Playing the Wii U version so far. I hate to be one of those guys and I try not to have knee jerk reactions like this, but...I think this is my GOTY. I'm in absolute love with everything I've seen/done so far in this game. I knew ex-Wayforward dudes had it in them, but shit, this game is legit as fuck. I think one could say that I may be in a honeymoon phase/moment with the game (especially due to the surprise release tonight), but I'm two stages in and it's probably the most raw, straight-up fun I've had with a game all year.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Shovel Knight |OT| The 8-bit adventures of Butt Butt Goes to Europe & Australia
- Thread starter maxcriden
- Start date
Hale-XF11
Member
One item, one time buy. It uses your magic.
toddhunter
Member
Beat the first couple of levels and really enjoying it. Still not quite giving me the same joy 1001 spikes did (make sure to play that game!) but clearly a quality package.
BassForever
Member
Cool, I assume all items are like that then no expendables?
Prophane33
Member
Was originally going to grab this on Steam, but the Tree House live stream from E3 convinced me to grab the 3ds version. Can't wait.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
(Pogo feels better than it did in DuckTales Remastered to me, lol)
I really like how tight it is so far.
You can fill some items with expendable liquid.
Ha, I completely agree. Pogo feels super tight. Seriously, this destroys all recent efforts from Wayforward and I've only scratched the surface with this game. I LOVE the checkpoint system too. I already cleared a stage with having them all destroyed. Feels SO good!
Hale-XF11
Member
Basically, any relic, armor or shovel upgrade stays in your inventory for good.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Croaker for NPC of the forever.
Punny frog.
Punny frog.
ShadowElliot
Banned
I got to play the demo today at Nintendo World and it makes me love it so fa- A LOT. Insanely jealous of you early getters!
aparisi2274
Member
Damnit!! I would've , but I already redeemed my code.
Wreck-It Ralph
Member
I'm trying not to play the game too fast but it's really good and I just wanna go back to it.
PixyJunket
Member
Welp, I think I've got my Game of the Year here.
This is what I dreamed video games would be like in the future when I was ten.
This is what I dreamed video games would be like in the future when I was ten.
InsaneZero
Member
Just finished downloading my copy on the Wii U! Aw yeah.
Hale-XF11
Member
Also, once you're in pogo mode, you don't have to keep holding down if you want to keep pogo-ing and attack cancels pogo mode.
didn't know this was ex-wayforward guys until today. love wayforward and everything they do/did. anyway, my question for those that have played it: how hard is the game? i'm not in the mood for something super frustrating/unforgiving. i mean, i don't mind some challenge but i'm not looking for the dark souls of platformers. sorry, i'm an old man and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. however my favorite zelda is the adventure of link and seeing shovel knight pogo on enemies hits the nostalgia strings just right.
tldr: how hard is this game. i'm an old fart.
tldr: how hard is this game. i'm an old fart.
Shadowlink
Member
Played the first two levels, and went through the village. These are the kind of games I miss playing. Time for some Justice...
For reference, I chose the Wii U edition.
Shovel Justice!
For reference, I chose the Wii U edition.
PixyJunket
Member
Tomorrow for peasants.
Minsc
Gold Member
Game is charming as hell. 
Music is great and the way they slice the humor in to the dialog like in the "more info" text about the songs is really nice. Only played through the first stage and the town, but it feels really polished and the controls are great (360 pad + Steam), and I've already had a few moments of pleasant surprise where I stumbled across solutions accidentally that in hindsight are perfectly logical.
Music is great and the way they slice the humor in to the dialog like in the "more info" text about the songs is really nice. Only played through the first stage and the town, but it feels really polished and the controls are great (360 pad + Steam), and I've already had a few moments of pleasant surprise where I stumbled across solutions accidentally that in hindsight are perfectly logical.considering how great this looks on 3DS im tempted to buy 1001 spikes in there to
but.. i'll resist. will grab 1001 on steam soon
PixyJunket
Member
3DS has very sexy 3D and a very unique StreetPass feature.
Wii U will (eventually?) have some local multi-player modes.
TerminalDogma
Member
I will.
Hale-XF11
Member
As an old fart myself, I found it fairly challenging, though just a tiny bit on the easy side. It's fair without being frustrating. Any mistakes/deaths I had while playing were always my own fault and not the game's.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Shootin' the shit.
Need this in graphics that use CRT blending cuz that'd be neat.
Need this in graphics that use CRT blending cuz that'd be neat.
Yeah, I love the checkpoint placement, myself. Good places in case beginners want to try their luck.
imagine playing this with the gamepad or pro controller's dpad
thank you. i hear those wii u gamepads are kinda pricy. j/k, i haven't thrown a controller in about 20 years. ah the good/bad old days. back when your controller was connected to the console and when you threw it it would pull the system with it. sorry just had a flashback.
DeleteMyAccountThankyou
Member
I enjoyed 1001 Spikes a lot as well... until a few later levels that included
penguins
Hale-XF11
Member
And when you threw the controller, it survived the impact. Ah, the good ol' days indeed. :')
This game was seriously meant to be played on an old CRT monitor with an NES pad.
I'm loving the game so far. Just beat the second boss,
Knight. The run speed is a tad slower than I'd like, and it bums me out that there's subpixel rendering going on, but the game is great and the music and artwork are fantastic. I'll definitely keep playing for the next couple hours or so.
It's the right amount of challenge, I think. I've died a handful of times (mostly to bosses), but it's always been my fault.
Spectre
It's the right amount of challenge, I think. I've died a handful of times (mostly to bosses), but it's always been my fault.
esmith08734
Member
I'll pick this up in the future. I am so busy with other games. Currently, NSMBU is my 2-D platformer.
Yeah, I think this is my GOTY too. I mean, I liked Dark Souls II (I'm a bitter old man when it comes to From's games though) and Drakengard 3 has a humorous (but a the same time a very serious) stake in the running for me as well, but this is on a whole other level. It's like everything I've wanted from of a modern day 2D Castlevania/Mega Man game.