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I concur on the onion ring method and also hate frogs with a passion, especially when they ambush you from nowhere. The pang of guilt you got when a Pikmin died is nothing to watching someone in your retinue get devoured. He'd been with you since the start, he had a name, he had a wife and child and you attended the forced wedding! And now thanks to you he's dead
Also just beat the candyland boss. Amazingly well done! The game continues to surprise and delight.
Candyland boss is a huge dick. I'm not too sure how to beat the bastard.
I love this game. I just found the painting 'Mai Home' by Pecan. It's a picture of an angry fist-shaking man with a house for a head. Also the painting 'Potato Worm' was a favourite. And is it me or does the random gibberish people say sound a lot like french?
Has anyone found a way to deal with those giant purple purse like things?
Candyland boss is a huge dick. I'm not too sure how to beat the bastard.
It was one of those situations where the 4 or 5 previous attempts I had murdered my entire retinue, but when I finally did beat him, by some miracle I only lost a single guy.
Hint:
I think your guys don't get hurt if the King bounces of them when they've been thrown forward (rather than when they're lined up in front of you). Running left to right constantly spamming A seemed to set up a nice wall of minions to keep the bastard bouncing around.
How to kill:
I'm not sure what triggers it, but when everything goes black and neon lights go up the centre of the screen you need to throw your guys directly up the middle. They'll travel along the arrows all the way to the top and smash open a rock to reveal a giant fork. After that it's just a case of keeping him bouncing until he's small enough to fit in the gap and get spronged. I'm not sure if it happens automatically or if you need good aim/luck.
Candyland boss is a huge dick. I'm not too sure how to beat the bastard.
It was one of those situations where the 4 or 5 previous attempts I had murdered my entire retinue, but when I finally did beat him, by some miracle I only lost a single guy.
Hint:
I think your guys don't get hurt if the King bounces of them when they've been thrown forward (rather than when they're lined up in front of you). Running left to right constantly spamming A seemed to set up a nice wall of minions to keep the bastard bouncing around.
How to kill:
I'm not sure what triggers it, but when everything goes black and neon lights go up the centre of the screen you need to throw your guys directly up the middle. They'll travel along the arrows all the way to the top and smash open a rock to reveal a giant fork. After that it's just a case of keeping him bouncing until he's small enough to fit in the gap and get spronged. I'm not sure if it happens automatically or if you need good aim/luck.
This spamming tactic sounds like it might work. Its more about keeping my dudes alive until the fork appears.
I think I may bring about 5 buff miners just to see if they can break that barrier down quicker. All the rest will be grunts.
I'm in the EU and this game was supposedly going to be released first in that territory, yet I can't bloody see it in the Wii Shop channel.
Why is that?
EDIT: Crap... somewhere along the development of this game, they apparently switched from WiiWare to retail... sigh! Still, no shops in Sweden has it. Grr...
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Heard the proposition that RIAA and MPAA should join forces and form "Music And Film Industry Association"?
Finally, a new cannon shortcut. Now I might actually make some progress through the jolly/sweet kingdoms. If I have to run through that blasted melon patch with that bastard scarecrow and his mutant melon army one more time...
What's that? Can't run away from this fight? Guess I just lost 17 citizens with expensive jobs, not that it matters because I've actually lost 3 days of unsaved progress.
The quests seem to reappear even after they are complete, which is pretty good if you want to grind for loot.
Thanks for the tactics Jam Warrior, beat the pinball git on my first retry. I barely lost any dudes, come to think of it. Just beat the TV Dinnah boss. The battle was fucking genius. I never thought I'd say it, but early game of the year candidate?
Well, so far at least, I've barely scratched the surface and I've been playing for around 16 hours.
So... Can someone tell me more about this game? I saw it gets released in the states. Is this like a more interactive version of My Life as a King, only tremendously better? Because it sounds brilliant! Give me a run down, with pictures plz!
So... Can someone tell me more about this game? I saw it gets released in the states. Is this like a more interactive version of My Life as a King, only tremendously better? Because it sounds brilliant! Give me a run down, with pictures plz!
Ok, so imagine the city-building and jobs of My Life as a King or The Settlers, the army-command of Pikmin, the atmosphere and characters of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, and the first decent boss fights in any strategy game, with a seamless zelda-like world (although more like, say, Link to the Past- it's fairly flat rather than Ocarina-ish).
Images:
You're the guy in the middle
Your kingdom tends to wind up looking like this, with citizens having their own names, daily routines, marriages, children and (apparantly) funerals
The world is full of regular monsters like these
And boss monsters like these (yet to reach this one myself, but I've seen it stomping around in the distance)
Every time you defeat a boss, you expand your kingdom, with the eventual goal being to take over the world, for no readily apparant reason other than the fact you can.
Your subjects also send you letters either being batshit insane or giving you quests, you can equip them with items, and they can gain experience (although I'm not quite sure how many signs I've seen of that yet)
It's an amazing, amazing game, provided you don't need everything to be full of guns and blood.
Had a bit of a marathon session last night. Redid my lost 3 days, defeated that cunt bag Duvroc, defeated Shishkebob, defeated the owl forest guardian and found one of the pieces to build the flying machine (defeating an Onii Bride in the process).
This game is so awesome, a pinball boss? Sweet. And what's up with all the messages from God? I'm really curious to see how the story is going to unfold, is there a real God? Is it just another kingdom in the clouds?
Although regarding your harem of princesses
I'm pretty sure you'll end up with Verde
Also I got the 1337 letter from the alien, unfortunatly I can't actually understand all of it, where does he appear at 10pm?
Also I got the 1337 letter from the alien, unfortunatly I can't actually understand all of it, where does he appear at 10pm?
This is pure guesswork (not yet got the letter myself), but there are a lot of UFO-like symbols on the ground in the valley where the Onii king was. Maybe there?
I just built a little squad of Hardened Veterans, all equipped with treasures. Time to kill some kings.
1337 letter boss is in the town square (so your main issue is avoiding accidently retraining people into farmers mid-fight). The quest screen does put a pin in the map there.
Also I just unlocked the potential to build a wizard academy! I so know what I'm saving for now. Screw these ever increasing salary demands, time to find out what happens if you ignore the plaintive cries of the underlings :P
The 3 day limit bosses (Help! X have appeared in Y, please beat them, from Z) are randomly constantly generated in order to be another source of loots and there's no penalty for letting one slide by if you can't find it in time or whatever.
I said this in my last post but I was really impressed by the TV Dinnah boss fight. It was just so clever and the dialogue was incredible.
Where do I get the option to train wizards? I've got Magical land and bought everything for it but I couldn't see any Wizard training buildings, weirdly.
The Mad Mask guardian is pretty simple, I went with
lots of hunters and then grunts. Chase him around until you catch up and swarm him. He'll start to attack so pull everyone back to the opposite side of the tree and switch to guard formation. When he raises his arm to throw move slightly to the right to avoid it and then immediately back left to avoid the return path.
Rush him with your hunters and set them all up, then run in the opposite direction around the tree in order to herd him into them constantly. Repeat.
Anyone killed the giant killer turnip? On first inspection it seemed easy then he literally killed 12 people in one second adn the rest very shortly after.
All I can think of is mass hunters and stay the fuck away from him.
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So it's good. I want it, but I'm deciding if I want it above other games out or coming out.
What do you guys like about it, and will I like it if I'm a complete Pikmin addict?
If someone 'dies' in battle there is an X% chance of them washing ashore at the beach and going back to normal life (they keep their job etc).
There is a small chance they will actually die, and you'll know this because other people in your royal guard will be wearing top hat and tails and mourn him/her with a funeral etc.
On the brightside it's pretty badass bringing the pain to a giant fucking frog that ate one of your citizens with a brigade of top hat wearing gentlemen armed with canes.
If someone 'dies' in battle there is an X% chance of them washing ashore at the beach and going back to normal life (they keep their job etc).
There is a small chance they will actually die, and you'll know this because other people in your royal guard will be wearing top hat and tails and mourn him/her with a funeral etc.
On the brightside it's pretty badass bringing the pain to a giant fucking frog that ate one of your citizens with a brigade of top hat wearing gentlemen armed with canes.
So theoretically you could screw yourself over when all your citizens die?
No, if someone dies a new citizen will move in. But you'll have to pay to retrain their job and you'll have lost your 'xp', not that we know how much that affects things yet.
The Hunters den cost's a rediculous amount of money to build. And the only reason Im even trying to get one is because of that guy with the spiked club who has 4 minions to act as his guard. I assume archers are the best plan against him?
And it feels to me like theres alot of stuff the game doesnt even explain. Like I was having trouble getting the exact members I wanted in a party. Then when I was dicking around in the treasure room one time I realised you can assign royal guard medal to anyone you like, making it possible to have whoever you like in your force. Thats way fucking better than the podium outside! And I assume the podium upgrade will allow me to do what I've been doing all along.
PLEASE tell me whatever tricks I need to do to get that money.
Yeah the podium upgrade gives you a citizens list and you cna just assign a medal to anyone and then call them all over.
As for getting money, wreck stuff. Just go around any area that has enemies and kill them, they will respawn if you leave the area. Break up pots, stones, plants, bushes etc as well. Send your royal guard into houses to collect taxes every day (send them all in, each bodyguard can collect a tax from each house once a day). Do you have farmers? Always have one with you to dig where ever you see a crack or hole in the ground. And always bring a builder when exploring so you can build stairs to new areas.
The big guy with the little ones is doable without hunters, just send grunts in to attack the little guys, then pull them back when they start to do the little white cloud emote, every enemy does that before they attack and generally you have ~2 seconds or so that you can stay before the actual attack goes off. Just slowly wear the little guys down and then when he's on his own it's easy.
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Candyland boss is a huge dick. I'm not too sure how to beat the bastard.
Has anyone found a way to deal with those giant purple purse like things?
It was a breeze until he got down to 1/4 hp and then 9 died instantly.
You will know when you can. At least you will if you're checking in with tutorial guy occasionally.
It was one of those situations where the 4 or 5 previous attempts I had murdered my entire retinue, but when I finally did beat him, by some miracle I only lost a single guy.
Hint:
How to kill:
I think I may bring about 5 buff miners just to see if they can break that barrier down quicker. All the rest will be grunts.
Almost definitely picking this up for the wife.
Why is that?
EDIT: Crap... somewhere along the development of this game, they apparently switched from WiiWare to retail... sigh! Still, no shops in Sweden has it. Grr...
Damnit, I hope it comes out @ $40 (less is fine too).
Yeah, this is on a scale that puts an awful lot of retail releases to shame.
What's that? Can't run away from this fight? Guess I just lost 17 citizens with expensive jobs, not that it matters because I've actually lost 3 days of unsaved progress.
Fucking A.
Should I be worried about the time limit? Will the quest reoccur?
Thanks for the tactics Jam Warrior, beat the pinball git on my first retry. I barely lost any dudes, come to think of it. Just beat the TV Dinnah boss. The battle was fucking genius. I never thought I'd say it, but early game of the year candidate?
Well, so far at least, I've barely scratched the surface and I've been playing for around 16 hours.
A lumberjack offered me buttered scones.
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Ok, so imagine the city-building and jobs of My Life as a King or The Settlers, the army-command of Pikmin, the atmosphere and characters of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, and the first decent boss fights in any strategy game, with a seamless zelda-like world (although more like, say, Link to the Past- it's fairly flat rather than Ocarina-ish).
Images:
You're the guy in the middle
Your kingdom tends to wind up looking like this, with citizens having their own names, daily routines, marriages, children and (apparantly) funerals
The world is full of regular monsters like these
And boss monsters like these (yet to reach this one myself, but I've seen it stomping around in the distance)
Every time you defeat a boss, you expand your kingdom, with the eventual goal being to take over the world, for no readily apparant reason other than the fact you can.
Your subjects also send you letters either being batshit insane or giving you quests, you can equip them with items, and they can gain experience (although I'm not quite sure how many signs I've seen of that yet)
It's an amazing, amazing game, provided you don't need everything to be full of guns and blood.
This game is so awesome, a pinball boss? Sweet. And what's up with all the messages from God? I'm really curious to see how the story is going to unfold, is there a real God? Is it just another kingdom in the clouds?
Although regarding your harem of princesses
Also I got the 1337 letter from the alien, unfortunatly I can't actually understand all of it, where does he appear at 10pm?
This is pure guesswork (not yet got the letter myself), but there are a lot of UFO-like symbols on the ground in the valley where the Onii king was. Maybe there?
I just built a little squad of Hardened Veterans, all equipped with treasures. Time to kill some kings.
Also I just unlocked the potential to build a wizard academy! I so know what I'm saving for now. Screw these ever increasing salary demands, time to find out what happens if you ignore the plaintive cries of the underlings :P
The 3 day limit bosses (Help! X have appeared in Y, please beat them, from Z) are randomly constantly generated in order to be another source of loots and there's no penalty for letting one slide by if you can't find it in time or whatever.
This thing's continuing to put an awful lot of action games to shame as regards boss fights.
3DSFF: 5026-4429-6577
Where do I get the option to train wizards? I've got Magical land and bought everything for it but I couldn't see any Wizard training buildings, weirdly.
Rush him with your hunters and set them all up, then run in the opposite direction around the tree in order to herd him into them constantly. Repeat.
Anyone killed the giant killer turnip? On first inspection it seemed easy then he literally killed 12 people in one second adn the rest very shortly after.
All I can think of is mass hunters and stay the fuck away from him.
What do you guys like about it, and will I like it if I'm a complete Pikmin addict?
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Definitely GOTY material, I haven't thought about it that much but it's as good or better than anything I played last year.
But I feel so bad everytime one of my citizens dies
There is a small chance they will actually die, and you'll know this because other people in your royal guard will be wearing top hat and tails and mourn him/her with a funeral etc.
On the brightside it's pretty badass bringing the pain to a giant fucking frog that ate one of your citizens with a brigade of top hat wearing gentlemen armed with canes.
So theoretically you could screw yourself over when all your citizens die?
Mind you, I've only had one permanent death
I wish this autosaved at the start of each day.
The Hunters den cost's a rediculous amount of money to build. And the only reason Im even trying to get one is because of that guy with the spiked club who has 4 minions to act as his guard. I assume archers are the best plan against him?
And it feels to me like theres alot of stuff the game doesnt even explain. Like I was having trouble getting the exact members I wanted in a party. Then when I was dicking around in the treasure room one time I realised you can assign royal guard medal to anyone you like, making it possible to have whoever you like in your force. Thats way fucking better than the podium outside! And I assume the podium upgrade will allow me to do what I've been doing all along.
PLEASE tell me whatever tricks I need to do to get that money.
FF14: ARR
As for getting money, wreck stuff. Just go around any area that has enemies and kill them, they will respawn if you leave the area. Break up pots, stones, plants, bushes etc as well. Send your royal guard into houses to collect taxes every day (send them all in, each bodyguard can collect a tax from each house once a day). Do you have farmers? Always have one with you to dig where ever you see a crack or hole in the ground. And always bring a builder when exploring so you can build stairs to new areas.
The big guy with the little ones is doable without hunters, just send grunts in to attack the little guys, then pull them back when they start to do the little white cloud emote, every enemy does that before they attack and generally you have ~2 seconds or so that you can stay before the actual attack goes off. Just slowly wear the little guys down and then when he's on his own it's easy.
Best opening I've seen in a long time.