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I've seen this described as a cross between mirrors edge and super meat boy. i think that's a good description, i also really like both of those games, it's a first person platformer with instant restarts, quite a lot of checkpoints, and one hit kill for you and the enemies. but it seems more random than 2D stuff like this as you can't see everthing that's shooting at you.

 

it's sort of amazing. but also really hard and frustrating. in the first 5 levels or so i'd already thought i might have to give up on two different sections. the enemies are very good at shooting guns, maybe a bit too good, you can jump over them and they'll still shoot you instantly, you just have to keep moving and hope you don't get hit. i tried playing cloudbuilt twice (two different versions) and had to give up quite far in both times, i have a feeling this might be similar. really not sure i'll be able to finish it, so an easier mode would be a good addition, but no regrets buying it (although only paid a tenner), it's been mostly great so far.

 

i've just done the first boss, which comes quite late, think i'm on about level 7 or 8 or something, when i saw it it my thoughts were that it's awesome but i might not be able to do it. it took me about 30 mins and 200 deaths, there's a video of someone making it look easy in the spoiler below, this also shows why the game is so good:

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dunno if anyone else is interested in this?

 

oh and although there are loads of checkpoints these don't save, you have to get to the end of the level for it to save.

 

oh oh and there's powerups and stuff, i can deflect bullets back, but the timing is strict (you can upgrade it) so i just keep swiping and sometimes it saves me a death.

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I was interested but then...

 

3 hours ago, spatular said:

it took me about 30 mins and 200 deaths

 

Yeah, nope. It looks really cool and I love Mirror's Edge, but those games are only fun if you're getting into some sort of flow and 200 deaths in 30 mins sounds very un-flowey.

 

I've also heard conflicting reports about the console versions. 

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ah yeah that's the super meat boy side of things, it doesn't flow unless you're really good at it. to be fair that boss is the worst it's been for me on deaths, previous levels have been more like just over 100 deaths. don't know about the console versions, although it doesn't help you i'm playing on pc, its running really well.

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This game looks really cool to me.  It's funny you should mention Cloudbuilt because I always liked aspects of that game but was worried I'd hate playing it.  I love watching speedruns of it through.  It's a total spectator game to me.

 

I think I may actually like playing this, though.  Those quick respawns in a game such as this are essential and impressive.

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Yeah cloudbuilt is cool, id say it’s a bit easier than this early on at least, but yeah I agree the quick restarts help a lot in this. I can’t really remember how restarts work in cloudbuilt. I tried to find a replay of the bit I was stuck on but couldn’t find one for the right version of the game.

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Finished this today, it was overall pretty great, with the caveat that it’s really hard and annoying, but then there’s elation when you get past a section, It’s full of amazing action. if you’ve played stuff like meat boy and Celeste you know what you’re getting yourself into. The difficulty probably doesn’t increase too much throughout the game, well I tried the first few levels again and still found the combat rooms to be pretty difficult, while laughing in the face of the early platforming. The hardest parts of the game for me were easily 2 of the bosses, had to google for tips on one of them which was more combat based with no checkpoints (and another that was much easier), and the combat rooms where you have to take everyone out without dying.

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