is ok, my friend, is aaaalll ok. this game is zen abuse - eventually you will become like neo from matrix and see only 0s and 1s, calculating your next eighteen moves with little more than a blink, ducks all quacking right into them goddamn slots one after the other like they were goddamn born to.
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is ok, my friend, is aaaalll ok. this game is zen abuse - eventually you will become like neo from matrix and see only 0s and 1s, calculating your next eighteen moves with little more than a blink, ducks all quacking right into them goddamn slots one after the other like they were goddamn born to.
Emperor Bohe
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this looks awesome as fuck. will buy when I get a PS4/PSTV
within the next half decade...
HypnoDarkrai
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Starter: 872,750
Main: 1,078,200
MightyHedgehog
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784,500 on third go at starter mode. Seems cool, but the d-pad on the DS4 just won't cut it even if you buffer and roll up inputs on tight turns. Although you lose the perfect bonus from breaking the combo by dropping off ducks/birds outside of a continuous string, it feels like it's necessary to do so to slow down to make it playable. I never felt so out of control in Pac-Man CE or DX even at the fastest speed in normal modes on a bog standard X360 pad, by comparison. Nicely done mashup of other games, for sure, but it's no Pac-Man CE or DX. Might come back to it later, but I don't like the full screen flash for fever mode kicking in, either, since it momentarily blinds you to the maze when you're already moving fast and in tight quarters. Also needs more memorization involved to know which entrance to enter and which directions to approach from since the placements of eggs are fixed and you barely get time to see them ahead of getting to the screen they are in.
TimeEffect
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How!!! D:
How do you master the dpad? My mind cant think fast enough, my thumb miscalculates, fails to press, or just hesitates..
I am going to chip away at this game.
Lucent
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Lol playing Laboratory mode. I'm on the 7th puzzle. Wow lol. Makes you feel good when you meet par though. It's like those sliding ice puzzles in Alundra where you gotta slide until you hit a wall. But you're not allowed to drop the cells off until you've gotten them all. Really makes you think.
Badlucktroll
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what do i have to do to unlock nostalgia mode.
HypnoDarkrai
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I'm on a PSV, that might be a reason.
I press hard on the d-pad right before a turn comes up
Score 1,000,000 points in the arcade main board.
Almost cracked a mil on main after a few tries. I think I'll really enjoy it, get a good Pac-Man DX feel from it which is good thing. Sometimes the hypnotic colours can make it hard to differentiate walls from those blocks that appear after you drop and egg into a slot. But I'll probably get used to that.
Neuromancer
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This game is a digital orgasm of sights and sounds.
HypnoDarkrai
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There's a Daily Arcade as well but you unlock it by scoring 1,200,000 in the Main grid.
You've inspired me.
I'm going to stream my goal of breaking 1,000,000 on the starter starting now.
twitch.tv/ryandg29
I will likely fail miserably over and over again, but i'm only 43,000 away lol.
Mechanized
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I think the control is intentional, you can grind on walls like PacMan.
Game is surprisingly good. Really nice visuals.
Game is surprisingly good. Really nice visuals.
The grinding is a bit wonky though -- if you grind too early, it won't give you the boost. And you want the boost, as it also gives you an extra pip in your combo/fever bar. The timing is really odd at 1x but it seems to get easier at higher speeds (just hold the direction about a tile before the turn at 5x or higher and it always seems to work).
They also need to change how pausing in the game works, it makes things way easier than they should be if you start abusing it.
That looks really amazing! Those screens and the teaser already sold me on the entire concept -- too bad I won't be getting a PS4 until next year. At least I don't have to be worried about things to play!
+1 for the random ass Wilhelm scream in the teaser. I mean... what the hell.
Watching you play right now! This is my first time watching a stream on Twitch (apart from the Pokemon thing), so don't you disappoint me.
+1 for the random ass Wilhelm scream in the teaser. I mean... what the hell.
Watching you play right now! This is my first time watching a stream on Twitch (apart from the Pokemon thing), so don't you disappoint me.
TimeEffect
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What is pause buffering?
If you "grind" on walls, do you slowdown?
If you "grind" on walls, do you slowdown?
The Last Wizard
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Gif sold me,and it's free for plus can't wait.
HypnoDarkrai
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Nostalgia mode is pretty. :O
Pause, hold the input you want, and then unpause. If you're not in the exact right spot, quickly unpause and pause again. This game makes that fairly easy as the game actually accelerates back up to normal speed once you unpause (but it lets you pause again during the speed-up). You could probably create a TAS-esque run doing that if you really spent the time trying to get every input on the first possible frame, although I don't know how much that matters (since you can buffer turns against walls and I suspect the game enforces fixed turn timing on a per-block basis).
Grinding on walls doesn't slow you down and it gives you a small burst of speed when you turn (like the Pac-Man CE and CE DX games). You can even spark when going head-on into a wall, which is a little odd.
HypnoDarkrai
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Lucent
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lol. Yeah it's pretty crazy.
Try to be specific with your scores guys.
NEOGAF HOLY SHIT, PIX THE CAT!!! LEADERBOARDS
MAIN GRID
1. 1,078,200 - HypnoDarkrai
2. 1,036,050 - whitehawk
3. 820,500 - Fireblend
4. 799,000(?) - sn00zer
5. 749,000(?) - Lucent
6. Not Good Enough, Srsly - Kumubou
STARTER GRID
1. 1,007,850 - Kumubou
2. 872,750 - HypnoDarkrai
3. 817,500 - Fireblend
4. 799,000(?) - sn00zer
5. 784,500 - MightyHedgehog
NEOGAF HOLY SHIT, PIX THE CAT!!! LEADERBOARDS
MAIN GRID
1. 1,078,200 - HypnoDarkrai
2. 1,036,050 - whitehawk
3. 820,500 - Fireblend
4. 799,000(?) - sn00zer
5. 749,000(?) - Lucent
6. Not Good Enough, Srsly - Kumubou
STARTER GRID
1. 1,007,850 - Kumubou
2. 872,750 - HypnoDarkrai
3. 817,500 - Fireblend
4. 799,000(?) - sn00zer
5. 784,500 - MightyHedgehog
Starter - 856300
Main - 1372400
Daily Challenge - 843000
It says I'm currently 9th for main and 2nd for the daily challenge, but that can't be right, right?
EDIT - for those who are wondering, I played a lot of Pac-Man DX so I already have experience on sharp turns and finding the right path at fast speeds.
BTW, when on frenzy, you can totally eat the skulls. That's why they're sweating. 10000 a piece.
Main - 1372400
Daily Challenge - 843000
It says I'm currently 9th for main and 2nd for the daily challenge, but that can't be right, right?
EDIT - for those who are wondering, I played a lot of Pac-Man DX so I already have experience on sharp turns and finding the right path at fast speeds.
BTW, when on frenzy, you can totally eat the skulls. That's why they're sweating. 10000 a piece.
Lucent
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lol where'd you pull that score from for me. Just guessing based on what I said? lol was more like 711,000. I'll try to get it up there and actually post a pic later. =P
HypnoDarkrai
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My Main high score is now 1,283,950.
I'm fine with 3rd place.
I'm fine with 3rd place.
What?!
Madness.
Path finding. Every stage has a perfect way to collect eggs and drop them off without having to double back and lose time. Sometimes its really hard to tell.
HypnoDarkrai
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Are you crashing into the Skulls while in Fever? That gives you points as well.
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