Hendo Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Bit.Trip : Beat It's Pong, with Rez. Will that do? Instead of using a paddle (which is still probably the best way to play a Pong or Breakout game) you hold the Wiimote in the NES/Excite Truck style and tilt it up or down to move the bat. It's actually a very good way of controlling the bat, and I'd guess much better than if it was done with a pointer system. The music and graphics are very 8-bit styled, the music being chip tunes. The graphics are very colourful, unless you miss enough balls that the meter on the bottom of the screen fills up and then everything goes monochrome and the music disappears. You still have a faint rumbling of the beat in the controller and when you hit a ball it makes a Pong noise in the Wiimote speaker, but you have to get back out of this by doing well or it'll be game over. It looks like there's only 3 levels to play through, only one unlocked from the start and I've finished that one. Each level is a different tune to play through, so it's not so much about creating music, more like experiencing how the music should sound when you're doing well. Only 600 points (about 4 quid) so if you like your games to be arty and experimental, then I'd say give it a go. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 So is it actually any good? Doesn't look like there's an awful lot to it. Or is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 It's harder than it looks. Well I'm having trouble, I see that there are 3 levels but I can't do the first. The video doesn't show the headache-y bits. It is fun when it's all going well and I think it just requires more practice than I thought it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdog Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I think it looks kinds fucking awsome. Im gonna buy the shit out of it. EDIT: OK, i did buy the shit out of it. It gets very complicated but its quite addictive. It expects a bit much of you sometimes, the bits stop very close to the paddle and then just speed off in some direction. Music does sound good in full effect tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I can't do the long ones that rotate as they come towards you, my head just don't know what to do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 So is it actually any good? Doesn't look like there's an awful lot to it. Or is there? There is, but it's still fairly basic. It actually feels like an old school shoot'em-up, except you absorb the enemy ships rather than avoid them to win. It even has a boss at the end of the level! It's all about rhythm, memory and reflexes, so it can be very challenging. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I got it based on your comments. Only done the first level so far, but it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I've just managed the first level. While the idea is basic there is a big variation in the way the dots react so it does always keep you on your toes. I like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Seems like there will be another Bit. Trip game coming sometime in the near future. Bit. Trip Core The videos there makes it look like a similar thing to Beat but perhaps using the pointer controls. Going by the strength of Beat I'll give Core a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 got this today and although there's not much to it i really like it so far, did the first stage, only just though was in black and white vision loads, died early on in the second one, seems really hard, has anyone unlocked the last stage yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Nah, the second stage keeps kicking my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 shame they aren't all unlocked from the start or something, its such a short game anyway, keeping 1/3 locked sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I get what must be right near the end but it throws loads of fast bouncy ones then my eyes roll into my skull and then need a lie down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 had quite a few goes of the second stage tonight, ^ that sounds like the bit i keep dying at too i think there's a pattern with the white pickups, seems to be pretty important to miss the ones that make the paddle tiny, collect the first one as it makes the paddle bigger, miss the next one, collect the 3rd one as you need it to hit the notes, then miss the 4th....and it's soon after that i die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Yup, I do that too and thats exactly the bit tha gets me. There is a simple pattern and you just go in the opposite way than you naturally think (ones bouncing from the top deflect at the bottom and visa versa) simple in theory but doing it is a different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikman Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I picked this up yesterday, great game so far Scraped thro the first level, looking forward to more. Anyone else struggling to see those tiny dark blue squares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 It's great isn't it! The little blue ones become the least of your problems, trust me. I still haven't done the second level but I did get past the bit I was stuck on a few times and the level goes on longer than I thought it would, I really want to get past it because Core is out soon, the States have had it a few weeks now so it must be due soonish... maybe along with Cave Story? Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Bit. Trip Void is now up on the Wii's shop for 600 points. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Its definitely easier that the other two, on my first play I got to the second boss! I never seen a second boss in a Bit. Trip game! It even has checkpoints. Basically you are a black pixel that eats the other black pixels and you avoid the white ones, the whities hurt you. You swell up with every black you eat so while you are swollen its easier to hit more pixels, black or white, so its a case of knowing when to hit A to revert back to your normal size. I was a bit worried about Void, it didn't seem as good as the others going from the things I'd seen but once you play it first hand its pretty good, I don't like it as much as Beat but atleast it doesn't have me screaming like Core did. I really like the graphics in this one, too. At first I wasn't sure about the way your score and multiplyer were part of the background but It grew on me, it keeps the screen less cluttered. It looks nice. And here is their next game, Bit. Trip Runner. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>I'm really looking forward to that one, its like a trippy, 8-bit Mirrors Edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Runner looks lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 they both look cool, and hard. i never got the second one - any opinions on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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