I do not like it at all. Shame that this game is gonna sell more than Braid...

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*can't imagine it feelin' much better...
i wish it would just last forever.
and so, to feel like that?
i'd pay any price just to get that back.*

Pros:

-The graphics are GORGEOUS. IGN said it had the most beautiful visuals of any downloadable title to date...I dunno if I'd stretch the compliments out that far (Rez, Geometry Wars, and Everyday Shooter are hypnotically astounding), but either way, this is the kind of 2-D'ness a full blown retail game would feature.

-Even during the trial version, I could tell the game would be hilarious. A lot of great, funny humor.

-If you dug the classic, you will dig this, no doubt about that. Everything that the NES classic had is retained here, and improved upon.

Cons:

-If you DIDN'T like the NES classic, you WON'T like this, since very little has changed. For instance, I didn't like how the original lacked a jump button, which forced you to use that grappling device all the time. That's totally fine, something creative and intuitive, but when there's something as little as a barrel blocking your path, instead of hopping over it, you have to maneuver a crazy grappling trick that might end up getting you hit by a nearby enemy. I'm sure with experience, this all will be hardly a problem (I hardly played the NES version, so that's why this is a problem for me).

-Due to the 360's shitty D-pad, this game might be a little tougher on MS's console. The PS3 pad dominates when it comes to 2-D games, so I would wager it's not too much of a problem on Sony's side.

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yah, no jump? that's balls.


presentation is nice though.

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Originally posted by BTG yah, no jump? that's balls. presentation is nice though.

The original had no jumping to begin with, Its part of the challenge of the game.

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Originally posted by TigerClaw The original had no jumping to begin with, Its part of the challenge of the game.

Yeah, its a pretty cool touch to the game, but sometimes it can be annoying when its something extremely little or insignificant in your way.

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 Yeah, its a pretty cool touch to the game, but sometimes it can be annoying when its something extremely little or insignificant in your way.

Thats why they added the ability to pick up the barrels with the bionic arm and throw them.

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Originally posted by TigerClaw Thats why they added the ability to pick up the barrels with the bionic arm and throw them.

Shows how much I know...I didn't know you could do that.

Lets just break it down to: This game is fucking awesome.

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Deferring to Braid for now. I just see myself getting as annoyed with this now as I was as a child.

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good to see a platformer out on the PC

not sure if i'll play it, but it certainly looked cool.

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I just bought some Marketplace points today and bought the game.
Its worth it, I played the original one on the NES.

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Not sure if its coz I havent played a platformer in more than a decade, but this game fucking rocks. I love it! Its hard, but so it should be. The controls arent particularly intuitive but you get used to them. The fact that you have a choice in which levels you do from time to time helps it avoid monotony. All in all definitely worth my $14.95!

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