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Super Meat Boy |OT|
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Visualante
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Finished Rapture somehow, didn't find the boss that fun. The end is refreshingly do-able from what it seems.
I should really stop trying to challenge the global leaderboards. Besides it being flaky one what time it records, besides the hacked and bugged times, and besides the avalanche of boring Steve times I just realized something else. People are abusing the hit detection. If the game isn't running at 60 fps on a 60 Hz monitor strange things can happen, like falling through floors and walls and hazards. Looking at some scores you can notice people have intentionally made their game run poorly and repeatedly do runs on the off chance they get it to glitch in their favor. Worst part about it, you can't really prove a time was gotten this way because theres no replays. Bugged 0.00 times and hacked times can be removed but this? Nothing can really be done.
The downside of PC Gaming is it can never be as neat and as controlled as consoles. But oh well. I could always just compete with gaffers. The least I could do is ruin MNC's day.
The downside of PC Gaming is it can never be as neat and as controlled as consoles. But oh well. I could always just compete with gaffers. The least I could do is ruin MNC's day.
Hatchet Man
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In Hell practically every time I'm riding a moving platform I die for no reason anyone know what's up with that?
Holepunch said:I should really stop trying to challenge the global leaderboards. Besides it being flaky one what time it records, besides the hacked and bugged times, and besides the avalanche of boring Steve times I just realized something else. People are abusing the hit detection. If the game isn't running at 60 fps on a 60 Hz monitor strange things can happen, like falling through floors and walls and hazards. Looking at some scores you can notice people have intentionally made their game run poorly and repeatedly do runs on the off chance they get it to glitch in their favor. Worst part about it, you can't really prove a time was gotten this way because theres no replays. Bugged 0.00 times and hacked times can be removed but this? Nothing can really be done.
The downside of PC Gaming is it can never be as neat and as controlled as consoles. But oh well. I could always just compete with gaffers. The least I could do is ruin MNC's day.
What makes you think that, exactly? As many complaints as I have about this game (and it's more than a few), I don't know if I buy this one.
MvmntInGrn
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Just completed World 4 light levels. I've been going for A+ in the light and dark levels as I play. Missing plenty of bandages.
Love the game. GOTY contender for me easily. Going to try for 100%, still have plenty to do it seems. Been playing with the DS3 all day, my hands still get a bit cramped but I'm not sure that is avoidable with this game. More comfortable over time than the CCPro or Wiimote was (though normally both of those are comfortable for me).
Love the game. GOTY contender for me easily. Going to try for 100%, still have plenty to do it seems.
Been playing with the DS3 all day, my hands still get a bit cramped but I'm not sure that is avoidable with this game. More comfortable over time than the CCPro or Wiimote was (though normally both of those are comfortable for me).Just had this happen to me a few times as well. Not sure what the cause is.Hatchet Man said:
Theres a few leaderboards and a recurring theme. I'll describe a few and you could check for yourself if you don't believe me.Wallach said:
2-4X Blown: It's a stage where you are suppose to ride fan winds up to Bandage girl. The #1 time is 2.32s done with Captain Viridian. What happens with Captain Viridian on that stage is that you reverse gravity and simply fall up there. It takes roughly 2 and a half seconds just to fall that distance, not giving you time to land underneath Bandage Girl's platform, reorientate yourself rightside up and work your way around actually to bandage girl. The platform she is on is a good 5 tiles wide so it is impossible to simply wrap around to bandage girl while falling. You must stop and reorientate yourself. This shows in the leaderboards by the next closest leaderboard time being roughly 6 seconds with the same characte, taking 4 seconds to work their way around. The only possible explanation for 2.32 seconds is he simply fell straight through the platform directly into Bandage Girl.
3-13X Black Circle: This is a stage where there is 4 saws going around in a circle with you trapped inbetween two of them. You must keep up without going too fast or too slow and there is no opportunity's to shortcut your way around until there is a gap in the wall. If you check the times most of the top records are Steve because he can simply break the walls and shortcut that way. There is however a few records with Naija. Naija has the fastest burst of speed in this game and is the best for going through solid walls when hit detection fails. Naija has a record of 4 seconds when it takes the game at least 12 seconds for the saws to move to a gap in the wall. Really, the only explanation is Naija went through the saws and walls and this had to be done intentionally as there are multiple Naija records on there.
4-1X: Just play this stage and check the leaderboards, I can't even begin to describe this one. The same person who has the fastest Naija record in Black Circle also has it on this stage. He beat the stage in 4 seconds which if you know this stage it is absolutely impossible unless you were going straight through the walls.
And trust me, there is no shortage of examples for me to pick on.
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Drkirby said:
stick works great with everything I've used it for, but I don't want to double dip if this isn't going to work as meatboy with a keyboard would be about as enjoyable as stapling your balls to something.
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sounds like the xbox version is a lot more polished. with the 1 bug that made it through which is hopefully fixed soon, I think I'll just stick with it and beat it 100%
might pick it up on steam later during a sale and try the extra achievements.
might pick it up on steam later during a sale and try the extra achievements.
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Volcynika said:
that shit is mental, however, doing these is completely possible I think. It's weird how much better you get at meatboy if you go back for a second run at some of the levels that were previously 'impossible'
Also encountered something I don't think I had seen before, on a level with a bandage on it that I don't previously remember getting, it's marked on the map as having the bandage. This is probably the glitch (360) but the thing is, it's such a fucking hard bandage to get (in hell with the laser eyes) that I don't think I ever got it in the first place. Weird.
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ArjanN said:
well, execution is really really important, but you can sort of trial/error and rhythm game your way through it.
Square Triangle
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Not sure if it has been mentioned or not but Super Meat Boy is 800 pts at Gamestop. I was setting up the new DLC section and the cards for it are $9.99. Emailed them and they came back saying its not an error!
Nabs
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The new Steam updated added customizable controls. Check buttonmap.cfg
There's also a way to check out the level editor. It's really rough and kind of tough to use, but it's there, and people have been making levels.
http://fuzz.me.uk/tech/super-meat-boy-dev-mode/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igY2l9x5vMc here's a video tutorial.
There's also a way to check out the level editor. It's really rough and kind of tough to use, but it's there, and people have been making levels.
http://fuzz.me.uk/tech/super-meat-boy-dev-mode/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igY2l9x5vMc here's a video tutorial.
wind_steaker
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have they fixed the dying bug when you stand on the moving platforms in hell yet? I'm pretty much waiting for that before I play it again :/
HadesGigas
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This is going to be the boxart for the boxed version of SMB, seriously:
Square Triangle
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Fucking amazing. :lol
LordPhoque
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:lol :lol
The Hermit
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catfish said:
Yeah, yesterday there were a couple of band-aids that I though I would never be able to catch ... today I got them, after a few tries.
Is that image the Wii version? I heard they were going for retail instead if Wiiware.
HadesGigas
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Grisby said:
Still not fixed. I've gotten murked by that bug like five times now, but I always just replay the levels =/
Speed run question: Anybody figure out how people are doing stuff like this?
Basically, you can accelerate yourself on a respawn if you fly off the screen, but this level doesn't have any place for Alien Hominid to shoot up off the screen. There are a few guys on the leaderboards with similar times to his, so I know other people have figured out the trick; anyone here?
I know the same trick has been duped on other levels as well. Basically, people getting "impossible" times on levels where you have to go up high very quickly.
MvmntInGrn
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I unlocked The Kid earlier today and got the achievement, then tried him out on level 1-1. Just entered the game and now he is gone.
I'm going to have to play those levels again, aren't I.
I'm going to have to play those levels again, aren't I.
MvmntInGrn said:I unlocked The Kid earlier today and got the achievement, then tried him out on level 1-1. Just entered the game and now he is gone.
I'm going to have to play those levels again, aren't I.
If it makes you feel any better, I played The Kid a 2nd time (just for fun/showing off to friends) and I cleared it wayyy faster that time (<20 minutes). 1st Stage is still the hardest.
. . . still really hope the save bug gets fixed soon for 360.
MvmntInGrn
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Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but controller talk has been more frequent with this game.
For some reason, whenever I install the DS3Tool I am unable to hook up other Blutooth devices to my computer (like my Classic Controller via Glovepie). If I try to start blutooth manually my computer doesn't do anything, and the blutooth device menu says to check my hardware.
My DS3 becomes the only thing I can use with blutooth. I can fix this by using system restore to a date before I installed the DS3Tool, but I would like to be able to switch controllers whenever without doing this.
Anyone have an idea why the DS3Tool has a monopoly on my Blutooth usage?
EDIT: Reinstalling Blutooth helped somewhat. I can now have my Wiimote/Classic Controoler hooked up via blutooth, but can't use blutooth with my DS3 (I can use it via USB though).
For some reason, whenever I install the DS3Tool I am unable to hook up other Blutooth devices to my computer (like my Classic Controller via Glovepie). If I try to start blutooth manually my computer doesn't do anything, and the blutooth device menu says to check my hardware.
My DS3 becomes the only thing I can use with blutooth. I can fix this by using system restore to a date before I installed the DS3Tool, but I would like to be able to switch controllers whenever without doing this.
Anyone have an idea why the DS3Tool has a monopoly on my Blutooth usage?
EDIT: Reinstalling Blutooth helped somewhat. I can now have my Wiimote/Classic Controoler hooked up via blutooth, but can't use blutooth with my DS3 (I can use it via USB though).
So i was playing some SMB today.. and as i've taken the 15th bandage and(at the same time, funny enough) did the last A+ on the forest(dark world, already did all the normal A+ in the forest yesterday) the game said something like "you have unlocked something that was locked" but i can't see anything new, nor i have enough bandages for the next character.
What's that?
What's that?
number1jagsfan
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OnPoint said:
I've played (and failed) glitch levels before and they haven't stayed unlocked. Where on the map do they appear?
wind_steaker
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I've lost all sound apart from the opening sequence....
The Hermit
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RunMan is the shit, I love him so much!
Man, the 3 lives in the first glitch level(forest) are such bullshit.
There's only one level and you can try as much as you want, so they have no purpose, other than waste your time between one try and the other, which defeat one of the best things about SMB, istant respawn.
There's only one level and you can try as much as you want, so they have no purpose, other than waste your time between one try and the other, which defeat one of the best things about SMB, istant respawn.