ShironRedshift
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Like you said, it coats the ball in oil. That oil makes land unusable I believe, or in other words, where there's oil, the land dies and the opponent no longer has the option of building defenses there.Neuromancer said:
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Wibblewozzer
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Just went through and got all the gold keys tonight so if there's still any levels that elude you I can give you a tip or two perhaps. Mostly it just comes to lucky bounces but there might be a situation where I can give you some tips? The one on top of the hedge wall was the absolute worst for me.Neuromancer said:
Also, I'm now #1 on the last level. I noticed some people were way ahead of me despite being 10th so I spent ten minutes and got the best time by around 0.3 seconds. Hurrah? Didn't really bother working on the others. Having to pause and go through the menu and also waiting three seconds to restart every time is aggravating.
Glass Rebel
Member
Hmmm.... still thinking about pre-ordering it or not.
Marsipolami
Member
How big is it? Just curious how long I'll have to download the game after it has unlocked.
Marsipolami
Member
It usually takes about 5-10 minutes for it to be available for download.Colkate said:The store page has updated to say it has released, but my games list is still showing it as a preorder, so I can't download it yet.
weekendCONFIRMED
Banned
*constantly checking for it it stop saying "not yet released"*
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah thanks, let's start with that one. How the hell do you get it? I went around behind it, tried to jump off the rock and even used the wing-ball, and I still couldn't do it.Wibblewozzer said:
Marsipolami
Member
Marsipolami
Member
Yay! Downloading. Too bad I have to go to a friend's place for the next hour or so. >: (
Neuromancer
Member
I hope the trollface skin comes out as DLC for 360.
Liberty4all
Banned
Looks interesting. Impressions?
weekendCONFIRMED
Banned
Fun. The Giant Bomb quick look gives you a great idea of what it is, and after playing it - it's just as fun as it looks in the quick look.
I get weird frame rate drops though when rolling. Nothing gamebreaking, just spoiled by pc gaming and high framerates.
I get weird frame rate drops though when rolling. Nothing gamebreaking, just spoiled by pc gaming and high framerates.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Weird. Looks like it's UE3.0. Specs?weekendCONFIRMED said:
Marsipolami
Member
Apparently gamepad support in menus was cut so that they'd release "on time". As it is now you have to alternate between kb/m and gamepad everytime you enter the menus or play the game itself.
Did the first few missions and just spent some time doing multiplayer with a friend and so far it's been really fun. Some of the maps are really crazy, the game's also real nice to look at, I love the stuff going on in the backgrounds.
So far my only real gripe is that the game doesn't have voice options, it seems to force you to use the voice-activation chat through Steam, even though I have it set to push-to-talk, needs an option to disable voice. It's a little annoying but I'm sure it'll get fixed.
So far my only real gripe is that the game doesn't have voice options, it seems to force you to use the voice-activation chat through Steam, even though I have it set to push-to-talk, needs an option to disable voice. It's a little annoying but I'm sure it'll get fixed.
edgefusion
Member
Any news on the PSN version? For some reason I was under the impression it was supposed to be hitting today but it's a no show.
Neuromancer
Member
No idea when it's coming. =(edgefusion said:
ShironRedshift
Member
That's been the case for at least a week now--the PSN release date is just "coming soon" right now.edgefusion said:
Discotheque
Banned
Man what a fun game. The python-inspired art is really sweet too. Love how you're going through all these different historic periods.
Anyone else getting this problem? The shadows from the sun or something can be manipulated, and its very distracting, and I don't know if it is intended.
This is a steam screenshot btw. Don't judge the graphics off of that. Lack of AA is really noticeable in that screen, but you don't notice it in motion.
This is a steam screenshot btw. Don't judge the graphics off of that. Lack of AA is really noticeable in that screen, but you don't notice it in motion.
weekendCONFIRMED
Banned
It's not my video card (Radeon HD 6950 2GB), but I know my cpu is starting to definitely bottleneck me (e8400 c2d 3.0 ghz).SapientWolf said:
Bah. Most unreal games run like butter.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I would find the ini file and try increasing the texture cache size. UE3.0 titles sometimes hitch while loading textures.weekendCONFIRMED said:
Wibblewozzer
Member
The way I finally got it and had the highest rate of success of getting close is to roll past to the giant cloud thing that blows. Wait right in front of it for it to blow you towards the hedge, jump the ledge and hit the smaller of the two rocks. With enough speed that'll pop you up pretty high and then it's just a matter of landing on the hedge. After I realized this got me height it took me five to ten minutes of getting it to properly pop me up and also not fly past the wall, which I did a couple times.Neuromancer said:
The only other way I got enough height, but it's entirely unpredictable, is to hang out on the open next to the hedge that's towards the start of the level. Get the enemy to drop a sky rock on you using its helicopter and then roll a little forward and jump right before it hits. Occasionally, if timed perfectly, the hit from the rock will hit the ground almost below you and it'll give you a good upward boost. This was impossible to predict and entirely frustrating, but it did get me the right height two or three times but took forever.
Neuromancer
Member
Jesus H Christ.Wibblewozzer said:
Haha thanks, maybe I'll give it a shot tonight... Sounds horrendous though.
Played the first 5-6 levels or something. The idea is cute, but I was on the fence before and simply bought it because I cant resist niché games at this price point. As I said, the idea feels novel and I looove the style, but I don't get too much fun out of the gameplay besides the novelty factor.
I am not saying its bad, it might be even quite a bit of fun for you if you are playing with someone else and you know what you are doing, but the "fun" didn't work for me
I am not saying its bad, it might be even quite a bit of fun for you if you are playing with someone else and you know what you are doing, but the "fun" didn't work for me
That's too badToma said:Played the first 5-6 levels or something. The idea is cute, but I was on the fence before and simply bought it because I cant resist niché games at this price point. As I said, the idea feels novel and I looove the style, but I don't get too much fun out of the gameplay besides the novelty factor.
I am not saying its bad, it might be even quite a bit of fun for you if you are playing with someone else and you know what you are doing, but the "fun" didn't work for me
I'm really enjoying it a lot.weekendCONFIRMED
Banned
I reset all the graphics to default and seems like it's not really framerate dropping anymore - either fixed it or it was so minor I just got used to it.
Played more of it and it's a blast. It's charming as hell and really funny. The pre-level cut-scenes are what make the game for me. I look forward to those so much, almost more than the actual level.
Played more of it and it's a blast. It's charming as hell and really funny. The pre-level cut-scenes are what make the game for me. I look forward to those so much, almost more than the actual level.
I spit up my water at the "THIS..IS...SPARTA!" kick part
I came in here to see if that menu controller issue was happening to anyone else. It really is bothering me that I play the game fine with a controller but have to do everything else with the mouse. You would have thought they would make it so all controller types can all control menus and such.SalsaShark said:
Besides that I am having a lot of fun with it. I stopped after I beat level 5. I am having a hard time getting strategies with the building placement but it is pretty fun rolling over buildings as a giant boulder.
Chocoboko said:
I love how the controller support just stops after you hit pause, lol. You need to grab the mouse and leave the pause menu manually.
Anyway, nothing a patch couldnt fix.
Also already found an issue where the AI got stuck in a place where it would fall constantly, so it was impossible to lose. Still, this was on level 2 so meh.
Jaggies! that's my main problem right now, forcing AA does nothing.
Looks like some guys can enable MSAA support using the dx10/11 mode:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2105324
Game is great so far by the way.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2105324
Game is great so far by the way.
Wibblewozzer
Member
This continues in other levels, too. Wallachia is probably the most apparent as it seems really common that the AI will take a full minute (or more) to make it up two stairs and will instead just bump into them constantly. Seems you can permanently confuse them there by placing towers right at the top of the stairs and they'll never be able to break them. Also, when I had my friend play the other night she beat a level with the AI rolling back and forth in place with nothing seemingly in front of it. That one I couldn't tell what it was doing at all.SalsaShark said:
Have to say the AI is fantastic at being an asshole at placing its units, though.