inselaffe on 2/1/2011 at 01:19
The problem with it being flash based though is that the controls can be unresponsive - in that you press the button and nothing happens. This may be more likely to occur in browser though, with multiple tabs and therefore lots of flash content likely running, but i do think it may have even happened when i downloaded the standalone demo once.
Such frailties in the flash player such as dropping input occasionally would no doubt become rather frustrating in a game where precise control no doubt becomes a necessity (ok, the demo isn't so hard but you can see it starts to increase quite a bit towards the end).
There's also the annoyance of when you let go of the movement button or try to tap a key for a small adjustment, it doesn't really respond to these subtleties but instead moves the character an arbitrary large amount.
Shadowcat on 2/1/2011 at 02:34
I'd recommend grabbing the downloadable demo. Unless you're on dial-up, it's a pretty small download, and would be more representative of the full version.
Not that I tried the browser version, mind you, but playing timing-sensitive games in a web browser just sounds like a bad idea -- unless you're running a separate minimal browser instance dedicated to the game (which would seem to negate some of the benefits of the web platform, but does still avoid a local installation in most cases, so may still be preferable in some cases).
Shadowcat on 2/1/2011 at 04:52
w00t! I got the final trinket :)
You're right, you do get into a rhythm after a while; and once I had that, then if I didn't screw up right away in 'Veni', chances were pretty decent that I'd make it to the half-way point; and once I was doing
that regularly, it didn't take too long to make it back again.
Definitely worth doing.
[spoiler]I also see that the game contains a "no death mode", and space for an enormous trophy. I absolutely do not want that trophy.[/spoiler]
Also...
my god: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5zdZ909Rg) 1:51:46 in the Super Gravitrondemagogue on 2/1/2011 at 15:22
Well my comment yesterday was going to be "Man this brings me back to my beloved C64 days". Nice to see they didn't stop there.
Chimpy Chompy on 12/6/2014 at 09:50
Dethy is posting a cryptic puzzle for us! I'm guessing the laughing guys signify disapproval but I'm totally lost as to what the donuts and salad dressing mean. (or do I need to have played the game to get it?)
Al_B on 12/6/2014 at 11:23
I think (hope!) he's expressing pleasure instead :). In any case the album was an instant purchase for me as I love the original music. If you want to get the mod to allow you to use the music in-game make sure you get it from SoulEye's webpage and not from bandcamp.
