So...who's played Dust: Elysian Tail?
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Probably my favorite action game, though the early bosses are ridiculous on harder difficulties.
I have played it. I got killed be some big enemy at some point while in a cave because did not react fast enough. After that is just stopped playing. It currently on my list of game that I will give another chance at some unknown point in the future. I also said that about bioshock and it has been over 2 years since I played bioshock.
I am working on improving an already good mod I made for fallout new vegas, and playing a mixture of shadowrun returns and Never Winter Nights 2.
I am working on improving an already good mod I made for fallout new vegas, and playing a mixture of shadowrun returns and Never Winter Nights 2.
I've played it. Its not the greatest Metroidvania style game I've ever played, but its very impressive that one guy almost made the entire game by himself. Its got a lot of charm to it too. I'd say the game is definitely worth a playthrough.
Saw a trailer, the combat looked fun, the art looked great, but the voice acting.... probably some of the worst I've ever heard. I ended up not picking it up. I've also heard that the combat gets somewhat repetitive but it still looked fun. I'd never had voice acting completely turn me off of a game until this one.
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I don't get the 'But unfortunately, furries' thing.Candidus said:
So, your worried your going to want to fuck one of the characters in the game or are you worried your be made fun of or what?
Oh no, I did mention in the post you quoted that furries are mostly people who just dig anthropomorphic animals and not simply a bunch of fur perverts.Vegosiux said:
I have no problem with furries, I'm just not one myself. I felt like the character designs of Dust would have strong appeal to that demographic I am not a part of, that's all I meant.
It's cool though, thanks for clarifying.
Aaaaaa...Kotaro said:
Yes, this one. I thought he finished it, but his project was too old [before Youtube],which of course it get lost inside the deep sea of Internet...
It's just a matter of taste. Some of us don't like the furry artstyle.Worgen said:
But I'm still happy that a 2D game is getting recognition. We need more of them in this day and age.
I heard it was good and was considering getting it... and then I decided against it as soon as I saw that the main character was a furry.
It was okay I played it a few hours kinda easy to get huge 1k+ combos just using the little spin move. Voice acting was terrible. I think I accidentally died and didn't feel like playing the last few moments again so just never picked it up.
If nothing else, Dust is an indictment of the state of indie games. The indie scene is plagued with games that have the same bare-bones pixel-art style because they're either made by, or designed to pander to, hipsters who have gotten it into their heads that the last good games were made in the early '90s, so anything that looks more modern than that must be shit. Mr. Dodrill has no truck with such attitudes and set out to make a game that actually looked and sounded like it belonged on a current-generation system, to the point where it actually ran into the 360's memory limitations and had to be pared down slightly.
And he didn't even set out to do that, necessarily; he just wanted to make a simple game that looked like his cartoons. He didn't even know anything about designing or programming games, either. And he still managed to make something that has excellent production values and is as long as most mainstream games.
And he didn't even set out to do that, necessarily; he just wanted to make a simple game that looked like his cartoons. He didn't even know anything about designing or programming games, either. And he still managed to make something that has excellent production values and is as long as most mainstream games.
For real? I think it's a fine game for (older) kids, especially in an age where the mainstream games market is aimed almost exclusively at adults and teens whose parents don't give a fuck what their teenagers play, and the vast majority of what's left for younger players is mindless shovelware and casual mobile games. The story might be a bit ... heavy, I guess? ... but no moreso than Final Fantasy or the newer Zelda titles.Treeinthewoods said:
Fantastic game and perhaps among my favourite indie games. The visuals and music are beautiful, the combat (while repetitive) is satisfying and easy to pick up, controls well, and the story and characters were cute. It's easy for me to recommend, and everyone I know who picked it up said they enjoyed it as well. I lost it when I learned that most of the work was done by ONE guy over 4 years or so. You can see how much love went into the game. Well done, guy.
I do have some problems. The high difficulty settings are somewhat unbalanced early-on (though they do even out as you grind, and grinding isn't too much of a chore), but environmental hazards are usually enough to take off more than half your health. As mentioned repeatedly, the acting ranges from meh to grating. And I haven't heard it much on this post, but the combat is floaty as fuck. I love using the dust tornado in the air, but if there's an enemy higher than me, Dust goes ZOOM and goes miles above where the action is. I know this was worked into finding some secrets, but when I'm fighting and trying to keep up a combo, I don't want to be shot up and have to cancel my combo because I'm halfway to the stratosphere. The floatiness also becomes a bit of a liability when exploring a path (only to get sent somewhere you don't want to be or get lost) or flying into hazards.
I do have some problems. The high difficulty settings are somewhat unbalanced early-on (though they do even out as you grind, and grinding isn't too much of a chore), but environmental hazards are usually enough to take off more than half your health. As mentioned repeatedly, the acting ranges from meh to grating. And I haven't heard it much on this post, but the combat is floaty as fuck. I love using the dust tornado in the air, but if there's an enemy higher than me, Dust goes ZOOM and goes miles above where the action is. I know this was worked into finding some secrets, but when I'm fighting and trying to keep up a combo, I don't want to be shot up and have to cancel my combo because I'm halfway to the stratosphere. The floatiness also becomes a bit of a liability when exploring a path (only to get sent somewhere you don't want to be or get lost) or flying into hazards.