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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX |OT| XBLA & PSN ... 'Modern classic' to say the least
- Thread starter RadarScope1
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For Champ II 5-min, just subtract 8 from your rank, since the 3mil+ scores are crap. Doesn't muck things up too much... glad there aren't more. You can tell they're bogus when you watch the replays.MrPliskin said:That stinks that the XBL boards are fudged up like thatI haven't encountered any of that on PSN yet.
What constitutes top 100 on XBL? I'm at 113 right now with 2.037Mil, trying HARD to get to 2.05, seems like it's going to take a lot more work. I'm loosing too much time to slow down right now, I really need to work on memorizing some more patterns.
divisionbyzorro
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I take it when you guys are talking about getting higher scores you're just talking about the Championship II table? Or do you work on different tables for fun?
I've plateaued myself... On Championship 2 on the PS3 boards, I'm sitting at 96th with 2,044,600. Haven't been able to clear that for a long while (since earlier in this thread when I posted that I got to that point). I really should finally take a look at some of the replays now so I can see where I can clean a few seconds off my final chains...
I'm right around 2.04mil (like RyanDG). Sorry I don't have the exact number... I'm not in front of my consoles at the moment. I'm ghibli99 on both XBL and PSN if you want to add me, although I'm playing this on 360 only.MrPliskin said:Ah I see. So what was your new score!? You haven't told us yet
ghibli99 said:
Nice! I've been trying to break 2.05 for a while, but I'm pretty sure I've hit a wall. We're all around the same spot it seems, between 2.03 and 2.05. Seriously fighting for those extra points is BRUTAL.
It makes me angry that I can consistently get between 1.9 and 2 mill flat w/out any problems, when it seemed like a HUGE task before, lol.
Fox Mulder
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great game for $5, but I wish the achievements were harder. Blew threw those pretty quickly.
Just when you get bored with gaming, something like this comes along...
My first experience with this was the Mini version for PSP and PS3. Good game.
Then, I decided to try out the Deluxe Edition on PS3.
Even if you're not really a Pacman fan, you'll probably like the Deluxe Championship Edition. It's just a very fun game. Plowing through thirty ghosts at once is really a mind-numbing experience. It's truly a thrill to watch those ghosts blast off the screen.
And if you are a Pacman fan, this is seriously like the upgrade between Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3. The controls are the essentially very similar (maybe even identical), the idea is similar, but the environment in which you play is both expanded and different enough to be a truly different game -- and yet, they didn't really add anything to complicate the gameplay, which is quite an accomplishment.
This is the third Pacman game ever (after Pacman and Ms. Pacman) that I truly, truly enjoy and don't feel is a Shamco rip-off. It's one of only a handful of games truly worthy of the Pacman moniker.
My first experience with this was the Mini version for PSP and PS3. Good game.
Then, I decided to try out the Deluxe Edition on PS3.
Even if you're not really a Pacman fan, you'll probably like the Deluxe Championship Edition. It's just a very fun game. Plowing through thirty ghosts at once is really a mind-numbing experience. It's truly a thrill to watch those ghosts blast off the screen.
And if you are a Pacman fan, this is seriously like the upgrade between Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3. The controls are the essentially very similar (maybe even identical), the idea is similar, but the environment in which you play is both expanded and different enough to be a truly different game -- and yet, they didn't really add anything to complicate the gameplay, which is quite an accomplishment.
This is the third Pacman game ever (after Pacman and Ms. Pacman) that I truly, truly enjoy and don't feel is a Shamco rip-off. It's one of only a handful of games truly worthy of the Pacman moniker.
I got this about a week ago and holy fuck what a fun game. Personally I like doing the time trials more than the standard 5 minute score challenge, although I enjoy that too.
I broke the top 400 last night in spiral or half...I can't remember which one. Now cones the fun of shaving time off each one.
Definitely worth the money. I bought it right before it went on sale for half off and I don't even mind a bit.
I broke the top 400 last night in spiral or half...I can't remember which one. Now cones the fun of shaving time off each one.
Definitely worth the money. I bought it right before it went on sale for half off and I don't even mind a bit.
FUUUU - That was near perfect man. Super impressed!Nikashi said:
I've been using the dpad, maybe I need to just swap to the stick to see how it feels, I'm playing on PS3 so Id on't know if it's necessary.
jealous of all this awesome high score action, I keep falling down the leaderboards and it's depressing
added_time
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loosus said:
Ain't that the truth. I will end up putting 100 hours into this whereas most $60 so-called "AAA" games can't even hold my interest for 5 hours.
I was wondering if anyone else is having a problem with this game.. not sure if it's a glitch or not (though I wouldn't think it was intentional).... I tried clearing as many of each side of the mazes as I could, and around 64th or 65th level, the dots are actually in the wall, where of course you can't get to them thus, ending the game (unless you just want to cruise around until time runs out.).. btw, I did this on several different modes with the 10 minute time limit, with the same result.
PetriP-TNT
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racerx77 said:
I would have been in TOP 10 of 5 min dungeon score trial without this bug. Thought 1.01 fixed this but I guess not.
added_time
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Quick question... I noticed that the high scores for the entire spiral stage on my game says 367/2100
2100 seems like an awfully low amount of players since most other maps have around 100,000.
Is the number that low on everyone else's game?
(XBLA version)
2100 seems like an awfully low amount of players since most other maps have around 100,000.
Is the number that low on everyone else's game?
(XBLA version)
added_time
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ghibli99 said:My wife has worked her way up to 1.92mil... she's going to bypass me any day now!
I keep seeing you in threads for games I like.. you must have good taste!
The Culture Vulture
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added_time said:
Noticed the same thing and I couldn't make heads or tails of it either. Must be glitch because even Manhattan (the next board) has a ton more players.
added_time
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The Culture Vulture said:
Glad to hear it's not just my console bugging out. The only thing I can possibly think of is if they decided to reset the leaderboard on that one stage due to some game-breaking bug that was fixed in the title update.
Something similar happened to the Rocky and Bullwinkle table in Pinball FX 2.
added_time
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I just played through the "Half" stages.. Man, those are so fun! It almost feels like a puzzle game during that part!
I haven't been this hooked on a game in a very long time.
I haven't been this hooked on a game in a very long time.
Yeah I noticed a couple of months agoadded_time said:
There's been a problem with that leaderboard for a while (XBLA). Nearly everytime I'd play it since January it wouldn't display my previous rank like the others until I went into it and got a new high score on one of the Spiral levels. So it'd only rank you against people who played a game in that board the past week or so and not all time like the other ones on the main menu. I played it yesterday and it actually did keep my rank from last time, so maybe it'll be fixed now, but we'll see. It doesn't affect rankings in the individual Spiral leaderboards so it's not a huge deal, I just like having 'S' on everything in the main menu
PetriP-TNT
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Wow, I haven't played this in a month or so and my ranks were down 200 spots. Goodbye getting myself in the global 100
added_time
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Mojo said:It doesn't affect rankings in the individual Spiral leaderboards so it's not a huge deal, I just like having 'S' on everything in the main menu
I wish I had even 1 "S" ranking. Everything on mine is only an "A".
Oh well.. just have to keep at it!
added_time
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Mojo said:I just like having 'S' on everything in the main menu
I just got my first S rank today!
It was on Championship II which I know is the easiest one but it's still a good start for me!
added_time
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Mojo said:
Weird. Now it's even worse too. It went from only displaying a couple thousand players to not displaying any rank at all for it!
On a positive note: I got my second S rank today! So far I've got Championship II and Dungeon.
IGN really nailed the review giving this game a 10. This is the only game this generation besides Mario Galaxy 2 that deserves a perfect score in my opinion.
PetriP-TNT
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Championship II was the last one I got S from :/added_time said:
added_time
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PetriP-TNT said:
I only think it's the easiest because it has the most players since it's the very first level. It means it's easier to crack the top percentage since a lot of the worst players who gave up on the game only played that level and probably posted bad scores.
Mojo said:
Thanks for letting me know. That is a lame bug though because eventually I won't be able to beat any more scores. Oh well. It's a small complaint for such a great game.
lazybones18
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My God, I haven't played the game in a long time. I'm probably rusty as hell. Have they fixed the rankings yet?
added_time
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lazybones18 said:
The rankings seem ok to me except for the Spiral stage. Also the top 5 scores or so are just totally fake. Other than that stuff it seems fine to me.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Does anyone else have this problem: I go right past a sleeping ghost, and it wakes up, but it doesn't follow me, then goes back to sleep. This is frustrating because it fucks up future paths I need to take.
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. The ghost snake wasn't going past the sleeping ghosts to add them to the train.
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. The ghost snake wasn't going past the sleeping ghosts to add them to the train.
RadarScope1
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Ghosts don't follow Pac unless there's another ghost already in pursuit. Get one of the free-floaters to pursue you, then the the sleepers will take notice.
And if you already have a lot of ghosts, that's a problem, too. There's a 30 ghost max (IIRC) on your conga line of pursuers.
And if you already have a lot of ghosts, that's a problem, too. There's a 30 ghost max (IIRC) on your conga line of pursuers.
added_time
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I got all S ranks!!! YES!! This game is so rewarding. Gonna keep at it to improve even more!
PetriP-TNT
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I reclaimed my top 200 spot after falling into top 500 for a while, it's kinda shame I stopped playing for a month, if I would have seen that I can so easily rack up better scores in the 10min score trials I would have easily been in the top 100 or so