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Also, the main reason you don't just grab ladders when you come into contact with them is because a) I've never played a game that does that before, and b) you have more CONTROL over grabbing ladders this way. It's possible to drop down a ladder and then only grab it at the bottom rather than climbing all the way down it, but if you auto-grabbed, that would be more difficult or maybe impossible. I am really feeling quite despaired that people can't just try to get used to the controls... Does every other game you play have IDENTICAL CONTROLS? Ugh... I also wish that people would realise that I personally am on the receiving end of these comments, so I really wish that people would offer constructive criticism rather than just the idiotic dismissive comments that many are leaving...
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An overwhelming majority of these comments are tormenting to me as the developer... People complain about the most trivial of things and call my hard work crap for their own ineptitude or lack of patience or INABILITY TO READ THE UPDATES SECTION, and I just WISH that they could be on the receiving end of their own disgusting, non-constructive comments to see how they'd feel.
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Anyway, 3/5 from me. Loved Mardek, do not like this. The level design is completely uninspired, there's that only-A-menu-control thing, simply is not at all fun, etc. It only gets 3/5 because clearly a lot of effort was put into it, the graphics, the music, the cutscenes, etc. Just, in practice, it doesn't work.
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@hoolio: Yes, it is A. Thus, when using WASD, I still press A, meaning that I am in effect pressing left whenever I advance dialogue (or any non-mouse menu).
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I'm annoyed how nearly everyone here is blatantly ignoring it. Crying "lag" when the problem can be fixed by just reading what is in the description is silly. My comment wasn't aimed at you, but, the Kongregate community who seem to have trouble reading.
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Yeah. For all the people out there saying it's too laggy, read the damn Updates section. As for the game itself, I have yet to complete it but it seems too long for a platforming RPG, even for one with multiple episodes. Personally I like Pseudo's Mardek line much better (It's better than some console games I've played). Unless he plans on tying in Raider with Mardek I'm not seeing this series going much anywhere :(. 4/5 just because I'm that nice.
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@WritingPad: And you refer to what? Don't rate the game down because of it?
The control to advance dialogue is ABSENT. This is my irk. The description has nothing to do with this.
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Protip pt deux: I should NOT have to tap UP again to attach to another ladder. I should be able to hold it (I.E. In ladder jumping I should be able to hold up while jumping and automatically reattach on the next one)
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protip: read the description, it helps.
As for the game, I love it, new traps, new enemies. Short jumps aren't that hard, move down to the end of the ladder, then just tap A then press UP.
Hope I can finish it shortly.
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Protip: If you allow customizable controls, then either allow customizable "continue dialogue" controls or just match it the whatever jump is. Using WASD, I apparently have to press left every time I want to continue the dialogue.
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The way that you have to restart so many times has always annoyed me about platformers. When the jumps have to be so exact (lest you suffer the entire level again) having to complete 400 short jumps without one failure over the course of three levels kinda gets to you.
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theres no lag... u just look at the updates section above! Tutorial is very hard, usually theyre easy so u can get used to the controls. and level 1 was very hard too and its only on begginer mode. the short ladder jumps are just annoying i think. they dont seem to add anything to it. 3/5
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Erm, why can't I play on Intermediate mode straight away? That's not fair, I beat the first game on Hard mode...
Oh well... it'll probably get 5/5 anyway, the last one did.
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this music is wiierd...i know its from mardek because i play that game alot but in this way it just sounds really wierd to me...
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Agreed... fail game... terrible clunky controls. Many snes/sms/nes platformers had far better controls than this. This just stinks of poor design.
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Getting constantly reminded of the controls is no less annoying just because the character goes "grr more control explanations" regularly.
Other then that, fun game.
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The art and writing are fun, and I had no lag, but the gameplay is terrible. While classic platformers were tough, they managed to be engaging with only a jump and maybe an attack button. I quit this one when I was pressing Shift+A+Up+Right just to jump. Just too much clutter.
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Okay, I can see it's a good game, but when I can't even COMPLETE THE TUTORIAL due to having to do like six short jumps in a row with EXTREME precision, I'm out. That's just my frustration, though, so don't take this as a stab at your game.
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It's really unintuitive that you have to press UP to engage every ladder, rather than just holding UP. I found it really difficult to even master the jump between ladders segment in the tutorial because of this.
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Oh yeah, and to all the "lag bashers", MAYBE you should read the "Updates" section before you start throwing mud? Idiots.
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Air control is horrible.. Maybe because it's 100% control.. I find it VERY hard to do that lame, simple ladder jump with shift+a because of this. And that's just the damn tutorial. I won't play this game any more than that, cause I know I'll just get too frustrated. I love the graphics though.. :) 2/5
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Don't any of you dare.
Pseudo has put in alot of hard work into this game!
PERSONALLY, This is great Pseudo, I've been following your games progress on Fighunter and it's great to see Ep.2 out.