20th January 2008, 1:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 20th January 2008, 2:11 AM by A Black Falcon.)
"Kind of" confusing? Now there's an understatement... :)
... Just read the post, it answers most of your questions. I also kind of like the way that I keep piling on more and more and more weird as I keep describing the game system... :D It's just so strange!
"Rotating (fully Mode 7) side-scrolling platforming game where the world spins around the character as they walk around the sides of platforms, starring naked yellow (mostly featureless) clay-like guys with mohawks and headphones who can change their shape"? It makes you think "what were they on when they thought of THAT"...
Somewhere over half of that post is describing exactly how weird and confusing the game is. That "Weird" in the thread title probably should have been "disorienting", because it is. I've never played another game as disorienting as this one, and that includes old first-person dungeon crawling RPGs. It is so, so easy to get hopelessly lost (when gravity flips due to jumping too close to another platform, when you run fast around a small platform and everything is spinning, etc)... if not for the game's map on the pause menu, it'd probably be impossible. As it is, it's just really disorienting.
I do have to say that the "orbiting in space for 30 seconds" thing he does is pointless and silly, though. There's no reason for it other than to spin around... all you have to actually do in that bonus area is grab that small group of CDs and then go back into the warp, a couple of seconds later. He decides instead to spin around pointlessly for a long time.
Oh yes, and you're right, each level has far more than 100 CDs in it. You do not need to collect them all, only 100 of the ones in the stage. More will just get you points that won't be saved anyway when the system turns off... the CD requirement isn't hard to meet. It's finding the exit that's the real challenge, particularly from level 2 on. Level one is pretty easy (to complete and to navigate), but level two... well, let's just say that things get a lot harder.
As for "boring", well, it is kind of strange, but in a way it can get dull sometimes. Sure, on the one hand it's weird and the levels are big and there is a lot to explore and find and stuff, but... when you're running around lost or confused so much, it gets old after a while. Trying to navigate your way to somewhere, even if you know where you're going, is very difficult unless you check the map constantly every time you jump to flip gravity given how everything spins... and while the enemies can kill you, and will, often there are no enemies around (such as after you kill them, because they won't respawn until you die). The background graphics are pretty repetitive... this was unavoidable with the Mode 7 graphics of the game, I'm sure (they do have that somewhat distinctive "Mode 7 graphics here!" look), but it is an issue sometimes. So yes, it can be a bit boring at times... even so, it's a game worth trying, anyway. It's just so strange and unique that it's worth the experience. And get past level 1; it takes at least level 2 to really show the game's true weirdness.
The rotating worlds alone make it worth playing.
... Just read the post, it answers most of your questions. I also kind of like the way that I keep piling on more and more and more weird as I keep describing the game system... :D It's just so strange!
"Rotating (fully Mode 7) side-scrolling platforming game where the world spins around the character as they walk around the sides of platforms, starring naked yellow (mostly featureless) clay-like guys with mohawks and headphones who can change their shape"? It makes you think "what were they on when they thought of THAT"...
Somewhere over half of that post is describing exactly how weird and confusing the game is. That "Weird" in the thread title probably should have been "disorienting", because it is. I've never played another game as disorienting as this one, and that includes old first-person dungeon crawling RPGs. It is so, so easy to get hopelessly lost (when gravity flips due to jumping too close to another platform, when you run fast around a small platform and everything is spinning, etc)... if not for the game's map on the pause menu, it'd probably be impossible. As it is, it's just really disorienting.
I do have to say that the "orbiting in space for 30 seconds" thing he does is pointless and silly, though. There's no reason for it other than to spin around... all you have to actually do in that bonus area is grab that small group of CDs and then go back into the warp, a couple of seconds later. He decides instead to spin around pointlessly for a long time.
Oh yes, and you're right, each level has far more than 100 CDs in it. You do not need to collect them all, only 100 of the ones in the stage. More will just get you points that won't be saved anyway when the system turns off... the CD requirement isn't hard to meet. It's finding the exit that's the real challenge, particularly from level 2 on. Level one is pretty easy (to complete and to navigate), but level two... well, let's just say that things get a lot harder.
As for "boring", well, it is kind of strange, but in a way it can get dull sometimes. Sure, on the one hand it's weird and the levels are big and there is a lot to explore and find and stuff, but... when you're running around lost or confused so much, it gets old after a while. Trying to navigate your way to somewhere, even if you know where you're going, is very difficult unless you check the map constantly every time you jump to flip gravity given how everything spins... and while the enemies can kill you, and will, often there are no enemies around (such as after you kill them, because they won't respawn until you die). The background graphics are pretty repetitive... this was unavoidable with the Mode 7 graphics of the game, I'm sure (they do have that somewhat distinctive "Mode 7 graphics here!" look), but it is an issue sometimes. So yes, it can be a bit boring at times... even so, it's a game worth trying, anyway. It's just so strange and unique that it's worth the experience. And get past level 1; it takes at least level 2 to really show the game's true weirdness.
The rotating worlds alone make it worth playing.
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