It has always been my hope that your mansion theme made people just roll over and die.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail |OT| Become the Storm
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It has always been my hope that your mansion theme made people just roll over and die.
Yeah, the music, the incredible design of
, the footsteps that almost sound like a heartbeat, the
. It wasn't over done or difficult, but it did a great job at setting freaky mood. Just awesome! I finished up the Sorrowing Meadows last night. I want to play more now, but I'm stuck at work.
the ghost
doors that don't lead back to the right place
I am admittedly a huge fan of good horror games (the Fatal Frame series being my favorite). I wanted to have some sort of horror element in Dust:AET that wasn't 'too' out of place, and am happy with how the mansions came out.
That said, I wouldn't mind doing a straight up horror game sometime. We've had discussions regarding this.
Jonnyboy117
Member
That's great news! Yes, it crashes during the transition from the world map to the Cragmoor Caverns area. The latter never even appears. The last thing I see before getting booted is the area map -- to choose my point of entry. (There's only one option because most of the map is unexplored, even though I played through a large portion of that region, found a sheep, completed the doll/box quest, etc.
By the way, I am not speed running at all. Just trying to play through the game as normal.
Wow, some idiot on Aftonbladet is ripping into this game. Just doing a quick and rough translation of some parts but take a look at this.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/spela/recensioner/article15317713.ab
It did get a 3/5 though.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/spela/recensioner/article15317713.ab
It did get a 3/5 though.
Diablohead
Member
I can keep trying to speed run the game if you want more testing done, I have to say when I played the game slow and soaked in everything I never had a problem, now that I am running as fast as possible I get a problem every time at some point.
The first BSOD I had was near the end where you get the
wind jump boost ability
That dude needs a hug or somethin'. Poor fella. Clearly picked up the Parody Dust An Elysian Tail we made to troll angry reviewers.
Yep, anything for the clicks.
Considering we're reviewing an average 8.7 worldwide I won't release the hounds. Yet.
Just finished the first quarter of Chapter 3 (I think). The music is so good it had me on edge during
. Is the OST out yet? Would be nice to have a high quality digital version to listen to.
Any idea what's coming up in the patch? Haven't had any issues yet other than one random crash at the start of Chapter 2.
that first escape scenario
Any idea what's coming up in the patch? Haven't had any issues yet other than one random crash at the start of Chapter 2.
Hey! We're currently mastering the music so it should be in a few weeks when we've done a final pass on the music that we can announce a release date! Wanna get this out super fast! Glad you enjoyed it! As for the patch, that's all Dean town so he'll have to reply to that.
I love this game! It's so fun and addicting. I was trying to find everything before finishing the game to level up enough to beat the boss and was having some trouble finding this one material, the stone feeler. Gamefaqs says that it should drop from squirt-bugs. I've been killing the green ant-like things that I believe are squirt-bugs without success. Any help would be appreciated!
Finished the game yesterday (ending was freakin' awesome and that music was just beautiful) and loved all the 18hrs that I've spent with the game, still playing though since I'm going for 100% - it's so fun and addicting to go back at earlier levels with your new abilities to find new stuff and even new areas plus there's always the challenges...definitely one of the best games on XBLA.
Congrats to Noogy and HyperDuck, the game is amazing! ^_^
Congrats to Noogy and HyperDuck, the game is amazing! ^_^
Two questions:
Is there a way to compare items in the shop to what you currently have equipped?
Is there a way to identify which items are needed in a blueprint (items that I don't have)? I have a particular print that requires a blue-ish rock-ish item but the shopkeeper has about four very similar items and I'm not sure which is which; and I have limited coin at the moment.
Thanks.
Is there a way to compare items in the shop to what you currently have equipped?
Is there a way to identify which items are needed in a blueprint (items that I don't have)? I have a particular print that requires a blue-ish rock-ish item but the shopkeeper has about four very similar items and I'm not sure which is which; and I have limited coin at the moment.
Thanks.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Complete with a blanket dis of the 'indiescene' at the end. It is a bit creepy in that it reminds me of a bizarre review of Skyward Sword on some no-name site which seemed to lambaste the game because it was supposedly full of "Japanese perversion" and was gateway child porn or something (seriously).
Wibblewozzer
Member
Pretty sure the enemy you're looking for are the flying round balls of tentacle things that squirt something at you if they live long enough. They're found down in the caves, typically in groups of three or so.
Edit:
I could be wrong but from what I remember if you go into the blueprint and click on the needed item (assuming it's catalogued) it'll take you to the merchant screen to purchase it and already be right on the exact item so you don't need to figure out which one it is.Dynamic3 said:
Hey Noogy, since you're looking into it.
My first crash was the first big drop/transition when you first first go into the caverns.
The second crash was at the aurora fruit stall and I was crafting and doing it really really quickly.
It never "crashed" per se, but would boot back to the dashboard.
Also the sound is very quiet on my basic little 5.1 setup. The sound also goes funny and choppy while on the inventory menu.
Aside from that I couldn't adore this game any more than I do.
My first crash was the first big drop/transition when you first first go into the caverns.
The second crash was at the aurora fruit stall and I was crafting and doing it really really quickly.
It never "crashed" per se, but would boot back to the dashboard.
Also the sound is very quiet on my basic little 5.1 setup. The sound also goes funny and choppy while on the inventory menu.
Aside from that I couldn't adore this game any more than I do.
Awesome, thanks, that reaffirms a few things I'm looking at, as well as possibly upping the global volume level. I'm actually getting on some of that stuff this week.
Don't let Chris hear that, the only way I get him to do anything is with insults and racial slurs against him and his peoples. But yes, I'm quite fond of our soundtrack, and he's busy wrapping up the OST, which has turned into a monster.
Sad but true, me and my family. Toughened me up though.
http://t.co/yPQgB7gT
Here's an interview I did with Samit Sarker of Polygon. It's nice to get this story out there. I'm still working on a Post Mortem as well, which should be up over the next week.
Here's an interview I did with Samit Sarker of Polygon. It's nice to get this story out there. I'm still working on a Post Mortem as well, which should be up over the next week.
Awesome article. I usually really like how the Verge goes about their content and it's great to see you on there!
I STILL haven't gotten a chance to play and it's killing me, but I'm trying to get a job in the industry and be more eSports. Just got back home yesterday after PAX.
Maybe I'll forgo some sleep and fire it up late tonight.
toythatkills
Member
If it helps, I gave Dust 5/5, but I'd only give sleep a very respectable 4.5/5
It already got a 5/5 from me playing it at PAX East and I couldn't lose my smile as I noticed a dozen tiny little flairs of the game and never had to fight the controls.
excellent, one of my fave articles this year. great story.
Finished it.
My final save says 113%. I have all 21 side quests, I believe I catalogues everything.
But I was level 54 and I wasn't carrying everything I had found/crafted. Do I need to be to have full completion?
Great experience. Clocked 20 hours on a casual playthrough. Will go again on tough.
My final save says 113%. I have all 21 side quests, I believe I catalogues everything.
But I was level 54 and I wasn't carrying everything I had found/crafted. Do I need to be to have full completion?
Great experience. Clocked 20 hours on a casual playthrough. Will go again on tough.
toythatkills
Member
You need to 4* all the challenge rooms.
Ah gotcha. Thanks.
MetalGuardian
Banned
I finally got a new Xbox (after suffering three different cases of the RRoD with my old one, grrr), so I'm just finding out about this game. It looks spectacular, and it is incredibly badass that a GAFfer made it. Funds are very tight right now (because, ya know, I just dropped a large sum of money on a system that I had already invested hundreds of dollars in to get fixed in the past, and I'm a poor college kid), but I'll definitely try to support my GAF brother when I have some extra income! It seems like a title I would genuinely love.
Congratulations on the success my man, us GAFfers are very proud of you!
Congratulations on the success my man, us GAFfers are very proud of you!
i recommend you think about making an artbook. i'll buy it!
toythatkills
Member
It's in Mudpot, you'll get it as part of the story so just carry on.
RoryDropkick
Member
Do it! I would pay good money for it.. Kickstarter it, something!
Also, I just beat the game yesterday, it was wonderful! I gotta go back and fully clear it though.. but I will do it gladly!
I would kill for a deluxe edition of the game with an Artbook/OST, and a physical disc. The game is way too good for just a digital product.
First beat the game when I was at like level 37, and
was a huge challenge.
After screwing around, 4-starring all the challenges and getting all the best equipment and becoming level 52, things changed drastically. I literally
. Didn't even have to use a health item.
Real fun game. Great work Noggy.
Gaius
After screwing around, 4-starring all the challenges and getting all the best equipment and becoming level 52, things changed drastically. I literally
lightning aerial dust stormed him to death. All 4 or 5 segments
Real fun game. Great work Noggy.
Yeah, one shot kills.... I'm considering doing something about that for the update. I don't necessarily want to make that encounter easier since some people are able to fly through it with a bit of grinding, but I agree that one shot kills are a bit... unbalanced. Maybe some sort of limiter to ensure no hit consumes more that a set % of your total HP. Tinkering.
You are much better at this game than me
I would try, grind, try grind, try grind... Finally, I had to give up to avoid breaking a controller. Got up to level 48 or so (plus crafted up some better stuff while grinding) and couldn't get past the 4th stage. Deleted the game. Still have my save, though.
Absolutely loved the game. So much fun and so much content for only $15.
The end did sour my experience, though. If I was able to change the difficulty on the fly (tough was obviously too high a level for me) then I could have avoided the problem.
Wibblewozzer
Member
Grah, only two indie guys left and I don't have enough keys. Merchants are outta keys too. Do they restock them? I cant find any key location guides online...
They don't restock. There's an exact amount of keys for everything to be unlocked after collecting all of them and buying all.
i should've simply hunted for the Indie dudes instead of opening random treasure chests. hunting for the keys are gonna be annoying.