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It is extremely difficult. ITT: Tips and advice for me because I've dumped my time into it since i bought it 10 hours ago and have yet to beat a boss.
Its near the point where i think its horribly balanced due to my getting undeniably ass-raped by the bosses
The game often leaves no room for mistakes which means anyone who isn't an absolute git gud autist is gonna have a hard time
>>332995389
I can tell. Dark souls doesn't even have near this level of timing perfection.
Just dash more retard, it's not that hard.
>>332994148
I feel like this game is only easy for me because I've played a shit ton of Link to the Past and Dark Souls. It seems to draw a lot from those games combat styles.
>>332996447
Helpful, didn't consider that. Given only 3 actions, dashing being one, i personally thought "Hey, man, fuck that shit. I'm going to stick with shooting the shit." You're a fucking genius, asshole.
>>332994148
I like that they didn't tell anyone they weren't filling the goals for coop and took out people's pledged enemy designs because they didnt like them.
>>332994148
Okay, I'm in the factory and I've found a working robot that I can pilot. Where do I go from here?
I just hate the lengthy respawn animation. Alright so far though.
>>332996756
Well, I've played a shit-ton of Dark Souls (and all of the similar games) and Nuclear Throne, which both seem pretty similar also. I just feel as if I'm missing some sort of damage increase or health boost. If not, i must be overlooking a mechanic.
Just cleared the fire area. I'm liking it a lot so far!
>>332994148
East boss is easiest. Just attack once and dash out or just wait till he takes his time to barf out minions for loads of free damage. You if you launch the minions at him and they explode he drops to the floor for even more free damage.
>>332996889
Yo, I don't know about any of that shit. Just by looking for some help online i saw some controversy surrounding it. I didn't support the kickstarter (or know about it before it i bought it today). That does sound like some shitty business practice, and I can understand some anger over that.
>>332997223
Thanks, I appreciate it. If you know anything about the north and/or east boss, that would also be greatly appreciated.
>>332997194
>Cleared
Care to help out then?
>>332997076
If you don't already have them, buy the chain dashing ability from the shop in town, and then get the gapcloser dashing slash from the sword shop.
Once you get those, you can maneuver in and out of combat much easier, and weave through enemy waves. Also try to work on figuring out enemy movesets and patterns, and learn to let them attack and then go aggressive while they are recovering.
>>332997774
Very, very much appreciated. Many thanks.
>>332997774
Also, is there any faster way to get the currency than just running around and trying to find the tiniest pathway in the most sequestered areas?
>>332998240
Unfortunately not.
I had a time with disco bird in the north. but once you get him to his last bit of health he actually is easier because he alternates horizontal and vertical rows.
How the fuck do you get in this room circled in green? It's not connected to anything so it's basically just a hidden wall hunt at this point. It's in the southern area.
>>332999453
It's 90% Hidden wall hunt. You progress in the western area purely by slashing the shit out of every light green crystal
>>332999351
once he reaches that point you can literally just run over to him and go apeshit til he dies
Any tips on the whole key thing? There's these doors with like 4-15 blocks representing keys. Where the fuck am i meant to find them. Not to mention the weird ass map
Anyone willing to buy a poorfag Hyperlight Drifter?
>>333000121
You just have to explore more. Most of them are hidden over almost invisible black walls.
I have 14 now, one left till I can open the door on the right side of the city, curious about what is in there.
Which one of the dash atacks is the best one to get? THe sword shop's or the dash shop'se
Is it good? I remember seeing threads about it before it came out. Looks neat at least.
>>333001206
This is a very good game, but it seems to cater only to the most extreme side of gaming. The people who check every nook and cranny and will spend time getting their timing pristine perfect
>>333001403
It's pretty fun. I'd say at least a 7/10 Zelda clone with more dynamic combat and harder.
>>333000674
Sent ;)
>>332997510
North is hard. It helps to have chain dash, but I did it with no upgrades, since I headed north first.
Just slash at him when he teleports to another place and shoot him otherwise. When he is almost dead he will just non stop repeat the same two attacks,but deals a shit ton of damage.
Died a lot, but it's manageable once you learn his pattern.
>>333001669
damn anon thanks :)
>>333001767
Yeah, I feel the north boss is easier than west though. He just persists restlessly and his attacks have an astonishingly large range. On top of that, the unneeded adds
>>332997039
In the latest patch you can speed that up by holding A/X
>>333001767
north bosses attack fixed-shape is always the same as well
it's x then +
so you can dash vertical/horizontal to avoid the first, the diagonally for the second
>>333001403
Not really. Every area is the same in terms of gameplay. Go north, east or west, find hidden keys, get upgrades. I was excited, but I'm going to end up not buying it until its either really cheap or gets more content.
>>332994148
this game is hot fucking garbage
it seems to think that good difficulty = flooding rooms full of projectile shooting enemies that are stupidly hard to avoid
and since the game autosaves i was left with one health and no heals so i'm fucked and can't do anything
not that the level design or gameplay was all that fun anyway
How many times do you have to chain dash to get the second item in the shop?
>>333001350
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>>333001350
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>>333001350
Please, someone answer this
>He plays 30fps locked games.
>>333002951
Ideally, both. Sword shop though
>>333002773
You can warp back to the overworld pads at any time and heal yourself.
>>333002773
>sucks at game
>hurrdurr game is garbage
ARTIFICIAL DIFFICULTYseriously though I can't help but get frustrated when I reached 632 chain dashes before messing up the timing ;_;
I seriously cannot believe how casual you spastic cunts are. You literally cannot beat the very "tumblr pixelshit SJW" games you constantly moan about. It's not even that hard, just dodge until you see an opening/pattern, then shoot a bit or whatever. Get the sword dash attack for true easymode.
But seriously it's a great game 9/10.
>>333003953
that whole challenge is fucking absurd, even if people have managed it
Just beat it. Missed a single fucking diamond, but it's not like it's required to beat the game or anything, just missing out on one last dungeon. Why do people keep saying the game was hard? The most I died on a boss was 5 or so times, and that was against the first boss, which happened to be the western one in my case.
Beat the game this morning
Been looking for keys and upgrade tokens, got almost the entire sword and drift moves.
Fun game, it is a shame he chicken shitted out about his death instead of making this some magnum opus
>>333003183
>You laugh at people for their choice to not care about 30 frames per second on their games
>Having trouble with the bosses in this game
Are you fucking kidding me? The only boss who is difficult is the katana boss if you dont have the triple dodge yet.
>>333004396
I haven't the slightest idea why you would find it so easy outside of playing very similar games a lot
I don't normally bitch about the whole 30 fps thing but I'm finding it more jarring in this than anything else I've played before
The smoothed camera movement looking so choppy is making me sick
>>333004702
>Being this guy
Why must there always be people who claim that every game and/or challenge is the easiest thing and they beat it first try
>>333004346
too bad you can't tell where you're dodging half the time if you make the poor choice of using Mouse and Keyboard to play a PC game
>>333004865
Hey, at least they recommended the controller. Thats like playing Dark Souls with mouse and keyboard. It was made for controller first, keyboard second.
>>333004753
I haven't played a game like this in years.You aren't all casuals, are you?
>>333004396
Its not really difficult. It's just overwhelming until you get used to what's going on.
But I guess a lot of people expect to win on the first go. Instant gratification. It's a bit silly.
>>333005028
>years
I imagine this is somewhat like riding a bicycle. You get rusty but get it back quickly (might be why you had trouble with the first boos you fought)
Also, in this case, i suppose i would be a casual. I'm not good at top-down action games at all (not from lack of trying see: 350 hours in binding of isaac and 50 hours in nuclear throne)
>>333004987
It's nothing like that. Dark Souls is a game where you have to use several buttons and button combinations - it's best with a controller due to button layout, and making it more playable on keyboard would require simplifying gameplay elements. Hyper Light Drifter is best with a controller because the devs care too much about the visual presentation of their game to make the cursor stand on the top layer and be a color and opacity that doesn't turn nearly invisible in a firefight.
How the fuck do you get any of the fragments in the western area? I'm stuck at two and can't get into that three fragment door
>developers too stupid and incompetent to change Game Maker's room speed variable when they start their game
>developers too stupid and incompetent to code their game's logic using delta_time instead of framecounts so they can never change it
>pitch 30 fps as a design choice and sell it anyways, retards eat it up and defend it
>>333005817
post your map, ill help out
>>333005605
I've heard a bunch of shit-talking about the devs so i suppose throwing another on the pile won't be a far reach
>>333005841
I can't even notice the difference. Game's bad but not because of FPS. Maybe you should stop being a faggot?
>>333006167
>Just because my eyes are shit and I can't notice the difference means nobody can
>>333003239
it's hard not to suck when the difficulty spikes and the game is throwing a dozen enemies at you
So... what now?
Srly, im fucking retarded or this game is abstract as fuck when comes to explain shit?
>>333005841
I don't support the 30 fps choice and would immediately download a mod or something of the sort to change it if said mod existed. However, I don't feel a frame-rate lock makes or breaks a game. It's a small gripe, but shouldn't be an argument for the game's quality (or lack thereof) on its own merits
>>333006167
There is no difference to notice because you can't play the game at 60 fps
I don't think the game is bad because it's at 30 fps, the problem is there is no good reason for it to be. 60 would be better, and that's what it should be.
>>333006736
opens when you kill boss
>>333006736
Beat boss of that area
>>333006736
I just figured that part out recently. Remember that symbol on the blocks and you should know when to come back
>>333002871
Explain.
A couple of simple tips:
Buy bombs ASAP, and get the second one ASAP as well. Two damage AoE explosion that defuses most mobs in an instant. After getting the second one, I can open almost every battle with one, which makes the average enemy encounter much easier. Apparently some people go a long time without ever buying these, if even knowing they exist, and they're one of the best attacks in the game for basic enemies.
Shoot a lot. Every successful enemy slash refills an entire bullet. Snipe enemies that are going to mob you in advance whenever you possibly can.
Speaking of the above, you can quick-shoot by pressing RT without ever having to manually aim, it shoots in the direction that you're pressing. Use this a lot during battles.
Others have said this, but multi-dash is incredibly useful for general maneuvering and getting out of tight spots.
Play it like a faster-paced Souls game. Learn enemy patterns, position yourself tactically, play smart.
Good luck!
>>332997223
I've beaten North and East so far. East is ridiculously easy by comparison, it didn't kill me once.
>>333007141
Fuck off
>>333006964
wait, i thought that you needed to "open" these 4 purple things to open the "boss door", and according to my map there's one purple thing here.
you get nothing from beating him, even if you perfect him
>>333007141
>if I compare it to the Souls games, it will seem less shit.
Nah nigger.
Is there any hope of getting a dsfix-style frame unlocker?
>>333007305
nigga there are 4 other purple things on your map. go to those. There are also 3 other purple things that your map isn't telling you about
just beat it after 10 hours. i liked it but it lacked a third act, it feels unfinished. also you can cheese really hard with the shotgun and sword reflect, it makes the final boss a joke.
7/10
>>332994148
I've been having a blast, but I have a hard time navigating with the abstract ass map. Any tips?
>>332994148
>10 hours and haven't beaten a boss
Dude, what? I've beaten the game and I only played 9 hours. I didn't even go that fast.
The game is hard but it's not impossible. Step up senpai.
>>333007559
I'm with you in this m8
Just beat it today. Pretty awesome game. Wouldn't mind a longer sequel on a better engine.
LMAO @ the rock paper shotgun reviewer for this game.
Pro tips:
Buy the chain dash
Buy the sword charge
Buy at least one more health pack slot
On the boss to the west,you can bait him into killing the adds in the crystals before he summons them..
>>333007437
I fought the bird boss first and it was strikingly more difficult than the final boss. I guess because I didn't have the shotgun, reflect, or chain dash at the time, but still. The final boss felt underwhelming for sure.
>>332997194
>fire area
>>332996863
there can be no doubt reddit is truly here
>>333007270
Why?
i can hit this wizard bird once and then i have to run around
>>333007580
I'm just bad m8
I'm good at dark souls so i guess ill just drop this if i haven't beaten it by the 5th of april (Enter the Gungeon looks fantastic) and get onto the DS3 train on the 12th
>>333007305
You need only 3
>>333007712
I just beat the bird boss without any of that stuff, either. I died a lot, but it felt really good when I beat him. Do you think its viable to play the whole game without buying stuff? Or is that ridiculous with the difficulty scaling?
Sorry to bother you with all these questions, anon. Just figured you might have an opinion on it.
I went east and I have 3 of the triangles and I don't know how to get the fourth. Any advice?
>beat NG+
>got every key, monolith, and gearbit
>still not sure what's going on in the story
I mean, what the fuck? I'm hunting around for these diamonds until I finallyget to the big diamond only to destroy it in the end and die?This is either heavy symbolism or the vaguest shit I've seen. Nobody really talks about the story either, so that isn't helping.
>>333005921
This one right here is driving me nuts since I can't figure it out.
I have never seen /v/ shitpost harder about an enjoyable game
It has its flaws but for fuck's sake it's a joy to play
>>333007559
Map is kind of confusing because your character's icon sits arbitrarily in the zone you're currently in, but doesn't correspond to your specific location. Figure out which zone you're in from the icon, then figure out where you are/want to go based on the shape of the environment.
Why are there so many people whining about the difficulty?
The game is nice enough to let you restart in the same room you died in without leaving any of your consumables used
>>333007559
>>333008143
Building on that, the overworld map seems to lay out the main path fairly accurately, so if you can figure out when you enter the new zone, you can generally navigate based on the landmarks they include on the map, like broken stairways and stuff. Underworld map is a nightmare though.
>>333008029
Given how much easier the game became with upgrades, I'm sure some people will start playing it without upgrades as a challenge. It certainly occurred to me. I think it's possible.
Buying the upgrades (especially the chain dash and bullet reflect) just felt like I was gaining all the stuff I felt like I should have had from the beginning of the game.
Also I agree, beating that boss was the most satisfying thing in the game for me, definitely left the biggest impression with how hard it was. I just kept at it because the first thing on the steam news list was some "games journalist" crying about how he couldn't beat the first boss and essentially saying that the game should let him win. What a faggot.
>>333008069
>got all keys
HELP
how many keys are in each region
>>333007559
The map was made to be hard to decipher to make the game world seem artificially bigger than it actually is due to how easy it is to get lost with no real landmarks besides the giants.
>>333008052
I was stuck there too, walk in that area a bit, some of the plants are enemies. Once you kill all of them a path to the west opens up.
Can you play this game with a controller comfortably?
Would rate this game easier or harder than the Megaman Zero series?
>>333008098
remember that bridge you cross, and on the right theres a golem blocked off by some raised platforms, you lower those platforms by going to the left room and hitting a floor switch, then go back past the golem and theres 6 prison cells and some enemies/turrets
on the top right prison cell theres a wall you can walk into on the right
>>333008546
you need a keyboard and mouse
Man north is so much easier than east.
I did east first and some of the encounters were fucking gruelling. North is a fucking cakewalk.
What are west and south like in comparison?
>>333008435
4 regions
16 keys
Figure it out
>>333008435
Fucking this, I have everything except a single key. Do i get one from beating the challenge rooms? Just wanna know whats behind the 16 key door.
>>332999453
go to the lower left corner of that section and there should be a cliff, there's invisible platforms that'll become lightly visible when you approach them
i cleared that room just today, you need to beat the boss in the south area first though
>>333008604
Easier
We need someone to make a fucking readable map. This shit is fugly and unreadable
>>333008604
easier for sure
>>333008679
west is probably the hardest but i did it first so it could have just been that
>>333008069
what are the monolith even for
>>333008115
i agree
>incredible game comes out
>"THE CREATOR IS A SJW KEK"
>"30 FPS LOCK"
>"KIKESTARTER TRASH"
>>333008802If you get all of them you get another costume and an extra point of health
>>333008807
>zoe quinn and anita in the credits
>>333005841
Where's your game?
>>333008115
>dashing puzzles with shit dash mechanicsat 30fps
>walking against every ledge in hopes of navi saying there's a secret path
>all that cut content I can't play
what a joy
>pirate game
>still disappointed
But I don't understand why people think it's so difficult. I've just unlocked south, I didn't die to East boss, once to North and twice to West. If you're struggling with mobs you can port back to any teleporter and it refills your health and bullets and the healthpacks respawn. Chain dash plus dashstab is all you need to make the game ez mode
>>333007339
What the fuck are you doing in that webm?
>>333008931
who gives a fuck, seriously? It's like the most gamey-game to come from an SJW in ages and it's fucking great, and you're going to let a couple of god damn names keep you from enjoying it?
fuck this gay earth
>>333008883
Yeah, if you could give me all those locations, that'd be great
>>333009065
nigga jus fuckin explore
>>333008496
so I don't need 4 triangle pieces?
>>333008546
Yes. I've been playing with an Xbox controller and it works very well.
I only switched to keyboard once and that was to beat thechain-dash challenge
>>333008689
You don't get a key from challenge rooms, just another outfit
>>333009065
I found them all myself, you can do the same
>>333009153
>>333009162
I have been. Above-mentioned's picture is the only one I've found
>>333009065
but anon you have toe x p l o r ein order to enjoy this game
>>333009162
using the keyboard kinda felt like cheating but at the same time the challenge was so dumb I didn't feel bad for cheesing it.
>>333009162
800 times was pretty lame to have to go for if you were doing it normally.
My best with the controller going around the track was 112 but as a soon as I used the KB+M trick I got up to 1000+ easy
>>333009349
>but as a soon as I used the KB+M trick I got up to 1000+ easy
explain?
I went first to the fucking forest, how the fuck do I get one of those pink things in the forest? I;m missing one apparently its near the portal in the forest but no idea how to get there.
>>333009303
>Enjoy
There comes a time, when people get tired of pushing their faces against walls praying that you will get a secretive secret path
>>333009407
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-_Ie1TbiX4
>>333009349
>Trying the challenge with a controller
>get to 650+
>slide for no reason
>try again
>get to 400 before sliding again
>every attempt is ruined by a random slide
why does he slide
>>333009407
leave mouse in one spot, hit spacebar 800 times
>>332994148
This has to be a joke. No one can be this bad at video games.
>>333009453
there's always a clue that there's a hidden path, pay more attention to the environment
>>333009574
>Implying one video game= all video games
Congrats anon, you played yourself
>>333007831
what do you expect? the game is literally PlebbitSouls: pixel art
>>333009496
well i feel pretty dumb now.
>>333009453any time there's a passable wall, you'll see light grey squares with a darker grey line going halfway through them on the ground
>>333009453
I found a ton of them by paying attention to the walls and floors. I guess I have some kind of talent for finding secrets in games. I also found tons of stuff that all my friends missed in my first playthrough of Shovel Knight.Seriously though it's not fucking hard, this stuff is obvious if you're looking for it.
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>>333009752
I'll look for that i gues
>>333009712
It's all good anon. Now you too can join the purple cape masterrace.
>>333009607
except the clue is on like 50% of the other walls as well
That paper infront of that hidden wall in the library that a key and teleporter are behind? That paper is infront of like 50 other walls that aren't secrets at all.
The clues are dogshit because they aren't clues at all.
>>333009767
>>333009752
>>333009607
There isn't a visual tell for invisible platforms that I never noticed is there? You gotta walk up to the edge of every platform until you get an indicator
>>332994148
What's the dirt on the creator, I heard he's nuts or something?
>>333010056
Oh man I sure loved doing that on every pit in the north to find those two triangles.
Just hug every single fucking pit until your dude finally lights up. They weren't even remotely special or unique pits, just parts of random-ass pits.
SECRETS WITHIN SECRETS
>>333009968
Maybe you should think about where you would hide clues on each screen if you were a game developer.
Pay attention to when the camera shifts to hide an area from view that would otherwise be visible in your current position.
When the camera oddly frames a platform bordering empty space, run to the edge of that platform.
it was a good game but not worth 21$. i didn't know about the content that was shown in the kickstarter but didn't get in. i also don't know what the fuck is going in some parts of this game. story minimalist bullshit doesn't work and seeing how they had a whole story and cut it made me wonder if the dev was really sick and wanted to release it
>>333010198
except when it doesn't.
Take the waterfall cave for instance
at the very top of the map there is this wide rectangular pit that takes up the left side of the map.
It makes sense because parts sides of this map have always had pits on sides of the map (waterfall pit at the beginning, pits on the side as you went up otherwise)
There is absolutely nothing special about it and if you hug it the camera does nothing when you hug it.
However if you decide for some reason to hug the very top of that pit, there are a few pixels where your lil bot will activate and say there's an invisible platform.
That is not fun, that is wall hugging bullshit.
Remember the secret area with the 10000 flying birds you had to fight to get a triangle?
That one there was a little forested outcropping that if you did some finangling, you could dash to. It looked like something that could be something or nothing. If you reached there the camera would pan to a thing you could shoot to make a platform to go across to reach that area.
That was a good secret.
>>332994148
Just beat the West region last night and heading North. A few of things though:
1.) Are there any more keys in the West? I managed to find just one by a dead guy.
2.) Is the super cool blue cape a hidden item or can I buy it somewhere?
and 3.) In pic. related, is there a way to get to that yellow blip chip or do I need to come back later? There's a locked door in that area I'm not too sure how to open.
>>333010652
Most of the secrets were wall hugging bullshit.
Your bot can tell you about invisible platforms?
So getting 100% has no extra final boss or scenario? That's bullshit.
>>333010983
beat the north area and you'll get the rail gun.
It can activate those.
It is also a really good gun.
>>333010983
theres 16 keys so probably
theres a blue cape yes
get plasma rifle from northern boss and fire it at that red pillar switch
>>333010652
I didn't say all the secrets were good, I said I found a fair amount of them as I was playing the game and offered some tips for other people to find them.
>>333010983
1. there are 4 keys in all 4 areas
2. all capes and swords are unlockable/hidden, not buyable
3. shoot the pillar to the top left with the beam gun
>>333011078
Yes, it can tell you but only if you're really close to it, like on the edge of the platform
have we got completed maps for west and south region yet? im at 7 fragments on west and cant find the last one to save my life
im pretty bad at finding secrets though
>be a little kid in the 90's
>2D games like FF6 and Chrono Trigger had amazing sprites/tilesets filled with secrets that filled you with a sense of wonder and exploration
>that overwhelming moment where you find the early ribbon in FF6, or when you figure out how to upgrade the black boxes in CT
>grow to love those types of games, as well as pixel art in general
>current year
>pixel art has been killed and appropriated by SJW indie devs who don't know what 16-bit means and would rather push an agenda than an adventure
>any secrets in a video game is severely limited to either something stupidly obvious or something stupidly arbitrary
>no puzzles, detailed level design, or gendered protagonists
>tiredgamer.jpg
>lose all hope for that amazing rush and wonder to ever come back
>HLD comes out
>the game is essentially all secrets with cool pixel art
>decide to give it a try
>it's ONLY secrets; there is nothing else but looking for secrets
>hug walls and cliffs, wandering around for hours for minimal rewards
>get stuck in shitty tree hitboxes thinking there's got to be a secret somewhere
>IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED???
>eventually find everything I need to progress
>can't be assed to keep going in circles like a crazy person
>give up and beat the final boss
>credits roll: special thanks section filled with the same SJWs who ruined games like this
>realize that this is the type of game they want instead, and it's selling well
I feel robbed
>>333011167
I didn't know that some switches can only be activated by that gun. Would've saved me a lot of time if there were any hints about that
>>333011451
Yeah this game isn't great at the explaining things
>>333011167
>>333011173
>>333011256
Had a feeling I needed another weapon. I'll keep searching for the keys and what not too. Thanks fellas!
>>333010983
To get the purple/blue cape, get 800 points on the chain dash challenge.
>>333011078
Like so
>>333011451
There's like only 3 of them in the whole game even
>>333011448
I was gonna dismiss you as a nostalgiafag but this game really does kill your desire to explore after you finish it. I just want to play something linear now without worrying about missing secrets.
>>333011989
Yeah but each time I get one that didn't work and thought maybe there's an alternate path and use the sword instead.
What type of game is this? Can someone give me a game this is comparable to. Is it like Bastion?
Is there supposed to be a weapon after the left boss?
>>333012197
I'll agree. I'm pretty sick of hugging ledges and bumping against walls. I don't even want to try to get all of the keys to unlock the 12 and 16 key doors. Fuck that.
>>333012265
I'm agreeing that those pillars are one thing the game is a little too hardcore about
Because of your thinking exactly
I only discovered it by accident.
>>333012443
>>333012197
ive spent a good 5-6 hours just lookign around for secrets after beating the game, so to each their own
knowing that im doing it for no reason kind of stings though
>>333012398
Kind of, except faster
>>333009964
Thank you my nigga. I owe you.
How hard is this compared to N++ or Super Meat Boy.
>>333012571
Is it fairly linear and easy to figure out where to go or is more like the Dark Souls/LoZ style where you need to find pointless bullshit to put in some arbitrary bullshit slot to open the path?
>>333012627
Wait. Shit. I can't change my cape what the fuck. Is it because im on NG+?
>>333012680
>how hard is this boat compared to this airplane
>>333012680
Easier
OP is misleading because he is a scrublord
>>333012443
I remember when I played la mulana, I loved exploring, solving the puzzles and discovering shit.
Not only was everything hinted at in a way that meant you didn't have to hug/whip every wall, but basically everything you something that was useful/helped you advance.
Here you just get a monolith which gives a dogshit skin at the end, a triangle, money (which quickly becomes useless), or a key (basically useless)
Finding shit doesn't feel rewarding because I don't feel like I'm clever or such for finding it, and the reward doesn't feel good because the reward always sucks.
>>333012680
You can't compare an ARPG to platformers.
>>333011448
The game was already ruined and didn't need SJWs for that. Maybe people should be wary since the initial goal was 27k and seeing such a low cost should sent hints that he doesn't know what he's doing.
>Dev has little experience with game maker
>Dev cut out all the features from this game because he can't do them all and will patch them in the future
>Dev can't into 60FPS
You should've read more about it before playing it. You got no one to blame but yourself.
>>333012795
Yes, lol.
Having only 2 hp in NG+ is tied to your cape for some reason.
>>333012795
Did you try changing it in the usual spot?
>>333012790
The latter
>>333012879
Why the fuck not?
the game isn't hard, and the game isn't good
if for whatever reason you're having trouble, do the east section first, the shotgun you get from the boss trivialises the entire game
>>333012892
Yep
>>333012891
Well i'll go hang myself, it's been a good life.
H-h-hey I still got the purple s-sword, pretty g-gucci eh?
>>332996863
This made me laugh
>>333012790
how you describe them make both modes sound terrible.
>>333012795
Yeah. You're always BLACKED and there's nothing you can do about it
>>333013079
Hey, that's not true.
I can always sort of kill myself
>>333012680
The only difficult part of the game is the shitty hitboxes on some of the bosses. That's it.
>>333012809
>Asking for help= Purposely misleading
>>333012967
God dammit. Hate when games pull this bullshit. Either have to have my eyes glued to a guide the whole time or I have to fucking roam around for the random piece of shit that goes in some other piece of shit to open some fucking door. Because that's real fun. Fuck this stupid trend in games.
>>333013059
I prefer something like Demon's Souls or The Evil Within. Technically a "linear game," but levels are open with lots of nooks and crannies and paths off to the side, but they all converge to the end of the level.
>>332996932
>cut content from the first trailer.
Well played fuccboi
>>333013312
Let me reword that
OP's post is misleading about the difficulty of the game for the average player, as he is unusually horrible at it.
>>333013079
who came up with this bullshit and why do they hate happiness so much
>>333013413
While it attacks what little pride i have, i must admit that your statement is rather accurate
How the fuck do you get to the East boss
Like I got to the courtyard in front of it but there's a huge water gap and it's too far to dash and there aren't any sorts of switches or anything around I can find to make a bridge
>>333013624
read the map nigga, contrary to popular belief, it's not bullshit and its pretty helpful once you learn how it works
>>333005605
This.
I beat the game with M+K and 4/5 times I died because I dashed or moved the wrong way, thanks to the invisible cursor .
>>333013624
I think I remember having to go west for that part. You have to trigger platforms.
>>333013462
at least it looks pretty nice
this game is pretty difficult in ng+ which is nice
Dam and I thought I was bad at videogames. The only real "challenge" is from itemhunting shit, which I will admit I'm pretty bad at.
I mean it's not an easy game by any means, but it looks like /v/ is treating it just like DaS by blowing it's difficulty out of proportion and letting elitist "hardcores" come in and fuck their shit up all day.
>>333013624
Is that where you go down to the intersection again, and some enemies appeared that weren't there before? There might be a few explodey plants alive in the center still
I could be thinking of somewhere else completely though
>>333013725
yeah but my 800 dashes tho ;_;
ng+ makes half the exploring just straight up freaking pointless, fuck.
>>333013725
I'm glad all the sword and dash upgrades are there from the start, but everything fucking oneshots you.
I haven't had an issue with the combat. The triangle hunting is kind of bs though. Maps is pretty damn unreadable.
>>333013821
well ill always have bragging rights, and a purple sword a la black zero
>>333013771
Look, you guys shitting on my ability is getting fucking annoying. If you don't have any tips, fuck off. You should take care to look at the 5 other fuckboi cunts pointing out my shittiness.
>>333013771
Once you know the bosses pattern and get an upgrade or two it becomes way too easy.
>>333013901
Triangle hunting is bullshit but once you hear the beeps you know there's a path that leads straight to it. Two maps are only useful to know which area has the triangle.
>>333014087
Tip: practice, keep on playin and perfect your skills.
Fucking faggot.
>>333003197
You can have and use both. The dash shop is unsheath lights aver teleport behind u and hits all enemies you fash through. The sword shop is a charge attack that is easier to aim and use. I prefer the dash shop.
>>333014087
how far are you now, did you beat a boss yet
im pretty surprised if you're not lying in the op
>>333014087
I got a tip
Practice and stay calm
>>333006736
Arrow blocks open when you kill the boss of the direction they point in.
Think we'll see DLC?
>>333014087
Kek.
Once you get to know the eastern boss pattern, you'll got the shotgun and make your life way easier. Plus buy the bomb for crowd control
>>333014087
It's just projection. Most people on /v/ are shit at games. Check their steam profiles, PSN profiles, etc. and you see they're complete garbage and oftentimes don't even finish their games. Yet, whenever you show the slightest bit of weakness or lack of skill, or even ask a basic question, they all try to gang up with their "git gud xDD" nonsense.
>>333014181
Thanks, douche
>>333014439
boo fucking hoo
>they won't tell me how to pway my gayym!
>>333014229
I defeated the Bird Bitch (tm) and have been looking for secrets
>>333009297
There are 3 in each area I think. East's has you dashing behind one of the temples in the middle, shooting a switch over the water with the railgun farther up north and one other which I forget. Basically they don't mark them on the map even after you get them which makes looking for them a pain.
>>333014540
what upgrades do you have now
>>333014087
What did you really expect? Git Gud replies are the standard anytime someone complains about difficulty here.
>>333014327
i dunno dlc but i hope they patch this bitch, i got a couple glitches that crashed my game at various points
specially using phantom slash
>>333014524
I don't care if they don't tell me how to play, my ire is drawn purely by their need to stroke their own egos by pointing out flaws in my ability to participate in my hobby
>>333014689
My hobby's shitposting on 4chan, what do you do Anon?
>>333014540
well keep on truckin bro, you just got the best weapon in the game, east should be a lot easier for you though a few enemies might give you some trouble
>>333014359
Thanks, man.
>>333014689
Then how dare you complain when i just say keep going, you homo.
>>333009607
Most clues are small visual changes like an off colored block or slightly changed portion of the wall. Problem is most of the game's architecture and colors aren't uniform. An off color block or missing piece of the ground could be fucking any thing from a weird style choice to an actual secert. Try to explain how there is a tell for stuff like the water switches in the east or the crystal and tree mazes in the west.
>>333014796
Play video games for fun and try not to create posts on forum sites that paint me as a whiney baby. As you can see, thats not always possible
>>333014689
These "git gud" memespouters are the same people you see in trophy/achievement threads with a profile full of JRPG weebshit.
They wouldn't know what difficulty is if it hit them over the head. The fact that they're so insecure and need to lash out at anyone they perceive as unskilled is really telling of their own abilities.
But at the end of the day, it doesn't fucking matter either way how good or bad you are as long as you're enjoying the experience.
>>333014650
They patched it twice though there is still need some work. Because whenever I start to play the game, an hour in and it suddenly take me to the desktop screen and have to press the icon again.
So did anyone else get a Nausicaä feelin' from this game?
>>333014825
Because of your need to place rude name-calling at the end of your posts, dickhead
>>333015146
I've no idea what you're talking about.
Fuckface.
>>333015093
I bought this game hopping for some SG stuff.
I got shivers in the north seeing the robot scaling the mountain and erect seeing his hands next to that one elevator. I fuckin' loved seeing his fist smashed though and forming a barrier.
>>333002951
get the sword shop first , press attack then dash ,it does a lot of dmg and hits everything in it's path then turn to your enemy and shoot/attack them for free(best combo with shotgun)
>>333015214
Then i cant speak with you, shitsucker
I would've preferred if this game had an actual death system instead quick respawns. Maybe then the author would've put more thought into the enemy placement and the level design.
>>333014087
Get the sword reflection.
Get the chain dash.
Get a dash attack.
Get a grenade.
Railgun is the best.
If you aren't killing enemies quick enough you'll get overrun.
Wait til your at 1 or 2 health to use a medkit.
Know how much damage each enemy does and what their attacks are.
You can't stun certain enemies with sword attacks, if you try to kill them when they start up an attack you are going to get hit.
Either focus on killing the biggest guy in the room, or killing off all the weak ones first.
Don't go west unless you have the chain dash.
Don't go looking for secrets unless you got the first key in the starting area, have the railgun, and have the chain dash.
So is this like a "2deep4u" dumbed down pixelated version of Bastion or what?
>>333015303
I found those giants strangely familiar, hmmm....
>>333015508
What's a game that gives off Castle in the Sky vibes?
>>333001403
it's fun if you like 2d zelda and you like slashers , it's also really hard , some timings on bosses are a bitchdat samurai boss
>>333015492
i liked it a fair amount more than bastion
i wasnt big on the hypetrain for bastion though, although i hadnt even heard about this until a week ago so i wasnt really on the hypetrain for this either
>>333015570
Cave Story
>>333015486
isn't the shotgun the most damage ?
>>333015587
>2D Zelda
>>333015492
zeldaXbastion something like that , about 2deep4you i don't really care about the story , gameplay is tight and responsive that's what keeps me playing
>>333015721
kind of, its the most single damage gun, but railgun pierces, so if there's like 3enemies lined up it gets outclassed by railgun
>>333015486
Different anon
I want to mention
sword reflect>drift shield
The shield is hit and miss in my experience and the only time I've felt it was useful off the top of my head wasthe robot guy faking to be a shardbecause it sucks up bolts for your gun.
>>333015849
One of the best things about Bastion was that it was linear and just focused on the gameplay and RPG elements. Fuck this open world LoZ clone shit.
How do you do the fire panel puzzle in the east area? It's south of those large man eating plant things.
I can easily get past the area before it with fire panel timing, but this puzzle has no timing and seems to trigger you touch the panels. Do I just need to get the double shift skill so move faster?
>>333016012
yea chain drift makes those panel 'puzzles' a lot easier, its possible with just damage boosting through but you gotta burn all your estus and shit
>>333016012
The one that goes left, down, right, down, etc? You need chain dash and tap [dash] at the end of your dash to go again.
>Every positive review has less than 5 hours played
>Every negative review has over 5 hours played
Pretty much sums up the problem with the game. It's very pretty and starts out with that strong sense of adventure and mystery, then it just kind of ends after 5 hours and you're left wondering if that's really all there is.
They delayed the game for two years to polish up the art, but forgot to actually finish developing the game.
>>332996863
It's not his fault you suck cock, bitch.
>>333016254
I've 100% this game and would recommend it to others.
>>333016257
Good point, anon. You're contribution here is truly a statement against the status quo. Any high standing figure in society today could only hope to come close to such wisdom and astonishing genius. You, anon, are truly amazing. Thank you for your insight into what the future needs to be for our world to be a better place.
>>333016509
Spat prune juice on my keyboard reading this.
I'm glad bants have gone full circle.
>>333016471
I would recommend it once they get co-op up and running
>>332994148
its really not that hard, and the fact that the game has a very archaic fail state means that you can really just try and try again
do the areas in east, north and west because I feel like that is in order of ascending difficulty, and the shotgun you get from the east boss is really good. most important upgrades are probably the chain dash, charge slash and grenade -- just go for anything after that. lowest priority is probably ammo and health pack upgrades, those are mostly useless
>>333016589
>prune juice
Someone cares about their health. Good job anon.
>>333015732
>He doesn't know about A Link To The Past.
>>333016713
Yeah, at this point I've overcome the hump i was at when i first created this thread upwards of 4 hours ago
Thanks though, i do appreciate any advice
>people think this game is hard
Pathetic
I've almost beat the game. The problem is the exploration, this map is fucking useless.
Anyone this far yet know how these rooms connect?
Do I actually need all 8 pieces for the desert boss? Is there another door I'm not seeing? I'm going around in cirlces here.
>>332994148
im loving this game
>>333016958
the purples lines simply connect rooms, explore harder to find the boss, you only need 4 to get to any boss
>>333016958
the pink lines are there only to make it look fancy and make obvious the connections between rooms.
and to get to the southern area boss you need to take the elevator here
>>333016958
Holy shit that map looks awful
I can tell they were trying VERY hard to be stylistic
>>333016958
you actually only need 1 piece for the desert boss - you can get to him by taking an elevator and the path that leads to him is behind a door. there are 3 sub-bosses but you don't need to fight them (although you will inevitably stumble upon at least one or two of them).
>>333017130
Is that elevator above or below ground?
>is the only one who digs the map
>>333017293
above, to go down. i mean, its located on the surface, yes.
>>333017046
Kek
>>332994148
I like it. But its git gud to a ridiculous degree.
>>333017227
yea this surprised the hell out of me when i stumbled across the boss door
>>333017046
fucking kek
>>333017046
man those frogs were pretty fucking hardcore, the east section is pretty dark for such a bright and happy looking area
what are these?
>>333017972
Have you ever played FEZ?
>>333017972
deep lores, son
>>333017972
once you activate all 16 you get another set (of the dude who pops up as a shadow each time you access one)
apparently they tell a little story
>>333017972
I think they were trying to copy Fez's monoliths, but didn't actually implement a real language like Fez did.
i am having trouble with the western area boss. the one thats like Gwyn. he is kicking my shit in. I like this game and he is the 1st boss i have been really stuck on.
>>333018101
16? Fuuuuuck I've only found 3 and am already on the forth area.
>>333018142
It's a cipher and can be decoded. Together the monoliths are supposed to tell some lore tidbits, but I haven't looked into that yet.
>>333018327
i did him with only the charge slash upgrade (which i couldnt really use much anyways), a helpful tip is that he can destroy the crystals housing those dickheads he releases, so if you can get him to destroy them all it can make the fight a lot easier
>>333018374
yea i wouldnt worry about it, i found a whopping 2 keys before i beat the game, just do it at your own pace
>>333018327
Do you have chain dashing?
If no then get it
Otherwisegit gud
Cheers
>>333018327
Do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzXVOgo0Hs
what the fuck op
I beat the game in five hours taking my time
didn't expect the game to blow its load so early but it was fun while it lasted
>>333018327
Chain dash away from him, don't mess up and sputter out.
When he stops, back away he's going to smash the ground and do the golem attack.
Get in with a shotgun but dash in and out to smash his orbs back into him.
>>333018327
Having chain dash helps a lot.
Try to bait him into destroying the crystals holding his buddies as soon as possible. He can smash them with his sword attacks.
When avoiding his sword combo I found it easier to dash up and down, it gave me more room to get away from the guy.
Remember his pattern: 3 sword attacks (get a couple of hits in after the last one), AoE crystal attack (just dodge), gun attack (alwasy 3 bullets, with the bullet reflect upgrade you can send them back to him)
He switches things up when he's a half health but the above strategies should still apply.
>>333017338
i dig the map, ive come to love how useful it is while monolith/keycard hunting
>>333018142
they did implement a language, steam discussion already decoded it
The only thing that's hard is finding all the secrets. Stupid hidden walls is a shit way of hiding things. Used a couple of times, sure, but fuck even Zelda didn't have these many hidden walls.
The bosses aren't even that hard as long as you git gud and practice and use your brain to figure out the patterns. First boss assraped me until I figured out you could trigger him to kill his minions in the crystals before summoning them. After that it was still a challenge but nothing near impossible.
After defeating him and taking his gun you start to utilize the gun a lot more because it can one-shot kill smaller enemies which is incredibly useful, then once you get the bomb you can use it to stop smaller enemies from swarming you. Git gud, and most of all, THINK. The game is built like 80% around strategy and learning enemy tells. Don't be a goober.
>>333018892
oh, it is? i've only learned how to barely read it.
>>333018821
It seems you blew your load early also. You see, your comment is completely invalid, as the rest of /v/ has also contributed their respective "git gud"s
I'd buy a standalone "endless mode" if I could.
Would you fags play a cross of this and Mass Effect 3's MP?
Usual baseball card unlocks for guns and crap ofc, idk how to work skills into it
>>333018821
>I beat the game in five hours taking my time
>not exploring looking for items
>rushing through not enjoying it
Nigger why even play games if you just rush through to the bosses? Just play Titan Souls then.
>>333019579
He said he took his time
>>332994148
MFW I had the game on download since release from Humble Bundle. As soon as it was downloaded the SPEEDY PATCH started downloading...
Its been 4 DAYS.
>>333019579
read my post. didn't rush, it's just a short game
>>333018441
>>333018531
>>333018538
>>333018823
>>333018886
Thanks guys will give all suggestions a shot.
I have been enjoying the game a lot. for 17 dollars pretty fun game.
>>333019734
If you want to explore what's behind those locked doors you'll have to revisit locations after scrounging up enough keys and triangle pieces. That alone would put you over the 5 hour mark.
This game seems like it has similiar gameplay aesthetics to CrossCode.
>>332994148
What, I beat this game in five hours and thought the bosses were easy. Fuck are you guys doing?
>>333019851
>18.2kb/s peak
and i thought australia's internet was bad
>>333019851
Satellite ISP are always the worst anon. If you get any other available ISP that uses Fiber Optic. Go with them for best internet.
>>333019851
I got sat webs too anon, it's why I'm stuck browsing 4chan.
GL to you.
>>333020169
HughesNet and I am living in rural Michigan. Figures that with their Fair access Policy shit. They would limit the bandwidth to dial up speeds. I wish I can sue them and their faulty practices. But I can't and I know I'm not the only one reeling from their effects..
>>333020310
I heard Midwest Connections is actually setting up Fiber Optic Cables around the southwest of Michigan. Pretty good speeds 100 MBPS Download and 25 Upload for $100.
Best get that when you can.
Unless you were lucky living in the city and grandfathered in one of the previous ISP's deals that feature unlimited downloads.
>>333020310
>>333020310
I got excede here, dropped hughes net on their ass.
I get 10 gb max a month for 60, but late nights I get uncapped and 800kbs - 1.2mbs speed
MO, rural ozarks, morgan county
Niggers down the road got fiber, it'll be here next year
What do I buy first? Charged sword? Bomb?
That dog goat thing is adorable
>>333021320
chain drift, charge sword, and bomb are all great first picks
id go chain drift first, then either the sword if you want more damage, or the bomb if you want to clear rooms faster
there's a significant downtime on the grenades just fyi, they're definitely good though
>>333002871
800.
>>333021320
chain drift, drift slash, charge slash
chain drift's the best
drift slash for wacking mobs during your drifts, it's 2 dmg
charge slash is 5 dmg and can top-off combos
Is there an alternate ending at all for finishing the game with all monoliths/keys/32 purple triangles? or if you finish the game in under a certain amount of time like super metroid did ?
Or do you get the same shitty ending where you die anyway ?
the fuck is this
how am I supposed to NOT take damage?
>>333022197
afaik there's just the one ending
someone said earlier that even with datamining they didnt find anything else
no one who's 100% the game has said anything different, so idk
Just unlocked NG+ the final boss was a joke.
So what's the benefit of being the game in NG+?
Should I bother going to my old save and collecting all the pieces for the other doors?
What else is there?
This game was so damn short.
Whats the verdict on the HPD music/OST?
Anyone got a RIP?
>>333022430
You're better off listening to Disasterpiece's actual albums, since they have actual songs in them.
>>333022428
nothing. it took them what, 5 years for this? it's a 5-10 hour game, depending on how much you want to run into walls to try to discover useless shit
>>333022430
It's just a bunch of ambient noises, I wouldn't even call it music.
The final boss theme was even a theme
>>333022317 Well that's pretty lame. Was hoping either 100% collection or record timing would at least let the protag live (record timing would of worked well considering the whole sickness thing)
I just really don't feel an incentive to try and collect everything.
>>333022525
Welp guess I'm done with the game then, maybe there will be DLC, doubtfully though.
Maybe if the characters in the world were just a tad more charming I'd play it again but the world feels kinda lifeless, even the town.
>>333022525
>5 years
fucking what. how many people worked on this? it uses gamemaker for christs sake where did the time go
>>333022596
yea i agree, though i dont know if anyone has attempted a no deaths/speedrun yet, so maybe that is a thing
im just 100%ing the game because i like it, ill probably do a no deaths/speedrun soon and come back with deets but if datamining didnt find it i doubt i will
>>333022430
It didn't even have songs, just ambient noise. Kinda lame considering that the game belongs to a genre filled with classic tunes and good music would have improved the game a lot
>>333022689
b-but muh atmosphere
Does the HUD indicate when you are near a hidden area at all? I beat the North boss and only have chain dash so far, almost have enough for the dash sword attack, but tempted to buy bombs now.
I'd like to get more of the upgrades but it takes forever to get the currency and its rather dangerous to try dashing around to find hidden areas.
Also how the fuck do you get the one early on in the north area. It's off to the right from the top of a building with no way to reach that far (right at the entrance to the 4th triangle up north after you beat the boss).
>>333009779
my nigga
>>333022803
The one with the climbing zone?
Go behind the building from the left
>>333022798
That's where I would actually say that the lack of good music, or music of any kind hurted the most. It just made the world felt lifeless in a bad way, a lot of the time it feels like the ambient noise is place holder. Good music does improve the atmosphere
>>333022619
they tried so hard for a dark souls feel, but in the end it felt lazy.
other parts they had to work harder for their vision (ie: visuals only upgrade shops) but it just made the game more annoying to play. I beat the game without ever really figuring out the dash shield, not that there was any need to if you had the reflecting sword.
Overall it felt like hipster faggots more concerned with making an art piece than a game trying to ride on the coattails of other more popular games (zelda/DS)
>>332995389
>>332995701
>>332996756
>>332996863
is this real though?
>>333020065
CrossCode is better then Hyper Light Drifter.
And its not even done. The whole atmosphere, Music, gameplay. Its alot more fun.
>>333023031
Concept was neat tho, the world in itself has amazing art, and the gameplay is fun. But the lack of charming characters, music, shitty engine and other flaws just makes it feel like wasted potential. I should have bought Axiom Verge.
>>333023207
What is this
>>333023001
no i agree with you
but the devs wanted the game to be a r t so bad that the only mature sounds allowed is ambient so you understand it's a very deep atmospheric game
>>333023340
Which is honestly incredibly stupid. Music plays a lot in the atmosphere of a game. They did want to ride Zelda and DaS horse, well then they forgot that both of those series has a lot of great music, with DaS boss themes being spectacular and thus, making those moments even more memorable
Anyone found the last quarter to activate north?
Got the one near the pylon and the two others in mini dungeons on the left of pylon, also killed the boss.
>>333023682
Quarter?
There is eight shards
>>333023086
You'll die a lot, but the game auto saves almost constantly.
You'll die but you can try again over and over right outside the spot you died.
And it's not so much "git gud" it's learn to adapt to the engine limitations. So much relies on timing, that frame drops and skips will actually kill you, not your lack of skill. But after the first area, you get used to it.
The real challenge is trying to find your fucking way around in the world. The map is confusing, and progressing actually requires running into walls and checking for bullshit secrets. And there are plenty of glitches, flicker, sometimes running into a wall will even kill you.
That's hyper light drifter in a nutshell.
>>333009496
How is he going back and forth so fast, is there a way to change directions faster?
>>333023270
http://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
That is CrossCode. Very fun and addicting.
The game is an unoptimized turd.
I keep getting these half a sec or so freezes in fights, and its fucking infuriating.
Is anyone else experiencing this shit?
There's no way they tested this room.
>>333024605
lmao I don't think I've seen this room yet
>>333024389
I was playing the demo. Yeah, now I'm looking for a refund. Think that it will pass with 4 hours played?
>>333022287
Buy the chain dash upgrade, desu
>>333024695
for new games its usually a coin flip
might as well try
>>333024695
Refund for HPD or CrossCode?
>>333024916
HLD, I'm loving crosscode
>>332996447
Litterly this.
>>333024679
You need 8 triangles in West to get there
The game is actually an alright size. Any faggot saying they beat it in 6 hours clearly only did half the content.
>>333025074
explains it
I've been missing uno triangle in the west, moved on to the east for keys since then
Salt and Sanctuary pc when
>>333025007
I got CrossCode from a BundleStars Bundle that had 41 3D realm games in it and 10 other games with it. CrossCode was in it and the Bundle was only $3.99
Made me feel bad that I actually now want to send the developers of RadicallyFish some more $ for this great game.
So in a few weeks I will buy a few more copies of said game to pass to my steam buds that have HPD.
>>333008959
It's a very simple little pixel game. It's enjoyable enough. It'd be much more enjoyable at 60 fps, but it is what it is. 7/10.
>>333024605
Haha, that looks amazing.
>>333008115
>I have never seen /v/ shitpost harder about an enjoyable game
Were you not here during the Bloodborne release?
>>333025291
At least 2 more months
So does this describe the lore accurately?
>nice peaceful land of dogs, lizards, frogs, and birds
>protected by something
>evil dog wakes up
>everything gets nuked, and giants show up
>people fight the giants and win but pretty much everyone is dead
>the evil dog stores his power underground
>factories and shit
>that evil curses people
>they see flash back of the giants, dog, evil things etc
>that dog shows them the way
>pretty much every cursed person dies
>your cursed ass shows up
>you open the door down to where the evil is stored
>you destroy it
>the curse is lifted but you die
Did I get it right?
>>333025994
Why would the dog help you and red drifter if its evil? Or was there another one?
>>332994148
whatever fucktard that said it only takes 5-8 hours for playthrough
game is fucking long
>>333026107
The dog woke up when everything got nuked.
So I assumed it was related to all the evil shit.
>>333002773
!GIT! !GUD!
fucking pleb
>>333024605
I just finished my first playthrough and when I got to that room I expected to die, a lot. I got it on my first try. It's not difficult, at all. I had more difficulty getting the 800 dashes in a row, and I ended up using the autoclicker for that.
Can someone help me with this? How do I get to the circled area?
Who gives a fuck about this game. Just more pixel indie shit. I don't care how good it claims it to be, if a video game undermines the visual element of a media that strongly focuses on visual attraction and looks like it was developed on something not in the 21st century, it can go to hell.
>>332994148
is hyper light drifter the game /v/ tries the hardest to hate it unreasonably since DmC?
>>333026307
I shouldn't dislike it for frame drops, 30 fps lock, and frame skipping when it relies on timing?
>play through the game
>clock in around 8-9 hours
>only found 4 keys and maybe 9 monoliths
I am getting the distinct feeling that attempting to 100% the game is not going to be worth it at all.
>>332999936
>It's 90% Hidden wall hunt
I regret supporting the kickstarter of this.
There is so much bad game design in this, holy shit.
>>333026154
It's short if you don't give a shit about collecting things and it's long if you like to be thorough with your exploration.
Basically.
>>333026265
There's an invisible platform involved, to the left of that temple area. If I remember right.
>>333025994
Nah.
More likely it's something like this.
>Ancient civilization of technologically advanced races, possibly the many giants that lie dead across the world
>Enter into a vicious war with the smaller races, results in a mutual doomsday that sets back technological and societal advancement by millenia
>The remains of the technologically superior civilization survives, in the form of an automated warfare machine that continually churns out new soldiers for the never ending war efforts
>At some point the AI either becomes infected or becomes aware that the war is over and it should stop, but cannot. Either it's infected by a virus or constrained by it's programming
>Manages to create clones and implants them with their own drive to hunt down and cure the infection/disable the AI, but all clones are cursed with a short lifespan, hence why all the Drifters see the Jackal and why they slowly die
>The player succeeds with his Drifter, destroying the AI Core, ending the threat of the AI. The Jackal represents the AI Core's subconscious programming that assists them in their goals, guiding them to their purpose
How am I supposed to open this door? I killed all the enemies in this area.
>>333026743
Man this game looks ugly
>>333026743
You gotta go right andGIT GUD LELELELELE
>>333026392
there are undoubtable flaws but its still a good well functioning game with enjoyable gameplaymechanics.
Artdesign of course is a matter of taste but I think its hard to not recognize how much effort is put in this game. It has is very own artstyle that is able to transmit a certain atmosphere.
It seems like nobody is shitting on the sounddesign.
>>333026743
Next room to the north, there's a few shooting guys on the left side. Kill them, use the railgun on the target pillar so you can get over to that area. There's a hidden path in the wall that can lead you to that room.
>>333026535
>It's short if you don't give a shit about collecting things and it's long if you like to be thorough with your exploration.
seems just like how a game is supposed to be
>>333026569
Sounds about right.
How did drifters have kids and fuck then?
Red drifter had a wife and kid.
>>333024605
That fucking room is the reason why I think the dashing mechanic is poorly executed.
>reach a corner
>s l i d e for no reason
>chain getting hit by the spikes in what is basically a stunlock ToD
>rinse and repeat
>when you get to the end you're greeted by monster spam that is nothing short of mario maker-level retardation
>no space to heal at all without getting raped
>basically have to bomb, attack, pray, and not die to getting crystallized by a crystal monster that was covered up by all the other enemies
>prize is a cape wooo yay
>>333026392
I'm playing on a craptop and getting almost no drops or skipping.
The 30 fps lock is vaguely irritating but hasn't really impaired my performance at all.
>>333026925
except you get nothing for exploring and collecting everything
Nothing, same ending, same final boss.
It makes the extra exploration pointless. I did the bare minim of exploring (this I consider by checking each room in relation to my patience)
And most of the time it took me to finish the game was due to getting lost with the shitty map.
I clocked 18 hours, if I rushed it and didn't explore, I probably would have made 10.
>>333026926
Didn't see that anywhere in-game. If I had to guess; Drifters are clones created by the Jackal AI to destroy the AI core, so they have a limited lifespan inflicted by some automatic cell decay or something. Hence why every Drifter you see has a cough. The worse it gets, the less time they have left.
Presumably they can still reproduce with no ill effects to their offspring. They just won't be around to see the kid grow up, depending on circumstances.
We don't know if the Drifters are clones or not, if so whether they have accelerated growth until they reach maturity and how long they might actually have from being deployed before they die. It might be years, or just weeks.
>>333027024
Have you gotten to the south area yet? If you're on a crap top, you're in for a treat.
>>333027086
>Putting this much thought into a shitty indie game
>>333027086
>Didn't see that anywhere in-game.
I saw it twice due to a glitch of doing the 4 sections out of order.
Before red dies he shows a woman and child in a bed dead, he put flowers on their corpses, and then he was being lead by the dog.
>>333027137
It's a decent story. Gameplay might be lacklustre but it's a decent enough setting, serviceable enough to even run a game of tabletop with. Feel free to stay mad, though.
>>333027086
Makes you wonder why a clone that's created to fight would start a life on his own, doesn't it.
>>333027218
Ah, that was what that was? I remember seeing that, but I couldn't tell that it was his family or loved ones that died. Went by too quick.
Then yeah, I'm guessing that Drifters have a limited lifespan of a few years, probably a decade or something. Long enough to father a child and see them grow up at least.
>>333009779
Thanks.
>tfw no peers for the update magnet
>>333027265
Well considering the lack of backstory and explicit storytelling, we just see Drifters show up fully armed with advanced gear with a driving need to seek out the AI Core. Presumably Drifters wake up in a lab somewhere, get kitted out from a locker and just wander around until the Jackal appears and starts guiding them. Might never show up for some of them, or take a longer time for others.
>>333027265
Do we even know what the fuck drifter was doing before the game?
>>333027302
Or maybe they aren't clones and just random fucks who are decent fighters? The virus infects them, the dog tells them what to do through subliminal messaging which also causes them to die.
Meaning, that it's likely drifter isn't dead at the end of the game, just injured from the fight and he's cured. It panned up when he knelt down, he probably lived.
Also:
>kill final boss at full health
>it's just sitting there
>uh is there a second form or something?
>literally walk out of the room
>walk back to the top to the town
>you can actually do that
>walk back down
>still sitting
>swipe at him
>ending cutscene
>suddenly at 1 health
They really rushed the end, huh?
>how to win in hyper light drifter
>dash constantly
>buy all the dash upgrades first
>obtain purple cape from dashing around the race course behind the dash merchant
>dash further than anyone has ever dashed before
>kill everything before they have a chance to attack
also kill the rare pepe to the south first, he gives you a crazy op shotgun
>>333008959
>all that cut content I can't play
what? didnt know that. what was dropped from the release?
>>333027335
Can any kind anon seed this?
>>333027593
lordy all kinds of shit, go watch the trailer, its kind of depressing
im VERY glad i didnt watch the trailer before beating the game
>>333027593
You could ride in a robot and control it and there was some fire area. Those are the biggest ones
>>333027548
Unlikely. After the bonfire scene, which pretty heavily implied the entire stone complex collapsed ontop of him, it showed him standing in ankle-deep blue water as a mirror to the opening cinematics where the water was filled with skeletons and corpses.
Then a blood stain appears on his gut and he bends over in pain and it cuts away.
Presumably the Drifter died after completing his mission of destroying the AI Core.
The Drifters might not be clones but they're all linked by the Jackal and the cough that eventually gets worse and presumably kills them. It seems equally likely that they're clones with an automatic expiry date ala Replicants from Blade Runner, or they're infected fighters that are compelled in a similar way.
Clones seems like a cooler story though.
So anyone else notice all those giants in production in the factory area?
Yeah.
>if you do all the extra stuff you don't get an alternative "true" ending and a better boss battle
How can people fuck this up so bad? Is Guackamelee the only game lately that did the formula correctly?
>>333027732
>ride in a robot and control it
watch the video again
he boots the thing up and shoots its lazer to open the door
cut content no doubt, but i don't think actuall being able to use robots were ever planned
Damn, playing the soccer minigame is harder with the Anubis skin because his sword doesn't swing, it thrusts. Still fun, though.
>>333027913
In the southern zone all the giants look like they're being 'fixed'. One even has cranes and stuff trying to rebuild stuff on it. Probably some part of the factory trying to revive it's makers.
>>333026998
The trick for the end is to aggro them and then dash back to the previous safe spot, they'll all kill themselves following you.
But yeah, you have to be on point with dashes to not clip corners
The room is probably a hell of a lot easier on controller.
>>333027913
>teased fighting giants in the opening cinematic
>giants being remade
>factory making giants
>NEVER FIGHT A FUCKING GIANT
Thanks for nothing.
I unlocked the dash challenge costume on NG+, but cant equip it... Any idea why?
Also is NG+ HP capped at 2? I have 2 HP bars and cant heal above them...
>>333028278
>Also is NG+ HP capped at 2? I have 2 HP bars and cant heal above them...
Yes... that's the point of NG+ it's harder
>>333027563
>even has "hyper drifter" in the name
>complains about all the dashing
>>333027948
Whats also weird is that the game feels Fez-ish as fuck. Story is written in an in game language on tablets, difficulty non-existent because it spawns you a couple feet back from where you died, same old pretentious hipster bullshit through and through
But at least Fez had multiple endings, and everything you collect going towards unlocking the final ending.
Don't know why the fuck it's missing here
>>333026743
>i kill all enemies and door no open
>>333028496
>drift = dash
>>333005841
>Pretending it wasn't a deliberate design choice
>Forgetting fucking Bloodbourne is 30fps and everyone eats that shit up
Are you butthurt, anon?
>>333027563
That's east.
Alright I need help.
North there is that dark room that you open with three triangles.
Got in there killed the spiders charged the battery.
But I have no idea what to do with the block that leads out of the room that slams up.
Am I supposed to dash down or get behind it or something?
>>333028818
If we're thinking of the same crusher block, there's no wall below it.
>>333027861
If you go to 'Load Game' on a file where you defeated the final boss, there's an icon to the side of your file.
If you select it, it shows a scene of the Drifter in the collapsed area where his campfire was, covered in cobwebs. You can't move or do anything. I assume it's some sort of epilogue.
Heavily implies the Drifter is dead though.
>>333028576
You actually can't open that door, you have to go around.
Shoot the pillar switch in the northern section of the room with the rail gun
Walk across the platforms that spawn
Walk through the wall at the spot where the floor tiles are different
>>333029178
>actually went to check
Welp, I fell for it
>>333029171
Thanks man
>>333029384
Fell for it? It's there, I've seen it. I even have a screenshot.
Remember he backer demo for this game?
If that was a demo, why are none of the areas actually in the finished product?
On one hand, I guess they didn't want people saying that they had already played a large section of it, but on the other there's probabaly tone of people who have the game now that never saw that demo, probably a much larger number than the first group in fact.
So why not let them play it? it was good content.
>>333029565
Post where the icon is because I don't see where to click
The dark souls of pixel styled games
To the right, there is an area at the bottom where you have to dash through 10+ islands that are all flame tiles. How do you get through there?
So is there actually a special thanks to Anita, Zoe Quinn, and other feminist groups in the credits?
That's what's stopping me from getting the game, or at least for paying for it. If that's actually in the credits, I'll pirate it or more likely just not bother playing it.
>>333030131
literally selected the file and what you have there is not there, you shooped that, I'm sure
>>333030318
Along with Kanye West and Phil Fish yea
>>333030318
Say what you will but I feel the same as this guy. The SJW tweets don't help their case either.
>>333030438
So I had to shoop this as well, right?
>>333007270
rekt
>>333030318
Their names are just shoved into the kickstarter backer list like all the others, there is even an option to quick scroll through all of it.
They backed it, he had to include them
>>333030779
Then why the fuck is that icon not showing up? Did you 100% the game?
>>333030807
no actually the backer list is something else entirely (comes after the special thanks)
you cant quickscroll UNTIL the backer list as well
not that i mind, i thought it was pretty funny but yea im sure there's a shitton of people going REEEE over that
>>333030779
I bet you need to get all the monoliths on NG+ to get something else here
>>333030886
>>333030949
Nope, I did get all the initial 16 purple diamonds though. The first set, not the second.
>>333030807
Ah, well that's very different from what I've read previously. If that's the case I'll probably snag it for PS4 whenever it comes out. Social politics or no, I'd include them in the credits as well if they backed the game no matter my feelings on their bullshit.
>>333030919
So it is special thanks as in "special thanks for throwing money at and/or generating hype for my game with your celebrity status among your audience", or straight up "I'm a huge cuck and I'm gonna thank these two batshit sloots along with Phil Fish because I need everyone to see my politics in the credits"?
>>333023734
>...and progressing actually requires running into walls...
Fuck. that. shit.
Thank you anon for saving me the time and money to try this game. I've had enough of metroidvanias doing that bullshit to me. Rot in hell HLD.
>>333031098
honestly how the fuck am i supposed to know, probably the latter judging by what people are saying about the tweets
>>333030779
If the villagers in the town actually interacted with you more this scene would have been tragic.
Drifter is never coming back and they'll never know why
>>333030886
It wasn't showing up for me so I just reloaded my file and killed the final boss again. Showing up now. Definitely dead, I'm pretty sure I can make out bones on the legs.
>>333031307
Just noticed; your stamina bar flickers and glows red the whole time. Guessing it's an additional 'you dead, nigga' sign?
Is the game actually good?
I'm not getting fooled again. Fuck you /v/ you said Undertale was good
>>333031549
undertale was liked for the story with minor gameplay elements
this game is pretty much pure gameplay
you're comparing apples to oranges
>>333031549
>Fuck you /v/ you said Undertale was good
>Implying it wasn't
>>333030094
chain dash upgrade
>>333031729
It wasn't
git gud
>>333026246
What click interval did you set autoclicker to? I can't get the timing right.
>>333009162
ya, i had to make a macro for 800 :c
got up to 88 naturally
whats behind the doors that require all 8 pieces and the the ones that need keys? Ive played 10 hours and I can fight the last boos but I've found 2 keys so far and im missing a bunch of triangles... I only have so much patience to look for hidden shit in a game like this
>>333032846
Up it by .1 second and give it a try. I ended up with 3.8, because the intermittent frame lag would let me get to about 300 before failing. You could just jump to 3.8 or even 4.0 and see if that works. So long as you're doing it ontop of the panels in the room you'll regen enough stamina.
>>333033164
east and south have new guns, the others have varying shit (keys, monolith, cloaks etc)
Does the Alternate Drifter skin mean you cant use alt capes?
![tumblr_mv5ahysd1u1sm6f69o1_500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rXBsf0v.jpg "tumblr mv5ahysd1u1sm6f69o1 500[1]")
>beat game
>no achievement
>>333007559
The bird men look like they are wearing headphones, and when they put their hands over their heads they're like "Hey man, what up?"
>>333030318
Ass ravaged fuckboy detected.
Why is there a tentacle rape monster in this tube?
the rest of these big tubes had humanoids.
Did anyone else find this guy in the barrens? does he actually punch the fuck outta that glass?
>>333022619
The alternate anubis-style drifter that uses beams instead of a sword will be available as DLC at a later date. Backers get it now though.
>>333035795
He's in the southern area, just after defeating the area's boss.
He's just a prop. Doesn't even move. Just floats inside of his tank, and there's cracks on the glass indicating that he had tried to escape at some point.
>>333014087
What a fucking faggot lmao
cry more bitch
Why can't I enter? I got the 4 stuff activated.
>>333037447There are eight triangles.
>>333037447
Because you actually need 8 of them.
>How the fuck was supposed to know that
Because this game wants to have "many secrets", like metroid, but misunderstands the fact that hiding 99% of the rules isn't what made that game fun.
>>333037447
You need to fill out the grey ones too.
>>333037506
>>333037524
>>333037605
Cheers anons.
>>333037524
It's not difficult to realize there were more than 4 triangles in an area as soon as you happen across ONE of them that isn't already marked on your map by the other drifter.
Do you really have to do 100 dashes in dash upgrade shop? What's the point? My thumb hurts already
>>333035208
That was actually my first thought too when I saw them.
We'll probably get fanart of that soon enough.
Fffffffffffff
>>333038916
100 gets you a credit
800? gets you a cape/sword/robot
>>332994148
OH LOOK ITS THE GUY FROM SHINOBI TOTALLY ORIGINAL DESIGN AMIRIGHT
NICE PS2 DEMO RIP OFF
>>332994148
The controls are really, really clunky.
>>333038916
100 dashes aint hard, gives you a bit of currency.
Now, 800 dashes for the alternate cape, sword and droid set is annoying as fuck to do manually.
>>333039216
Only problem I had with the controls was that slashing and dashing is in mouse aim direction and not in movement direction.
But I got use to it.
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