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Post by godwhacker on Aug 23, 2022 13:04:55 GMT
Anyone else given this a whirl? It's brilliant (as you may have noticed from the Eurogamer 'essential' award)
It's quite difficult when it gets going, but the more you play the better you get, and the more you can focus on the score and executing tricks rather than just minute-to-minute survival. The soundtrack is also superb. It's half Olli Olli and half The Club on roller-skates.
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Post by Danno on Aug 23, 2022 13:38:30 GMT
Definitely picking that up at some point.
Soundtrack sounds a bit Carpenter Brut-esque in the vid
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Post by Frog on Aug 23, 2022 13:51:42 GMT
There is a trial of it if you have the new ps plus, the controls didn't click with me but everyone else seems to love it.
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Post by godwhacker on Aug 23, 2022 15:15:19 GMT
There is a trial of it if you have the new ps plus, the controls didn't click with me but everyone else seems to love it. Yeah the controls are a little bit wonky to begin with at least- putting the trick inputs and movement on the same stick is a bit annoying. On the Steam deck is that you can trick inputs quite nicely to the buttons on the back, although that does mean even more buttons to remember. |
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Post by godwhacker on Aug 23, 2022 15:16:08 GMT
Definitely picking that up at some point. Soundtrack sounds a bit Carpenter Brut-esque in the vid It's somewhere between Carpenter Brut and a disco version of the Clockwork Orange soundtrack (and available on Spotify) |
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Post by simple on Aug 23, 2022 18:00:34 GMT
There is a trial of it if you have the new ps plus, the controls didn't click with me but everyone else seems to love it. I was just thinking it looks like a perfect demo disc game |
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Post by Vortex on Aug 23, 2022 20:23:27 GMT
What or who is this "Eurogamer" you speak of?
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Post by Danno on Aug 23, 2022 21:27:19 GMT
What or who is this "Eurogamer" you speak of? One of those sites that looks at Twitter to base articles around and then paywalls them |
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Post by harrypalmer on Aug 23, 2022 23:06:03 GMT
Oh no he didn’t!
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Post by Danno on Aug 23, 2022 23:07:45 GMT
I assure you that he did
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 23, 2022 23:46:47 GMT
That looks like an amazing combination of all the things I like.
Hyperblade (1996) + Sable Graphics + THPS + Rollerball + John Carpenter soundtracks?!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2022 23:48:29 GMT
Is it by the team that did Sable? Because yeah, I liked the Moebius-styled art but didn't find the actual game very good.
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Post by mikeck on Aug 24, 2022 0:22:23 GMT
I posted about this in the recently played thread, glad someone created a specific thread though.
It's great, I haven't played much (three arenas) but so far I'm loving the mix of combat, skating and pulling tricks. Love the aesthetic and music too, game is right up my street.
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Post by Frog on Aug 24, 2022 5:00:58 GMT
No it's the team that made Olli Olli world (and the other 2).
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Post by godwhacker on Aug 24, 2022 9:35:31 GMT
That looks like an amazing combination of all the things I like. Hyperblade (1996) + Sable Graphics + THPS + Rollerball + John Carpenter soundtracks?! Yep that sums it up nicely. There's also a tiny bit of walking simulator in between some of the levels- nothing major, just a little bit of extra scene setting. The more I play it the more I like it. I haven't quite worked out how to get the super-big scores yet though- the 'S-rank' in this game is usually more than twice the score of the 'A-rank', so it actually means something for once. |
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Post by simple on Sept 12, 2022 15:05:30 GMT
Anyone else playing this?
I’ve managed to get a few hours in now and unlocked the second round of events. Took some getting used to utilising both the combat and trick controls together. It can get a bit bullet hell too if you don’t keep on top of the crowd management with snipers and homing missiles.
Its very cool though and I like that it has a full suite of cheat menus to help the bad-at-games get a foot in the door. I’ll admit I did have the damage turned down for awhile. But then I rarely play games on harder than normal anyway so I figure its the equivalent if starting on easy and building up.
My only real gripe is that its very easy to fall out of bounds in some arenas and that is a bit of a flow breaker. At least save that until after the first tier of matches.
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