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Strider |OT| It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got Dat Schwing)
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Kinda sucks. Playing on Hard myself, pretty fun imo.
I find the trophies/achievements names awesome.
Boss Riovane
Member
I was in the sewers and the game crashed on me as well. So far enjoyable minus the controls. Then this happened when I reloaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seKQ4uWQKd0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seKQ4uWQKd0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Solid Samus
Banned
I'm thinking about going in blind on this game based on some cool art and good impressions. Would I be right in expecting basically a modern beat-em-up with Metroid-esque progression? And how Metroid-esque are we talking
You get abilities that unlock areas in the levels. Those areas lead to more upgrade/collectible. You can go back to previous areas once you have the upgrades. There is some backtracking in the game so you get to play an early area but with souped up gear showing how far you have come.
Not as good level design as Metroid obviously or as involved ability repertoire. Basical formula is definitely similar though.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Any word on a dpad patch? I haven't played the game past 10 minutes.
Fahrenheit
Banned
Its refreshing to just play a game without a story being shoveled into my face.
Sanctuary
Member
Just finished, 5:25 67% complete. Last area was really annoying and
seemed rather cheap, until I realized you could actually
Also wish I had known you could actually skip cutscenes after they are 3s over by mashing ESC. Doesn't work at all with the controller for some odd reason.
Meio
jump down to the bottom area where the health pods were. That's odd too considering if you fall from all the way up top, it kills you as though there's no bottom.
Also wish I had known you could actually skip cutscenes after they are 3s over by mashing ESC. Doesn't work at all with the controller for some odd reason.
oconnomiyaki
Member
I get a bit of a Metal Gear Solid vibe from it so far. Just in terms of atmosphere and stuff. Not the series, but specifically the PSOne game. It's probably just all the steel and snow.
Sanctuary
Member
Can someone help me with Meios tower?
The two mechs launching freeze grenades and floating mine shitters get me stun locked no matter what i try
Are you talking about
the elevator section
Ardenyal
Member
Yeah.
Ardenyal
Member
Ok, thanks for the help.
is there more to the combat system, than spamming attack and running through enemys?
and when/where does the game safe your progress?
beat a (mini)boss yesterday, got a new ability, it said control-point(german version), I left the game shortly after, when I started playing again, I started way, way, back before the boss fight.
and when/where does the game safe your progress?
beat a (mini)boss yesterday, got a new ability, it said control-point(german version), I left the game shortly after, when I started playing again, I started way, way, back before the boss fight.
The save rooms are the ones that have giant screens and a pad you can stand on to regain health.
Can someone help me with Meios tower?
The two mechs launching freeze grenades and floating mine shitters get me stun locked no matter what i try
Fight them 1 at a time. If you have magnetic boost, they'll never be able to get a hit in, mag boost + option A + explosive plasma can kill them extremely quickly.
5 years ago, I absolutely hated hate HATED the Castlevania games on DS and Super Metroid on Wii VC.
Fast forward to today and within the past year I have greatly enjoyed Dust Elysian Tail and Symphony Of The Night. I'm not sure if I suddenly like Metroidvania games or if Dust + Symphony of the Night are just that much better.
I guess nowawadays Strider (and off-topic, Arkham Black Gate and Shadow Complex too?) would be up my alley.
Fast forward to today and within the past year I have greatly enjoyed Dust Elysian Tail and Symphony Of The Night. I'm not sure if I suddenly like Metroidvania games or if Dust + Symphony of the Night are just that much better.
I guess nowawadays Strider (and off-topic, Arkham Black Gate and Shadow Complex too?) would be up my alley.
Just finished on normal with 3:53 on the clock and 65% completed. I regret not playing on hard, as the game was pretty easy, and even became much easier with each option you obtain.
Option C felt pretty broken, as most bosses didn't last more than 30 seconds(with the exception of the final boss which took about a minute or two) if you constantly sic the hawk on them while mashing the attack button. Add all three options together and you become unstoppable. I didn't mind this much as it made me feel badass, but being able to take so much hits was pretty disappointing, allowing you to eat anything that gets thrown at you while wailing away.
This is probably a different story on hard, so i'll give it another go sometime later.
Option C felt pretty broken, as most bosses didn't last more than 30 seconds(with the exception of the final boss which took about a minute or two) if you constantly sic the hawk on them while mashing the attack button. Add all three options together and you become unstoppable. I didn't mind this much as it made me feel badass, but being able to take so much hits was pretty disappointing, allowing you to eat anything that gets thrown at you while wailing away.
This is probably a different story on hard, so i'll give it another go sometime later.
I played the demo on hard and doing what you described kept getting me killed. You have to time your jumps to avoid bullets and attack downwards in mid air. Also you should strategically slide as well. Running through enemies and attacking will not work.
Diablohead
Member
You get reflect way too late in this game IMO, because you can't block attacks at all they should have allowed projectile reflects from the beginning for well timed attacks, once you get that move you can really strat attacks a lot better.
The game seems to checkpoint in random locations but also in the white health regen rooms, those so far have always checkpointed my progress.
I don't think the game checkpoints on item pickup which is DUMB.
The game for me is just a solid 6/10 fun platformer with exploration but nothing special, above average.
It seems to checkpoint at an upgrade terminal, like Health or Energy. I have died a few times early on in Hard mode and instead of sending me back to the last save point, it spawned me at the most recent hidden upgrade station, only if it was reached AFTER my last save station. I do believe that if you turn off the game without eventually making it to a proper save station, you lose that progress.
Best way to ensure your progress is saved is watch for the little kanji save icon in the lower right to appear when you run past save stations. When you see 'checkpoint' appear in the bottom right, I believe its just a temp respawn point...but since Hard difficulty has gotten real easy after several health-ups, I haven't died much to even test this.
Oh and I will agree, after 2:30 hrs on Hard mode, I would agree with 6/10 scores so far. Dumb fun, but not great either. Some clever moments mired in a lot of filler padding with rote action. On hard mode it gets a bit irritating that most fodder enemies take multiple hits to take down too. Not really upping the challenge that much sadly(especially with several health upgrades) and it hinders the satisfaction of slicing enemies in a clean single chop. Just irritating mostly.
eso76
Member
solid game.
Not like it required impressive game design skills, and I haven't really seen anything especially surprising in terms of creativity or new ideas, but it's very well done and mechanics flow perfectly well.
I'm really liking it, unfortunately though, art direction could have been much better, would have turned this into a niche classic.
Not like it required impressive game design skills, and I haven't really seen anything especially surprising in terms of creativity or new ideas, but it's very well done and mechanics flow perfectly well.
I'm really liking it, unfortunately though, art direction could have been much better, would have turned this into a niche classic.
So if I was guessing, I'd say I'm about 50% done the main story.
I'm really liking it. It's not terribly hard (on medium), but it's fast and fun to play, kind of makes you feel badass as you run through it.
I also like the metriodvania feel of it.
One question though. Does it ever become less linear? I know there are areas in the early parts of the game I couldnt get into because I didnt have the right power, but so far it seems like there are several barriers that wont let me get back to the first areas.
Do I acquire some sort of level select ability later on?
I'm really liking it. It's not terribly hard (on medium), but it's fast and fun to play, kind of makes you feel badass as you run through it.
I also like the metriodvania feel of it.
One question though. Does it ever become less linear? I know there are areas in the early parts of the game I couldnt get into because I didnt have the right power, but so far it seems like there are several barriers that wont let me get back to the first areas.
Do I acquire some sort of level select ability later on?
twisteddeeds
Member
Got the platinum... missed the complete the game in 4 hours trophy when i did my hard run by 1 minute
Great game 8.5
Great game 8.5
Sanctuary
Member
Yeah, the attacks being able to infinitely chain was kind of stupid. Thankfully it's usually only a problem on some of the boss fights. But eventually you learn how to just avoid most of them anyway.
Yep. It kept popping into my head too hours after having finished it.
The game tells you how much you've completed it overall (AFIAK it's seperate from the items found per area). As for returning to earlier areas; you'll still have a somewhat long hike ahead of you, but eventually you'll have two different transportation methods that shorten the runs.
AgentOtaku
Member
Would buy in a fucking heartbeat if this happens
princemarth23
Member
Didn't like it much. Bland and gets repetitive quickly. Visual style isn't that interesting and the music was only alright. On the plus side, Strider controls well.
AgentOtaku
Member
damn shame you feel that way man.
I've only been playing it in bursts (usually like a boss/Option in each play session) and every time I load it up, I instantly get that surge like the first time I started playing it
