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devoir
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Okay, so I've been playing for about an hour now.
I'm not sure I'm completely sold on the whole block mechanism. To be frank, I'm absolutely shit at it and I have no understanding of when I should be blocking, especially given all the different types of attacks there are.
Edit: I'm playing the 360 version.
I'm not sure I'm completely sold on the whole block mechanism. To be frank, I'm absolutely shit at it and I have no understanding of when I should be blocking, especially given all the different types of attacks there are.
Edit: I'm playing the 360 version.
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I think it's the locale, but this game kinda reminds me of Earthbound <3
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
Fantastic game though. You guys should be really proud of your efforts. Visually fantastic, sounds incredible and is very true to the comic. Thanks
Blocking is quite easy now.
Having a ball so far.
This has had me laughing more than I have in a long time.
wooot
i also bought a copy for a friend for his b-day
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Totally going to buy this once I figure out if I have the cash. The humor is perfect, and the animated cutscenes are beautiful.
Combat is simple, but I am cool with that. An adventure RPG..well, I wasn't looking for Devil May Cry, just the ability to level up and get new weapons. And that, I have!
Wonderful so far. If it keeps the pacing and humor I wll be hooked on each episode!
I did get to play the xbox demo this morning, it may be a toss up on which version I like better. The XBOX control scheme is really really good. I was expecting it to be at least a little clunky.
Will run the demo and see how it goes on my PC tomorrow.
What took awhile for me to get used to, was that I had to hit left and right to switch between the characters, took awhile before it became natural to switch.
Unexpectedly, the only thing that hasn't quite measured up is the writing. I haven't had as many true 'lawl' moments as I would have expected, but the characterization is spot on and it does feel like a living, breathing PA universe. Fortunately, the writing has improved dramatically just over the course of the game, so I doubt this will be a complaint of future installments.
It's quasi-real time, in that you have an attack timer that fills up for each guy.
2) Are there hotkeys for attacks. Seems like there is far far FAR too much clicking for the battle system.
This game is so great except for the amount of mouse work.
Im playing the Mac version (probabl the only person in the world who is) on my Macbook and I am finding it impossible with the touchpad. Like, im-possible.
Loving the game though, but it seems there needs to be way more automatic systems in it.
Like instead of clicking attack then clicking the enemy it should be click the attack button then 1,2,3,4... for the enemy to attack. Would streamline it a lot.
Hasn't been a problem for me so far, but I can't argue with it. While a pause feature in this turn-based game would defeat its real-time qualities, the lack of hotkeys seriously needs to be addressed for future releases, it makes the PC version far less playable for no good reason beyond console-centrism.
Any help?
A button appears over the enemy and you have to click on THAT as well (because sometimes there'll be two, and you'll have a choice, when two characters specials are available).
Aside from that, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself. I can see my dialogue being peppered with lesser-used synonyms for the words I would ordinarily use for the forseeable future.
Oh shit. It's happening already. And there are even italics involved.
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can someone confirm the issues with Text on SDTV? If that's the case that sells me on the PC version right now.
I have ran into the problem of having a special attack charged for Tycho, and clicking it does nothing, just makes a clank sound. So maybe he needsd a buddy to help with handle his book and machine gun?
I'm playing on an SDTV and I can see where he's coming from, but it's still possible to read everything without TOO much difficulty. I am sitting about 4 feet away from my TV, though.
Probably depends on the size of your TV. Mine's not all that big and while I can read nearly all the text in the demo, the screen does feel very cramped sometimes and you can tell you're missing a lot of detail in the text and character textures and so on.
That said, I'll probably go for the 360 version anyway, because the controls are really nice.
Just download the free demo and see if you can read the text. If it's a little smaller than you want, there is a zoom funtion in that will make everything larger (it will cut a smidge off the sides or top depending how much you zoom).