
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(08-10-2012, 02:18 PM)
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#35
Started it last night. Summer of Arcade is ending with an exclamation point! So good.
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(08-10-2012, 02:18 PM)
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#37
Originally Posted by Conor 419:
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(08-10-2012, 02:21 PM)
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Originally Posted by The_Darkest_Red:
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(08-10-2012, 02:21 PM)
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#42
It's a platformer-brawler-RPG-Metroidvania in 2D. That's pretty much my favorite combination of genres ever. Hooray, now there's two games I'd actually want a 360 for. There would be more, but they always ended up getting ported to something I had 2 years later.
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(08-10-2012, 02:22 PM)
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#44
Originally Posted by Kokonoe:
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(08-10-2012, 02:28 PM)
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#49
Originally Posted by Kokonoe:
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(08-10-2012, 02:28 PM)
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#50
What resolution is this game?
Originally Posted by MushroomSamba:
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