Thanks for taking the time to share all of this. I think it is going to help tremendously for my sanity.The gold was intended as a sort of "second level" for experts, not as something that everyone should try for; we're going to see if we can communicate this a bit more clearly in the future.
In the meantime, don't worry about it
Good advice. That's how I'm playing actually. At first, I try to beat level, and then I go back to pick up all gold (if possible).
And thanks guys for the game. It's very addictive and stylish.
I don't say this lightly...
This game is basically perfect. It accomplishes every single goal it sets out to, it plays perfectly, it has perfectly designed levels and perfect integration of music.
It's... perfect.
Thanks for taking the time to share all of this. I think it is going to help tremendously for my sanity.
So one question for you.
How is the score calculated for the leaderboards?
Is it how fast you do the 5 levels? How many times you die? How much gold you collect? All 3?
Just wondering how the score is calculated. If Gold does play a factor to how high a score is, it is going to be very hard for me to resist trying to get it as you suggested. Although I will never be at the top of the leaderboards, I cannot be on the bottom. LOL
I believe score is simply time left, as gold increases time. The best score should then be the best time to get all gold, unless there are situations where getting all gold doesn't result in the highest time left (or if gold counts extra somehow)
mare, who curated the soundtrack for this game? Please extend my thumbs-up, whoever is responsible did great.
But this also makes me mad about the pre-order savings thing. I know it's been hashed out here already and I don't want to derail, but count me as a hater of this policy. Weren't pre-orders designed to give retails an idea of how much to stock?
I can sympathize (I do think the discount should have been at least for the whole week, or the duration of the Play campaign), buuuut we did have a ton of glowing impressions from the BetaBeen reading the last few pages and I'm floored by the revelation of secret exit tasks. And sounds like everyone is loving the game overall, save bugs notwithstanding.
But this also makes me mad about the pre-order savings thing. I know it's been hashed out here already and I don't want to derail, but count me as a hater of this policy. Weren't pre-orders designed to give retails an idea of how much to stock? Why do we need these on digital games? There's no demo, so waiting for impressions is important. Game seems worth $20 for sure but it would have been nice to take advantage of the discount after seeing community impressions.... Grr.
Done with the Intro and A- and B-Levels of N++ with roughly 10 hours on the clock. That's 325 of of the 2360 levels finished.
The easiest levels of the game... Without going for the gold stuff in the N++-section, what would probably triple the amount of time (or even more).
They should have had the discount for the entire launch week and give preorders some other bonus. It would have helped with sales of the game.
Are you counting menu time in that? Seems a bit high,
I realize that there is a trophy for getting all the gold, which was maybe a mistake.
Honestly, you will enjoy the game a lot more if you don't obsess with gold and just try to make it to the exit.. we regret making the all-gold badges visible from the start since people are getting side-tracked. Sorry! Our mistake.
The game is a lot more fun if you play through it just trying to beat the levels, and *then* -- once you've beaten all the levels you can and developed as much skill as possible -- return to clean up all that gold. Then it will be very fun and not a grueling grind.
The gold was intended as a sort of "second level" for experts, not as something that everyone should try for; we're going to see if we can communicate this a bit more clearly in the future.
Game time is about 8 hours. Getting all gold in the intro section took me a while on a few levels.
Oh, you're all gold, that explains everything lol.
All gold is satisfying but there's always That One Level per episode where I just say "nope" and continue on
You monster! (Well at least now I know)Hi -- sorry about this, we made some last-minute changes to that level that ended up making that gold impossible... we'll fix it the next update!
oof, that save glitch that some people on here mentioned is terrifying me to play the game. I'd like to play, but I know if I lost my progress on some of these harder levels I'd lose my shit.
Maybe I should wait to get further? :/
Yeah I'm thinking of swapping to an older controller for this game. Feel like it will wreck my new one pretty fastNot since I was a wee lad playing SMB and Mega Man has my body reacted in the way it does to N++. Once again I'm waving my arms about with the controller like a possessed maniac, hoping it'll guide my Ninja just that much farther, pressing the ever loving shit outta the D-Pad and jump button, hoping the strength of my push will somehow correlate to a better result on screen.
And then I die.
I wonder if it's one of those things where the game is saving so often that if you quit out mid game to join a party in another game or something you might just catch it at the wrong time.
Go back to the main menu for a few seconds before quitting?
I also use the stick, but I'm pretty sure movement is digital in this game, so you aren't really making those "minor movements" any more than the d pad wouldI find I prefer the stick to d pad in this, usually the opposite for platformers, but since this is only left/right and there's lots of minor left/right movements to cancel a bit of momentum, the stick feels right somehow.
I also use the stick, but I'm pretty sure movement is digital in this game, so you aren't really making those "minor movements" any more than the d pad would
I'm *really* sorry about this. Also, I have bad news: the file is already corrupt (this is something that the PS4 detects and reports to us, we have no control over it and can't recover it regardless) so I'm afraid you've lost it all again. I'm so, so sorry.
We finally, mercifully have the opportunity to play a big-screen N+ game on a proper d-pad, and y'all use the sticks?!
Yea, the save bug sucks big time for sure, but it's good to know that you guys have it as a top priority.
It's a testimony to the quality of your game that even after losing my save file twice, I still plan to jump right back in tonight after work. That said, I may stick to creating levels for a little while waiting to see if this stuff gets sorted out. Losing a save file for a third time would be a bit much. Honestly, the thing that bums me out the most is the loss of all the colors I've unlocked. I love the various color schemes, and it's gonna suck to have to unlock them all again.
If there's anything I can do to help you guys try to isolate the bug, system info or anything like that, please let me know.
I feel really awful about this. It appears to happen to certain people only, so it could be a playstation problem or a bug somewhere that is found with a particular usage type. Are you switching games a lot? or load another game while N++ is running forcing it to quit? or doing a lot of messaging/changing games while messaging?
We've contacted Sony about it and are trying to fix it, but we really don't understand how it's happening right now.
I feel really awful about this. It appears to happen to certain people only, so it could be a playstation problem or a bug somewhere that is found with a particular usage type. Are you switching games a lot? or load another game while N++ is running forcing it to quit? or doing a lot of messaging/changing games while messaging?
We've contacted Sony about it and are trying to fix it, but we really don't understand how it's happening right now.
I feel really awful about this. It appears to happen to certain people only, so it could be a playstation problem or a bug somewhere that is found with a particular usage type. Are you switching games a lot? or load another game while N++ is running forcing it to quit? or doing a lot of messaging/changing games while messaging?
We've contacted Sony about it and are trying to fix it, but we really don't understand how it's happening right now.
This level is going to haunt me being left ungolded.
So is there some trick to 'go fish' or were you just in a really bad mood that day?
the soundtrack is so good, as well as the game. easily worth $20
is there any way to find out what exactly is playing?