fumanstan

Yeah, that's where I was. I don't know how far along I am now, although I just got the feather thing. I finally reached a few areas where I'm dying a lot more; a lot of it is due to my own impatience and my attacks seem to be weak against some enemies, so probably my own fault. Are there recommendations on what skills to upgrade first? I've been going pretty even so far across all 3 areas.

I've heard that there are areas you can't back track which sucks; I hope that's something they can address as I don't think these type of games should ever have areas that are completely blocked off.

Decker

Dammit. I was going to wait for a sale on this, but maybe I won't. I was able to hold off buying the Sunset Overdrive Season Pass, so I do still have some money in my account. We'll see, I guess. One way or another I'll buy this game at some point in time.

Dan

I did the same. If you really feel like you're too weak, you can go to areas you've already been in and just keep killing enemies until you level up. It's a bit of grinding, but it doesn't take too long. You don't have to do it at all though, as there's also an achievement for never using any of those power-ups or whatever the game calls them. Getting the map stones really helps, since it'll reveal where the good stuff is. I was almost maxed out by the time I got to the final level. The main thing is finding the trees that give you new abilities (like the feather, bash, etc.). There's one particular type of enemy that looks kind of like a mini rhino made of rock. You have to bash next to those guys before you can kill them.

There's two or three areas, but yeah, it's disappointing. I hope they can patch that in, either by letting you roam around after you complete the game OR just by unblocking those areas so you can revisit them before you pass the point of no return.

DO IT!!
Nah, if you're hesitant, wait for a sale. I think it's worth the full $20, but I've become a total fanboy for this game in the last couple days. I'm sure that'll wear off.

Adam Tyner

Yeah, I haven't gone back to the game since finishing it to see what my final death total was, but it's...way more than zero. I know it's north of 500.

Dan

Mine's around 350 or so. A lot of those were intentional after getting some damage that I didn't want.
I bet I could do it in 100 or less. MAYBE 50 if I was really cautious about it. There's already a bunch of folks who have hit the 0-death achievement, AND I think someone completed the game in under two hours. My total time was about 10.5
edit: according to them, someone hit < 55 minutes.

MoviePage

The no death achievement can be accomplished by using backup saves or whatever the game calls them. I'd imagine 99% of people who have it have used that method.

Dan

That works on the PC version, but I think it's impossible on the console... unless you're willing/able to quit the game and restart it (from your last save) every time you die... hmmm...

MoviePage

That's the trick, yes. Lots of people are doing just that.

fumanstan

Forlorn Ruins made me it's bitch Took me forever to figure out the physics behind those floating blocks and being upside down. Ugh.

Also, I assume that was the section you can't back track to? Looks like I missed some things there

Adam Tyner

You can't go back to any of the three "dungeons" once completed.

fumanstan

Poop. Glad i'm not a completionist in these games.

fumanstan

Finished this morning. I think I was around 400 something deaths and just a bit under 9 hours although I tend to pause the game and go do other things for some stretches when I play. Had 1 ability left to level up and didn't get all the health and energy either I suck.

Very enjoyable game overall; I'm not sure if it the gameplay is significantly better then other Metroidvania style games out there, but the style and animation are easily one of the prettiest. And it's hard not to love Naru and Ori together.

fumanstan

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/cel.../1100-6426518/

Nice to hear

fumanstan

Postmortem.

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/24253...ind_Forest.php

Supermallet

This was one of my initial batch of games for the XO, and the prologue alone swept me away. Those bastards pulled an Up on me!

Anyway, I just met the Spirit Tree and I'm loving it so far.

edstein

Finally finished this today. Goddamn it was hard. I never threw a controller but wanted to many times. However, I loved the art style and it gave you a good since of satisfaction getting through some of the areas. Well worth playing. In my top 5 so far for game of the year.

The Questyen

For anyone who has been waiting on a price drop this is pictured as one of the games that will be on sale during the Xbox Ultimate Summer Game sale which starts on the 7th. No pricing details yet.

Decker

It's $14.99 (25% off). Not quite what I was hoping for, but at least a little discount. Thinking about picking it up...

cleaver

Give it at least 24 hours for the complete details of the sale to come out, maybe it'll be cheaper considering they were promoting the sale as 40-60% off.

fumanstan

It was briefly $4.99 on PC for a bit this morning. Seems like they fixed it now though

MoviePage

"Up to 40-60% off." All the XB1 sale prices have been live since early this morning, so it won't be cheaper. At least not this week.

The Questyen

I bit. I get my XBOX money at a discount so ended up being like $12. Played about 45 minutes so far and it's great.

wmansir

I just finished this. 8.5/10. A lot of great things going for it: Art, story, world/level design, gameplay mechanics. All very solid.

I only have a few knocks against it:

1. Slow start. I would have cut the non-Ori playable stuff at the beginning to speed things up.

2. The trial and error aspect of the "escape" sequences. A lot of the deaths during those parts were cheap and so you just have to grind your way through them. It kills the momentum and when I'm done I feel more relief that it's over than any sense of accomplishment.

3. Forlorn Ruins is non-returnable, so you can miss collectibles without warning.

4. Controls are a little off. They are serviceable once you get use to it, but are not razor sharp like Super Meat Boy.

fumanstan

Apparently an expansion is coming. No details yet about it though.

https://twitter.com/majornelson/stat...31239326085120

Dan

Awesome news. This is one of my favourite games this year, only slightly behind Life is Strange.