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CONTACT (Now $16.96!)

maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what?New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
So I picked up Contact today at Circuit City for the price of $16.96 before tax. An excellent game so far, and I'm specifically impressed by the music. Does anyone else have this game? What are your thoughts?

More specifically, what's your friend code so we can...er...contact?

(Mine is: 1117 6378 4505)

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I need to know where I can find the Flyboy costume.

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  • InitialDKInitialDK Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Oh snaps, I just remembered I haven't beat this yet.


    The game is charming but the gameplay kind of got old for me after about 8 hours.

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    I need to know where I can find the Flyboy costume.
    Go to Fort Eagle. Right before you enter the base - after you go through the fence, but before you go through the door - there's a tree with a guy standing next to it on the far right. Walk around the tree and go up.

    Kill the pilots.

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  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    The movie was awesome.

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  • JensenJensen Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    saltiness wrote: »
    The movie was awesome.

    Book was good too.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Jensen wrote: »
    saltiness wrote: »
    The movie was awesome.

    Book was good too.

    The game is based on that book/movie?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    AbsoluteZero wrote: »
    Jensen wrote: »
    saltiness wrote: »
    The movie was awesome.

    Book was good too.

    The game is based on that book/movie?

    Not in the slightest.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I bought this when it came out, played for like 2 hours, and haven't touched it since. I really liked the graphics and humor and stuff, but I just could NOT get into the gameplay. I really should give it another shot some time though.

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  • Brodo FagginsBrodo Faggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I second Bruin's sentiment. I never got past 2 hours into it.

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  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I ran through the story once, but I couldn't bother with increasing all those skills. I never saw any reason to skill up besides watching numbers increase.

    At some point I'll probably go back and explore the game a bit further to see if I can get a better end or a different story line, but I doubt it exists.

    END GAME SPOILERS!!
    If there isn't any other ending besides the professor using Terry and the player and abandoning both once the ship is operational, then this could be one of the worst endings in a game ever. It left me quite baffled, especially since it looked like my game just froze up after the credits.

    Overall the game has a lot of interesting ideas and mechanics, and some good meta-humor, but it all falls pretty flat. Although, my expectations were a little high with all the hype from the forum and I had just gotten into Killer 7 (another Grasshopper game). It is a fun diversion, but I can't fully recommend it.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Wait a while (like, several minutes) and you get a message after "The End".

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  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Wait a while (like, several minutes) and you get a message after "The End".

    I left it sitting after I got tired of waiting. I'll load it up later and try again.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I fucking adored it. It played like a tiny MMORPG game. The outfits were great and for some reason the sound effects totally grabbed me.

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  • dmaurodmauro Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    maximumzero wrote: »
    What are your thoughts?
    The game hooked me right away with the intro, but I was unimpressed by the 32-bit styled backgrounds in the bottom screen, and the environments and gameplay really turned me off so I quit after about an hour of playing.

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Beat it. Loved it. 15 bucks is a steal.

    Not going to bother with the WiFi again though, it's not worth it.

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Man of the Waves wrote: »
    Overall the game has a lot of interesting ideas and mechanics, and some good meta-humor, but it all falls pretty flat. Although, my expectations were a little high with all the hype from the forum and I had just gotten into Killer 7 (another Grasshopper game). It is a fun diversion, but I can't fully recommend it.
    I can't agree more. I'm kind of sad because I really contributed to the hype, too. :( Clever writing and charm can only carry a game so far; by the time I hit the desert I was bored out of my skull.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I'm stuck in the Army Fort. I made it to the boss there, but by then I'd run out of potions and one hit killed me.

    Also, how do you make Mochi do anything when you use a decal to bring him into a fight? He shows up and then immediately goes away whenever I try to use him.

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Thats all he does.

    Once you play with him more, he gets extremely strong and does crazy damage.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    No matter how much swag I gave them, none of the women would join me on the boat. :(

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  • solsovlysolsovly Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    First time I was burned by the PA hype train. Funny writing, mediocre gameplay, mediocre layouts. As funny as the professor's one liners are, it doesn't make a worthwhile purchase in my mind. I wish some of the ideas were fleshed out a bit more.

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