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PixelJunk Shooter 2 |OT| - Can You Make It Past The Asteroid Belt?
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WrenchNinja
Member
Managed to get all the online trophies in 20 minutes. :lol
Fixed1979
Member
I've been waiting for this for awhile and purchased it last night. Of course due to the hockey game and Rift I didn't get a chance to play. Love PJ and I keep (a false) hope that they'll patch Racers to make it less painful to restart events (yes I still load it up on occasion).
Benjamin1981
Member
So is this game harder than the first game? I dying all the time. Has never been the case in Shooter 1.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
I 100% the first game, but didn't really like it as much after the first "world".... think I'll pass or wait for a discount.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
I'll probably buy it out of support for the developer and PSN. I liked the concept for the 1st game but it grew old far too fast and whatever novelty it had didn't live past the first world. Here's hoping the 2nd one will be better.
WrenchNinja
Member
Wow, this game is way harder than first one. I'm a bit ashamed to say it but I was stuck in the first bosses' level for like an hour or something. Kept getting killed stupidly at the last second in sections...also whenever I get the water suit or there's a water plant, I tend to want to fill up the whole level.
Crewnh said:
I actually appreciate the increase in difficulty because the first one was over too quickly, but Pixeljunk really need to work on getting some of the levels down in length. I had some of the same issues with Eden (although that still stands as my favorite Pixeljunk game). Love the game so far but it's a little sad to see so many familiar names on the leaderboards. How fewer than 6,000 people have bought this game is strange to me.
I am really enjoying this game, but it feels harder than the first one. I just hate those bullet hell machines, I usually die near those. I just hated the level I just completed, Know your alien liquid. It took me 40 minutes to complete it and I don't know how many times I died in the last section. Every time I died, I just started yell curse words and I don't even normally curse. Hopefully there isn't anymore of these frustrating levels.
Killed the first boss, it's definitely a bit harder and more frustrating at times. And what is up with the Hunger Suit, it feels completely out of place. Both the gameplay mechanic and the restricted movement don't resemble typical PJ Shooter gameplay at all. Really don't like those levels, hope there aren't too many of them.
There's a couple of questions I have about the MP of this game that are driviving me crazy since I can't seem to get anybody on my friends list to help test them for myself.
Can you kill the other player with your spin or spin dash or is it just from the missiles deflected from the spin?
If you're grappled by the other player, can you spin or spin dash out of the grapple?
Can you kill the other player with your spin or spin dash or is it just from the missiles deflected from the spin?
If you're grappled by the other player, can you spin or spin dash out of the grapple?
Spotless Mind
Member
I'm a couple levels into episode 5 now and loving it so far. There has definitely been a bit of a difficulty bump, but that's fine with me.
Only real issue is not being able to find any multiplayer games.
Only real issue is not being able to find any multiplayer games.
I think that would have made a huge difference and alleviated how limited the movement feels.see5harp said:
DoomGyver
Member
I just beat the game... so you don't get an ending until you collect all of the treasure? lame. A couple things bothered me, one was the digger ship as someone already mentioned. I thought it was clumsy, perhaps instead of jaws it could have had a large drill on the front? Two, I absolutely hate when there is lava that I can't see.. the tiniest bit of lava and it blows my ship up.
Never understood why when I get in the lava suit I'm still not allowed to touch lava. I mean I'm spraying lava everywhere but I can't touch it or death? Another thing is the decoy miners that turn into bats, that got me a few times and it felt like a cheap death.
Haven't played mutliplayer yet, gonna go get the 9 or so treasures that I need to find before I do that. But overall it was a good experience, worth the $10 and I really liked the last world. The last world kind of made up for the "more of the same" experience I got from the first world.
Never understood why when I get in the lava suit I'm still not allowed to touch lava. I mean I'm spraying lava everywhere but I can't touch it or death? Another thing is the decoy miners that turn into bats, that got me a few times and it felt like a cheap death.
Haven't played mutliplayer yet, gonna go get the 9 or so treasures that I need to find before I do that. But overall it was a good experience, worth the $10 and I really liked the last world. The last world kind of made up for the "more of the same" experience I got from the first world.
DoomGyver
Member
I'd say it's probably about a 4 hours game if you run through it not worrying about getting all of the survivors or treasures. If you plan on 100% on a world before you move on it's probably about a 6 hour game. I only have 9 treasures to get in the last world and I haven't touched MP yet. More content than the first, some new mechanics to play with. They stayed with the PJS formula so if you liked PJS1 you'll probably like PJS2, don't expect anything mindbogglingly different.
Am I the only one finding this game unnecessarily hard? It's got an old-school sense of punishment. Die a few stages in and you have to repeat all of them over again. I can respect that, but I also realize just how spoiled I've gotten by modern game design (i.e., plenty of checkpoints).
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Not sure if posted, in the boot screen there is a Minecraft reference:
http://realitypales.com/?p=994
http://realitypales.com/?p=994
I'm -one- league match away from getting off the Asteroid. Man, the multiplayer is pretty challenging. Even against an opponent I could totally "own" in one match, when we get rematched, it's nice to see they can bounce back and kick my ass if I'm overconfident. The dynamics of the two round system is pretty good too, since I've made some really late comebacks, and I've seen opponents make insane comebacks before. From 4-0 to 3-4 in the final round? Yes! Lol.
The single player is a lot more challenging this time round too. It makes the gameplay much more substantial. In the final episode, I'm basically done for the day after beating a single stage, as opposed to a set of stages. It feels like enough of an achievement. I've noticed that in PJS2, stages average about 30-40 mins, while in PJS1, stages averaged like 10 mins or less. With later stages being at most 15-20 mins. I find the level design in general much more engaging this time round. Good stuff.
The single player is a lot more challenging this time round too. It makes the gameplay much more substantial. In the final episode, I'm basically done for the day after beating a single stage, as opposed to a set of stages. It feels like enough of an achievement. I've noticed that in PJS2, stages average about 30-40 mins, while in PJS1, stages averaged like 10 mins or less. With later stages being at most 15-20 mins. I find the level design in general much more engaging this time round. Good stuff.
Lion Heart
Banned
I felt the first was undercooked but very fun with a great concept. Well I'm absolutely loving PJS2. It gets more and more interesting as you progress and the increased difficulty makes things a lot more intense. Its 99% always my fault/avoidable when I die, usually because of a lack of a patience. Boss battles are superb, I died of laughter on the second one. Also the light/dark stuff is incredible, only 2 stages left before I beat the game. I will probably attempt to get the jewels at some point but I feel more intimidated going through the levels again compared to the first.
I'm down for some Multiplayer tonight or tomorrow as well.
I'm down for some Multiplayer tonight or tomorrow as well.
SolidusDave
Member
Man, this game is so much harder than the first. It's not unfair or anything, but it took me by surprise (as the first game was super easy).
Just finished the second boss.
Not sure if I just suck (I do, according to the rankings
), but for the first time in the game I had really problems and the level took me an hour D:
Maybe it's because I jumped directly to the boss level in that episode...
I actually recorded my final victory with the ingame video capture&upload tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGH7qKNpebg
Enjoy ... and laugh because of the part at the end... it's 2 AM here and I did not realize what I was supposed to do :lol
Just finished the second boss.
Not sure if I just suck (I do, according to the rankings
), but for the first time in the game I had really problems and the level took me an hour D:Maybe it's because I jumped directly to the boss level in that episode...
I actually recorded my final victory with the ingame video capture&upload tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGH7qKNpebg
Enjoy
... and laugh because of the part at the end... it's 2 AM here and I did not realize what I was supposed to do :lolI've never had a game disconnect, but I only seem to be able to match up with Japanese players in league mode. I'm starting to think my inability to find many players has to do with the fact that the league mode matching is regioned? Anyone have any idea? I've only fought against someone from UK and someone from New Zealand once, and like 10+ other times it is against Japanese players. Even during times when there should be tons of Euro or US players around, I find it hard to get matched easily, and even then only against Japanese players...
kassatsu said:I play games from US to JP all the time and there is no disconnect. :x
Netcode seems fine to me. Canada does have some shitty internet though
Weird. I wonder why I haven't been able to match with a single US player so far in league... No problems in friend battles though.
Dunno, mostly I am getting US/CA, but I did have atleast 1 JP player tonight. Not to mention all of the games I played against Q-Games staff.duckroll said:
1. Yes you can, it is hard to do though since it doesn't do much damage.Shearie said:
2. Yes, that is the only way to get out i think.
Spotless Mind
Member
I've only gotten into a match with someone once and that time i got a "poor connection quality" message halfway through the battle. :/
I was stuck on him for a while as well. Those bloody white ball things that bounce off the walls were my undoing every time.SolidusDave said:Not sure if I just suck (I do, according to the rankings
Maybe it's because I jumped directly to the boss level in that episode...
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