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The Official Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Thread
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BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So I finally picked up the L.O.G. DLC.
Only finished one challenge, as that Basketball one was hell of tough. Love the new music and the intro is classssic. I also finally played a bit of multiplayer and found it easier to find a game than I thought, hearing all the horror stories. Definitely need to beef up a Competition Ready vehicle though.
I also tried to beat Klungo's game but can't get past Stepssss.
Fail.
And am I crazy or did they totally revamp the radar map? The thing is fucking awesome.
Only finished one challenge, as that Basketball one was hell of tough. Love the new music and the intro is classssic. I also finally played a bit of multiplayer and found it easier to find a game than I thought, hearing all the horror stories. Definitely need to beef up a Competition Ready vehicle though.
I also tried to beat Klungo's game but can't get past Stepssss.
Fail.
And am I crazy or did they totally revamp the radar map? The thing is fucking awesome.
Psychotext
Member
Soundtrack is getting an official release.
Was not expecting this. Totally deserves it.
Was not expecting this. Totally deserves it.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
cool!
Diablohead
Member
Sir Fragula said:
Ah you mean in-store right? online shows £17.99
Confirmation of the soundtrack, as well as the tracklist.
Oh, and check the monitor- these guys are such goddamn teasers. :lol
Oh, and check the monitor- these guys are such goddamn teasers. :lol
Not totally related...
But I got BK on XBLA yesterday and turned it on...my GOD! What an amazing game! Absolutely holds up to today. Got 12 or so Jiggie's...It's all so familiar, yet so foreign.
I love the system where you can get as many as you want at once and don't restart the level when you get one (ala Mario)...but man, what a great playing game.
I never finished it on the N64, but I got damn close...I may beat my first XBLA game.
But I got BK on XBLA yesterday and turned it on...my GOD! What an amazing game! Absolutely holds up to today. Got 12 or so Jiggie's...It's all so familiar, yet so foreign.
I love the system where you can get as many as you want at once and don't restart the level when you get one (ala Mario)...but man, what a great playing game.
I never finished it on the N64, but I got damn close...I may beat my first XBLA game.
autobzooty
Member
oatmeal said:
don't pass tooie up, then. i think it surpasses the original in just about every regard.
Never actually played Tooie...
Just played some more, got 9 more Jiggies in the beach level (I couldn't for the life of me find all of them...I got all 100 notes but that didn't give me anything...hmm...)...
And then got another one outside the level (after having hit the witch switch)...
Fun times all around.
Just played some more, got 9 more Jiggies in the beach level (I couldn't for the life of me find all of them...I got all 100 notes but that didn't give me anything...hmm...)...
And then got another one outside the level (after having hit the witch switch)...
Fun times all around.
To be released digitally aswell, via iTunes [will buy] and http://www.music4games.net/News_Display.aspx?id=1254watkinzez said:
Cool.
Nuts & Bolts Soundtrack out.
Downloading the OST from https://www.sumthingdigital.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=4311
Pretty cheap, not the usual 9,99 of iTunes.
Downloading the OST from https://www.sumthingdigital.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=4311
Pretty cheap, not the usual 9,99 of iTunes.
Zoso
It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.
After "beating" this game a long time ago, I finally went back and got all 131 jiggies. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but I still couldn't get the TT on that damn Saucer of Peril :lol Good thing you don't have to get all the trophies.
Final impressions are that the game is incredibly solid, but I still feel that there could have been more mission variety. It seems like the end of the game has much more interesting challenges and the first half of the game is filled with rather repetitive missions. Exploration was the main point of fun for me the entire game. All of the game worlds were great to explore, even if some of them seemed too cramped for vehicles. And of course, graphics and music were incredible. Overall I really enjoyed the game. And although the banjo fanboy inside of me would have rather seen a platforming game, I'm glad Rare tried new things and I feel that they succeeded for the most part.
Final impressions are that the game is incredibly solid, but I still feel that there could have been more mission variety. It seems like the end of the game has much more interesting challenges and the first half of the game is filled with rather repetitive missions. Exploration was the main point of fun for me the entire game. All of the game worlds were great to explore, even if some of them seemed too cramped for vehicles. And of course, graphics and music were incredible. Overall I really enjoyed the game. And although the banjo fanboy inside of me would have rather seen a platforming game, I'm glad Rare tried new things and I feel that they succeeded for the most part.
You quickly learn via creation what makes a vehicle good or horrible. I was shit to begin with as well, but towards the end I was great. Having upgraded parts helps as well. You do need to make your own every now and then, but I guess you could get through the game just using the built in blueprints that you can buy.
speculawyer
Member
I like this game but I really hate having to sit around and build cars. It is annoying. And I don't think you can really win w/o customizing vehicles.
Ok, so I bought this game for Christmas this year and started it today.
I'm really amazed at how I'm loving it.
After playing the XBLA version of Banjo Kazooie back when it was released, and not liking it much, I really didn't have much hope for this one.
But there's so many things to do, and the pace of the game is so well set that I constantly find myself playing for "just one more jiggy".
And I'm enjoying much more than I expected as well the vehicle creator.
I tend to prefer having thins given, but it's so easy to create the vehicle you want for each challenge, that I'm having great fun building them.
Is there still people playing online? Is it worth it? And the DLC?
I'm really amazed at how I'm loving it.
After playing the XBLA version of Banjo Kazooie back when it was released, and not liking it much, I really didn't have much hope for this one.
But there's so many things to do, and the pace of the game is so well set that I constantly find myself playing for "just one more jiggy".
And I'm enjoying much more than I expected as well the vehicle creator.
I tend to prefer having thins given, but it's so easy to create the vehicle you want for each challenge, that I'm having great fun building them.
Is there still people playing online? Is it worth it? And the DLC?
Psychotext
Member
I never actually played this online... given what it sold sadly I doubt there's much of a community.
Just to add that this is probably the best £10 I've spent in the last 6 months. Complaints about repetition strike me as pretty typical sandbox stuff. Personally I think the onus is on the player to mix up their activities. Also, the steady trickle of new parts seems just right, assuming you don't get ahead of yourself (eg; Banjo Land float-or-not controversy).
And just to reiterate, it really is a very very pretty game. Definitely helped justify my TV upgrade..
And just to reiterate, it really is a very very pretty game. Definitely helped justify my TV upgrade..
APZonerunner
Member
Enjoy it. Definitely one of the better, more underrated titles this gen, sadly written off by many because of the change in direction.
Psychotext
Member
Difficult?
snoopeasystreet
Member
I have to get back into Nuts and Bolts. I completed it last year but I've always wanted to get all Jiggies.
Wizpig said:
Premier League isn't really that difficult if you don't mind spending 2 or so hours with just idling(with some playing) in a local marathon match by yourself. :lol
Anyway, I'm trying to play though Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie(for the first time on XBLA, did so already on N64, mostly for achievements) before I finish up Nuts and Bolts. And mostly because I got frustrated trying to finish Klungo Sssssavesss The World :lol
Yup, but thanks everyone for the tips.Psychotext said:
Basically, i have to do that LOG Achievement with a friend in online multiplayer, so that's not a problem; maybe the league one too, but if we don't want to i will do it offline. [we did the other league achievement online... a pain, but i want all the achievements "legit"]
The other 3 achievements are quite hard/time consuming.
typhonsentra
Banned
What's this now?
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Deleted member 30609
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don't you have the trolley flotation device from Logbox 720 yet?kylej said:
Rez said:
Not at the time. I went for Banjoland before Logbox.
Man what a weekend. Haven't been so absorbed in a game in a long time. Went from 8 to 78 jiggies in 2 days, picked up 60 TT trophies and just opened up Spiral Mountain. Some of the first place replays are just insane.
Kinda regretting not going for the rows in Jinjo Bingo. I thought the columns would give me some super rare stuff but now I think the notes would've been more useful. Oh well.
Picked up the game yesterday and wow! This game is beatiful and really fun to play. I'm working my way through LOGbox 720 and the jokes/digs at Microsoft, video game clichées and RARE are hilarious at times. The music is my favorite audiovisual part of the game, it's really catchy and masterfully composed. Robin Beanland, Grant Kirkhope and Dave Clynick I bow to you!
The physics are top-notch and once you learn its gameyness you can exploit it. RARE seem to have thought about everything taking "cheats" into consideration. They want you to be creative and think outside of the "huh a X mission, I'll build a X" logic
This game needs more hype, it's really underrated, it does so many innovative things.
The physics are top-notch and once you learn its gameyness you can exploit it. RARE seem to have thought about everything taking "cheats" into consideration. They want you to be creative and think outside of the "huh a X mission, I'll build a X" logic
This game needs more hype, it's really underrated, it does so many innovative things.
Cdammen said:Picked up the game yesterday and wow! This game is beatiful and really fun to play. I'm working my way through LOGbox 720 and the jokes/digs at Microsoft, video game clichées and RARE are hilarious at times. The music is my favorite audiovisual part of the game, it's really catchy and masterfully composed. Robin Beanland, Grant Kirkhope and Dave Clynick I bow to you!
The physics are top-notch and once you learn its gameyness you can exploit it. RARE seem to have thought about everything taking "cheats" into consideration. They want you to be creative and think outside of the "huh a X mission, I'll build a X" logic
This game needs more hype, it's really underrated, it does so many innovative things.
I loved every minute of this game. I also thought it was really nice looking.