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Retr0gamer wrote: »Limbo is the companion piece. Braid is a far far superior game.
Meh, Limbo was more atmospheric and more fun. Braid might be clever with it's use of rewinding time but it stopped being fun for me very quickly. It's a good game though, especially for those arty farty types who want to promote games as art at every chance.
Limbo > Super Meat Boy > Braid.
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Take away the graphic style and for me Limbo was very underwhelming and some of the trial and error stuff was just bad design. There was nothing really that clever about the puzzles. Braids puzzles on the other hand were inspired, and that ending...
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Limbo > Super Meat Boy > Braid.
I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...
I'm still waiting for Radiant Silvergun on XBLA. I hear that's coming this month and the ESRB has gone through now apparently. Here's hoping (same with Raiden Fighters retail on 360).0 -
I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...
I've been playing Super Meat Boy on my pc with the keyboard arrow buttons and spacebar. It's insane...but a king of 'just one more go'.I'm still waiting for Radiant Silvergun on XBLA. I hear that's coming this month and the ESRB has gone through now apparently. Here's hoping (same with Raiden Fighters retail on 360).
I didn't know Raiden Fighters was getting an EU release?! Oh man, I've been waiting ages to play that.0 -
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It's a good game though, especially for those arty farty types who want to promote games as art at every chance.
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No bad thing :P
They're both fine games, although I'd put Braid on top too. The puzzles are real head scratchers at times, and never has a game's ending felt so powerful - probably the best closing level of a game I've played. Limbo though has a tonne of atmosphere, and some great puzzles, but I did think it actually lost steam over its brief running time. In short, though, play both!
I'm actually close to the end of Super Meat Boy - well, 'light world' end. It's a tough bastard, but barring a few exceptions failings are generally down to you and not the designers, which is the way it should be.0 -
I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...
Each to their own I guess, I liked the retro vibe of Super Meat Boy even if I wasn't brilliant at it. Is there a demo for Braid you could try out? It is a good game and very well received by the majority, I just found Limbo more fun, that's just me. Never got to the end of Braid unfortunately so missed out on the ending others have mentioned (I don't want to know what it was either incase I go back!).0 -
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Yep it's on Amazon for about £14 I think. I've had it on my wishlist since Yuri Gagarin made his trip in to space it's been delayed that long.
About time. I remember when I first got my 360 and downloading a video preview of the game, over 4 years ago. Had given up on it ever coming out.
I guess we can thank Deathsmiles for showing there's a market for these games. It's been topping the sales charts of some online retailers most weeks.
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They had a load of copies of Deathsmiles in HMV Grafton street for €30 yesterday. Was Really great seeing a shooter being pushed that much.
If you were in there around lunchtime, so was I! I was looking for an EX2 stick.
I love Deathsmiles. Such an amazing game, even better now with my stick! Shame HMV want €30 though. It's only £12 online. Nice to see the promotion of it though. Apparently the sales of Deathsmiles in the EU have been really good so hopefully Cave and Rising Star (and other houses) will sit up and take notice that a lot of people have a serious addiction to Japanese SHMUP's!
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I love Deathsmiles. Such an amazing game, even better now with my stick! Shame HMV want €30 though. It's only £12 online. Nice to see the promotion of it though. Apparently the sales of Deathsmiles in the EU have been really good so hopefully Cave and Rising Star (and other houses) will sit up and take notice that a lot of people have a serious addiction to Japanese SHMUP's!
It's funny, I've been using my Hori stick for schmups for around two years, but Mega Black Label dual stick controls are so engrained in my mind now I just stick with the standard analogue stick a lot of the time in DS.
Sacrilege!
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johnny_ultimate wrote: »It's funny, I've been using my Hori stick for schmups for around two years, but Mega Black Label dual stick controls are so engrained in my mind now I just stick with the standard analogue stick a lot of the time in DS.
Sacrilege!
They better get off their ass and release Death Smiles 2 soon though
I can't believe I haven't bought an arcade stick sooner. Glad I got the EX2 though. €29.99 was a bargain for it (£48 on Amazon). Once I start getting used to it I'll look to upgrade it to a seriously OTT pro one and pretend I'm brilliant at games!
Is DS II not region free? I spent hours trawling through Play Asia recently trying to find region free SHMUP's that are wallet friendly. Ended up getting Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 and that was it. The postage on Play Asia is horrendous if you order more than one item.0 -
Retr0gamer wrote: »Hori sticks aren't the best though. Mod it with a seimetsu stick and you'll notice a difference, it's what the experts prefer for shmups.
I'd like to mod it myself with Sanwa kit but my soldering skills are utterly terrifying. Does anyone do stick mods in Dublin?
edit: The equivalent of my soldering skills:
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I'd like to mod it myself with Sanwa kit but my soldering skills are utterly terrifying. Does anyone do stick mods in Dublin?
Well I told everyone to stay away from the Hori sticks and get the street fighter sticks since they are so easy to mod, no soldering at all. If you want someone to mod your stick ask in the fighting games forum. K.O.kiki is the expert in all things joystick and he might still be doing joystick mods.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »Well I told everyone to stay away from the Hori sticks and get the street fighter sticks since they are so easy to mod, no soldering at all. If you want someone to mod your stick ask in the fighting games forum. K.O.kiki is the expert in all things joystick and he might still be doing joystick mods.
Sounds like a plan! That said, would it be just as good getting used to my EX2 and then upgrading further down the line to a pro stick? When the figures start getting silly for them I'm at a loss to know what's good and what isn't.
Thanks for the tip though, I might just see if I can get some info on stick modders in Ireland who could help me out. 0 -
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Well I worked it out at 60 euros for full button and joysticks to be bought and shipped to ireland. So with the cost of a fight stick you might be better off getting a cheap championship edition stick which has full Sanwa parts, although with SSF4 AE on the way these might go up in price.
It's a lot of money to pay so unless you are flush for cash then I'd say stick with the Hori.
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johnny_ultimate wrote: »Don't worry, cripple it most certainly does not. For most casual to middling players it will do just fine. Nice to have a really good stick, but the Horizon is most certainly well above standard DPad quality.
Unfortunately those Hori parts will wear out pretty quickly which is why it's best to have an easily upgradeable stick like the fight stick.
I had a look at the mod for the Hori EX2 and to be honest the soldering involved is very easy to do if you ever did want to have a go. There's good tutorials online.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »I had a look at the mod for the Hori EX2 and to be honest the soldering involved is very easy to do if you ever did want to have a go. There's good tutorials online.
I've seen those too and I politely refer you to the YouTube video I posted demonstrating my soldering skills. 0 -
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