I read them all, but they are coming in huge bulks now so I mostly respond to those that immediately makes me think of an answer or I could be doing this all week.
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It seems there are a lot of comments related to the premium content. I really think the ideal kind of system is Realm of the Mad God. That's a system where the premium content really is completely optional: pets, keys, ways to color your character, vault space, new character slots, yet people get hooked to the game so much that they pay for these things anyway. All the things are aesthetic and the ones that aren't have alternative ways to get them with the exception of vault space and an extra character slot, which is purely about extra space for content rather than restricted content that cannot be experienced at all otherwise. I'm not sure how applicable that is to an offline game, but a system that allows the patient player to experience all the content but allows payment to speed things up might upset far less people and improve the chances of people actually paying for it.
I think it would be very hard to monopolize on only aesthetics with a newly released IP. You need regulars and something that's already huge in score, which VU isn't.
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4/5 for the striking similarity to madness interactive, one of the best side scrolling shooters made. the missing star is to to premium content. i hate having to pay for stuff in a flash game
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Played The Final Deathwish i gotta like it sooner but that is when Premium contest for cash
Lucky i have Mochi game account
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great to have the QWERTZ keyboard option! I cannot tell you how annoying it is sometimes when I have to change my language settings just to accommodate the Qwerty setting. kudos to you!
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My best suggestino to you: A trial. You give to people the gun, but they can only use it in one place that would be something like a firing range, so we can try the guns and pick what we want. Also, just a tip: You can make A LOT, A LOT of money by adding ads to your game, and them adding kongregate API and making of kongregate your home. You don't need to make a p2p game to have money.
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1/5 for the money grubbing. It would be different if you had made it a more reasonable price or just gave us the full game. If people like it they would have donated. To me this game is crap as well. Got Civ 5 for $10 during the holidays. I donate to child's play for the humble bundle. Make a good game and you will get paid.
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Game is somehow fun but not enough, i think all those "buy for more upgrades" dont add any interest to the game... At least make something that is worth spending our money...? D:
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I can't complete the challenge on the first section of Gizma, the 2nd planet. The challenge is to complete the level without taking 30 damage. I've done it taking 0 damage, but I'm not getting credit for the challenge. Help!
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I have no problem with the premium features. If every premium feature were removed from the game, it would still be a 4/5+ calibre game. 5/5.
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i dont see where all this premium hate is coming from. just complete two surveys or whatever and u got the free kreds to buy the whole pack
Ducking? Aren't you a real man?! THEN TAKE YOUR BULLETS TO THE CHEST LIKE A REAL MAN!!!... Anyway, I decided to exclude ducking because it slows down the pace of the game. :)
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I don't see the complaint of premium content here. It's completely optional. It's not necessary for the game, in as much to have cool shit. It's not like a lot of these MMO's where you either pay or have to wait around for days at a time. Besides, you can get the premium stuff for free on Bubblebox. Kudos to you sir for making one hell of an awesome game! 5/5!
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This is an awesome game. What some people don't understand that even though 20% is buyable, what is free to play is much better than other games! 10/4
I really enjoy how powerful these weapons feel, great job.
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Awesome game! I usually just play games for multiplayer ownage or badges but I enjoyed this enough to get all the in game achievements :) I don't understand all the rage regarding the kreds part of the game. It's still very enjoyable without purchasing a thing.
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i found a bug in 2nd paradox in stage 1.3 i kept doing black holes and suicide + retry and my multiplier didn't go down between retry's
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The best level to earn inventium is the last level on the 2nd planet where you are being chased by a grinder.
Simply keep going right and the grinder will take care of the enemies.
If you are in Parasox mode, this is also the best way to get the "get 20 paradox multiplier" achirvrmrnt
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I wouldn't mind giving $2 or $3 for unlocking ALL content, but 5 buck per extra campaign or 10 for the 3 is just greedy. I've bough KOTOR on steam for 5 bucks and even if your game is good it's not KOTOR. I realize you guys got to eat but you really should be asking the player to choose how much he want to give you for it, if they enjoy your game people will be generous.
I liked Necronator, i gave 5 buck for it even if i could get the premium content for one but i won't give you a cent because asking for $10 for extra content is just way too much. As you said it's only 20% of the game so that would mean the full game would worth $50, more than Skyrim... I don't think so. Plus i'm sure you get a lot of money from ads and contests.
Your game worth a 4 for me but you lost 1 point for your attitude, there is a lot of better games out there that don't ask for a cent.
I'm not saying that to be mean, take it as a marketing advice.
I had already planned to try another pricing strategy in my next game. I felt that I had to do both so I could determine the best price range. The current prices are mostly as they are by looking at other games with premium content (didn't know about Necronator).
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Awsome game dude and btw, for the other players complaining, well this game is'nt hard at all, I did'nt realise there was premium stuff util I red the comments. :D
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Haha. In that conversation with Adrian and the guard on Kameth (level 5) you mispelled "traffic-jam". Learning is power! (xD)
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C'mon people, enough entitlement already. Ads alone are not enough to pay for games that have taken more than a month or two to make, and the only developer I know of who can create good games in that short timeframe is Nerdook. The premium content isn't mandatory (and to be honest, doesn't look very enticing) so rein in the outrage and rate the game based on what there is. This knee-jerk reaction against devs trying to support themselves will only drive away talented developers and leave quickly-developed casual crap on Kong.
Sorry. I would really like to respond to every well written comment, but I'm just so exhausted in the area of "premium content". There isn't really anymore that I can say without starting to put some numbers on the scene (which I'm not gonna do). Thank you for your support though :)
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Um, whenever I try to do level four, I go through the text before the mission, and then Flash suddenly increases to 500k memory used in Task Manager. This renders me incapable of continuing the game as Firefox (and most of my computer) completely freezes..
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Alright, I've played this enough now to give my opinion. It really should have just been called The Final Death Wish 2, because everything is incredibly similar. The funny conversations. Controls, enemies, missions, the challenges. Everything is just like it. But, I'm not complaining. I loved TFDW and I love this too. 5/5...although some of the challenges annoy me.
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got all teh acheives that u dont have to pay for, anyone else notice ont the second victory one that theres not only 3 fingers up but 6 fingers on the hand
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I really like this game, but premium content (or paid DLC) in anything but the largest blockbusters will result in people complaining about how it's "not worth their money". (*cough* Black Ops DLC) Unless you're aiming to sell this at retail price, the internet is going to whine.
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Haha. I was going to say that this really really reminds me of The Final Death Wish...then I looked at the developer. Fun so far. It's a lot like TFDW, but i can see why.
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I also want to add, that I LOVE the fact that I can press shift to change my weapon. Only having the option to change weapons via number keys and (depending on the set up) what ever two keys are positioned next to the jump key can really get annoying. For numbers there always seems to be the problem of hitting the wrong key and pulling out a weapon you didn't want. For the "next weapon" and "previous weapon" style there is the problem of not pulling out the weapon you want quickly or fumbling because you clicked pass what you wanted. But this shift key style is perfect. It pauses the game so I can choose exactly what I want quickly, it's close to your movement keys and can be easily be pressed while in mid action. Got to also mention one key that switches between two weapons, love it as well.
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I don't know what ChickenDelight is whining about. Paying for a badge? I got all 3 badges and didn't spend a kred. I really don't see what others are complaining with "having" to pay. The game is perfectly playable from start to finish with out having to pay for anything, and it's still fun. You are never forced to pay for anything, be grateful for that.Thanks Arkuni for giving us such an awesome game that's free to play.