Hyper Light Drifter
- Home
- Board: /v/ - Video Games
- Reading: Hyper Light Drifter
This game is fucking hard. At least for me. What do you think?
I think you're a casual
I died 4 times on the last boss, and a couple times on one of the previous bosses. It felt nicely balanced, overall.
I just finished it. Clocked in at 5 hours 59 minutes.
You can't skip cinematics on subsequent playthroughs. Gay.
My little sister doesn't think so
Did anyone open the four piece door up in the snow mountain?
I got all the shards from that place but I cant open it anyway, they just light up and stay closed.
>>332768205
Vita port when?
>>332768517
Are you sure it's not an8 piece door
>>332768447
Had any problems in regular fights? I'm kinda stuck atm. Haven't unlocked any skills yet. At the first boss.
Oh, and are skill points / "money" really this hard to come by? Or am I missing stuff?
I know the Wii U version is still in "limbo" which is bullshit. Can anyone tell me if they actually added co-op in the game? The stretch goals were met and stated that it would be present, but GOG and Steam both mark this game as single player only.
>>332768205
Playing with keyboard and mouse is way more difficult than with Joystick...
My Joy works but the buttons are fucked up and it doesn't have a button to shoot...
>YFW you're not John Walker
>>332768807
It isnt bullshit.
The engine is not supported by the wii u and they cant/wont port the engine.
>>332768763
They're the yellow card things. You find them in dungeons, scattered around the overworld, and after bosses.
Had a bit of trouble just before the final boss. I also got lost in the East biome for a while.
I'm guessing you've seen the vendors in town.
Which dash upgrade do I get first
>>332769035
Then they shouldn't have promised it as an option or they should come out and say it's not happening and give me a fucking steam key. The link they emailed me literally takes me to a page that says "wait for console releases"
Is there any customization to the game?
>>332769553
you can find extra outfits if that's what you mean
>>332769354
I wouldn't get the multidash. It feels clunky.
So, I'm assuming that this is a language.
>>332770127
You're just not using correctly.
Once you dash more than once, the window in which you have to press the button again to continue the combo enlarges noticeably.
Look, I get it. You guys like your hard games. I grew up when every game was hard, then over time they got easy. Then they got too easy. Someone remembered hard games, but apprently their mother drank too much when she was pregnant with them because what they decided we needed was this hipster -measuring hard but somehow boring game t.
I hate Demon Souls, Dark Soulses and all that . Those games are boring as hell. (I spent the better part of a decade writing business software, don't argue with my credentials when it comes to knowing boring when I see it) They replace coherant world building with obtuseness and don't-look-behind-the-the-curtain writing. (See Also: Lost, the tv show that everyone praised then relized was also garbage) This game takes that idea and runs with it apparently. I can't tell you with any authority, since I'm done with this game. Back in 2014 I heard the Disasterpiece (big fan, btw, will probably buy the soundtrack) saw the trailer and put down my money. Then I waited, lets see, about 18 months for this stylish abortion. I made it about 30 minutes in to the game and, being the smart guy that I am, pieced together what the next few dozen hours were going to look like. (Spoiler alert: some cool Fez-inspired forum-bait bogged down by hours of frustrating combat)
Here's the thing. I don't have that much time. At this point, I've spent as much time on this review as I have on the game. I'm just hoping I can save someone else the frustration. And frustration is the word. The game looks and sounds and feels gorgeous, but it gates that away behind challenges it doesn't earn.
>$18
>>332768807
So again, can anyone at least confirm or deny that there is co-op?
>>332770962
All the babbies crying "too hard" is hilarious, they're just used to their indie games being walking simulators.
>>332771345
No co-op, unless you unlock it by beating the game.
Just finished it. Not gonna bother with finding all the extra crystals and whatnot.Really overhyped sack of shit this was.It's not hard, just trial and error.And what was the Aids that everyone was coughing from?
Are there any places you know not to go to even if there aren't any barriers closing them? After I reached the top of the snow mountain, I found 2 ways, to go. One had a teleporter and an elevator, while the other was just some platforming and then an elevator, but the second place seemed way harder, with the floor falling and the weird gun men shooting at me
How long is the game?
>>332772120
6-8 hours
>>332772120
Depends on your play style.You can get 4-5 hours.I got 7-8hrs with a little backtracking and searching here and there
>>332768506
source?
Is there any punishment for dying?
>>332772786
You have to restart at your last auto save(which is usually the entrance to the room). You also only start at 3 health pips.
Fucking hard eh?
I decided to ditch it because fuck this.
>>332772412
>>332772426
>8 hours
Man that is just way too short for $20. I really wanted to get this game, but that's crazy.
>found 7 out of 8 pieces in two areas
>can't find the last ones for shit
>only found one key despite some doors needing like 10 of them
What am i doing wrong? i'm already hugging all walls and checking out all ledges for invisible paths.
>>332772426
>>332772426
>>332772426
What, really? I imagined this would be a nice, long game considering how goddamned long I waited for it to come out, and its art direction. I was hoping for a good 20+ hours at least of exploring and shit.
That's disappointing.
Where are you copypasting the reviews from you autist, Steam?
U MAD your last autistic thread got deleted?
>>332773121
Same here.I just gave up and finished the damn thing.Not worth my time running around humping walls.
>There are people who beaten the game in a few hours
>There are people that have beaten the game in the time I've explored the Northern area
I still haven't found everything yet in it either. Missing two triangles, but have found two monoliths, 3 keys, and other junk.
Good times
>>332773064
If you're not the type that likes to explore a lot and try to 100% it, then yeah, it's probably too short for 20 $. And just to clarify, not trying to belittle you, we all got our preferences and I know there's plenty of people that don't enjoy exploring old areas and shit.
Personally I love it so I've gotten 10 hours out of it so far and I've yet to explore the south area.
Any idea how to get to past the gate and to that item?
I tried double dashing, didn't worked.
>>332773064
YOU HAVE THE DOWNS
>>332774059
You need the railgun to activate the pillar on the left, no other weapon will work as far as I know. There are identical pillars that requires that weapon in other areas too.
Is there a way to get to that teleporter? It's in birdcock library.
>>332772534Arekusa Mahone
This is a huge step in VR.
Please do what I did and take off the technophile hat for one day and just enjoy the content in VR. For me, I purposefully put my tech opinions aside and just let the content in, and it was absolutely glorious. I simply can't wait for what the next 5 years have to offer for VR...that is...
<rant>
..if you fucking crybabies don't ruin the entire VR business before it has a chance to take off. This is the only real problem. Your incessant complaining is like the guy in the movie theater bitching at full volume about some minor detail that quite literally nobody else in the theater (currently enjoying the movie) gives a flying fuck about. Stop giving snarky quote snippets to gaming press that are too lazy to come up with their own opinions as those opinion pieces shape the buying decisions for the larger market. Articles written in those voices can torpedo a the entire VR industry before it has a chance to even get started. VR HAS to go wide or it will never take off.
Everybody that's boo-hoo'ing about FOV, light rays, and apples/oranges feature comparison needs to chill. This first gen hardware (yes, first gen) and as with all first gen hardware it will contain compromises that will need to be revised to further the state of the art. Yes, the Vive has other features, so does the gear, so does the PSVR, and guess what - some of us like all 4 and will support all of them wherever the content is.
It blows my mind the level of "expert" commentary on these topics. Please, just stop for a second - take a breath - and try to enjoy the content in this new medium and judge the experience on those merits. Yes, there will be things that suck - just like there were things that sucked about 1st gen LCD monitors, or 1st gen iPhones/Androids, or 1st gen consoles. The first real handheld game console was 2 bit color greyscale and 5x the size of a modern smartphone with no backlight. There were no pitchforks back then, why so many now?
>>332768205
Nothing is hard but the bosses, and even those only take several minutes tops. There's barely even a punishment for death.
The game is okay, like a watered down LttP with a bit more depth to combat and some interesting flair. For a game that several people worked on for a few years on a $650k crowdfunding budget it doesn't have a whole lot to show for itself. Still worth at least one playthrough, there aren't many games like it coming out anymore.
Probably because you're inputs aren't being registered precisely whatsoever
Somebody post the gif of the nigga tapping his stick and the character moving for a full second or two after he takes his hand off
this game fun or na?
>>332776060
If you like action/adventure games where you can explore like LoZ or Metroid then you'll probably like it, but I wouldn't pay $20 for it personally as it has some flaws and feels a little bland at times. By all means, though, at least give it a try
git gud
>>332768664
Well shit, it is, I just found another one like it in the white rat water temple.
But where are the other 4 pieces, they arent in the map.
>>332774642
Thank you anon.
>try to look up press for the game
>only article I can find is on Rock Paper Shotgun
>author admits he quit the game because the first boss caved his shit in
>says he'll never play it again, despite liking everything else about it
What the fuck happened to that website?
And how do whiny little shits get comfy jobs when they can't even play video-games?
>>332774460
Secret wall passage on one of the left bookcases
North leads to a gold upgrade piece
South leads to another one, AND the teleporter, which leads to a stone tablet and ANOTHER gold piece
can someone tell me the location of this one?
Why are people complaining about difficulty?
The game is very lenient about death, its not like you get thrown in the city every time you die to a room of monsters.
If you want to complain, at least say how you "tried hundred of times" or something. I managed to learn the first boss in like 6 deaths, many did it in less, someone out there probably did it in one go, it ain't impossible.
If I wanted to complain about the game, I would say how it doesn't explain anything, you just cant talk to anyone except for images, and you dont have a chance to get currency at all before you see the first NPC vendor, so you get utterly confused by it. And even with that, eventually just playing the game you learn how things work.
>>332776060
No.
I haven't run into any bosses yet. Went North first but the dungeons wore me d9wn and I ran into a part with a load of turrwts and a shielded teleporter.
Then I went West, found a load of upgrade parts and got the chain dash. West seems a lot easier compared to North, the samurai wolves are easy to dodge.
>>332777373
>you dont have a chance to get currency at all before you see the first NPC vendor, so you get utterly confused by it.
How would you get confused by what was obviously the upgrade menu?
Facefuck every wall, fight the bosses over and over. You have 5 health pips, every enemy does 1-2 damage an attack and you can be struck after getting pancaked.
Frustrating combat that felt kind of shitty. Runs at 30fps despite being 2d. Kind of interesting setting. I would pirate.
>>332771597
You have to beat the game to play co-op ? What kind of idea is that ?
Something about it feels kinda off, just in the way it moves. Not really sure why.
It's okay though. I beat the bird boss in the north area and got to the waypoint thing to the west.
I want to go into this game knowing as little as possible, I just have one question though, is anything in the game missable? Is there a point of no return or can I just run around and collect everything after I finish the campaign?
>>332778394
30fps
>>332778419
Nah. It's pretty clear when your gonna go for the final confrontation .
>just now found a Key after like 5 hours
man are these super well hidden or what
I got this one that was past a shitton of exploding crystals after passing over an invisible set of platforms triggered by a hidden switch on the exploding crystal bridge before the knight
this is some real 'that kid' shit
>>332776467
The guy you meet only marks enough shards for you to progress towards the boss.
The rest you have to find yourself.
Speaking of wich, anyone found all 8 shards in the north? I'm still missing two. I'll suck your cock for a map.
>>332778394
Definitely 30 fps. Sluggish as shit.
I heard the game is really short.
Anyone here finished it yet?
How long did it take you?
I'm not going to spend 20$ on a game that only takes 4 hours to beat.
>>332768205
Why did they separate moving and aiming controlls?
If you play it with keyboard and mouse you will swing your sword and dash not in the direction your character is currently facing but where your mouse cursor is. That's bullshit.
Why not just plain old SNES Zelda controlls without even using the mouse?
I'm in the first area but I'm a retard and dont know what to do
I got one hidden key, and I dont know how to get to the boss
>>332779226
8-10 h
>>332768205
Took some time to get used to but I'm pulling through just fine.
>>332773194
This game does have 20+h of exploring and a 2nd ending, 6-8h if you just run through the main quest.
>>332779281
Explore for the purple triangles.
>>332779226
5 to 6 hours if you go from boss to boss.
Around 10 hours if you hug walls and explore. There are a lot of secrets.
>>332779281
Get more doritos.
stfu phil
>>332768265
HEY EVERYONE LOOK THIS GUY IS HARDCORE.
The aesthetic of this game is spectacular. It also knows when to not use music, a lost talent.
>>332770962
>You can trust my opinion cause I'm an expert
lol
>>332772114
Those gun guy gauntlets are very, very hard. I explored north first and quit once the turrets showed up. I'll continue exploring once I've unlocked a few upgrades.
why is people going for other routes at the beginning of the game besides North when you are explicitly shown that top is the first place you should go?
I don't have anything against non-linear games but just by playing vidya for years, I know that areas where the player isn't supposed to go until later in the game usually are more difficult or your need upgraded gear to even get all the secrets and stuff. So going there in the first place is pointless, unless you already played the game and know that you can beat an alternative route.
>>332774889
Oculus bitches about to cry when they finally get their rifts and realize how underwhelming it is.
Second only to Star Citizen's release
>>332779271
Holy shit I thought I was the only one
>>332779429
>Around 10 hours if you hug walls and explore. There are a lot of secrets.
I'd say even fucking more if you want to do all side shit like drift challenge or football.
>>332780385
It seems like north is where you should go, but going west second makes it seem like west is basically a tutorial area. You even get regenerating crystals for free gun ammo.
>>332779271
>playing a game built for controller play with KB+M
Can you continue your progress after the final boss? I've been searching the remaining crystals and 8/8ed some zones already, tried the boss once but decided to come back later, will I lose my progress if I finish him?
>>332768205
kinda not a fan of the whole "let's fill a tiny room with projectile spamming enemies" design this game follows
> just about everything they promised as kickstarter tiers never made it into the game
>>332780712
What is even the point of the extra four crystals? The first four or so are needed to fight the area boss, but do you have to find all 8 to fight the final boss?
what does getting all 8 shards in each area do?
>>332780738
You have dashes and the enemies attack are telegraphed enough so you can avoid them in time.
>>332780786
Holy shit, you're right.
How is this even remotely allowed? This is straight-up defrauding backers. Not like I'm defending the act of backing a game but holy shit.
>>332780738
>I didn't buy the projectile reflection upgrade
Look at this loser
>>332780712
Post 8/8 maps other than east please.
>>332780738
Dash around like a madman. Either their projectiles are slow or they telegraph their magic attacks.
>>332780809
Lets you open a door than requires 8 shards.
>>332780791
You need 3 shards to open the door that leads to the area boss, you need 4 shards per map to unlock the last boss.
>>332781695
>Lets you open a door than requires 8 shards.
Is there anything interesting behind it or just yellow thingies and EVA fanart?
>>332781018
Holy shit.Were they jerking eachother off all this time.Fucking hell.I forbid that anyone feel bad pirating this crap.
>>332781786
An obelisk you need to scan 16 of, a key you need 12 of.
Well not "need", only if you want to 100% the game and get the true ending.
The Southern boss is a fucking joke. Just keep dashing up to it and don't stop slashing.
>>332770962
This is quality bait, difficulty of dark souls aside- the world building and storytellingin that game was incredibly interesting.
I just beat it in about 7.5 hours, didn't do much extra stuff though
>>332781018
it's supposed to be patched in later
>>332782004
Are there like new bosses if you do that or just a different cut-scene.
Well it aint easy
>>332768831
who?
>>332780594
And a little doggo leads you off to the east, which has sections gated by the chain drift upgrade and the railgun, but isn't too bad a starting area either. I finished east first and it felt natural.
You really can go to any of the three.
If you go down to the area after you activate all 4 pillars, can you reload that old save and go back to collect stuff forgotten?
>>332782624
Noone knows because noone 100%ed the game yet.
>>332770962
you just copied and pasted that negative steam review.
Shit you might not have found out yet:
-If you unlock a costume, there are separate terminals in your house to change out cloak, sword, and robot friend. You can mix and match colors.
-In the east you can drift onto a small lily pad to get to a secret.
-When you're near a ledge with invisible platforms nearby, your floaty robot will ping you with a '?' symbol. Not too hard to suss out their location after that.
-The drift stab only does one damage, but it pushes, stuns, and deals extra damage for every enemy and wall you push your target into. Try drift+stabbing dudes into packs of other dudes and corners.
-You can drift very quickly after charging up your cleave attack. Cleave+drifting is stronk.
-The game uses forced camera orientations to hide secret areas very often. If you're moving around a room and the camera keeps janking around to highlight one area or another, look for hidden passages around the spots it covers up.
-On controller, hold down LT to aim. Seems obvious but helps out shooting a hell of a lot. Also, aim to peek around rooms for secrets.
>>332782583
source? That's pretty retarded, releasing an unfinished game to meet a kickstarter deadline.
>>332783823
>Not too hard to suss out their location after that.
Nigga you press the interact key and the robot literally reveals the platforms for you
What the fuck does NG+ do? I tried it out and it seems to be exactly the same as NG.
How do you access this place? I bet it has one of the two triangles I'm missing.
how many endings are there? I just beat it in ~7 hours (loved it), but I missed so much shit, I assume you need to get every shard, but what are the requirements?
new game + is pretty fucking hard btw
>>332784149
you have 2 health points instead of 5, enemy rooms can have way more dudes, and bosses start in their frenzy state
>>332783201
yea even after beating the final boss the game loads you in just before the boss encounter
>>332780385
>when you are explicitly shown that top is the first place you should go?
How?
Also, north is way harder than the east section.
Is there any reward for beating the arena matches? Those machine gun guys are bullshit.
Also, has anyone figured out how to get to that one teleporter in the library before the boss in the northern area yet?
How many costumes are there to even unlock aside from the drift challenge one, and how do you get them?
>>332784980
west boss and southern section fucked me the hardest, west boss is a motherfucker
>>332785092
there's an arena?
>>332778197
Co-op is not implemented yet
>>332785171
Yes. I don't know how so many people have failed to realise it exists when it's so easy to find.
>>332785103
What I know of:
>Red - default
>Purple - drift challenge
>Blue - ???
>Orange/gold - east, behind a 1 key door
>white - ???
>black - NG+
I have all four crystals but this door wont open, what do?
>>332768205
>so fuckin hard
git gud
the checkpoint system makes it a non issue
lel I edited the credits.txt before finishing the game
>>332770962
Copypasta or not, this is true. I played the alpha demo and thought the exact same at first, the actual combat is shit mostly because the level design is garbage. But then again people told me that with the upgrades and shit the game can get really fun.
Just beat the western boss, and I think I'm going to let it here, the game's just not fun and misses so much of the points it tries to take from Zelda.
Art and music are god-tier though, a shame really..
>>332785092
You walk through the wall after smashing all the books on the left side.
>>332785404
Pinkish red: Get at the entrance to the southern section
Deep blue: The 10 key door at the start of the northern section
I've also got White & Blue and Green sets but I don't remember where I got them.
>>332785404
You get pink after you talk to the other soldier for the 4th time.
Guys, there's also a glitch that happened to me. If you talk to that guy to get the crystal locations then die, the spots will stay on your map. However, you can do talk to them again and it will stack more markers on top. I have 3 stacked now. Not only that, but it will actually progress their location story. So if you die after talking to them in the first area 4 times you will get their costume and see their backstory.
>>332785595
>Art and music are god-tier though
> neon vomit (and also eva fanart) and droning ambiance
> god tier
>>332785450
>I have all four crystals but this door wont open, what do?
Use your eyes.
I can also confirm you can beat the final boss then reload to finish collecting stuff you forgot.
>>332785791
>there are 5 sets I dont have yet
>I only got the one for the 800 challenge
Feels bad, man.
>>332768205
Is the northern boss the easiest one? I did it in one try.
>>332783823
Fun fact : with the super speed of the cleave + upgraded drifting, you can glitch out of boss rooms (especially the last one).
>>332783201
I'm>>332780712
Just did the last boss (who btw is a joke with the upgrade to send back the projectiles) and you can start your save again after the boss fight (as if you died during the fight).
>>332785320
where
>>332785762
Not that one. There's a second teleporter to your right as soon as you enter the library room from the bottom. There's also a thin ledge on the right side about halfway up that I haven't found any way to reach either.
>>332786089
either him or the east boss are the easiest, on NG+ though I can't even fuck with him
>>332786246
Screenshot it.
>>332786223
Behind a key door at the bottom of the town.
>>332786089
I found southern to be even easier than western.
>>332786391
>>332776915
John Walker happened.
>>332786482
southern is 4 bosses though? touhou nigga and arrowbro were both pretty scary for me, but yea western was really fucking hard. once i figured out you can get him to kill his buddies before letting them out it made it a lot easier but even still he was rough
i didnt upgrade at all though
>>332785835
Yup.
Makes me worried that the other areas won't work, though.
I kept backup saves so I restored one from right before and avoided dying in the area.
>>332785498
I lol'ed! Have a +(You) kind sir!
>>332786723
> arrowfag
> scary
how, he was probably the easier boss in the game
>>332786603
Oh, that one.
>>332786864
if you dont burst the mines he can 100% combo you incredibly easily, only boss in the game that can afaik
The artstyle makes my eyes bleed.
Can I turn off any of those crappy filters?
>>332787023
Buy a better PC.
>>332787117
That won't make the game look any less like pixelshit covered in ugly filters.
>>332787023
Nope.
But the worst thing about it is the 30 fps imo. Why didn't they set it at 60 and duplicate the frames? Fucking retards.
>>332787185
>can't remove the filter
>30fps
What a shame. Guess I'm not picking this one up.
>>332785320
...
Where is it?
shit
How do I open this door?
>>332783957
Only heard on 4chan, most likely they wanted to release the 'original' game first then add more content to it, so the first release wouldn't take too long.
>>332787356
Same question driving me nuts
![[HorribleSubs] Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to - 11 [720p].mkv_snapshot_10.02_[2014.06.17_14.48.18].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2USt7YA.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to - 11 [720p].mkv snapshot 10.02 [2014.06.17 14.48.18]")
>>332787340
Well it's no wonder you guys can't find a barely hidden room when you can't even follow a reply chain.
>>332787356
it unlocks when you beat the north dungeon
>>332787356
>>332787447
You have to beat the boss and raise the pillar for the area the arrow points to. There are several of those throughout the game.
>>332787571
>One mention of an arena
>No mention of its location
>HURR DURR UR RETARDDD
Give a direction, at least. I'm still completing the North at 6 doritos and 3 keys
>>332786436
> couldn't find the door
> found soccer isntead
>>332787824
Follow the reply chain, you fucking idiot.
>>332774059
If you get hit by a shot, you can double dash
>>332774642
What is a good site to look up for hentais?
Sooooooooooooooooooooo
Who wants to talk about the bullshit soccer/football game?
>>332785450
There are eight crystals, not four. You only get four marked out for you.
I only have four in North and East myself.
>>332788625
i beat it once but i didnt get squat so i just stopped caring, i wonder if you ace the dude you get something?
>>332788625
It's easy.
Run straight at the ball, keep pushing it, when the nigger starts moving towards you - slash the ball.
>>332768205
what i want to know
is it worth the 17 dollar right now?
>>332789059
I beat the game in one sitting and requested a refund because it was a buggy mess throughout.
>>332789059
pirate it and find out, i downloaded it in like 5 minutes
Is this better with a controller? Literally impossible with a mouse.
You know, you don't have to play every indie game that comes out. Sometimes, most of them are shit. Like this one.
>>332789171
is the link in this thread?
because i skipped ahead
>>332789059
no its mediocre.
To the anon who said "go to the west first".
FUCK.
YOU.
Also, where is the eighth module in the west?
>>332789195
shooting is worse but slashing is a lot better. Slashing is used more so controller is probably what it was made for. Both schemes suck though.
>>332786436
The one that takes like 8 keys? Yeah I've only found one at the starting area so far.
>>332789263
no, but you can find it in half a second if you can access google
>can't use my gamepad
>kb+m controls are utter shit
>>332789448
Yeah its pretty shitty
I found a secret pathway in the north area near the warp that leads back to the start area. I followed it to where you passed out and I found this. oh boi
Minor glitch but you can get the other drifter guy to die quicker if you reload your autosave on the screen he shows up. This also stacks the shard markers on top of each other in each area.
What is this and why can't I interact with it?
>>332789374
Can you please post the western map.
Maybe I have the module you're missing.
>>332789802
It's the true ending. Go find all those slabs.
>>332789374
When you see the north you're probably going to understand why I said to go west first.
>>332790146
John Walker leave
>>332789873
Pretty big map, gotta do it in parts (cause I'm incompetent with paint)
Boring-ass game that has zero sense of progression
pretty though and the combat is cool for 30 mins
>>332790831
>>332790146
North looks easy as shit.
>>332789575
die? You mean he is coughing up blood sooner?
>>332791002
I want you to count how many upgrade points you get there, and count how many times you use the upgrades you bought with west's points while you're there.
>>332791323
I don't really know what you're talking about.
The fuck is an upgrade point?
>>332791323
JOHN WALKER LEAVE
YOU ARE A CASUAL
>>332791635
>The fuck is an upgrade point?
...Have you played the game?
>>332791867
Yeah.
I went west. Got 7 red diamonds, 1 green key, killed 1 (pretty fun) boss, and now I'm going north.
The fuck's an upgrade point?
>>332792128
The yellow shit.
>>332792128
when you see a blinking yellow cube, do you just leave it be?
>>332792128
retard
Holy fuck this game is like playing a beta
Bugs fucking everywhere, falling through walls and unresponsible controls and places that crash the game, with 90% of the KS goals not in place
who the fuck thought this was a good idea
>>332792223
>>332792279
No, I collect them all. I thought they were just like "progression tokens" or some shit, like the red and green things.
I had no idea you could upgrade with them.
>>332792957
Jesus christ man.I don't know how to insult you
Is the east area the first? I cant find the last piece and there are some areas I cant get through dash
>>332792957
I killed the bullet hell boss, but the fragment marker is still there, is this a bug?
![[AnimeNOW] Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou - 09 (BD 1920x1080 10-bit x264 FLAC) [73FE5CA1].mkv_snapshot_01.04_[2013.05.17_22.20.49].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Dc1JMSE.jpg "[AnimeNOW] Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou - 09 (BD 1920x1080 10-bit x264 FLAC) [73FE5CA1].mkv snapshot 01.04 [2013.05.17 22.20.49]")
>>332792957
This is the modern gamer, everyone. This is why games are dumbed down. This man will likely become a focus group tester.
>>332793205
>>332793358
>>332793812
For what it's worth, if I was a focus group tester, I'd say this game needs to be harder.
I got through the West ok without upgrades (even got the key behind the spike trap), and I'm already halfway through North and it's a cakewalk so far. Fuck, the only thing I've really died to was spike traps and careless dashing into pits - I can count on one hand the number of times I've died in combat.
>>332790831
On the bottom of this map, you see that little door?
The one you're missing is on the path just bottom left of it.
I don't quite remember how to get there, but since you know the general area you can probably figure it out.
So, which way is the best to start? Because north is kicking my ass
>tfw did itwhatever you do, don't mute in game audio via the sliders in the options menu. That causes the game to crash when you hit 800, I know cos I did it twice
Good game I say.
Guys I need help. I found a game breaking bug. When I spawn I am stuck in an infinite falling into water loop where I can't die or move. What do?
>>332796016
cry
Does it persist if you quit out of the game and reload?
What if you quit to main menu and reload from there?
If so, definitely cry, complain to the devs, and keep backup saves.
>>332795135
SWEET
Thank you anon.
My journey to the west continues.
>>332796016
Haven't had that happen to me.Maybe it's time for a reset?
>>332796235
Yes it persists through all of the above. Where can I bitch to the devs?
Anyone here have any info on all the triangle pieces? I have 7 out of the 8 north triangle pieces and I'm super stumped about where to find the 8th one
>>332795757
north and east are probably easiest, north is what i would advise so...
>>332779943
That one area gets on your fucking nerves like crazy if you're going for a completionist route, the music gets too loud and it's almost headache inducing
>>332789802
You really don't want to know, anon.
Anyone knows how to get there?
I killed Harvey Birdman but this still door won't open
>>332796016
Quit game. Reload save.
If works, yay. If not, you're pretty much fucked. If you're super lucky you can pause it and warp home, but otherwise it's a pretty big glitch.
>>332795757
North or East.
South is locked off.
East's area is a bit difficult, but it's boss is a pushover.
North's area is a little less difficult, but it's boss is a bit tougher.
West's area will kick your balls in, and you'll probably need 100+ resets to beat the boss. No one does west first except for the retard who didn't know what upgrade points were.
Also, know that you can swap back and forth between areas to collect upgrade points until you're strong enough to plow through the area.
Oh, and don't button mash. Every single enemy telegraphs their attacks.
>>332796240
Yeah, you helped me find my missing one too. Teamwork.
Also the door that this unlocks is fucking brutal.
Greetings from /vg/.
Here is a complete map of the Eastern area. Use it to find whatever slabs or puzzle pieces that you might be missing.
In this area, you can also obtain an orange and white outfit.
>>332796734
You didn't activate the thing at the summit after kiling harvey did you?
>>332796327
http://steamcommunity.com/app/257850/discussions/0/365163686040411605/
The two that took me the longest to find were the one in the combat room before the library and the one before the area with the three green wolves about halfway up the mountain.
Invisible platforms are annoying as fuck.
>>332796734
did you raise the pillar?
>>332797062
>the thing at the summit
Wh-what
I beat him in a cave
>>332796765
>West's area will kick your balls in, and you'll probably need 100+ resets to beat the boss.
No one can be this bad at video games.
>>332797235
>No one can be this bad at video games.
I refer you to >>332792957
>>332797217
What the fuck. Harvey Birdman is at the top of a mountain in a techno-Aztec temple, Anon. Not a cave.
You fucked up, son.
>>332797217
After that you leave the cave yes ?
You come out at the summit of the mountain with a glowing pillar.you go touch it and it raises itself.
>>332796765
North took me two tries, and that was my first area so I was still learning the ropes.
West took me 3 tries and I pretty much figured out the ropes at that point.
So it's pretty hard, but not 100+ resets hard. Although if I didn't have chain-drift that may have been a different story.
>>332797353
He has retard strength though >>332795048
>>332796765
I think I died more to Pepe than Crystal Man
>>332768205
I think you need to post a download link
>>332797364
The guy behind this door
I have done something wrong
>>332797538
>dying to easiest boss
>>332784980
Pretty sure you are given a message in the house you wake up at the start of the game that points to the north area.
>>332796679
Fuck, really? It doesn't even look cool...
>>332797619
If you speak the ancient tongue2658196651bf6692282c0bcf4d9d030ce2cb4e8a
>>332797527
>He has retard strength though >>332795048
...t-t-thanks anon...
Seriously though, even without upgrades, sword slashy guy took me ~4 tries. I see now that you can upgrade your dash, which would've been really nice, but not really necessary.
But yeah, he should take someone 10 deaths, tops, if they're really bad. And that's pushing it.
>>332797527
Well HLD is decently fast and skill based, so I guess that puts anon as shonen protagonist tier
HI, I see you were having fun!
It's time to change that.
>>332797789
Nah m8, you killed the right guy alright.
Go back to the room where you killed him and head north past it. Eventually you'll come out on top of a building where you can activate that area's puzzle... symbol... thing. Whatever. Anyway, do that and those blocks you were asking about should disappear.
>>332797081
Thanks babe, I found the last piece, it was in the battle room hidden in some shitty wall corridor, I really dislike these kinds of hidden items
This game's giving me nausea. Why the fuck is it so stuttery? I understand it's 30 fps, but the camera movement is atrocious and why isn't it fullscreen? There's small black borders all around.
It's really sad because it seems like a good game, I just can't play it for more than 10 minutes without wanting to vomit.
>>332768205
I'm having a tough time too
>>332798164
kek I'm a huge idiot, thanks
I didn't realize there was another area beyond the boss room and I just backtracked
>>332798443
Sounds like your computer's shit.
There's no small black borders around it, and the camera movement is fine.
>>332798142
The trick to that fight is to not get hit.
It's okay input lag is fucking terrible and the forced dash timer is fucking retarded. glad i pirated it first. Didn't take long for me to uninstall and delete.
Dont support Anita Approved Games nor their beta cuck numale faggot devs
>>332798194
Sam is a unisex name, dude. Lay off.
>>332798747
That's literally any fight in any game ever.
This fucking place.
>>332798720
There will be an extra area after every boss that you kill. Remember that and don't miss out on more stuff.
>>332796734
This room is fucking ass
>>332792957
I don't know whether to admire you or deride you. It must have taken a shit ton of work to go through the game like that.
>>332798737
Sounds like you're a blind moron. I have GTX 980 and a 4690k at 4.7Ghz. The camera movement is jerky as fuck and the game definitely has ~2mm black borders. You probably have a shitty display from 2010 with 2 inch bezels so you can't tell.
>>332795915
>800
Are you fucking serious? I can barely do 20 without barreling into a wall.
I've hit every switch in this area and can't get this motherfucker to open
>>332798936
I see you have found the place I was talking about.
I must've died there a good dozen times.
I hope you're good at drifting.
>30fps
>>332799148
Switch to keyboard controls. Set your mouse cursor on a clear space in the middle of the room. DO NOT MOVE IT.
Tap your space bar at the appropriate rhythm or else get a program to mash space for you at the proper intervals.
Bam, easy bonus outfit.
>>332799224
Oh that door is fake. I got to it from the other side and it still didn't open.
>>332799224
It doesn't open. You go around.
>>332798737
>There's no small black borders around it
Take a look at this >>332798936 screenshot for example. You can see the small black borders if you look carefully. It doesn't bother me that much, but it's still something that shouldn't be there.
>>332799409
WHAT
THAT'S FUCKED UP
>>332795135
>Esther Love
h-hi
>>332798142
The first boss I fought un-upgraded.You can make the boss crush his minions before he can summon them
>>332796974
thanks familia
FUCKING OPEN
>>332798131
>anon as shonen protagonist tier
>mfw I'm literally goku
>>332798831
No, he's right. You really don't want to get hit.
Dash twice per sword swing for the first half of his health (then attack twice), dash thrice per sword swing for the second half of his health (then attack twice), and don't stop moving when he stops. Most importantly is to lure him into smashing the fuck out of his helpers on his first go at you.
He's pretty easy, but if you get hit once you'll take a fuck ton of damage. Or at least I did (only 5 health).
>>332799025
Probably both. Most of the game was ok though, it was mainly the spiketraps that killed me. Jesus fuck, the key behind that fucking road of spikes to the west killed me probably 30 times. I learned that since I can't dash through it (only one dash), I had to walk over the trap, walk back, walk up to the next one before the previous one re-arms itself, walk back, and repeat until I made it. There was less than a few frames of leeway the whole fucking way. I was pissed when I found out I had to do the exact same thing going back too.
>>332799927
Anon, why are you trying to open it while only having a half of shards needed?
>>332799927
8 wedge door. You aren't done yet.
>>332799927
You need all 8 puzzle pieces m8, not just 4.
It's misleading, I know.
>>332799927
You need eight triangles to open it.
>>332799927
8 triangles
you have 4
it's a demanding door, not an asshole one
torrent where
Just finished last boss on 3rd try, i give it a 7 / 10, which is generous since most indies are trash .
West boss was hardest and took about 6 tries.
>>332800490
>most indies are trash
unfortunately yeah.
This one sits up there with games I'd want to replay though. A bit lower than World of Goo and FTL, but it's definitely not a bad game.
>>332800208
Are the other 4 in the same area?
>>332768205
>pretty much cleared out three main areas
>mfw there's8 shardsin each area
>mfw I only found 2 keys out of like 10
TIME TO EXPLORE
Wish there were more bosses, they were fun and challenging as fuck. Shotgun made them a lot easier though.
alright lads, I have the 4 pieces for the south, how do I fight the boss
anyone else having issues trying to take screenshots with steam for this game?
>>332801016
>found 2 keys out of like 10
Sixteen, Anon, SIXTEEN.
>>332801001
Each area has 8 puzzle pieces, anon. You only need to collect 4 minimum to access the area's boss.
So yes, you'll need to collect another 4 in that same area.
>>332801062
why don't you just hit print screen, like we do for EVERY OTHER GAME EVER?
Where is the last piece of eastern area? I went through the door that need 3 but there's nothing but a gap to the boss
>>332801271
there's a lily pad you have to drift on for a while to get to the last piece
>>332801256
have dual screen and have to open paint and do all the hard work myself.
Oh well.
>>332801271
check this if is of any help
where does v pirate games?
also is this legit
http://pcgames-download.net/2016/03/hyper-light-drifter-hi2u-pc-crack-torrent-uploaded/
Is the protagonist male, female, or a deliberately androgynous mystery gender? I thought it was a dude but it looks a lot like a girl in fan art.
>>332801581
Doesn't matter.
>>332801581
Does it matter?
Everytime I get inside a house or shop, my game goes slugish...
Anyone has this problem? My PC can run any gamemaker game but not this one inside those places. Is there any fix?
>>332801808
Then yes.
>>332801808
>Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, steeped in blood and treasure hoping to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease. Echoes of a dark and violent past from the dead eras resonate throughout and he can't help but listen.
t. the kikestarter page
so it's a "he"
>>332802058
there's a memory leak
also setting it to a higher priority fixed a lot of FPS problems for me
>>332802058
newegg.com
>>332802136
on the flip sidethe drifter you run into throughout the world and the one that saved you is a she
>>332801547
no that's not legit
that's just under 3/4's the size of the actual game.
>>332768831
is that supposed to b the bloodborne hunter?
>>332802156
Gonna try it. Thanks anon.
>>332802425
>what is compression
I DLed the whole game in a 730mb .zip file
Maybe Steam adds some unnecessary shit
>>332802616
No, I mean the file on that site is 536mb.
It's not the regular file or the compressed file.
>>332800785
the controls are shit and its full of bugs. World of Goo is easily twice as good as this one.
So, in the story, does the drifter go back in time to before whatever awful catastrophe left the world in a shit state that it is? What exactly was that core that he destroys at the end?
I can't stand how abstract everything is. In addition to nothing resembling anything I'm familiar with, there are also no words and everything is communicated with gestures
I've never felt more like I'm in a completely alien world and it fills me with nothing but frustration
>>332803648
My only gripe is the fact that the weapons all look the same so it's hard to figure out which is which at a glance, other than that I quite like the abstract storytelling
>>332803648
I hope you're not serious.
not every single game needs narration and exposition for every single item
>>332803648
Calm yourself Miguel!
Take it all in, the wind, the rain, the slight shrugs and nods. Let the people tell you their story. Think on what the picture make your feel.
>>332804140
I felt so sorry for the bird man, carrying the few eggs he had away from his burnt monastary.
>>332803359
The sandniggerlizards caused it. They digged into the lab and made the robots angry.
What is all this about different directions to go?
After waking up in the house, I left the town(??) through the first and only exit I saw, the one on the left.
>>332804548
Four directions, I suggest any 3 except for left. Leave that one for later, it's hard and it requires you upgrade yourself a bit before you can do it properly
>>332804334
Indeed. But escaping the purge the bird person now has a sweet nest filled with loving baby birds. Life continues on as an unending stream.
>>332804548
go right for easy
go up for medium
go left for hard (don't do this unless you have retard strength)
you can change at any time
don't be a retard like goku-anon, and go back to town when you have yellow squares in order to upgrade yourself
>>332804690
Until you destroy the world (or whatever it is) by killing the shadow thing
>>332804740
Upgrading is not that important and if you're in the flow, I recommend you stick to the area you're in and don't teleport out, as it causes the monsters to respawn. If you want to dig in to the area and find the hidden shit (of which there is LOTS) then I recommend you tought it out.
Also, remember, you can refill health and ammo at the teleport station by interacting with it and it won't make you leave the area
Best upgrades to get first? I've got 4 yellow upgrade points.
Also what are the pink and white waypoints on the map?
this game looks great
Alright I have 7 pieces in the south, someone please tell me where the bottom left piece is
>>332805128
The first upgrade in the mobility store, chain dashing, extremely important and useful, helps you move around the world fast and also useful in a few hidden areas.
Those are where you can find triangles in the area you're at
>>332805128
Chain Dash
>>332768205
>>332792957
You know, for all the stuff people have talked about, no one's mentioned the fact that THERE ARE NO WORDS. Seriously, outside of the menu and the initial tutorials, there are no words (written or spoken) in dialogue, shops, etc.
I think that's kinda cool, especially how people are arguing about what stuff is called, but everyone knows what "Doritos" are once you see them.
I'm only about an hour in, though. Maybe that changes.
So i decided i might as well try to find everything. I have 6 of the 8 shards to the east. Does anyone know where the other two are? For the two i have i had to use the railgun from the north boss to shoot two switches that led to areas where the shards were at.
>>332805192
>>332779943
It’s really cool that you see stuff from both angles like this. Gives it a “consistent world” kind of feel.
>>332805538
It would be nice if the story was coherent, but this is just a 2vague4u story about random furries having a war with the evengelions and then shit going to fuck
WHO
>/WENT WEST FIRST/
HERE?
>>332805538
Wow Anon. Are you a philosophy major? You should be. I know I'm impressed.
BTW this has been mentioned like 100 fucking times across each of the threads that we've made already, but eh, you tried.
>>332805667
Post your east map. If anyone has one you're missing, they'll probably let you know.
And it'll let people know where the ones they're missing are. It's a win-win.
>>332805538
Nope, no words between characters ever.
I mean, I understand it's usually used to make translating much easier, but it's still really, really cool.
>>332805538
Actually there are words.
You have to decipher what they say though so fuck that.
>>332805695
You can see it from even further away too iirc.
>>332806185
DO NOT SEXUALIZE THE DRIFTER
Man, I really enjoy Souls/Monster Hunter but this is on another level. I've never really been good at these bullet hell type games and I'm 100% done wasting my day farming meds.
DO I REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A CONTROLLER TO PLAY THIS?
I WANT TO PLAY ON LAPTOP.
YELLING CUZ MY NAME IS PROBABLY LIKE "BETH MCDOWELL" OR SOMETHING.
>You have to chain dodge 800 times in a row to unlock the second door in the move shop and get purple cloak
I want to punch the dev in the dick for that. That is beyond retarded. I just ended up writing a fucking macro for that that dodged back and forth when i hold down a button.
>>332806341
>clarence
welp, that's retarded enough for caps locks to be mandatory.
Anyways, no you don't have to, but it's really, really meant to be played with a controller.
Like, the controls on keyboard fucking SUCK.
Controller controls are pretty much perfect except for shooting, which is still manageable.
>>332768205
It is quite hard in the beginning when you don't have skills, but I feel it is well balanced once you get used to the controls etc. I'm currently in the last area with 3 gem things done, I died a few times to each boss, but they aren't bullshit hard, you just have to learn their moves like DS. So yeah it's pretty hard for a current year game but I like it.
>>332805538
what do you need words for?
>>332806479
It's literally just a cloak.
It's cosmetic. That's it. It can be as difficult as the dev wants if they want to reward someone for being that autistic.
>>332806287
You're doing something really wrong if you need to farm meds.
BOTTOM LEFT PIECE IN THE SOUTH
WHERE IS IT
PLS
>>332806341
You need a controller, yes. Keyboard controls are terrible.
>>332806629
But it's not difficult at all, that's the point. It's tedious as fuck. You can literally put the mouse on one spot and mash the space bar 800 times at a constant rate. There is nothing skillful about that.
>>332806341
a laptop should be fine as long as you got a mouse.
>>332805772
>>332805667
Have to segment it into 2 parts. Here's everything below the checkpoint. Most start in the aboveground so i gave the underground map to show where the elevators are.
Wheres the last crystal for north?
>>332806872
Here is everything i found above the checkpoint. The one closest to the boss is found directly after killing it.
>>332806798
>there's nothing skillful about it
which is why they're not rewarding you for your skill with something useful
they're rewarding you for your autism with something useless
It's the perfect level of exploration and challenge. Shame you can only play it once though. Also the music was surprisingly lacking and continuously reminded me of Fez.
>>332807075
can this buzzword die already? retards like this guy always use it wrong
>>332806629
It's not just cosmetic. All of the outfits have different properties. Didn't you know?
The purple one halves stamina consumption while dashing and using the dash attack.
>>332807315
That's because it's made by Disasterpeace, the same guy who made fez's OST. The ambient style music is hit or miss but it's disappointing cause disasterpeace is actually a really talented creator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaF5spsqMc8
>>332806684
I don't know what it is then. I spent half an hour farming meds before the frog boss door, then I had to use all three just to get to the boss, leaving me with nothing (there are no meds between the door and the boss). So why bother wasting my time?
>>332807618
Well you can always just teleport to town, then go back, go for the easy meds and then go for the boss, if you really find yourself in a bad spot, go back to the teleporter to heal yourself without having the enemies respawn. Idk man it was never that big of an issue for me, I usually got by with the meds I could find
>>332807731
Guess I just don't like the game. Hope the art book I ordered is worth it at least.
How do I get this familia?
Plus, where the fuck is the last tablet on North area?
1-One you get once you have 8 shards
2- another as secret in the house of Bird Man
3- other in the entrance of the North area.
4- ?? ??
>>332805761
Don't have to be snarky about it, anon.
I wasn’t even trying to be 3deep5u, just surprised that it wasn’t being much of a stumbling block in discussing the game.
I was lurking in four or five threads before getting HLD yesterday and was surprised about the lack of words when I got in-game. Perhaps I missed the discussion.
>>332808132
Go into that building behind you. The entrance is covered
>>332808132
you can enter that room right behind you and activate a switch for a platform to appear and help you get through.
>>332774138
I don't mean to sound cynical but dis nigga is gonna kill us!
>>332806287
>>332807618
I think you're just bad at games.
I'm not even being snarky. I went west first without upgrades and managed to get to the boss with full health and full meds, and on the 4th try I killed him without even using a medkit.
Waiting on PS4 release :^)
>>332808604
Damn anon, u good
west is by far the hardest area in the game, also hardest boss
>>332808793
not good, just stupiddidn't realize what upgrade points were
Is there any point to the soccer game? I won a game and got fuck all.
>>332809096
Nope, it's all just for fun.
Haha :^)
>>332806287
HLD isn't on the level of difficulty that DaS is
maybe if you waste your first upgrade points on something dumb and try to do West first
>>332809281
West is still completely doable first without any upgrades.
>>332789374
>>332792957 is proof. Also an idiot, but definitely proof.
>>332768205
>This game is fucking hard
Nope.
It can be obtuse but that's largely the lack of dialog/text explaining anything to you and color pallet/artstyle.
>almost 5 hours in, North and East cleared
It seems HLD is the game that reminds me that /v/ doesn't play video games.
>>332808324
>>332808335
Thanks.I think that was the last chip.
North area sure does have some nice secret spots.
>>332809641
>N&E cleared
Both of those are easy as shit.
So far, only one anon's cleared west first (and without upgrades), and he seems to be some kind of fucking retarded wizard.
>>332809641
Why, because like, 3 people are complaining that the game's hard?
The game is challenging, a bit annoying sometimes, sometimes the hitboxes are a bit wonky, sometimes the controls are a bit obtuse (particularly the fact that sometimes drifter won't cancel into dashes and other times he will), but overall it's not very difficult by any means. The real challenge in the game is finding all the hidden shit and I do not have anywhere near enough patience to do that
>>332808604
Wow Noel you're really hardcore, I'm impressed!
>>332807449
You can definitely hear the artist in the album you linked in the OST for HLD. The high distortion synths really have a distinct feel to them, but it sounds like the album kind of gets boring about halfway through
>>332809865
I doubt it, west isn't shaping up to be some kind of end all be all difficulty time.
I don't get the hype. If you don't BALLSRUSH every room it's not that hard.
>>332809926
>Why, because like, 3 people are complaining that the game's hard?
Every other poster who mentions
>The West
>The West Boss
Acts like it's the new contra. Not my fault niggas over hype shit.
Some of the hidden stuff is either borderline campy in how predictable it is, or stereotypical rather, that it's kind of annoying. On the flip side, there are some that feel like you won't get to them unless you hump every wall. I'm not a huge fan of that type of play style.
Anyone found all 8 of the northern area's puzzle pieces yet?
Mind sharing your map with us if so? Thanks!
>>332810598
West is literally the most challenging part of the game and people complain that it's hard, I fail to see how that means that people are bad at the game. West was the hardest area for me too and I beat the game
ive been dying again and again and again and again on the bird boss (1st boss ive ever fought so far)
im playing on kbm so the fucking dodging is stupid as fuck to do and i need split second reaction, this shit should have been bound to keyboard input ( direction + space)
>>332810868
git
gud
>>332791685
is this a leftover meme form gg?
>>332810738
The current idea is that if you ever die in a videogame that means it's a hard game.
I once told a guy that dark souls isn't that difficult and his answer was something like 'oh so you never once died? What a load of shit'
Anyone else having some choppiness while playing in full screen? It's fine in windowed but on full screen there's some serious stuttering, mostly when doing the dash.
>>332768506
She seems hyper light if you catch my drift
>>332808785
same friend. such a wait though :'^)
Anyone know where the bottom left corner piece of the crystal is in the north area?
>>332773064
Movie:
>$11
> 2 hrs
video game
>$18
>7hrs
So I'm currently going through birdcock land, gotten 4 pieces and beaten the boss, now going through a hidden east way unlocked via a gun shooty thing that leads to 1000000000 dropkick birds
I just don't know
the combat is alright, the exploration can be nice, and I like collecting things
But I'm really getting tired of the hump every wall, smack every thing, hump every ledge to find shit, because it is getting really tedious.
It's like yes, that different color smudge or little off texture on the wall is technically a clue that there's a secret there, but that same thing is on a billion other walls/pits in the area and there's nothing special about them.
Finding the secrets and shit in the game is just getting tedious because for every 'aha, this is different and I feel clever' there are 2-3 'oh, this one is just a hump the wall secret'
I got the chain dash
What next?
>>332812462
you could always just not do that, i went to 100% the game after i beat it
>>332810868
Figure out the pattern and don't rush things. You don't have to beat him every time he stands in a corner.
I dodged everything until he came into the center again and then whacked him while he summons his birds.
>>332812462
>hump the wall
That's my one major complaint about this game.
For every good hint they give you, there's a bunch of "hump this wall, then go hump the other wall" secrets.
Noticing something a little off in order to grab a secret is fine, but not if there's no fucking indication that there's a secret there at all.
>>332798142
I killed him first try.
>>332810868
>kbm
don't do that
>bird boss
you can smack him like 8 times when he returns to the middle to summon the birds. Just make sure to smack the birds and him with the same swing.
Once you do that, you should have plenty of gun powered up, so just stay a healthy distance away for the parts where he launches tiles at you and shoot him.
Then rinse and repeat ~5-8 times and you should be good.
>>332777365
Hey, uh, speaking of that particular area. I think I broke it? I talked to that guy who you get the waypoints from in that area, died on an exploding crystal spike trap, restarted the zone, got back to him and this time he had a little story for me and then he died. Giving me his costume?
But now all my waypoints have doubled up. I'm also having a ton of trouble even finding them but I don't think that's related. Even a previously reached switch has a second waypoint claiming that I haven't touched it yet but I reinvestigated and nothing could be done.
>>332813556
the doubling up is a fairly well known glitch now, but it's only cosmetic. It doesn't actually affect anything.
When you collect something, it stays collected. The first indicator changes color to show you've gotten it. The second indicator just doesn't go away.
>>332813556
its a common glitch if you die in an area with an npc after having talked to them already
Alright, I've went through every path again and found a ton of the inscriptions and other shit, but where in the fucking world is this fucking piece.
>>332813556
Don't worry about it, it's a harmless glitch.
>>332813337
Like for example, in the first place with the birds there's three instadeath crusher blocks, and a couple papers below one, the papers are an indicator that the wall isn't real and you can get a key block thing there.
However, those papers are on the walls fucking everywhere and I don't think there's a single other time that they have meant 'there's a secret here'
It is getting really fucking old, really fucking fast
>>332812476
Anything you want.
Even the chain dash is unnecessary to beat the game. If you think you're lacking in a certain area, shore it up. If you really like doing something, make it better.
>>332813337
How the fuck do you get over there, dash?
>>332814062
Have you not played the game?
Yes, you dash.
Is it possible to dash more than 3 times in a row? it keeps stopping me.
>>332810738
I just got the first shard or whatever and I'm still not seeing it.
Step it up senpais.
Had my first crash. I think it was caused by getting a card in my steam inventory.
Bottom-line it to me bros.
Worth a buy or not?
>>332814609
you can chain dashes until you run out of meter
>>332814828
ah, there is a meter. gotcha
>>332813550
>>kbm
>don't do that
I feel like the game would be leagues easier if kbm was implemented properly. I'm almost convinced that's why it's designed for controllers. That and ps4xbonebux
>>332814816
i pirated it and felt a little guilty so i bought it, i feel like it was worth the money for the amount ive enjoyed
i suggest you pirate it and see for yourself
>>332814778
Would you like a more combat / less puzzle focused Link to the Past with a dash mechanic and obtuse secrets?
If yes, get it. If no, meh.
>>332814816
Pirate it and decide for yourself. It's okay, but I'm not gunna support ZQ/Anita supporters.
>>332814816
I wouldn't throw a $20 on this
The game is fun, but the way secrets and exploration has been made (1% figure things out, 99% hump the walls) really hurts it
I'd drop a tenner on this but no more
pretty good game but it has lots of bugs and having to hump walls Doom style to find anything is retarded, didn't bother finding all the shit so it took me about 5 hours
started up new game+ but couldn't skip that fucking intro so I probably won't play it again, would be good value for 10 bucks, not 20 though
>>332814952
It would probably be easier, but it'd still be the inferior scheme.
The north region is super easy compared to the east but I've heard tales about the west.
The thing I'm having the hardest time with is the drift challenge.
Fucking absurd length of time of keeping a perfect rhythm and I can't get past 400
>>332815410
>inferior scheme
Why/How?
I hate the way they have designed the secrets.
There are a billion places where they could hide something but there's nothing or places where you can go into the wall but there's nothing
There are so many red herrings that could have been good secrets, and then all the real ones are just 'oh there was a hidden switch behind this tree that made invisible platforms appear, but to activate it you basically need to stand in a spot where you can't see your little helper dude and there's no reason to ever think there would be something there'
This is not fun.
>>332815431
honestly all of the areas arent that bad, even the south is just kind of annoying more than anything
i think the dash is pretty loose to be honest, i hooked up my arcade stick and just double tapped the infinite and had 100% success rate, i would just run into a wall every once in a while, and i would vary timing, so its a pretty loose window
>>332815431
I feel like once you get past the 100 hurdle it's pretty much smooth sailing.
I switch to KBM controls and put my mouse somewhere with some space, then just pressed space and my character would quickly dash left and right between the cursor. After that it's just maintaining a rhythm, not so bad.
So is it worth buying?
>>332815868
Yeah I really think most of these people just weren't expecting the game to be a bit more punishing than the typical indie game, but there's so few areas that are actually challenging. Fun game but the difficulty almost feels non-existent. >>332815992
I can keep the rythym but my attention span dwindles around the 300 number then I fuck up somehow without realizing it. I'll get it eventually I jump up about 100 every time I do it.
>>332816194
I'd pirate it
if it was 50% or more off I might say buy, but it's not worth twenty burgerbucks.
so are the health consumables limited? should i be super conservative with them or what?
>>332816371
i think the challenge is apt. a good game doesnt necessarily need to be punishingly difficult
a lot of times i would just run into a new situation, or the series of enemies would be fresh so i would have to come up with a method of dealing with it, the game is actually paced pretty well to the point where the average (me) person will hit a few stopgaps here and there and learn and succeed and then all of a sudden LOL ITS SO EZ U FUKN CASUALS
NG+ is legitimately pretty fucking difficult though, the prospect of simply beating some of the bosses is rough. the last boss will pretty much instagib you, let alone the 4 in the south area who just shove shit in your face.
so there's that
>>332816194
>>332816390
I agree with this anon. There's alot of heart in it and you can see where the work went into, but there's nothing to justify spending $20 on a game that you'll only play for 5-6 hours that you could play carbon copies of on sites like Newgrounds. If indie devs want my money they have to make their game under $15 or be someone I have alot of respect for and though the game is pretty and plays well there's alot of originality as well.
>>332816814
I agree with you 100%. When I say the difficulty is non existent, I don't mean to say it's the easiest game in the world, but because of how the checkpoints work (thankfully), there's no excuse for someone to say this game is too difficult to beat and at that point it's on them for not being able to complete it. There's definitely times though like the dark block crushing maze in the North that irritated me more than the rest of the game though.
>>332817685
well i must suggest trying NG+ out should you enjoy the game enough, it punched me in the balls so hard that even those sweet sweet checkpoints just meant i was trapped in a purgatory of 'fuck do i just go back and upgrade and lose progression or just raw dog it'
im still trying to beat the north boss, this game is much more difficult when a lot of the mooks are essentially crusher blocks
how the hell do i chain dash?
>>332818205
Shit sounds like I gotta get on that then. What are the major changes to NG+?
test
>>332818356
first purchase it
there's a room in the store to practice it
link the first one (its a bit tighter than the concurrent ones) right as the character flashes purple after the dash
>>332818356
when you tap on the dash button imagine you're drumming then when you're on the third chain dash keep a 4/4 beat
I've played 5 hours and only found 1 key, are they just hidden or do you buy them at some point?
>>332818416
you gain access to every ability, but have no grenades or upgrades for weapons, you have 2HP max, enemy encounter rooms are typically more stacked (typically with fuckheads that do 2 damage), and i believe bosses are in frenzy mode from the get go.
the last point you can take with a grain of salt, but i remember the north boss not being as much of an asshole as he is right now
>>332818724
i need to buy it i guess.
>>332818771
guess it's a relief I never use the grenades. sounds hard as hell though especially only having 2hp.
I can see why the North boss would give you problems holy shit.
>>332819006
i think proper usage of grenades will be key for ng+, since a lot of those stacked rooms are a fucking nightmare now
those asshole birds that do 2 damage but arent really much of a threat (beam jerks, not fatties) are pretty threatening now
>>332812117
Anyone?
>>332818735
There are 16 keys in total, 4 for each area.
Post 'em.
Also, anyone know what level 2 is at? 1000?
>>332819939
800.
>>332819446
Which ones have you found?
>>332819939
Protip, just enable keyboard and mouse, and tap the spacebar never moving the mouse.
one thing i really dont get is
why would you ever use anything other than the rail gun
i can maybe kinda see some usage out of the shotgun, but afaik the railgun is the best gun that you get from the standard gun
it seems kind of strange how contrasted that is, almost an afterthought
>>332819446
Yes. once you kill the boss go back south into the abandoned village and head east into the brush. There's a maze that you have to complete to grab the next piece.
>>332768205
Holy shit it's out? I had no fucking idea
>>332820503
Oh god damn it. Already using KB+M by default, but that is just...
>>332820730
he almost certainly got that one, I mean it's even marked on your map
>>332820419
These and the one in the cave you can go in after beating the boss
>>332813886
Forget about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3ZrorJg2s
>>332820968
shit, we're missing the same one
I'm checking the early parts right now, but wallhumping ain't finding anything
>>332820968
wait, have you gotten 10 keys for the keydoor in the village part?
That might have it
Is this game's map the worst map in all of vydia?
Holy shit this is terrible, giant chunks go untouched/explored but you skip from area to area not really being able to tell what would lead where.
And fuck that sewer line map, that shit barely links up properly to the other map.
I think it might be my biggest gripe, it's clunky and unintuitive as fuck.
>>332821463
Nope, been playing for 5 hours and I've only managed to find one key
>>332821512
Worst?
No, I've played Megaman ZX
but yeah the map is pretty fuckign shit
>>332768447
The game is seriously 6 hours long? I fucking hate when games are short
I mean, I loved Hotline Miami and Transistor but I really wish they'd been longer or had more replay value
>>332821707
The one behind the a wall with 3 crushing platforms tbat leads to a teleporter?
>>332820503
>>332820843
Hollow is my victory, but I guess 800 would be sort of a pain without it. Thanks.
>>332821938
Oh, I found another key
there's an invisible platform in the waterfall cave area where you first fight the laser bird mages, it's at the very topmost part of the pit at the top of the area.
I want to get off wall hump's wild ride
>>332821889
It varries from person to person. Seems the average is 5~10 based on the threads. Largely has to do with if you get stopped by a difficult room, or spend too much time lurking for non required secrets.
It's fairly challenging but it gets easier once you buy the projectile reflection skill
>>332822056
Using the KBM set up I noticed that sometimes it wouldn't dash to where my mouse was, which is how I discovered it. its not a great challenge to begin with.
>screen floods with enemies
>can't see shit because cursor opacity is too low
>try to dash
>dash into enemy
>try to move
>doesn't respond to me pressing any key
>die
>respawns me in the worst fucking spot and takes a trillion years for the animation to finish playing so I can move again
I'm not in love with it to say the least.
How do I unlock the glass box thing that you can find if you revisit the tutorial?
pressing use does nothing and it doesn't have any key requriements
How the fuck do I get there, I have been trying for like 2 hours.
>>332823420
Use a health kit the moment your dead sprite fades completely to black if you want to stand back up as soon as possible
Do you guys think its better to get faster dodges first or dodge shield?
Both seem really useful.
>>332823601
Head right to get around to it
>>332823420
>>332823663
you can also use the sit key to make it faster
>>332823842
There's a sit key? I played with controller
Just beat the bird herd disco boss in the north
now the teleport pads aren't working. Was I supposed to do something to the tower that popped up or something?
Also, the timing on the chain dash is hard to get, even playing on a 360 pad.
sooooo, the cool warrior chick(or dude idk) with the red sword has died in two separate areas(east and south) in my game, she even gave me her sword, cape, and robot friend again, I think this might be a glitch, has this happened for anyone else?
>>332824254
happened to me too
>>332824254
Yeah, that's a bug
Did you also get stacked up diamond pieces on your map
>>332824254
That's supposed to happen, are you fucking high?
>>332823495the pillars on the wall are the key
How do I warp in this game? Is there a button for a map?
>>332824568
>>332824254
You're name should be Riley, cause you're riling up this thread.
>>332824849
Yeah, it should be either start or back on a 360 controller.
scroll to the warp pad of choice and hold y
>>332822056
Dammit, how do you keep the rhythm for 800 dashes? I can barely make it above 100 even with the mouse thing
So I posted about stuttering on full screen before and I "fixed" the issue.
The TV I was using doesn't work with 1080 (It's 1680x1050 or some shit). I switched to 1080 and the stuttering went away. So if anyone else is having that problem and isn't using 1080, try that I guess.
>>332805192
>that elevator
That place fucked me up, no upgrades or anything
didnt get stuck up on any diamonds, but the third boss's corpse appeared twice when i went back to the boss room, also is she really supposed to tell you her sad backstory and then die right in front of you twice? i doubt it, but i havent beaten the game yet so idk
>>332823956
Down on the D-PAD
Alright anon from earlier has gone from 6/8 shards in the east to 7/8 shards. What has everyone else found?
How do I chain dash? I don't get this if it's timing or what.
It seems entirely fucking random.
>that secret area in the library where you have to walk left through a secret passage and then there's a passage WITHIN that passage that leads to a teleporter to another area with ANOTHER passage
jesus christ
So, how do you open the tablet thingies, I keep finding them but cant do anything to them.
>>332826059
Timing and you can't mash it from what I can tell unless you can really fucking mash hard.
I think I might know where the final triangle in the northern area is
So you can chain dashes in the air if you get hit
In the library before the boss, there's a platform on the right that's not connected to anything, so I'm thinking if you can double dash across it via getting hit, there might be a secret behind it.
>>332826717
nope, nothing
just another red herring
>Collect another part of the puzzle pieces or whatever
>Not sure which direction I should take
>All of that backtracking
Sweet Jesus mother of Lord. I should have known this would be a Metroidvania game.
>>332823495
How do you get back to the tutorial area?
>>332826717
Fuckin A
I finally got it
For some reason taking off my headphones helped me go from 250 max to 800 in one try.
>>332825003
Well, before I did the mouse thing (>>332819939) I just thought of a metronome to keep a steady rythm. With the mouse trick I was just spacing out though, too easy.
>>332826059
I feel it sort of starts with one or two wind-up dashes, after that you can keep a steady rythm - your "own" rythm - as long as you aren't too slow or too fast on the spacebar. What this guy said is relevant: >>332770380
>>332827330
From the warp point in the northern area
go up, take the left staircase down, don't take the tele, instead go down, don't take the bridge, go down, dash to the little platform covered in trees, go down
get the yellow power up thing, go down, then go down all the stairs and shit and you'll end up there
There are no secrets in the tutorial as far as I could find until you get to the final area you blacked out before reaching initially
