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[XBL] Miner: Dig Deep - reap Mother Nature for a buck
Legba
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Despite being mostly known for turning your controller into a vibrator (and I hope you clean it afterwards), the Xbox Live Indie community occasionally come up with awesome games at startlingly good value for money.
Miner: Dig Deep is one such game.
What is this game, you may ask? My friend, this is a game about reaping the Earth's bounty with two hands and a pickaxe. It's a game about men being men and Mother Nature sucking it as we take what we want from her unprotected bosom.
First off, I have to say that I took these pictures from the Xbox website (where you can purchase said game), and whomever came up with the screenshots obviously did not know what the fuck he was doing. Given that it was probably the creator, that's a pretty heinous crime. Of the four, the only one without a retarded dig scheme shows off your camp above ground.
I mean, in the picture above, what hell is with all these ladders? You don't need ladders. Fuck ladders. What you need is a hookshot (to lift you upwards so you can dig tunnels that will lead you anywhere but into a earthly grave), and a plan.
And look at this one; you can't jump high enough to go up, the fall down will probably kill you, so the only way you can go is right - and there's a boulder there waiting to squash you like a bug. The Earth is treacherous enough without digging like a retard.
On the other hand, meticulous tunnelling will leave you sitting as a fat cat, but do you rest on your laurels? No. You're addicted to the siren call of the ore. I'm pretty sure this game stars a young Daniel Plainview, making his early fortune as a miner.
You know why this game features such melodic, soothing music? It's in order to tame the unbridled rage that would otherwise consume young David.
Badass.
But despite being hugely addictive, the single best part about this game is the price. The creator must have been addled when he priced it, because the game is only 80 MS points, which is silly cheap. I pay more than that for the bus. (Twice as much now that they've put the prices up again.)
Is this game worth half a bus fare? Let's put it this way: If I had enough money for the bus to work tomorrow, I'd call in sick so I could play this game some more. But I don't, because I spent half of my bus money on this game. So now I have no choice but to call in sick, and I've got enough money left over for a coke.
A pretty good deal.
Now you're probably asking yourself where you can find this game for yourself. Look no further.
I'll see you under the soil, son.
Miner: Dig Deep is one such game.
What is this game, you may ask? My friend, this is a game about reaping the Earth's bounty with two hands and a pickaxe. It's a game about men being men and Mother Nature sucking it as we take what we want from her unprotected bosom.
This is the story of what appears to be a five year old in a dinky yellow helmet.
First off, I have to say that I took these pictures from the Xbox website (where you can purchase said game), and whomever came up with the screenshots obviously did not know what the fuck he was doing. Given that it was probably the creator, that's a pretty heinous crime. Of the four, the only one without a retarded dig scheme shows off your camp above ground.
I mean, in the picture above, what hell is with all these ladders? You don't need ladders. Fuck ladders. What you need is a hookshot (to lift you upwards so you can dig tunnels that will lead you anywhere but into a earthly grave), and a plan.
And look at this one; you can't jump high enough to go up, the fall down will probably kill you, so the only way you can go is right - and there's a boulder there waiting to squash you like a bug. The Earth is treacherous enough without digging like a retard.
On the other hand, meticulous tunnelling will leave you sitting as a fat cat, but do you rest on your laurels? No. You're addicted to the siren call of the ore. I'm pretty sure this game stars a young Daniel Plainview, making his early fortune as a miner.
You know why this game features such melodic, soothing music? It's in order to tame the unbridled rage that would otherwise consume young David.
Badass.
But despite being hugely addictive, the single best part about this game is the price. The creator must have been addled when he priced it, because the game is only 80 MS points, which is silly cheap. I pay more than that for the bus. (Twice as much now that they've put the prices up again.)
Is this game worth half a bus fare? Let's put it this way: If I had enough money for the bus to work tomorrow, I'd call in sick so I could play this game some more. But I don't, because I spent half of my bus money on this game. So now I have no choice but to call in sick, and I've got enough money left over for a coke.
A pretty good deal.
Now you're probably asking yourself where you can find this game for yourself. Look no further.
I'll see you under the soil, son.
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HOLY SHIT. This is so addicting it's not even funny.
The only thing I should state is that I was wrong in the OP - you can jump that high, and that fall won't kill you. I got caught up in the moment. ;-)
But yeah, I really wanted to spread the word, because this game has the highest fun to cost ratio I've ever paid money for.
Cause, this game looks good
Miner VGA, though its from the DOS era, seems to be what Miner: Dig Deep is based off of (from what I can tell). It'll probably take DosBox to get it to run now, unless you have a 486 laying around.
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And for browser games, give Miner Disturbance a shot.
Yeah, gettin dis.
You talk clean and bomb hospitals, so I speak with the foulest mouth possible
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Now I gotta start over.
Totally worth $1 though
The goal is to go "Holy shit, I spent HOW LONG playing this game?" every time you tear yourself away.
Success!!
Restarted a couple of times since I didn't get a proper pattern down. Now I'm at 150 something. It's a sweet pattern, build a tunnel so that there are 2 squares between that tunnel and the tunnel above/below. Had a sort of snake weave on the right side to get back up until I reached about 30, when I could afford my first elevator (after picking up the main upgrades). Feels like it's slowing down now, though. Since the squares past 100 take 2 hits instead of 1 and there hasn't really been a major upgrade in items.
Also, is there any reason to get the long elevator? You get 50 more levels down with the small ones for the same price.
That's what I thought at first, but after a while it gets really tedious switching lifts every 30 feet. Apart from my first, when I didn't have the cash, every lift I'm buying now is the long one.
Also, my pattern calls for only one line between each level. I mainly chose that so I could jump between levels without using the hookshot. I suppose it would save time to jump two.
Well, I did it two between so every line you get the minerals above and below you. It was the most directly efficient way I could think of.
It only really works after you get an elevator up. I mean, you can either make some steps, do some ladders, or use the hook, but they don't really work as well as the elevator.
Using two lines will mean less hassle when I have to dig up to get around a boulder, too.
Basically, if I was to get to the bottom of my mine, I need to ride elevators for a couple minutes. Something like 10 or so of them.
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Also, why does the music never get old? It really should, but I still like it.
xbl: brimfields
But yeah, great game.
I played the crap out of that one. Is the adventures or whatever edition any good? The new environments look interesting, but does it add anything?
http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/motherload
pretty much a similar mining game I've played. I only tried the demo for dig deep and felt it was on par with this.
is there an ending to dig deep? yes or no will suffice, don't want spoilers.
There is an ending to Motherload which was a fun surprise.
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No, as far as I can tell, but I think Miner is more rewarding. There are some secrets and some excellent hidden challenges. Granted, I have exhausted the game, I just hit a new layer of material that is harder to drill through. I fully upgraded my drill, so I suspect there might be more parts of a new blueprint.
Yes, but you have the option of starting over with all the upgrades. What the point is I don't know.
it still takes a couple of minutes to get down
fuck ladders though, 20 foot grapple means i can attach to things off screen
And fuck the silly goose that linked motherload, my afternoon is gone now!
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I decided to buy the game. I figured this out after a few minutes and have been doing it ever since. The rocks are incredibly obnoxious and te hook-shot has saved me a couple times.
sorry, don't stop till you hit bottom.... haha now your afternoon is really done, if not the next day or two depending on how well you get at digging.
I found that digging a 2 or 3 lane giant well was the best method and using the copter to rage out by holding on up was the best way to get really deep and get out before things get too crazy.
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I remember back a few years ago I got to where the gas pockets were and was heading to some red ore and KABOOM.
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Yeah, there is a definite ending.