The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[SethMode]

Jetpack and Shotgun...money!

As much as I love the shotgun (and boy do I, especially in Hell), BOTH times I made it to YAMA I killed myself by not paying attention to the damn kick on the thing.

[Leftwich]

I play both games a few times a week at least (or I did at least...going through ASUS customer service hell/PC withdraw waiting for this replacement AC Adapter). Binding of Isaac is so, so good. I hope that when Rebirth comes out a lot of people that don't have it for PC (or don't have a PC to game on) pick it up.

Rebirth on PS4 is gonna be incredible. The art style for rebirth is great too, plus all the additions they're making. It will easily be my pick for Indie game of 2014.

[JayDizzle]

Jay, it got kind of buried, but I was curious if you'd been to the Blackmarket yet? Because that's really the key to making the game super easy (and super DUPER easy if there is a jetpack there).

Further, you need to get out of the "don't anger the shopkeeper" mindset, get to the Blackmarket, and MURDER THEM ALL AND TAKE THEIR STUFF.

Heck, at this point, I murder the shopkeeper anytime there is a freeze gun and other decent items (freeze gun is an easy shopkeeper kill) -- even if it's on 1-2.

My issue was that I was killing Shopkeepers TOO MUCH.

Every chance I got, I used a shotgun or a freeze ray to get some extra gold and "free items."

What ended up happening (I have 500+ deaths to prove this) more times than not was I would run out of ways to kill the Shopkeepers that would spawn in front of the exit later on.

As for the Black Market, I've been a few times but it's ended with me either dying, leaving with less health than I had or leaving early because I ran out of money to spend on items I needed.

I won't hesitate to go there if I live long enough to get the Eye of Udjat (sp?) to the Jungle and have the bombs to get into the Black Market...

...I just usually can't get the Eye or into the Market most days.

[JayDizzle]

I FINALLY BEAT OLMEC.



$210275 - Best High Score to date.

28:27:712 - NOT a Speed Run but I wasn't going for score or time after I noticed I hit the Temple and got super serious.

Bombs for days.

The son of a bitch damn near had me but I bombed a well for him to fall into and with my trusty Cape and Shotgun, I proceeded to loot the shit out of the room before leaving.

One boss down.

Now to focus on YAMA.

I imagine Spelunky is going to straight gank me the second I enter a level next time I boot the game up.

[jms493]

Lots of Trials Fusion news today....yeah.

[JimLeavy59]

I've been removed from the Thief thread oh noes.

[Handleit_44]

[JayDizzle]

No other info other than a GAFer got an e-mail and that led to this image.

More deets at E3 I suppose but to know that this game's supposedly in the works? It might wash the stink of the recent Thief away.

[Buzzman]

Ughhhhh.

[Swarley]

It might wash the stink of the recent Thief away.

Eh. As much as I think Thief is pretty 'meh,' I'm still enjoying it more than I did Dishonored.

[padman59]

The combat in Remember Me is really bad, and I'm not sure I want to finish the game because of it.

[Twigg4075]

The combat in Remember Me is really bad, and I'm not sure I want to finish the game because of it.

I thought that was supposed to be the best part of the game?

[padman59]

I thought that was supposed to be the best part of the game?

They had an interesting idea where you can customize the combos to deal more damage, refill health, refill your special meter, or a mix of the three, but there are only four combo templates total without buying additional ones as DLC (typical Capcom I guess). On top of that, you're rarely able to carry combos over to different enemies which forces you to rely on three and four hit combos and makes the combat feel disjointed. It just doesn't flow well compared to what you'd expect if you played any of the Arkham games or Sleeping Dogs, and it gets really repetitive and old quickly. The final boss just really reminds me of its shortcomings in the worst way possible.

[KNUBB]

The twitch interaction in Dead Nation is awesome. You vote for a positive or negative thing to happen in game and the zombies that show up have the names of the people who are participating and watching the stream.

[Bomberooski]

The twitch interaction in Dead Nation is awesome. You vote for a positive or negative thing to happen in game and the zombies that show up have the names of the people who are participating and watching the stream.

Oh baby! That is awesome. Can't wait to get on this with you and carry you like always.