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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/11/la-mulana-portable-japanese-retro-action-on-ps-vita/
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La-Mulana Portable: Japanese Retro Action on PS Vita
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Love Deterrence
Member
Excellent addition to the Vita!
super-famicom
Member
So excited about this! The game is pretty much Dark Souls meets Spelunky(game explains nothing to you, large world to explore, and Spelunky-like platforming), without the randomly generated levels, for those of you who haven't heard of this. Also, there's curry rice.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I hope they keep the title LA-MULANA PORTABLE (Working Title)
Omegasquash
Member
December it is, then! Very much looking forward to it...always felt made for portable. I just wish it was available sooner for a looming business trip.
DrROBschiz
Member
Why isnt this game taking uo the whole screen?
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Sweet. Ready to double dip, maybe try to actually finish it off this time
super-famicom
Member
1001 Spikes was not on my radar, but now I have to check it out!
vagabondarts
Member
December will be glorious.
The difficulty in 1001 Spikes comes from the actual platforming, it's not a frustrating "where I'm supposed to go now" experience. Not saying La Mulana is bad, I just think 1001 Spikes is more fun
Who says indy games isn't a genre?
Hours Left
Member
New features? Awesome.
I hope it has the Hell Temple DLC too, then it would be the perfect version.
I hope it has the Hell Temple DLC too, then it would be the perfect version.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Because it's impossible to do. La-Mulana is made up of non-scrolling screens, and increasing the aspect ratio would either 1) stretch the image or 2) show the next screen, which would break the game.
sixteen-bit
Member
Is Spelunker HD available on Vita or just PS3?
Vita has Spelunker Collection in Japan, but the PSN remake is PS3-only right now.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Man I really don't want to destroy my vita out of anger.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
THE GATE OF ILLUSION WELCOMES THEEEEEEEEE
AtomicShroom
Member
Have they fixed the fact that the game is totally full of unfair not-fun traps designed exclusively to piss you off, obscure puzzles that are unsolvable without a guide, frustrating level design in which you're never sure just exactly where you should be going, and relating to the previous point, the game forcing you to try *anything*, even very nonsensical things, to move forward but often punishing you harshly for trying do so? A game that teaches you to defy it, but at some point punishes you by silently turning on "ultrahard mode" when you do so? A game where you'll spend 50% of your time warping back to that same goddamn healing fountain which takes forever to warp back to and replenish your health, because this is the only (or most convenient) place you can replenish your health for most of the game?
Basically, this game was terrible for most of the same reasons that Castlevania 2 was terrible. Have they fixed any of it?
If not, I would recommend anyone to stay the fuck away from that game unless they are a pure masochist.
Basically, this game was terrible for most of the same reasons that Castlevania 2 was terrible. Have they fixed any of it?
If not, I would recommend anyone to stay the fuck away from that game unless they are a pure masochist.
Now I'm not sure if want to start my Steam copy....
.....no I'm uncertain whether I'll picked up the Vita version in the first place,
Barrylocke
Member
This game may not be for everyone, but I'm glad that it's getting a decent amount of love. Hope it does well on the Vita, so Nigoro can make some nice cash to go into La Mulana 2 development.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
AtomicShroom
Member
As someone who can beat Contra or even Lifeforce on NES without losing a single life, has finished REmake on "Invisible Enemy" mode, or Halo on Legendary for example, and just all around enjoys hard but fair games and beating them without ever resorting to a guide, I'm sorry but La Mulana is anything but fair or hard. It just plain sucks. There is no fun to be had playing a game that was designed to piss you off in every conceivable way from start to finish. It is not a fair challenge, just an infuriating torture device.
I take it you consider that Castlevania 2 is one of the best game ever, then?
RadarScope1
Member
Yikes. This doesn't sound fun.
Astral/H3X
Member
The game is literally supposed to kill you with traps and shit, many of which you learn how to avoid. The puzzles are obscure, yeah, but its not like there's an internet or anything, and they CAN be solved.
But if you go around whipping every single thing forever and not paying attention yeah I bet it wouldn't be fun.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
lol
That game got that shaker of yours so shook up! Spray that salt!
There was THREE things in that game that crossed the line, which is a fine track record for something so highly tuned and dense with mechanics and interactions.
Physical mastery of the kind you're tooting your own horn about is merely a single facet required of this game. You come up short with just that, the game doesn't just kill you, it lets you linger...wandering lost and impotent as you've experienced.
The end of this fad of dubbing "difficulty" only physical reaction-based processes can't come soon enough.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Can't wait. A perfect fit.