Zero Punctuation: 2.5D Hoedown
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Dam, for a second then I thought is was the contest winner... wonder if that will ever happen? Good to see another set of downloadable games up for review.
Anyway I got Splosion Man and I really like the game but when you're playing online with others, sometimes it's hard to get good flow since they could always be terrible.
Haven't played Trine but it looked interesting from the Game Trailers video review. Didn't know it was on PSN, oh well.
EDIT: Wow, 14 posts and right after clicking POST I'm 29 haha! Everyone always wants to get on the front page!
Anyway I got Splosion Man and I really like the game but when you're playing online with others, sometimes it's hard to get good flow since they could always be terrible.
Haven't played Trine but it looked interesting from the Game Trailers video review. Didn't know it was on PSN, oh well.
EDIT: Wow, 14 posts and right after clicking POST I'm 29 haha! Everyone always wants to get on the front page!
What, 2.5D hoedown without Shadow Complex?
The archievement for getting all cakes in Splosionman is called "not a reference to Portal" so that was clearly intended as a joke.
The archievement for getting all cakes in Splosionman is called "not a reference to Portal" so that was clearly intended as a joke.
It's not really like Portal, it's mostly about tricky platforming sequences where you chain insane amounts of walljumps, barreljumps (explode in front of a barrel and you get thrown over a wide distance) and whatnot together in the hope of not falling into the next instadeath trap.Revelo said:
To be fair, most of the puzzles in Trine were designed to be solved by any of the three classes, which is brilliant on the part of the level designer, but it just makes the game a joke for the player since they almost always choose the easiest way out.
Holy shit, probation for posting a comment? What's this facist bullshit? You can't post here except after the first 20 posts or something? This is goddam ridiculous, and makes no sense. Hell, i even provided a quote from the review just to show i'd watched it...
Are the almighty mods gonna ban me for my little outburst now? I hope not, because free speech is the foundation of the internet, you bastards.
EDIT: Reading this a couple years on,I sound like an absolute tosser. Disregard everything I said, I'm clearly a moron.
Are the almighty mods gonna ban me for my little outburst now? I hope not, because free speech is the foundation of the internet, you bastards.
EDIT: Reading this a couple years on,I sound like an absolute tosser. Disregard everything I said, I'm clearly a moron.
'Splosion man is a Portal "rip-off" in 3 basic ways.
1. It's about someone caught in a weird scientific lab/experiment.
2. You have to actually use your brain and reflexes to get to the end.
3. There's cake(s).
Other than that they are completely different. I find 'Splosion man to be very fun, at times frustrating, but in a good way. Its linearity helps make it a fun run and you almost never feel like you CAN'T beat something.
Haven't tried Trine yet (or heard of it) but after seeing this I think I'll give the demo a try.
1. It's about someone caught in a weird scientific lab/experiment.
2. You have to actually use your brain and reflexes to get to the end.
3. There's cake(s).
Other than that they are completely different. I find 'Splosion man to be very fun, at times frustrating, but in a good way. Its linearity helps make it a fun run and you almost never feel like you CAN'T beat something.
Haven't tried Trine yet (or heard of it) but after seeing this I think I'll give the demo a try.
Betmen:Erkhem Esylum is next it seems. I wonder if he finds it good...
Oh and nice review by the way, had me chuckle
Oh and nice review by the way, had me chuckle
Hmm, I thought he might have touched on Shadow complex but no, 'splosion man it is. Still, I get what Yahtzee was saying about the length, maybe they should have cut it off at level 30 and then had "challenge maps". Either way, I'm not fussed, I like my games long.