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Well, I don't have time to play it, but I'm favouriting it for now, and I'll play it when I'm back from boarding school. Also, I finally finished the first Raider on hard. Pity you can't subscribe to developers..
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The skulls in room 22 are actually supposed to be 'scattered randomly about the wall', with the OTHER thing on the wall - not them - being the clue you should take note of... so, uh, yes!
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this game makes me angry... but that anger also makes it addicting! XD Great game pseudo. ( i got up to room 29 before giving up) Yay golden moric statue!
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Pseudo, when I said "cheap" I meant the intricate vine/ladder jumping sequences in which a fall meant almost certain death, only to be followed by a minute or more of playing to get back to the part that killed you. But as I just said, we have differing ideas about what is fun in games. You like jumping puzzles. I do not. I'm not out to change your mind. I don't hate you or your game. I hope I can maybe put other people's frustrations into words with a less personal tone. I suspect they are largely people who also do not care for all the jumping.
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Also, what would be 'hard' but NOT 'cheap'? I see people mentioning things like this a lot, but I get contradictory comments about Raider regarding it. Some people loved the first one because they said it was a refreshing CHANGE from 'cheap difficulty', whereas others seemed to say it WAS cheap... Of course, the latter types never bothered to be more specific, which leads me to believe whether they just think 'I can't do it, so it's cheap'...?
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Haha...Well, Pseudo, it looks like you and I will be forever in disagreement on games, then, to some extent! I never played Tomb Raider. ;-) And while I don't necessarily care for mindless violence, I wouldn't mind a little less jump and a little more raid here. :P
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It's very sad that good games receives low rating because they're challenge... Actually NES era was greatest age in video gaming. Raider reminds me my childhood. I'm waiting for next episodes.
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Graphics, Wiciu? Really? This is clearly a retro/nostalgia game, a throwback to the classic games of our childhoods. Those of us who are over 20 or 25 (or 30) anyway. I find everything about the game quite charming. My only gripe is the difficulty that comes from endless jumping puzzles. Everything else is pretty good. If you're just in it for the graphics, go play a console game.
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I personally happen to feel that the 'jumping parts' in any game are more enjoyable than whatever else there may be, and I like games like, say, *Tomb Raider* - which is all about acrobatic jumping - more than games about mindless violence. So I tried to include what I personally like in this game. It's just unfortunate that games are moving more away from jumping skills and more towards combat 'skills' or something...
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My 3/5 ranking is in spite of the flaws that, for me, make this game too frustrating. If Kong. badges are added I might be enticed to push through at least part of it, but until then it just doesn't feel worth my while. It's all the jumping. I know jumping is a game staple, but it's also a cliche of sorts. The "jumping" levels are almost always the worst in any given game. Similarly, the finesse jumps from short vine to short vine with spikes both above and below and no way to get back up if you fall? Weak. As I said, there's nothing wrong with a hard game. But some of the difficulty here manifests in a cheap way that really detracts from my enjoyment of the game. Maybe more checkpoints are in order so that you don't have to play through two minutes of the game just to get back to the part that actually kills you each time. Just a couple of modifications and this would be one of my favorites, I think. A lesser game with these same difficulties would get a 2 tops from me.
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oh my! That's what i call a really crapy game. No abilites, upgrades, no thinking, no graphics (i know it's all done ON PURPOSE to make the game more...yes..more what??) due to all that, my rating is...1/5
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Ah it's a shame people don't like the platform genre anymore and just stick up to monotonous Tower Defences :P While this is definitely less addictive than Moneyseize, it's still a great challenge :D
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It has a low score because the current generation of players was raised on games like 'press the button to win!', whereas this is aimed at people who grew up with NES games or something...
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Oh my... why this game have such low rating...? It's wonderful! Good job Pseudolonewolf, I really enjoy new Raider, it's better than first episode IMHO. The graphics are really nice and I just LOVE this music. Also this game reminds me Mega Man a lot (I was actually surprised when I jumped into spikes and not instantly died). It's pretty hard but yet fun platformer. Thanks for creating it, cheers!
Also vines and ladders work perfectly fine for me.
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I actually integrated the thing about the lag into the game, so it SHOULD be clear now... But even when it's shoved in peoples' faces, it wouldn't be at all surprising if loads of people STILL complained.
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Have you ever played NES games though? This is meant to be reminiscent of those, which DID have clunky control when jumping and were largely jumping rather than, say, combat with enemies... I wish that people would look at the game as what it's meant to be rather than disliking it for what it's not...
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Oh and put the note about lag at the top since some people dont bother clicking 'show more'. Hope this will help you cut down on the stupid lag thing. Personally Im not even experiencing lag.
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Pseudolonewolf, I pretty much agree with most of what KitchenSink is saying, with the exception of customizing the advance text button. I find the control setup perfectly fine. I just find the control itself to be too clunky for my taste. As to the ladder/vine grabbing, maybe if there were some sort of mode you could toggle on and off. I dunno. The problem is that the game is brutally unforgiving. While there's nothing wrong with a hard game, the first one was just too much and I see little to indicate any improvement here. The problem is that the game was 95% jumping puzzles, several of which led to almost certain death if you missed a single jump. It took me almost an hour to reach that first boss and then 5 minutes of being slaughtered before I saw the pattern. It's endless repetition with controls that feel less than fluid at times. 3/5.
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Great game although a bit frustrating I just completed it on intermediate, as many have said holding up while jumping should latch on to the next ladder. 5/5. @those who whine it dosent matter if youre bad at this game but dont rate it down cause of that.
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Please don't rate it badly based on it's challenging difficulty, Pseudolonewolf meant for it to be like that. Please rate it based on content.
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Also, I can't even understand *where* people would use the 'hold UP to grab ladders' thing, since it just seems awkward for me and makes things more difficult... But oh well. People asked for it. If there is anything else that people want to see changed, I'll try to fix it also to make the game less unbearable for people...
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Great game Pseudo!You have obviously surpassed Raider 1,and I can't think of anything bad to say about this game now that the lag bug is fixed.I'm really annoyed by all the people complaining about crap that's already been fixed or noted,or controls they don't like while it is completely customisable!If only people would consider what you went through to make this...And now you're succumbing to their angry demands.I guess there's nothing to do...
PEOPLE!To fix the lag,set your storage to unlimited!AND you can customise your own controls!
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Ladders/vines/etc. do not work for me. I've tried changing the key to climb them, but he just stands at the bottom, or whizzes right by them, and will never latch on.
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(Oh, and Intermediate is unlocked at the start too for those saying they wanted a 'challenge'... Which of course means loads of people whose pride is greater than their skill will start on that and complain that the game is too hard. I really can't win...)
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I made some changes... HOLDING UP now allows you to grab ladders when jumping, though I really don't think that's the best way to do things. Also, a BIG, STUPIDLY CLEAR warning comes up with the fix for the lag, which I bet people will STILL ignore!
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Love your games too. Always loads of fun, though the raider games are pretty hard. But nothing wrong with a challenge :)
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I am now working on making it so that holding UP will make you grab ladders, so then people complain about THAT instead or something!
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The only thing I dont like is the fact you have to let go of "UP" when jumping to & from latters, then once you start holding shift to it gets kinda annoying, I for some reason cant do it very easy