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Still wondering what the hell went wrong on the distribution front. I want to play this game.
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Trenched / Iron Brigade |OT| of Analog Salutes.. oh and Mechs
- Thread starter Gowans
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I gold-ed all the bosses solo with an Assault mech and six of the purple, high-damage machine guns, think they're called the Scythe or something like that. Might have an easier time with that than the sniper rifles, affords a little more flexibility on when you can start/stop firing. Even with that though, I only had like four seconds to spare on Vlad.
tjohn86 said:
Cheers.
The credits for this game are awesome, more credits should be like them. Such a simple way of turning boring list of names into something interesting and making you care about the dudes who made them. Of course it helps I saw half of them on the Bombcast earlier today
Gowans007 said:
Hopefully some multiplayer lobby fixes, that is easily the worst part of the game as far as bugs. I've seen all sorts of bizarre instances of people dropping out but not being removed from the ship, or where I'm still in the lobby but not showing up on the list of players. (That said, the lobby is pretty awesome, so I can forgive this to an extent.)
Ace Harding
Member
Just had a major facepalm moment. I did not realize I could use more than one of the same gun, so I've been going through the game with six slots but using one great MG and two not so great guns on that side. As soon as I saw someone suggest using three of the same gun I realized I completely misunderstood the point of the shop. I thought it was just to buy guns you didn't have yet.
If I can use three purples maybe I can finally beat Volcano - I keep eating it on the last wave.
I'm also going to try using flak turrets and dampeners as a couple people suggested - haven't tried that yet.
Also, did I miss something (else) or is there a way to immediately replay a mission you failed without going back to the map, then back to your mech? That plus unskippable shit makes failing missions that much more frustrating. Minor gripe with an amazing game though.
If I can use three purples maybe I can finally beat Volcano - I keep eating it on the last wave.
I'm also going to try using flak turrets and dampeners as a couple people suggested - haven't tried that yet.
Also, did I miss something (else) or is there a way to immediately replay a mission you failed without going back to the map, then back to your mech? That plus unskippable shit makes failing missions that much more frustrating. Minor gripe with an amazing game though.
Speedymanic
Banned
Gowans007 said:
Hate to be the bringer of bad news,
I haven't seen any news yet, sorry
https://twitter.com/#!/AceyBongos/status/85384696086806528
:/
ILOVEASIANS
Member
TxdoHawk said:
Hmm. Might try this out later on Vlad.
Phonomezer
Banned
I had a bug where I was trying to outfit my Trench but the screen kept switching back and forth to the SHOP so I was accidently buying things.
Edit: This was online btw, no bugs encountered otherwise.
Edit: This was online btw, no bugs encountered otherwise.
I'm loving this game, but I think I've almost finished the main campaign. Can't wait to see if they release new map DLC, as I'd snap it up in a heartbeat. Especially if it was weirder challenge levels or a survival mode. That kind of stuff was the best part of Defense Grid: Awakening.
Also, if anyone wants to play some multiplayer, my gamertag is bigf00t61. None of my friends have picked this up yet, and I'm really interested in how it plays with 2+.
Also, if anyone wants to play some multiplayer, my gamertag is bigf00t61. None of my friends have picked this up yet, and I'm really interested in how it plays with 2+.
dragonelite
Member
Speedymanic said:
And a million tears just ran out of my eyes.
Phonomezer
Banned
Time to use a foreign account?dragonelite said:
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
So does anyone know if there's a massive flak turret or a named equivalent? I've completed around 80 matches and haven't seen one drop.
ToyMachine228
Member
LiK said:
Sounds like it's a holdup on Microsoft's end then. Hang in there. The game's definitely worth the wait.
I've played quite a bit and I don't have it either. It's either rare or maybe it doesn't exist.
The game NEEDS a survival mode
It definitely needs something like Horde Mode. It seems like it would be wicked easy to implement DLC for this game. Either in the form of something like Survival Mode, or new maps altogether since really you just have to design one environment and an enemy spawn pattern. You could also raise the level cap and implement new loot relatively easily I imagine. The options are endless.
Definitely one of my favorite XBLA releases to date.
Speedymanic
Banned
LiK said:
So MS is to blame? :/
But if it was only a distribution problem, surely they'd have fixed that by now?
ILOVEASIANS
Member
equil said:
I didn't think the emplacement kills were that bad. I played Oasis and put 2 sets of 3 machine guns lined up in front of the base, with two mine emplacements on the far left and right paths. You get 300+ emplacement kills for 14-15 minutes because each Knob counts as a kill.
Since I already had been playing, I had a decent amount of emplacement kills already. Only needed to do 4 or 5 runs to finish that part up.
I'm with you on the 25,000 scrap though, lol.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I tweeted Brad and here's his response:tjohn86 said:
He's mrmooear on twitter.@RiccochetJ there are only 3 levels of flak cannon. I don't know why! I think it was just an oversight.
No biggie. Just want more loot to hunt! Hopefully there's more than one DLC!
Edit: And I do believe the Scythe is the most powerful machine gun. Depending on what you're trying to do. Kill fast? Yes. But those machine guns that drop more shards are handy if you're an engineering trench.
ToyMachine228
Member
Still need to get my Psychonauts suit but I have a long way to go. I've got gold on every mission. I really wish there was more content to keep me going. Straight up farming for emplacement kills and scrap gets kind of boring. As much as I like the game, it's true.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Odd, I haven't done any farming whatsoever. Just happened naturally for me. I suppose it's just how I play and the mechs I chose.ToyMachine228 said:
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I would say so. I went through solo the first go round and had a blast. You have to think differently between coop and single player. Definitely follow their recommendations at first until you completely understand the mechanics however.icespide said:
ILOVEASIANS
Member
icespide said:
I'd say so. I've spent about half my time playing solo and enjoyed it just as much as co-op.
A good chunk of my time in co-op was spent running around like an idiot on the ship saluting one another anyway, lol.
Speedymanic
Banned
I like using the smaller trenches, but I definitely have more success in with the larger sizes, since I never seem to grab enough scrap to make use of the more expensive turrets. But throwing out those dampeners on the cheap so fun. Definitely my favorite non-local multiplayer XBLA game, even with randoms.
dragonelite
Member
Man can we europe peasant play this game yet.
show me your skeleton
Member
they won't apologize or explain what happened, they'll just make it out like we're 'oh so lucky' to be able to play the game at last. pssh.Gowans007 said:
anyway, i bought it last week via american-account-paypal-wizardry, which was a pain but ah well. i hope someone at microsoft receives one less ferrero roche for each missed regional sale this christmas.
ToyMachine228
Member
I have the day off from work today. Going to try to farm as much scrap as I can for the Psychonauts suit which is the last achievement I need.
Speedymanic
Banned
I've given up on this. If they ever bother releasing it over here, I'll pick it up when it hits 600msp or lower, not a moment sooner.
Such a shame.
Such a shame.
ToyMachine228
Member
It is a shame what's going on in Europe. This is one of the best buys on XBLA in my opinion. Double Fine did a great job. I really hope they support it with some DLC. I know it's annoying but when it does hit in Europe, I highly recommend buying it.
Beer Monkey
Member
This game is great and it's nuts, IMO to boycott it for being released late in your region.