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Deleted member 1235
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i dont understand how scoring works, if i purchased endless continues to ditch the ads.... dont i get endless highscore?
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Pac-Man 256 announced for smartphones (Hipster Whale [Crossy Road devs] summer 2015)
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From my understanding, you get endless plays, but not endless continues. You can only continue once, even if you have enough free credits stored up to do it multiple times.
CrAzY FiNgErS
Member
Yes, that's right. This makes it nice when you have a great score and you want to continue on with that score to see if you can beat your old record.
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Deleted member 1235
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great! does buing the endless continues drop the shitty video ads?
CrAzY FiNgErS
Member
Yes, the ones you have to watch for free credits are gone, but there are still ads if you want to claim your "free prize" which is just the in game currency. You can get that just by playing the regular game without the need to claim your free prize. You use this in game currency to upgrade your power ups.
My reaction as well.
mattmagician
Member
Going to do this too. I can see picking it up every so often, but It's not really pacman in my eyes.
Incitemaybe
Member
I enjoy CE over DX but I like playing 1 or 2 games of this here and there. No need to buy the credits thing as I only use 1 or 2 before stopping for a bit.
I just like pac man without limbs
I just like pac man without limbs
They aren't comparable really.
This is a Pac-Man variant of Crossy Road, not a Pac-Man successor.
World SkiFree
Member
Not to derail thread but does CE DX have a version of CE as one of the modes? I never really looked, I just thought they may have included that. I own both CE and CE DX, really like both.
Getting back on track, I also like 256 but I'm not sure if it will keep drawing me back. Crossy Road didn't do that either. I think both games handle the ads/iap part really well but I still get a little put off with having to sift through those menus and selections. I'll definitely give 256 a few more tries though.
Fake edit: I should also add that this may play better on an iPad, I'm doing the iPhone thing. Not sure about everyone else.
ClayKavalier
Banned
Is there any point to keeping a chain of dots? You can see the game keeping track of how many you've eaten in a row, but it seems like you only get one point per dot regardless of your chain.
NoFaceNico
Member
In their promotion they said you get a "special surprise" when you chain 256 dots.
All it does is clear the screen of all enemies and starts counting again from zero.
You get a bonus when your chain hits 256 and a smartbomb effect that clears the immediate area of ghosts.
No, it has a "Championship Edition" board where you can play the Pac Man CE Board, but it still uses CE DX rules. It's basically a CE DX remake of the CE board.
They're really pretty different games, honestly. Same basic goal, but enormous difference in execution. My biggest grip with CE DX, personally, is how it slows down and zooms in if you're about to run into a ghost.
ClayKavalier
Banned
It's a substantial bonus and helps make getting further a lot easier but you don't unlock anything from it if that's what you're curious about.
Shang
Member
Tap the lightning bolt next to the power ups on the main menu. It opens an equip screen where you can also upgrade the power ups
this what happens
when i tap on one of the three icon , they just tilt
i don't know what should i do
Beer Monkey
Member
Chromecasting Pac-Man 256 really shows the current limitations of screen casting re: lag, skipped frames, and compression artifacts. Still, pretty cool playing it on a 1080p plasma with a Playstation controller.
infiniteloop
Member
Works great with AirPlay