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Crypt of the NecroDancer |Release OT| Kick off your early access shoes
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Fantastic game. Bought this in early access last year, and it was well worth the money then. Now, with the fourth zone, more bosses, and two whole extra soundtracks (!), it's amazing. I can't overstate how great the music is. The art and mechanical design are excellent, too.
And hey, I made it to #5 on today's challenge board!
And hey, I made it to #5 on today's challenge board!
I haven't looked in a few hours, so don't tell me how far I've fallen.
Earthpainting
Member
I usually don't care for this genre, but the gimmick is more than enough to make up for it. It feels like a whole new genre, even though it's a pastiche of many things I've already played. There is plenty of content to be found, and the structure and the ability to import music basically turns it in a game with infinite gameplay that allows me just to go in a trance and melt time away. Basically this is my new Audio Surf.
julesodies
Member
Boohh, took me 4 hours to even get there after finishing zone 3. That zone is insaneyess sirr...I got him down to 2 health once and died...super depressing.
25 minutes before I realized that was even still playing. It just blended in with the normal background noise of my brain there.
Modest Mauser
Member
I adore this game.
I bought in early access and it was worth the price then. The fact that so much good content has been added since then just makes it even greater.
I bought in early access and it was worth the price then. The fact that so much good content has been added since then just makes it even greater.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Having some trouble keeping beat at times when maneuvering for space, but much less than the dreaded Monkey-Dragon Combooooooooooo of Dooooooooooooooooom.
I had this too but it didn't strike in windowed mode.
I had this too but it didn't strike in windowed mode.
Malick[AI]
Member
I love how the tempo picks up between stages. Really makes the game feel more epic as you get deeper.
I'll try this when I'm back on my laptop. Thanks.
TheMrPliskin
Member
Zone 2 is giving me a hard time so I can't imagine how zone 3 and 4 will go.
CornBurrito
Member
Gosh I suck at this. I still cant clear Zone 2. Got ruined by the boss.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Zone 3 isn't much of a difficulty jump, if at all.
Zone 4 is a bitch though. Got to the boss once thanks to the godlike rifle weapon, but lost to the confusing at first boss. Thank god you get to practice against bosses after you see them once, but I'm still having a hell of a time getting back to it.
pinkurocket
Member
I bought it yesterday, I actually hadn't heard of it before. I saw it described on Steam and I was sold. I'm having a lot of fun with it. I played for a few hours with my own music, it works so well! I just wish the interface for custom music was a little easier to navigate. I wish I could create playlists and assign those playlists to levels, not create a playlist for each level separately which gets reset once I select a specific song.
Pop music works surprisingly well! As long as it has a good bop.
Pop music works surprisingly well! As long as it has a good bop.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Just finished the game with both the first and the second story characters. Second character is probably easier than the first, but good lord, winning with this third character is going to be difficult.
Yep. Second character is has limited damage, but
the lute
The third character is probably an insurmountable challenge for me.
Playing the dungeon in reverse order is cool, but it's super challenging with a dagger and half a heart. They seem to have toned down the zone 4 enemies a bit, which makes me wonder if they made the "earlier" zones harder somehow.
Is there any way to beat the enemies that move every beat (like the wraiths) without guaranteeing that you break your chain? Depending on how they spawn, I have a 50/50 chance of being in a position that I end up right next to them on a beat and can kill them on the next one, but if there's a one-square gap between us, it seems like I have to just sit there for a beat (or dig a random wall or something) just to let it get closer.
Of course, the penalty for missing a beat really isn't that severe, but it just feels weird to have to sit out a beat.
Of course, the penalty for missing a beat really isn't that severe, but it just feels weird to have to sit out a beat.
Hitting a wall to wait isreally useful. Try not to feel too weird about it. You don't lose your combo or anything as long as you can dig the wall (sometimes losing your combo is necessary to avoid death though).
Well, like I said, I'll dig a wall if I remember and I'm near one, but these rooms seem to be getting somewhat larger as I go (just got to zone 3 yesterday), and it just feels weird to have to drag an enemy all the way over to the wall in order to spend a beat hitting it and then killing them.
Yeah, I figured that there are times that losing your combo is unavoidable, which just seems odd in a rhythm game. I get that that's the way they want to design it, but after hours and hours of the Rhythm Heaven series, having to deliberately miss a beat is something that hurts my soul.
Of course, the lack of penalty for not staying on the beat makes the King Conga boss, as neat as it is, kind of silly, since it ends up not really mattering if you do something on the 8th beat.
Hmm, I haven't gotten there yet, but I could see that being a bit much.
One thing that I'm starting to wish the game had is a "force move" button. There are times when I'm trying to move to get away from something chasing me, and even though there's an empty tile where I want to go, I don't actually move because attacking with a whip/broadsword/etc takes priority. For example, if I'm trying to move down, but there's a mushroom in the space to the lower-left or lower-right and I'm carrying a whip, I'll destroy the mushroom instead of moving, which seems to always result in damage. Something like holding Shift would work nicely.
Weltall Zero
Member
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
While that's where I'm currently stuck, it feels like zone 4 is a little easier than zone 3, at least potentially. There's
No enemies with overly weird patterns like the goblins, no enemies that charge at you on every beat like the wall pushers, and I'm finding crowds a lot easier to handle in the smaller rooms of zone 4 vs the open layouts of zone 3. I often just open a room, stand back, and let the enemies squeeze through the bottleneck.
Oh, and if you haven't saved the guy in the cage in zone 2 yet, make that a priority. I didn't do that until yesterday (and they apparently released a patch after I did it that makes it even easier), but having him available gives you a HUGE leg up on a lot of your runs. What he does is
sell you equipment for your next run in exchange for diamonds. I started a recent zone 4 run with a titanium bow, compass, and plate armor. Ended up just making a mad dash straight for the exits. I still died in 4-3, but it was still a VERY overpowered run.
chaobreaker
Member
I spent the better half of this morning improving on this skin I made for Necrodancer.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=438841123
It's gotten really good looking since I published it yesterday.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=438841123
It's gotten really good looking since I published it yesterday.
lol I actually thought of doing this. nice work
I finished my first run with Cadence finally and woaaaaaah now I gotta do it all again. At least there's a different OST this time and Melody's ability is super powerful, though I'm not looking forward to Zone 4 again.
Game's pretty good, after the first hour or two I was trying to browse GAF to an invisible beat in my head
/edit Needs more beat changing OSTs, Conga Gorilla was the first boss I was super enjoying, the rest were fine though (had to practice against Dead Ringer a bit)
Game's pretty good, after the first hour or two I was trying to browse GAF to an invisible beat in my head
/edit Needs more beat changing OSTs, Conga Gorilla was the first boss I was super enjoying, the rest were fine though (had to practice against Dead Ringer a bit)
King Conga's a neat idea, but since there's really no big penalty for screwing up a beat (especially once you get up to a boss), it kind of deflates the challenge.
Dead Ringer, yeah, I keep screwing up on him every single time. I've beaten him a few times in practice, but I get stomped on when I get to him at the end of an actual run.
Is it just me, though, or is the boss selection somewhat skewed? I've gotten Coral Riff and King Conga a bunch, Death Metal a few times, but I've only gotten Deep Blues once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadv99r-y0M (spoilers for the last unlockable character I guess)
Holy crap,
look absolutely ridiculous. I guess it's basically
I guess the devs weren't kidding when they said that it was almost impossible.
Holy crap,
Coda
Aria (can't take damage, can't miss a beat) combined with Bolt (double speed) and Monk (you die if you pick up gold).
Unlocked Aria, took one look, NO THANKS. Played a few rounds anyway but yeah, I don't have the patience for it. Ah well.
I guess once I 'finish' a roguelike I lose interest. Might play again on Metal OST just for the hell of it, buy the OSTs in a Steam sale and wrap up. Definitely a great game though, glad I played it.
I guess once I 'finish' a roguelike I lose interest. Might play again on Metal OST just for the hell of it, buy the OSTs in a Steam sale and wrap up. Definitely a great game though, glad I played it.
chaobreaker
Member
So someone made a really cool Megaman themed complete overhaul of the game. Looks really nice.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=446134436
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=446134436
chaobreaker
Member
I've probably done Zone 4 as Aria a hundred times and I've only reached the boss room twice just to die in it. I mostly die in the 2nd room and rarely reach the 3rd room. The enemy that's the biggest pain in the ass to deal with are those lich variations that reverse your controls.
I should probably quit trying to play as her but I feel like I'm making a breakthrough with every attempt. Almost every time I fuck up in this game its because I fold under the pressure. I pretty much got every enemy's pattern to heart but keeping 3 of them chasing me in check is pretty tough.
Then there's the bosses. I'm actually surprised how easy it is to deal with them with just a normal knife. Granted it took me like 30 tries to find a pattern to beat King Conga as Aria but once I found it he became a joke.
Aria is a strange character. She can only take one hit, will die if you miss a beat, and can only use a normal knife. Despite all this, she probably has the best pool of items available in her runs. There are 5 items she can find that can absorb one hit, has access to a large amount of equipables that increase her strength, and there's no real downside to grabbing glass item as her. No dud items appear in her runs, such as all the different variations of weapons and armour she can't use. Picking up a black chest is almost always rewarding as a result. It's not rare to come by a karate gi and glass jaw in one game.
Playing her demands near perfection at the game but they give you a a lot of leeway with her in a twisted way.
LATE EDIT: I just beat Zone 4 as Aria! So pumped with adrenaline right now.
I should probably quit trying to play as her but I feel like I'm making a breakthrough with every attempt. Almost every time I fuck up in this game its because I fold under the pressure. I pretty much got every enemy's pattern to heart but keeping 3 of them chasing me in check is pretty tough.
Then there's the bosses. I'm actually surprised how easy it is to deal with them with just a normal knife. Granted it took me like 30 tries to find a pattern to beat King Conga as Aria but once I found it he became a joke.
Aria is a strange character. She can only take one hit, will die if you miss a beat, and can only use a normal knife. Despite all this, she probably has the best pool of items available in her runs. There are 5 items she can find that can absorb one hit, has access to a large amount of equipables that increase her strength, and there's no real downside to grabbing glass item as her. No dud items appear in her runs, such as all the different variations of weapons and armour she can't use. Picking up a black chest is almost always rewarding as a result. It's not rare to come by a karate gi and glass jaw in one game.
Playing her demands near perfection at the game but they give you a a lot of leeway with her in a twisted way.
LATE EDIT: I just beat Zone 4 as Aria! So pumped with adrenaline right now.
chaobreaker
Member
v1.06 got dropped a couple of hours ago.
Aria getting a potion at the start is pretty much a game changer.
Aria getting a potion at the start is pretty much a game changer.
chaobreaker
Member
Thanks to that patch, I managed to make it to Zone 1 as Aria. I was fortunate enough to face Coral Riff (ie the easiest boss) on the last 2 zones.
I just encountered the
for the first time and got my ass promptly beaten. I'm nearing the end of all this madness.
EDIT: Manged to beat it using a shield scroll. What a great fucking game. I'm gonna start doing all zones mode as Monk.
I just encountered the
Golden Lute boss
EDIT: Manged to beat it using a shield scroll. What a great fucking game. I'm gonna start doing all zones mode as Monk.
bumping this cause it's a flash deal on the summer sale for the next 18 hours or so
grab ittttttttt only $7.5
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
grab ittttttttt only $7.5
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
Modest Mauser
Member
I play with an xbox gamepad, you still have to use two directions to activate items though. But the real way to play is with the official DDR pad haha
Well, the mouse is pretty much useless, so I just use the keyboard. I did rebind some of the most-used direction combinations to other keys, though. I've got bombs on X, reload/throw on Z, etc.