Dragon1893
Member
Damn this game is gorgeous. I'm sold.
Dust: An Elysian Tail coming to Steam May 24th
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Lowering the barrier to discovery though .gif is important!
Of course he does
It seems to run 60 very well, even on lower systems from what I gleamed.
ambientmystic
Member
Just started the game.
Running it on an ancient laptop with the following specs:-
Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 @ 2.8GHz (Dual IDA engaged)
ATI Mobility Radeon 4670 1GB GDDR3 VRAM @ 843/882 MHz
8 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz
15.6" 1080p FHD Monitor
Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1
A few technical observations:
Game runs nicely at 1080p even with my low end specs. It is wierd though how the FPS is capped to 57-58 FPS unless Variable Refresh is switched on, in which case it goes to 60 FPS.
I had to switch off Post processing as well to maintain 60 FPS under certain situations but I chalk that down to my aging laptop's specs. Depth of Field can be kept on with a minimal hit to performance.
Interestingly enough, I don't have WMP installed on Windows 7 (I've unchecked Windows Media Player in the Windows Features box accessible via the Control Panel), and the game still runs with the videos, voice acting and audio playback intact. Perhaps only .NET 4.0 and XNA 4.0 (both of which I have on my system) is required.
As for the game itself, it's just brillant so far. Congrats Noogy, and thanks again for bringing the game over to PC, the delays notwithstanding.
Running it on an ancient laptop with the following specs:-
Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 @ 2.8GHz (Dual IDA engaged)
ATI Mobility Radeon 4670 1GB GDDR3 VRAM @ 843/882 MHz
8 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz
15.6" 1080p FHD Monitor
Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1
A few technical observations:
Game runs nicely at 1080p even with my low end specs. It is wierd though how the FPS is capped to 57-58 FPS unless Variable Refresh is switched on, in which case it goes to 60 FPS.
I had to switch off Post processing as well to maintain 60 FPS under certain situations but I chalk that down to my aging laptop's specs. Depth of Field can be kept on with a minimal hit to performance.
Interestingly enough, I don't have WMP installed on Windows 7 (I've unchecked Windows Media Player in the Windows Features box accessible via the Control Panel), and the game still runs with the videos, voice acting and audio playback intact. Perhaps only .NET 4.0 and XNA 4.0 (both of which I have on my system) is required.
As for the game itself, it's just brillant so far. Congrats Noogy, and thanks again for bringing the game over to PC, the delays notwithstanding.
Lord British
Member
I enjoy this game but Fidget is kind of the most annoying character ever.
Not gonna lie, she was worse than I expected going in.
Dust <-> Fidgit banter gets better at least.
ambientmystic
Member
Ehh, she's alright in smaller doses.
Wolf Akela
Member
Sadly no.
Delusibeta
Banned
That is what it is capped to, yes.
At least on my download history thing, it was 1.3GB.
Delusibeta
Banned
AFAIK it was in the 1.5Gb ballpark.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Is this a metroidvania?
Silvawuff
Member
Yes it is, and it's gorgeous. You won't be disappointed with this game if you enjoy that genre.
Diablohead
Member
It's less open to freedom of routes then super metroid or SotN but there is plenty to look around, especially if you play on a harder mode as items for attack and defense become much more important to survival then just leveling up.
Saying that I hope everyone is on hard or whatever the choice is called, the game is much better when there is a little more risk involved and you need to go back to places for loot.
Noogy, was the button spam wall climbing fixed in this version? it's really hard to do but you can use it to gain height on walls before you get the climbing skill.
It is exactly 1.53 GB.
Fantastic game. This is my Saturday.
Well, this and Call of Juarez. Two great games for under $15 in one week.
Am I the only one who grew up watching shows like TMNT, Street Sharks, Biker Mice, and the Sonic cartoon
?Conciliator
Banned
I am playing this game; it is very good.
Wow, congrats Noogy, TotalBiscuit just called Dust: An Elysian Tail PC "one of the best PC ports I've ever seen of anything" in his WTF Is?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taRJkbnEgK4
Also, did my part:
Also, did my part:
Am I the only one who grew up watching shows like TMNT, Street Sharks, Biker Mice, and the Sonic cartoon
Well it is not so much anthropomorphism in general that makes it "furry" it is whole aesthetic: the big googly eyed facial style, clean lines, bright colors, and "cute" voices.
Sometimes it grates me a little just because it is a little too saccharine. But it is absolutely stupid for people to get caught up on it just like it stupid for people to get caught up berating other people because of some fetish.
Fidget, in particular, can be a bit grating. But the game is aware of it. My boy Dust has my back on that assessment:
At any rate, this game is fantastic. When you learn that you can air combo link into Fidget's attack and back to a combo and basically fly forever it's awesome. It's like 2D GunValkerie.
I played it for 3 hours and then exited out and bought two more copies to gift to my brother and a friend.
He should be able to generate as many Steam keys as he wants.
Its awesome to hear so many people enjoying their playthrough.
I am really enjoying it. I hope I get some time today to play.
Wolf Akela
Member
I can't unhear JYB whenever Dust talks.
Diablohead
Member
I hope that the payout for noogy is better on steam, the game really deserves to sell well and feel that xbla, while good, is far from top numbers compared to steam.
The problem with XBLA is that it hit a peak for indies and then went downhill once they changed the interface to highlight Zune music and Netflix and whatever else fuck all and started getting bigger and bigger publishers releasing arcade games.
Had he released it on XBLA a year or two earlier it probably would have done better. It hit its apex several years ago.
Wolf Akela
Member
Purchased a second copy.
noogy pls
noogy pls
Looks like Total Biscuit's recommendation is having an impact. Noogy's website is busted due to bandwidth limitations:
http://www.noogy.com/main.html
double dipped, thanks Noogy for such an amazing game, one of my top 5 Xbox 360 games, also thanks for the tip on setting CPU affinity to only two cores, my CPU was running at 100% usage and now it's 40-50 with no difference in performance (1080p maxxed settings). The game is very well optimized and I got no stuttering even with variable refresh disabled.
Now if we could only get Journey (never happening) and Outland (why has this Ubisoft game not been ported to Steam ?)...
Now if we could only get Journey (never happening) and Outland (why has this Ubisoft game not been ported to Steam ?)...
Delusibeta
Banned
Yup, standard for Mr. Bain.
rockmanjoe
Member
TB's wtf video sold me on it. Can't buy it yet though, but will do eventually.
I'm not surprised. He didn't just call the game a good port, he called it a classic and said it would be considered among the best all time action/adventure games if it were released in another time.
Sportbilly
Member
Me too. Looks very impressive, and just the fact the developer's obviously put so much thought and effort into the port makes me want to support it. Bought.
I am playing no normal and while it isnt that challenging to avoid death (I only died twoce so far in about five hours) the challenge comes in trying to get good combos and keep my attack power low.
Speaking of which, how does this upgrade system work? I have upgraded as far as it will let me in every category acceot attack power, which I am trying to avoid upgrading. How do you unlock the next tier of upgrades? I have just been saving my gems in the meantime.
Nabs
Member
Try by putting one in Attack Power. It should give you more stuff to upgrade.
Diablohead
Member
Everyone, start on Tough, you get the most out of this game then.
There is a soft cap so you can't stack all your gems in one skill only, spread out some of your level ups and it will increase the cap.
There is a soft cap so you can't stack all your gems in one skill only, spread out some of your level ups and it will increase the cap.
I'll try that. Thanks.
But Fidget is adorable
. Guys are apparently put off by it though.The glass-cannon, best-defense-is-a-good-offense build is working out surprisingly well for me so far on hardcore. I wonder if that's going to come back to bite me in the ass later.