To me it generally means, procedural generation, some kind of persistent upgrade system, and the forced nature of returning to the beginning once you die.
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Galak-Z: The Dimensional |OT| Macross the Universe
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To me it generally means, procedural generation, some kind of persistent upgrade system, and the forced nature of returning to the beginning once you die.
I did unless the PS4 OS lied to me.
OP says 9am PST. Still 1.5 hours until then.
Just from playing the first couple of missions (including one dumb death), it seems It's a bit more roguelike than Rogue Legacy (you can't die your way to upgrades the way you can in RL) but less roguelike than Binding of Isaac (you can't really screw yourself over or find yourself in a completely unwinnable situation the way you can in BoI).
Ahh, ok, must have gotten my PST's confused (multiple time zones per country is weird to us!)
TheOohChild
Member
It's like Luftrausers mixed with Rogue Legacy mixed with space stuff. I am having a lot of fun with it so far
DirtyLarry
Member
Nice thanks for the response. I truly cannot wait to get home and check it out. I loved Asteroids. I also loved Defender. I really sucked at the latter, and got decent enough at the former I suppose, but I loved the challenge of both.
I'd throw in a bit of PixelJunk Shooter, but yeah, that's largely accurate.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
20 mins until reviews show up. Very curious to see how it goes over. Sounds like a high quality game, but the controls & difficulty might turn some people off.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I hope gets well reviewed, the game was made with ton of care
SerTapTap
Member
Are people finding it difficult? This has to be the easiest game with either "roguelike" or "space shooter" in the description, much less both. Took me until 2-5 to die and only because of double hits from the boss. Unless it gets way harder. Just take your time and normal combat should not be risky. I also still disagree with "roguelike" in this case.
Gradius is difficult. This game just requires you to not do stupid things too frequently.
Gradius is difficult. This game just requires you to not do stupid things too frequently.
Interested in seeing this. Played it a year ago or so, thought the controls might turn some people off.
Either way, I'm excited to play it tonight once I get home.
SerTapTap
Member
It's coming tomorrow and international publishing is not exactly turnkey for indie developers
coredecepts
Member
The only reason I even got hit in the first season was because I got super aggressive. And that one time I drifted into a red spiky plant.
Looking forward to the Mech and a little more difficulty.
Looking forward to the Mech and a little more difficulty.
It is on Steam. Apparently not on PS4 though. Very frustrating.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Solid score there:
The Good
- A complex, nuanced approach to movement, combat and strategy
- A risk/reward system creates tense moments throughout every playthrough
- A plethora of upgrades create new ways to consider dogfights
- Failure is always a learning experience
- Rare stutters during larger explosions
- Controls have the tendency to feel overly complex before the learning curve is mounted
Ok, good.
SerTapTap
Member
Console is not PC, steam doesn't require ratings or, to my knowledge, certification
You have the patch? Never had that issue even before the patch though...only started the game two times though (thanks, suspend/resume!)
Have you tried deleting the game from the system and re-downloading it?
That was my next solution :sigh
Yeah, I always nake sure I have patches installed
YianGaruga
Banned
cert on console is ok. Doing cert on the same file three times for different regions?
Sony pls
CarbonFire
Member
It ramps up quickly by the end of Season 2. I was wishing for more difficulty as well, and then I hit 2-5. Here come the large sword mechs with 30+ hit points, a big-ass shield, and a faster boost than yours. Oh, you can handle 1? Well here's 3 along with some support frigates.....have fun!
My first death ;_;
SerTapTap
Member
Well ideally regions should basically be dead, just adjust currency, I don't think that will happen unless they decide to drop ratings entirely which I'm not sure they will/can since they have physical presence in nations unlike Steam.
The multi-cert is stupid for sure though
That level was pretty fun, I don't appreciate the boss being able to combo you though, not in a game where you have 6 hit points and each hit does 2 damage. Two hits can be fatal, or one hit if you took damage before the boss. Took two respawns to kill him but I did.
Also the way the grab screws with your movement is extremely unpleasant mid-boss fight.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Is the PS+ discount no longer available?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I keep trying to add the reviews to my OP, and this keeps happening. Anyone able to help?
No, unfortunately (for NA).
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Only see the one review (Gamespot 8/10). I guess the review codes went out late and everyone's scrambling to finish the game.
I really didn't like Luftrausers, but this looks drastically better and I like the whole faux-anime Robotech thing it's got going on. Will definitely have to try it sometime.
I really didn't like Luftrausers, but this looks drastically better and I like the whole faux-anime Robotech thing it's got going on. Will definitely have to try it sometime.
SerTapTap
Member
Review copies were out sunday, game was pre-release quality until monday, hard to review in time. Only having my free time to play it, I certainly didn't have enough time, though it's not super long (that I can tell) so I'm a bit surprised more press seemingly didn't finish it.
CarbonFire
Member
What didn't you like about Luftrausers? Though Galak-Z is a lot more mechanically dense and varied than Luft was, they do share some common underpinnings with the way inertia affects movement.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
I hated having to constantly fight gravity and not being able to dodge well due to the inertia system. And I especially hated that airship that stopped me from being able to progress. Also, I dislike the camera (mediocre frame rate plus lots of shaking).
julesodies
Member
Luftrausers is awesome. I loved the little details like shooting slowing you down.
Not that hyped though for this game, missed the pre-order discount as well
Not that hyped though for this game, missed the pre-order discount as well
CarbonFire
Member
Well the inertia part is definitely in this, but the speed of movement and dodging is much faster. No screen shake or having to fight gravity. The combat is quite a bit more tactical, with more options on how you approach, disengage or avoid fights. The stealth in this game is surprisingly engaging and effective.
Framerate is fairly consistent, but it does bog down a bit in really heavy firefights (nothing anywhere as bad as I remember happening in Luftrausers though).
orthodoxy1095
Banned
How bad are the dips? Are there any plans to patch the performance issues?
So far, my least favorite part about this game is the sound design. I can't even tell if there's any music during gameplay, most of the sounds seem kind of muffled, and the combat dialogue, gets old really, really fast.
"Ka-ching!"
"Money in the bank!"
"My shields are blown!"
"My shields are blown!"
"My shields are blown!"
"Money in the bank!"
"Ka-ching!"
"Money in the bank!"
"My shields are blown!"
"My shields are blown!"
"My shields are blown!"
"Money in the bank!"
YianGaruga
Banned
space junk