RetroGamer87
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Age: 37
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
11 Mar 2014, 9:27 am
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11 Mar 2014, 3:49 pm
11 Mar 2014, 3:53 pm
I meant I would hardly call Rogue Legacy "bullet hell" 
11 Mar 2014, 4:16 pm
SabbraCadabra wrote:
I meant I would hardly call Rogue Legacy "bullet hell"
Well, that was just the word that came to mind when I first played the game and said "Huh, that's a lot of fireballs on the screen." My brain just can't fully grasp how to dodge in that game and but the only depth to the gameplay hinges upon mechanics that revolve around that. I don't find the game to be "fun" because everything else about the combat is very basic, so the only way that the game's difficulty increases is by throwing more crap on the screen for you to avoid.
11 Mar 2014, 10:19 pm
12 Mar 2014, 5:12 am
When I hear "bullet hell", this is what I see in my mind:
You don't always have to dodge. Depending on your class, you could block, or yell, or teleport, or just plain run away. But if I have to, I will just take a hit rather than fall onto spikes or what-not, and grab a chicken leg.
...or just die and come back stronger =) I have died way too many times in that game, it doesn't seem like I'm playing it correctly.
12 Mar 2014, 9:32 am
12 Mar 2014, 11:01 am
SabbraCadabra wrote:
When I hear "bullet hell", this is what I see in my mind:
You don't always have to dodge. Depending on your class, you could block, or yell, or teleport, or just plain run away. But if I have to, I will just take a hit rather than fall onto spikes or what-not, and grab a chicken leg.
...or just die and come back stronger =) I have died way too many times in that game, it doesn't seem like I'm playing it correctly.
You don't always have to dodge. Depending on your class, you could block, or yell, or teleport, or just plain run away. But if I have to, I will just take a hit rather than fall onto spikes or what-not, and grab a chicken leg.
...or just die and come back stronger =) I have died way too many times in that game, it doesn't seem like I'm playing it correctly.
Nice Deathsmiles screenshot! Love those games...though they get a bit easy if you play as Follet for some reason IMO....still have only 2 achievements left in Deathsmiles II X but I just don't have the skills for them.
As for what I'm playing, Gamefly just shipped Witcher 2 so I'll be starting that in a couple days once it arrives.
12 Mar 2014, 11:10 am
12 Mar 2014, 4:15 pm
12 Mar 2014, 11:44 pm
dcj123 wrote:
How is that game? I've been considering it, but I generally prefer to rent games first unless I know for sure I'll like them ( IE I'll buy every Zelda game and every main Pokemon game even with a slim chance I won't like one as I generally love every entry ) and unfortunately, the NA version is download only...
13 Mar 2014, 5:20 am
newageretrohippie wrote:
Nice Deathsmiles screenshot!
Haven't played it, I just did an image search for "bullet hell" and that one had the most bullets in it
I'm pretty bad at regular difficulty shoot-em-ups, so I don't usually play bullet hells. I've played Ikaruga on the Dreamcast, but that one's a bit easier since you're trying to absorb the bullets instead of dodge them...but it's still pretty challenging. Once they start doing those bits (in any game) where there's a huge pattern of bullets and you have to move slowly and carefully, pixel-by-pixel...I just lose it. I don't have that kind of finesse!!
13 Mar 2014, 9:41 am
SabbraCadabra wrote:
When I hear "bullet hell", this is what I see in my mind:
The funny part is, that game is one of the easiest of all bullet-hell shmups out there. The final stage is a pretty big difficulty spike, but.... it still remains easy. Screenshots of those games can be very deceptive.
A little TOO easy in my case.... I beat it quite awhile ago (even did the final boss without dying OR bombing) and havent really touched it since. The more challenging ones hold my attention better.
EDIT: Oh.... wait. That's the SECOND Deathsmiles game. I thought it was the first, didnt look close enough. The second game is even easier.... mostly about scoring, that one, rather than survival challenge.
As for what I'm playing.....
Minecraft and Hearthstone lately, some Fallen Enchantress, Anno 2070, and a game that I'm in the alpha of.
But some retro gaming too, on the 2600: Fantastic Voyage, Jungle Hunt, Congo Bongo, Q*Bert, Beamrider, and various others.
13 Mar 2014, 6:18 pm
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