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Ginormo Sword: Awesome browser game
Asamof the Horrible
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http://babarageo.com/flash/ginormo/
it's pretty much a cute retro hack n slash with some character development involved. Collect gold, buy new weapons/armor, and even increase the width and length of your sword. No death penalties, and has autosave
the controls are pretty simple, you main character follows your mouse and you click to attack. It's a little awkward at first, but I picked up on it pretty quickly.
also, remember how I mentioned the increase in sword size?
the entire black thing? a sword.
i'm finding this cute little game pretty addicting, thought you guys might wanna try it out
also note that there are tips and a how to play near the bottom
Volume: Press Left/Right to configure the volume.
Gem/Boss/Tip Guide. Credit goes to tgbob
I made a gems drop and boss tips list for the people having trouble.
Gems list
Very big huge pro-tips.
Bosses
it's pretty much a cute retro hack n slash with some character development involved. Collect gold, buy new weapons/armor, and even increase the width and length of your sword. No death penalties, and has autosave
the controls are pretty simple, you main character follows your mouse and you click to attack. It's a little awkward at first, but I picked up on it pretty quickly.
also, remember how I mentioned the increase in sword size?
the entire black thing? a sword.
i'm finding this cute little game pretty addicting, thought you guys might wanna try it out
also note that there are tips and a how to play near the bottom
Volume: Press Left/Right to configure the volume.
Gem/Boss/Tip Guide. Credit goes to tgbob
I made a gems drop and boss tips list for the people having trouble.
Gems list
ruby = ogres, gas clouds, gargoyles, giants, wyverns, Efreet,
aquamarine = kraken, nagas, Poseidon, slimes, lizardman, Lizard Assassin, vortexes
emerald = goblins, orcs, trolls, werewolves
topaz = sand golems, clay golems, Sand Worm, living armors
diamond = nekos, harpies, Snow Queen, succubus
onyx = skeletons, zombies, mummies, Witch, will-o-the-wisps, *ghosts?, Necromancer, imps, vampires, , *demons?
Mimics drop a random gem sometimes, the Guardian Dragon drops a bunch of random gems.
Death drops onixes, emeralds and diamonds.
Trents and the World Tree drop random fruits that give a permanent bonus to a stat.
*I've never gotten an onyx from these guys.
aquamarine = kraken, nagas, Poseidon, slimes, lizardman, Lizard Assassin, vortexes
emerald = goblins, orcs, trolls, werewolves
topaz = sand golems, clay golems, Sand Worm, living armors
diamond = nekos, harpies, Snow Queen, succubus
onyx = skeletons, zombies, mummies, Witch, will-o-the-wisps, *ghosts?, Necromancer, imps, vampires, , *demons?
Mimics drop a random gem sometimes, the Guardian Dragon drops a bunch of random gems.
Death drops onixes, emeralds and diamonds.
Trents and the World Tree drop random fruits that give a permanent bonus to a stat.
*I've never gotten an onyx from these guys.
Very big huge pro-tips.
Farm farm farm. If you're having trouble with a boss, farm!
If you're constantly getting one hit it's not because the enemies are strong, it's a system that isn't explained. When you are attacking, you take tons more damage than you'd normally take. Get the buckler from the 5th area store to cancel this effect.
Enchanted gear helps vs certain enemies.
Areas with random monsters have gold bonuses for each kill. Areas like the Supply Base, the Theater, and the Field are great for money.
Luck helps tremendously, get it from the shrine in the area with the World Tree. It makes rarer monsters appear along with increasing gold and gem drops.
Try and keep your killing power in line with your luck. If your luck is too high, you'll start getting stronger monsters that'll take forever to kill!
Armor and vitality helps very very much. But armor means diddly if you don't have vitality, the inverse is also true.
Cross Napalm does more damage than the other 4 spells you can get when you buy it. Tricky to aim, but worth it.
The spell Chaser costs one hundred million gold, and comes from the city in area 8. The seller appears at random.
The Doppelganger and Doom Worm bosses are unlocked at area 14. The Doppelganger is in the pyramid at the lake, the Doom Worm is in the pyramid in the swamp with lizards. The Doppelganger drops the energy sword, while the Doom Worm drops the Shockwave spell.
There are three companions in the game.
Indigo=Roger, a knife throwing cowboy. He is in the desert oasis.
nin nin, a awesome cat thingie that heals who is awesome. He is in a hidden spot in the forest with the World Tree.
If you're constantly getting one hit it's not because the enemies are strong, it's a system that isn't explained. When you are attacking, you take tons more damage than you'd normally take. Get the buckler from the 5th area store to cancel this effect.
Enchanted gear helps vs certain enemies.
Areas with random monsters have gold bonuses for each kill. Areas like the Supply Base, the Theater, and the Field are great for money.
Luck helps tremendously, get it from the shrine in the area with the World Tree. It makes rarer monsters appear along with increasing gold and gem drops.
Try and keep your killing power in line with your luck. If your luck is too high, you'll start getting stronger monsters that'll take forever to kill!
Armor and vitality helps very very much. But armor means diddly if you don't have vitality, the inverse is also true.
Cross Napalm does more damage than the other 4 spells you can get when you buy it. Tricky to aim, but worth it.
The spell Chaser costs one hundred million gold, and comes from the city in area 8. The seller appears at random.
The Doppelganger and Doom Worm bosses are unlocked at area 14. The Doppelganger is in the pyramid at the lake, the Doom Worm is in the pyramid in the swamp with lizards. The Doppelganger drops the energy sword, while the Doom Worm drops the Shockwave spell.
There are three companions in the game.
Indigo=Roger, a knife throwing cowboy. He is in the desert oasis.
nin nin, a awesome cat thingie that heals who is awesome. He is in a hidden spot in the forest with the World Tree.
Bosses
Orc Leader
Elven Archer
Maze Minotaur
Dark Mist
Mutant Cyclops
Sand Worm
Poseidon
Sorceress
Efreet
Lizard Assassin
Necromancer
Yggdrasil
Snow Queen
Guardian Dragon
Death
Doppelganger
Doom Worm
Buy the katana that's in the hidden shop, it does more damage to this boss than the dagger you start with.
Elven Archer
Get to a place where you can stab him, but underneath his bow since that's where he shoots from. If you're quick enough, you can dodge his shots from there.
Maze Minotaur
Stand on his arms while attacking him, his spiral fireballs should pass right over you.
Dark Mist
Easy as pie, just remember to dodge his triple shots while spamming magic missile. Once you've gotten Cross Napalm, farm this guy for easy gold.
Mutant Cyclops
Pick Cable and spam viper beam...? Just run up and stab him, when his eye starts flashing, move to dodge his optic blast.
Sand Worm
The more you hit this guy the slower his actions are so keep hitting him! For an easier time, get the longest fuck off stick you can. Farm this guy for topazes.
Poseidon
He has two attacks, three homing wave thingies, and four wave thingies that spread out in a circle from him. If you stand between his eyes and the top of his head, his second attack should pass right over you. Farm this guy for aquamarines.
Sorceress
This boss seems pretty hard, but is easy once you learn her attacks. Attack her when her lightning bolt is out, dodge when it isn't. Try being on her left side to a bit of warning on her homing attack. Farm at the field underneath her skull if you need cash.
Efreet
He is immune to everything but water damage, you need a weapon with water on it to fight him. He has five attacks, a single shot, a triple shot that he spams, a 360 shot that's easy to dodge, the spiral attack the Maze Minotaur used, and the fire homing circle the Sorceress used. Get the longest possible water enchanted weapon and poke him from a distance while dodging his attacks. Farm Poseidon if you need aquamarines.
Lizard Assassin
This guy is a pain in the ass. Everytime you swing your weapon, he makes a clone and teleports. He also throws shurikens and water shots. Get the gauntlet from the shop and try ramming him with your weapon. Enchant a weapon with fire if he is still too hard.
Necromancer
He summons undead and fires off four big dark magic shots during the fight. His attacks are easy to dodge, and his summons shouldn't cause too much trouble.
Yggdrasil
This giant tree comes with three attacks. A continuous lightning bolt beam from the top of the screen, nine small lightning bolts, and explosive apples/cherries from Kirby. Stand somewhere below the middle of the screen to dodge the lightning beams and keep a fair distance from him to avoid the other attacks. Be sure to grab nin nin from the hidden location for a healer!
Snow Queen
She seduces, fires water? beams, and spams icicles. Dodge the big icicles while watching out for her beams and flying hearts. I've noticed that she likes to shoot the largest icicles towards the player, so keep moving.
Guardian Dragon
Is actually really really easy compared to the previous bosses. Just stand below or above him and attack. If you're in the correct spot, only his spinning explosions should come close to hitting you.
Death
Fires off a curved wind-dark? shot and a triple homing attack. Also comes with random temporary invulnerability! Focus on dodging when he is invulnerable, and attack attack attack when he isn't. Nothing fancy about this guy.
Doppelganger
It's your character! But with huge amounts of health and no magic.
You can also stand under and a bit to the side of him and hit him from there, you'd need a large weapon though.
Secret to success for doppleganger:
2 ways. If your main sword is the scimitar, or it's at least pumped up enough with width, you can basically sit in the bottom corner and just attack continuously, the scimitar's top space is enough to hit him while his bottom can't hit you.
Or, take out all the height and width of your sword and pump up magic and attack with just magic.
You can also stand under and a bit to the side of him and hit him from there, you'd need a large weapon though.
Doom Worm
Scary name but not a lot going for it. It's a palette swap of the Sand Worm boss, but much slower, and his attack is replaced with small lightning bolts. Attacking him doesn't slow him down either. Just hit it till it stops moving.
I haven't fought the other bosses yet but if you have, feel free to add to this list.Asamof the Horrible on
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Actually, it seems like you do damage based on how much of your sword is touching your enemy. At least it seems like I do more damage the closer I am. So if I'm correct about this, then width does help somewhat.
Also, is there a reason I can't enter the pyramid on the island in the lake level? A name doesn't even show up when I move my guy over it.
Edit: Haha fuck I finally beat the sorceress and I walk off without collecting the loot. Fucking lightning bolt.
Annddd my attacks have no effect on the efreet.
Ah, upgrading my water power allowed me to slightly hurt him. marvelous.
I'm not seeing a name on the water temple either.
I get the idea that all the different types of sword are just there so you can have one of each element.
Yeah that's the way I've been using them.
I hit the jackpot and made about 1,000,000 off of one enemy. Try fighting in the field in the area with the witch boss. It seems like rare enemies appear more often there.
edit: Actually I'm not sure about the rare enemies thing, but I'm definitely making a ton more money there. Easy enemies seem to be regularly dropping 2,000 g bags.
The best I ever got was about 400k from a pharaoh.
Also, is it seriously supposed to take so long to kill enemies? I'm on the 6th stages and I'm having to click like 100 times for the sand worm. This isn't very fun...
I got 600K from a gorgon in one of the encounters on the Poseidon map. Sure helped.
I'm at fighting wyverns now. The sorceress was such a bitch.
PROTIP: If you take very long to kill a boss, you're not done levelling.
Just got 800k from a gargoyle whatever, annoying fight since I had to avoid the fireballs the whole time.
How is everyone handling their stats? I leveled mine to like 4 or 5 and then just went back to working on swords - are they worth the huge price?
edit: My endurance is around 6, my magic is 3, and I just leveled my strength up to 9. Strength seems to really help.
Also, I'm making serious money from the field arena in the middle of the map with the witch boss. You guys should try it out.
You have to have gems - there is an int shrine out there somewhere.
Efreet down! Bestiary get! 35% completion~
You need gems to use the enchanter. Each gem corresponds to a different element. I think finding gems is pretty much based on luck. I only had 2 by the time I got there; they're somewhat rare.
And you don't reach the magic shrine until the area where you fight the efreet. It still doesn't seem to be too useful though.
Area after the efreet has like 20-40k standard drops.
Edit: Oh shit boss is "Lizard Assassin". He's fast as fuck and teleports and throws shurikens at you - I think this is the part where I'm supposed to grind for that armor.
edit: Also, what is up with Lba city?
3DS: 1607-3034-6970
Heh, most of the time it show the normal town, but if you get lucky you stumble upon this shop instead. It sells the best spell of the game, so just come back when you get the money.
Also, relic from too much playing:
Level 600 sword.
Wow... it took me a while to realize what that was. That's impressive.
Buy a buckler. They don't explain this in-game, but if you're hit while attacking you'll die. The buckler stops this.
edit: Also, are the alternate armors/weapons good for anything except looking cool? Oh, and does a water enchant mean you do more damage to water creatures and less damage to fire creatures, or the other way around? It's not very clear...
I never fail to find the hardest area first though. This sucked in the first area where I didn't understand the game yet and I'm all like why am I instantly dying why can't I do jack to this orc captain oh god
I've almost got the lizard assassin with my "stand still and hope he runs into my sword enough times before I die" attack.
Edit: Got him! The trick was to put my back to one edge so he couldn't pop up behind me.
Still wasn't fucking worth it. My hand is in shambles.