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Shadows of the Damned - |OT| of Demons and Girlfriends from Hell
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ToyMachine228
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Did anyone notice that the first time you fight the big demon with the red light on it's head, Johnson says; "I thought we were done with this guy!" Maybe there was some "deleted scene" in there and the dialogue didn't get adjusted? I'm pretty sure that's the first time you see that enemy type in the game.
Garcia Hotspur
Neo Member
ToyMachine228 said:
There was a dead one pretty early on where you first see those triangle head demon things that shoot crows, wasn't there?
bluedeviltron
Member
Really glad I gave this game a shot. Aesthetically and musically it's right up my alley, and gameplay wise it's hitting those RE4 and RE5 notes that nobody else seems to be able to grasp.
Shame about the horrendous sales, but not surprising in the least.
No Shit Lesson of the Day for EA: Not every game needs to be or should be $60.
Shame about the horrendous sales, but not surprising in the least.
No Shit Lesson of the Day for EA: Not every game needs to be or should be $60.
ToyMachine228
Member
Garcia Hotspur said:
Oh yeah I get it now. Also, 24,000 copies? Jesus Christ. Give this game a price drop QUICK EA so people can pick it up and enjoy it before they forgot about it.
a Master Ninja
Member
I'm going to put that on a t-shirt.The Interrobanger said:
ToyMachine228
Member
Well, looking at those sales numbers I guess we can move Shadows of the Damned into the cult classic category. And write off any chance of ever seeing a sequel. That means if you haven't bought it yet...Buy it now damn it!
sixteen-bit
Member
I hope you don't wear it outsidea Master Ninja said:
Jesus christ, those sales...
Anyway, finished my third run!
Now i'll have to start a fourth one! <3 the game etc. etc.
Funny thing during the final boss:
ps. American mcGee eh? wonder how they cooperated.
Anyway, finished my third run!
Now i'll have to start a fourth one! <3 the game etc. etc.
Funny thing during the final boss:
Fleming: when he open, er, himself, and you can see Paula inside him... if you get near him you notice that Paula is like, 3 meters tall.
Also a question, what happens if you actually shoot her?
Also a question, what happens if you actually shoot her?
ps. American mcGee eh? wonder how they cooperated.
BeautifulMemory
Member
Instant deathWizpig said:Jesus christ, those sales...
Anyway, finished my third run!
Now i'll have to start a fourth one! <3 the game etc. etc.
Funny thing during the final boss:
Fleming: when he open, er, himself, and you can see Paula inside him... if you get near him you notice that Paula is like, 3 meters tall.
Also a question, what happens if you actually shoot her?
ps. American mcGee eh? wonder how they cooperated.
ScionOfTheRisingSun
Banned
alfieri said:
No, there is definitely something very off about the aiming controls in that game. I have never played a game where I so consistently missed such obvious targets, and at close ranges no less. This game desperately needed a shotgun type weapon to offset its lacking aiming controls and tendency of having enemies swarm the player.
The skull gun should have had a cone spread instead of being a single point weapon, I found that design choice puzzling.
Tokubetsu
Member
Wizpig said:Jesus christ, those sales...
Anyway, finished my third run!
Now i'll have to start a fourth one! <3 the game etc. etc.
Funny thing during the final boss:
Fleming: when he open, er, himself, and you can see Paula inside him... if you get near him you notice that Paula is like, 3 meters tall.
Also a question, what happens if you actually shoot her?
ps. American mcGee eh? wonder how they cooperated.
Any tips for the shoot them in the head after you bloew their legs off achievement?
I did it with the (blue) machine gun, first upgrade, before The Dentist.Tokubetsu said:
I think it's very hard to do it with the Boner or the green weapon... use the blue one and while you spam projectiles on the legs quickly begin to aim a little near the head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwKjLSXHxZs
ToyMachine228
Member
Tokubetsu said:
I got it on accident, didn't even know I did it. I assumed I was using a variation of the Teether. Just randomly got it during one of my first two runs.
Duckhuntdog
Member
Unfortunately I called it.
I did my part and bought the game on day one and tried to spread the word about it. Well time to get to work on NMH3 on WiiU. If Suda and crew can make it in time for the launch window they should get some good sales.
I did my part and bought the game on day one and tried to spread the word about it. Well time to get to work on NMH3 on WiiU. If Suda and crew can make it in time for the launch window they should get some good sales.
Quick question for those that have played it: Is the aiming like RE5? Looking at videos I can't tell for sure, but it looks like the cursor moves around the screen a lot rather than being locked to the middle (like Vanquish, Uncharted etc). I'm really interested in this game, but couldn't stand RE5's aiming. Sorry haven't played RE4 so comparisons to that won't help me.
Depends on what you mean. You're not stationary, you can still strafe and move around while aiming, but you don't have a crosshair while doing so. Instead you have to follow the laser of your gun and the dot that forms on an enemy, and if that's what bugged you about RE5 it's present here. It's closer to Dead Space I'd say, go download one of the demos for that if you want an idea of what to expect.Loach said:
abstract alien
Member
And this is why I hate achievements/trophies. Spoiling shit for later in the game. *sigh*
Edit: "
" is the best story I've heard in ages lol
Edit: "
The man who never had his fill
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Duckhuntdog said:
You're not actually proud of making such an obvious prediction, are you?
ToyMachine228
Member
Ramenman said:
Can't complain at all. Even though a sequel will never happen it infers that
Garcia will keep kicking ass, and it ends with an amazing line; "I fucking love killing demons."
D
Deleted member 30609
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Anyone who liked this game owes it to themselves to listen to the great 8-4 podcast this week. Lots of talk about early SotD, what it was like translating, when they got involved, how much creative control they had and then a great interview with Yamaoka about his early days at Konami, Silent Hill and what he's up to with Grasshopper now.
http://8-4.jp/blog/?p=432&lang=en
http://8-4.jp/blog/?p=432&lang=en
Ramenman said:
I think it's one of the better endings that I've seen in a while. It solidified Garcia and Paula as gaming's most interesting and most in love couple of this generation. It was well-written, tense, funny, silly...everything that game was wrapped up into a satisfying final scene.
I liked it.
ToyMachine228
Member
Just finished my Legion Hunter run and I'm now 50/50 on the achievement front. Officially filed it away on my gaming shelf. Definitely worth the money for me. I don't play through most games three times these days. Also, strangely enough I didn't die a single time on Legion Hunter.
StevePharma
Member
A really fun game to complete (1000/1000 plat) 3 times but oh so easy to exploit, even on hard. Dodge moves give you massive invincibility frames and you can pretty much kill everything with lightshot+brutal kill with an occasional shotgun blast. So just upgrade that and the lightshot and your good to go. It's how I did Legion Hunter and it was a breeze.
Second the notion that you should listen to the 8-4 podcast. I listened while starting my last run (demon hunter difficulty) and I got to act 5-2 when it ended :-D
Second the notion that you should listen to the 8-4 podcast. I listened while starting my last run (demon hunter difficulty) and I got to act 5-2 when it ended :-D
brandonh83
Banned
Any tips for the
on the hardest difficulty? This is literally the first time I've had any trouble from anything on this difficulty setting.
third Grim sister
Garcia Hotspur
Neo Member
So... Apparently Massimo Guarini left Grasshopper to do his own thing at http://www.ovosonico.com/.
I enjoyed Shadows of the Damned, but hopefully this means we'll see more games directed by Suda or Iida. I want some more shit along the lines of Flower, Sun, and Rain and Killer 7 and less No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned. I liked it better when Suda wasn't trying to make what he thought the western market would buy and just made what he wanted to make.
I enjoyed Shadows of the Damned, but hopefully this means we'll see more games directed by Suda or Iida. I want some more shit along the lines of Flower, Sun, and Rain and Killer 7 and less No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned. I liked it better when Suda wasn't trying to make what he thought the western market would buy and just made what he wanted to make.
D
Deleted member 30609
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That's shame, by all accounts he seemed like a real professional. I hope he has something nice lined up.
Himself said:
Interesting.
I, personally, didn't give a crap about Paula. All she ever does in the game is die, cry, complain, and shout "garciiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" in pain and agony, or follow you in zombie mode. In my opinion she's the complete opposite of an interesting character. Not even sure I'd consider her a character, more of a comic relief.
The "love" that Garcia had for her was more or less part of the "parody" side of the game for me, along with the fact that she kept dying, then living again, then dying, then trying to kill you etc, and the fact that Garcia always falls for it thinking that she's the real deal and going all "aaww Paula angel" when it's so clearly a demon for the billionth time.
So when I felt that at the end the game was trying to move me by using this relationship in a "serious" way... It just felt flat. Very flat ._.
The "love" that Garcia had for her was more or less part of the "parody" side of the game for me, along with the fact that she kept dying, then living again, then dying, then trying to kill you etc, and the fact that Garcia always falls for it thinking that she's the real deal and going all "aaww Paula angel" when it's so clearly a demon for the billionth time.
So when I felt that at the end the game was trying to move me by using this relationship in a "serious" way... It just felt flat. Very flat ._.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Paula is a lot more interesting when you realize that she's
the Female Demon Hunter Johnson tells you about. Forever condemned to be the devil's mistress 
MurkyZebra2417
Member
Game is SO awesome,
that is all.
that is all.
Welp after extensive play time thanks to $14.99 K-Mart steal i must say that this is the first Grasshopper Manufacture game that I can stomach for more than ten minutes at a time. The gameplay is mostly good except for the awful non-shooting shit like Chandelier and running from shambling girlfriend crap and there's even the occasional genuinely funny moment, which I wouldn't have expected judging from the lame humour in their past titles.
It seems to me to be offensively short (I've got 2 hours and a half on my clock on the hardest difficulty available to me... and I'm half way through Act 3... there are only 5 acts :/) so I'm glad I spent the low money. Does this game get harder at all?
But this is the first GHM game with good gameplay so it's a step in the right direction. Of course I do love my some RE4-style shooting, and this is just a faster version of that, so it's difficult to say how much of this is actual talent within the studio or just aping others who have better ideas than they. But hey, if the end result is decent like this is then we're going places finally.
It seems to me to be offensively short (I've got 2 hours and a half on my clock on the hardest difficulty available to me... and I'm half way through Act 3... there are only 5 acts :/) so I'm glad I spent the low money. Does this game get harder at all?
But this is the first GHM game with good gameplay so it's a step in the right direction. Of course I do love my some RE4-style shooting, and this is just a faster version of that, so it's difficult to say how much of this is actual talent within the studio or just aping others who have better ideas than they. But hey, if the end result is decent like this is then we're going places finally.