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DS/GBA owners: Must buy Drill Dozer
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pitt_norton
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I love Drill Dozer... though I think I may have a defective copy.
When i play it on my gba player the rumble feature doesn't extend itself to the controller
and I'm having a bitch of a time to get the treasure on the first level. The design dictates I need the third gear and yet when i get the third gear i have no way of getting back to an earlier point since i'm shut off but a blocked door!
When i play it on my gba player the rumble feature doesn't extend itself to the controller
and I'm having a bitch of a time to get the treasure on the first level. The design dictates I need the third gear and yet when i get the third gear i have no way of getting back to an earlier point since i'm shut off but a blocked door!
MrPing1000
Member
Doesn't get released until mid november in the uk wtf
Christopher
Member
We'll think about it.
Ruud_Luiten
Member
Import it and buy it, simpleShiggy said:
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Deleted member 1235
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Because of the thread
Drill Dozer > NSMB
that someone created I am never buying it. I'm also going to tell people that I did buy it and it wasn't very good and they shouldn't buy it, as punishment for the stupidity of that thread.
Drill Dozer > NSMB
that someone created I am never buying it. I'm also going to tell people that I did buy it and it wasn't very good and they shouldn't buy it, as punishment for the stupidity of that thread.
travisbickle
Member
Shiggy said:
I thought it was released under a different name "drill training" or something, or is that a totally different game?
Naked Snake
Member
catfish said:
IAWTP
Battersea Power Station
Member
Wait... should I get the GBA or the DS game?
Battersea Power Station
Member
Oh, I was confusing it with Mr. Driller, which I guess you already figured out. ): OK, I'll buy this during lunch.Archie said:
evilromero
Member
This is getting old. I think this is the third or fourth thread stating the exact same thing. DD is a cute and simple game, but nothing more. I'll agree there is a lot of charm there, but nothing to start a thread about.
MrBeanTroll
Member
I enjoyed it up until I had to use the prop to go through water and that annoyed me a bit but I pushed through it in hopes that it would get better. THEN I got to the flying portion and said "**** this". Fighting controls is not fun.
Ghengis Cohen
Banned
Not buying this game proves you don't want Nintendo to make good games anymore. It's the same as not buying Fire Emblem.
Randam_Hajile
Member
I bought Drill Dozer a few weeks ago and have played quite a bit since then. I definitely agree with everything that has been said about the game. It's great! Some points I'd like to add are:
+The game gets pretty challenging later in. Especially some of the secret areas.
+I don't know if it's just that I've played it in so many intervals, but the game is LONG! Much longer than I'd thought it would be. I just got to area 5-1, I think
, and I'm just starting to backtrack to previous areas and I know there are still two more areas (at least) to go, and I feel like I've been playing for almost 8 hours or more.
The only negative thing I can say is:
-Playing DD on a regular DS cramps my hands worse than any other game. Hopefully the DS Lite will remedy that.
Overall, Drill Dozer is awesome! Go buy it now!
+The game gets pretty challenging later in. Especially some of the secret areas.
+I don't know if it's just that I've played it in so many intervals, but the game is LONG! Much longer than I'd thought it would be. I just got to area 5-1, I think
(the prison level)
The only negative thing I can say is:
-Playing DD on a regular DS cramps my hands worse than any other game. Hopefully the DS Lite will remedy that.
Overall, Drill Dozer is awesome! Go buy it now!
You have a lot of great gaming experiences ahead of you, my friend. Have fun!The End said:
Code_Link said:So you haven't bought any good GBA games?
I've got quite a few...
Metroid Fusion
Metrod Zero Mission
Pokemon Sapphire (it, uh, came with the GBA)
Castlevania Double Pack
MMZ2
MMBN3
Zelda: Four Swords
Astro Boy (probably my favorite portable game, like, ever)
Guardian Heroes Advance
Advance Wars 2
As one of the original hypers of Drill Dozer I'll say that this game is on my summer list of gaming reruns ta play through again! It's cute and quirky and backs them up with solid gameplay that keeps building up from level to level. Plus its pretty epic for a handheld platformer. For instance, the flying level boss fight was crazy maniacal and
I just wish I had a GBASPv2 (drop to $50 already!) cause GC/DS control is abit much on the hands for extended play sessiosn.
Plus its pretty epic for a handheld platformer. For instance, the flying level boss fight was crazy maniacal and
infiltration and escape from the missile was cool as was the whole throw tons of baddies at ya level 5-2!
I just wish I had a GBASPv2 (drop to $50 already!) cause GC/DS control is abit much on the hands for extended play sessiosn.muttyeah416
Member
how much did everyone pay for it?
KeepitGeriatric
Member
Holy crap I get it, Drill Dozer is good, why do people keep on making threads that essentially say the exact same thing?
KeepitGeriatric
Member
Two months ago, beat it, thought it was a great game, moved on with my life.McBacon said:
A Link to the Past
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Fuzzy said:
I am
My 2 cents:
I have no idea why this game is so hugely hyped. Honestly it looks just like something I would totally flip for, and I tried hard to be super excited about it, but I played through it was fairly underwhelmed the whole time.
Here's a few points that I keep coming back to:
* The way the game moves feels to me like a turn-based game maker trying to make a real-time action game. I never got the feeling like it controlled all that fluidly and it's weird sometimes how drilling will "snap" you into position (this is fairly helpful from a gameplay standpoint, but the way it looks and feels was weird to me). Feel is a fairly subjective thing in a game, but of all the other platformers I played on GBA (Mario Advances, Megaman Zero, Klonoa, hell, even DK King of Swing), this had the strangest, most disconnected feel to me. Reminded me of old PC shareware.
* The optional training level you can go to after the first introductory level throws pretty much every basic control and game-mechanic twist at you right away. The effect of this? I played that level, thought the game was freakin' awesome, then played through the rest of the game and was bored by the fact that the other levels weren't as challenging or innovative. The one secret level I did unlock was pretty out-there and challenging too, but basically I played 2 outstanding optional levels and plodded through the rest.
* I really didn't like the fact that your drill starts over at level 1 every time. What fun there was of Level 3 drilling madness is confined to at least the latter half of most levels. In a game that has an interface that allows you to buy upgrades that you keep, I thought it seemed pretty disjointed that your most basic ability is wiped clean at the start of each level. And, if you're going to send me back to square one, at least let me skip the "you got gear #2" animation. That animation was super cool and exciting the first time I hit it, but it's huge bright colored stripes and pump-you-up music only ended up later emphasizing how unexcited I was to get drill level 2 or 3...AGAIN.
Having said this, it's not a bad game--I wouldn't go quite as far as Teasel or Mike G.E.D.. I had some fun, like I mentioned. The characters were pretty endearing and the dialogue was quirky and funny at times. But the amount that this game gets mentioned as a must buy for every GBA/DS owner on GAF seems odd to me. Lambast me if you will.
I have no idea why this game is so hugely hyped. Honestly it looks just like something I would totally flip for, and I tried hard to be super excited about it, but I played through it was fairly underwhelmed the whole time.
Here's a few points that I keep coming back to:
* The way the game moves feels to me like a turn-based game maker trying to make a real-time action game. I never got the feeling like it controlled all that fluidly and it's weird sometimes how drilling will "snap" you into position (this is fairly helpful from a gameplay standpoint, but the way it looks and feels was weird to me). Feel is a fairly subjective thing in a game, but of all the other platformers I played on GBA (Mario Advances, Megaman Zero, Klonoa, hell, even DK King of Swing), this had the strangest, most disconnected feel to me. Reminded me of old PC shareware.
* The optional training level you can go to after the first introductory level throws pretty much every basic control and game-mechanic twist at you right away. The effect of this? I played that level, thought the game was freakin' awesome, then played through the rest of the game and was bored by the fact that the other levels weren't as challenging or innovative. The one secret level I did unlock was pretty out-there and challenging too, but basically I played 2 outstanding optional levels and plodded through the rest.
* I really didn't like the fact that your drill starts over at level 1 every time. What fun there was of Level 3 drilling madness is confined to at least the latter half of most levels. In a game that has an interface that allows you to buy upgrades that you keep, I thought it seemed pretty disjointed that your most basic ability is wiped clean at the start of each level. And, if you're going to send me back to square one, at least let me skip the "you got gear #2" animation. That animation was super cool and exciting the first time I hit it, but it's huge bright colored stripes and pump-you-up music only ended up later emphasizing how unexcited I was to get drill level 2 or 3...AGAIN.
Having said this, it's not a bad game--I wouldn't go quite as far as Teasel or Mike G.E.D.. I had some fun, like I mentioned. The characters were pretty endearing and the dialogue was quirky and funny at times. But the amount that this game gets mentioned as a must buy for every GBA/DS owner on GAF seems odd to me. Lambast me if you will.