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Psychotext
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On the Dark World Final Boss now...
...I think maybe I'll try it later in the week. :lol
...I think maybe I'll try it later in the week. :lol
Crab Milk Mickey
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Analog stick feels spot on for me (but I never liked playing with d-pads anyway). Only issue I have with the controls, is that the jump button tends to be a little unresponsive at times, but that might be a fault of the game itself rather than the controller (or me simply mistiming jumps).Crunched said:
OpinionatedCyborg
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I hold the left trigger constantly, which fucks up my hand. I have tennis elbow in my left arm as well, and this is not doing it any favours either. fuuuuckelwes said:
I think I'm getting pretty close to the peak of my skills. I'm really struggling through level 3's dark worlds (some come quickly, others take 10 - 15 minutes), and I have just 3 more levels in Cotton Alley to finish. In total, I've beaten 197 levels, I believe. My goal was 200. I'll reach that... but going much further beyond is going to require a lot of effort.
I haven't played teh internets yet. Do those levels count towards your total? I'm not sure where the 307 levels come from if teh internets' levels do not count.
Khalifa Jayy
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Protip: hold the right trigger instead.OpinionatedCyborg said:
You'll thank me.Prophet Steve
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I got both, but I tend to clamp my toes (not sure how to say it) when I get frustrated. So after a while my feet also hurt. But yeah, only happened after hours of play and on the last two worlds.elwes said:
EDIT: Wait, you can use the triggers? I finished the games without them, I just used A and X. Damn it.
VGChampion
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Yeah, I use the trigger. Never even tried "x". :lol
Just beat world 4. The boss wasn't as bad as I thought he would be but some of those levels towards the beginning...what a pain. And yeah, I definitely reached the peak of my gaming skill awhile back. I think some levels I die over 200 times. :lol
Just beat world 4. The boss wasn't as bad as I thought he would be but some of those levels towards the beginning...what a pain. And yeah, I definitely reached the peak of my gaming skill awhile back. I think some levels I die over 200 times. :lol
Psychotext
Member
Edited out, don't want to possibly give incorrect info.Morphis said:Raaaage @ save glitch... All my world 2 progress gone
On a random note, apparently I'm now over 8,000 deaths. lol
Prophet Steve
Member
I´ll try to get used to the triggers now then, my poor thumb.
Also, just save a replay when you exit the game, I believe it helps against the bug, also just watching one works I think. I haven´t had problems with the bug and I always save a replay before I quit.
Also, just save a replay when you exit the game, I believe it helps against the bug, also just watching one works I think. I haven´t had problems with the bug and I always save a replay before I quit.
toythatkills
Member
Pretty sure bandages have nothing to do with it. They said on twitter it was to do with replaying levels.Psychotext said:
Collecting the same bandage twice is a sign you've got the save bug, not the cause.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
21st Nov IIRC.farnham said:
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I'm telling you guys, SAVE A REPLAY after each level you complete, and that will ensure that the game is saving. After you complete a play session, or the next time you boot the game up, just delete all the replays.
I haven't had a single issue after I started doing this.
I haven't had a single issue after I started doing this.
Psychotext
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Edited out, don't want to possibly give incorrect info.
Psychotext said:
But... but... the bandages... must... get...
Anyway, played some more, now almost up to where I was before my save vanished. It's saved now, gonna try this next time:
SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Edit: didn't read last post. Is there no surefire way to make sure the game saves, apart from not picking up any bandages?
Psychotext
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Edited out, don't want to possibly give incorrect info.
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-PXG- said:
I have found that beer + Super Meat Boy doesn't necessarily make me a better player, but I get less pissed off, so I play for longer periods of time, therefore maximizing my progress.
I'm stuck at the boss of world 6.
The game is absolutely awesome, but bosses suck. Ever since world 4, each boss has been tedious and boring.
I hate them because the break the pace of the game. I want to run and jump at maximum speed my skill allows me, but in boss stages you have to wait for them to do something, or for the screen to scroll... It sucks.
The game is absolutely awesome, but bosses suck. Ever since world 4, each boss has been tedious and boring.
I hate them because the break the pace of the game. I want to run and jump at maximum speed my skill allows me, but in boss stages you have to wait for them to do something, or for the screen to scroll... It sucks.
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Deleted member 1235
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hmmm I have a stick... it's really good with a stick? Going to try.
Psychotext
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Strange. I just tried it again with a new profile and it happened right away. I wonder if there are other factors.Crunched said:
whatevermort
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Is the demo the actual beginning of the game? Because i got ten levels in and find it insanely hard already...
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Psychotext said:
There must be, because I just died a ton of times after collecting a bandage on 2-2, and once I got it, I made sure to save a replay like I've been doing the whole time. I went back to the title screen, even exited the game entirely, and when I went back, my progress was still saved.
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whatevermort said:
The demo is a mix of levels from throughout the game... note the numbering system, as it skips around and gives you several levels from a few different worlds.
whatevermort said:
There are a few levels that are skipped in the demo, I think (didn't play it much) but yeah, it's the beginning of the game. It might seem hard now but later on, if you go back to the first level, you won't believe how effortless it is to beat.
On a different note, my goddamn cat likes to watch meatboy move on the screen and he keeps hopping up in front of the TV and fuckin me up. Hopefully the humane society is accepting drop-offs right now...
Psychotext
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Ok... I just tried it again on another profile and this time it didn't work at all.
Well, either way, I'm not messing around with bandages until it's patched. I was doing the save replay thing and it didn't stop me losing a bunch of progress. Have edited out what I said, I think it'd just add to the confusion. Supposedly the patch is coming next week, so fingers x'ed.
Well, either way, I'm not messing around with bandages until it's patched. I was doing the save replay thing and it didn't stop me losing a bunch of progress. Have edited out what I said, I think it'd just add to the confusion. Supposedly the patch is coming next week, so fingers x'ed.
I was going to wait for the PC version, but after playing the demo I couldn't resist picking it up yesterday. I beat the Light World last night, and I've completed almost 60 Dark World levels. I should probably start using some alternate characters for some levels, because some of them are getting really difficult as Meat Boy.
I'll probably pick up the PC version as well when it's on sale.
I'll probably pick up the PC version as well when it's on sale.
toythatkills
Member
The patch'll be finished next week, but then it has to be checked by Microsoft, etc. Could take ages couldn't it?Psychotext said:
I hope it's soon though. I can't really play it any more because I'm doing harder and harder levels and losing progress kills.
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toythatkills said:
It makes me wonder... all those testers that are in the credits, I mean, this bug never came up once? Does a game really never get the "real world" treatment, ever, before it is released into the wild?
Psychotext
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Bollocks, didn't think of that.toythatkills said:
I guess if I want some bandages I'm quitting out and reloading after to be sure. :lol
Air Zombie Meat
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seat said:
Same here, I tried the trigger for a bit and couldn't get my head round it, too used to games like Super Mario Bros. Might give it another go to see if it's more comfortable, the pad pains I get from this game are crazy.
OpinionatedCyborg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMV7i4HO8o
This took me a really long time, but I was disturbingly relaxed throughout and I was finally awarded after probably 20 - 30 minutes on the same stage. It's just too bad I couldn't figure out a more clever strategy for dealing with these things -- I feel like I was fighting the game instead of doing what it wanted me to do. Any suggestions for this level?
It's weird how some levels trip you up for a long time, but others do not. The rest of Cotton Alley (besides the last level, which I have yet to attempt) took several minutes in total.
Oh, and I have decided that I hate missiles more than anything else. It's somehow more frustrating to die via explosion... even once you get hang of the timing, I hate the missiles. ugh.
This took me a really long time, but I was disturbingly relaxed throughout and I was finally awarded after probably 20 - 30 minutes on the same stage. It's just too bad I couldn't figure out a more clever strategy for dealing with these things -- I feel like I was fighting the game instead of doing what it wanted me to do. Any suggestions for this level?
It's weird how some levels trip you up for a long time, but others do not. The rest of Cotton Alley (besides the last level, which I have yet to attempt) took several minutes in total.
Oh, and I have decided that I hate missiles more than anything else. It's somehow more frustrating to die via explosion... even once you get hang of the timing, I hate the missiles. ugh.
I was using X as well, but I reached a point in the later worlds where it simply wasn't feasible physically. After a few rounds of dying, I got used to the trigger, and now I play with it held down constantly. As a result, I'm a lot faster than I once was and my jumps are a lot more precise because my thumb has less work to do.
Air Zombie Meat
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Interesting, I'll definitely give it a shot later then. Also need to try my arcade stick with it.
SapientWolf
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There needs to be an option to reassign the run button to make it easier for arcade stick users. My Hori 2 puts all the buttons in funky places.Air Zombie Meat said:
Psychotext
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I've seen that A button thing a few times, generally just after landing from a jump. It's almost like he lands then bounces a bit, making it so that the A button doesn't register.
Garcia el Gringo
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Wow, fuck Hell's boss.
Oh, but how I love the torture!
Oh, but how I love the torture!