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Puzzlequest Galactrix - Terrible controls IN SPACCCEEE
diversionmary | 12:27 PM on 02.26.2009 11 comments




Is anyone else supremely disappointed by Galactrix DS? I bought two copies for my buddy and I and we planned our whole night to play after the wives were asleep.

In multi-player the FPS is low, like, stuttering horrible low. So you have plenty of time to see the jaggy graphics moving slide-show fashion around the screen.

Luckily, you'll only see those graphics if you can get the stylus to cooperate.
Example: Tap. hmm. Tap. HMM. TAP. *#$%$%^!! PRESSS WITH FORCE. Oh there we go. ...and this was after re-calibrating several times.

Oh and is anyone else sick to shit of trying to select a point on the flying/over map only to have the little ship fly around? Select planet, try to select 'get mission' *ship flies screwball towards upper left corner. Over and over.

I can't tell you how frustrated I was trying to select the text that pops up from the little pop up menu on planets. You have to tap pixel-precise on the tiniest little area. I remember being able to play the first one with my thumbs.

Overall I like the mechanics of the game, it's definitely a step up. Unfortunately the DS version is beyond (ACCESSING DATA) piss-poor.



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Bulkmailer's Destructoid Blog
Thanks. *takes out of shopping cart*
Silverhertz's Destructoid Blog
Yeah I noticed the little ship flying off to the corner, wtf? Also it annoys me that when i click to move a tile it sometimes moves the wrong one, inevitably resulting in a 'not a valid move' message - WELL IF YOU'D HAVE MOVED THE ONE I ACTUALLY WANTED GRAAARGGGGLLEEEBLLLAAARRRGGG
diversionmary's Destructoid Blog
The invalid move stupid bug thing was HILARIOUS when it happened to my buddy but RAGGGGGE.jpg when it happened to me.

I've been playing so much on my iphone recently that I thought maybe I had forgotten the DS sensitivity being lame, but it's only Galactrix. Seriously it's been 5 yrs how do you fuck up DS input? Isn't it just a standard input library at this point?
PappaDukes's Destructoid Blog
Damn, seriously? I have a birthday coming up next month and I wanted to put this on my list...

Now I don't think I want a birthday at all!
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Destructoid Blog
Get the PC version!
CountingConflict's Destructoid Blog
PC version is far superior.. I'm already level 19 and i will rape you.

that is all...
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
Yea, the DS version is just abysmal, get the PC version.
Knives's Destructoid Blog
Awww, that sucks, I was thinking of getting the DS version also, to play on the go and with other friends, but it might not be worth it, I could get braid (soon) finally on steam instead.
diversionmary's Destructoid Blog
PC version = needs nocd patch right?
Le sighe, I'd stopped playing PC games as it makes a hermit out of me.
Pangloss's Destructoid Blog
PC version ftw, it's everything I've wanted since I tried the PC demo for the ORIGINAL and then they only released on DS, giving me infinite sads for like two years.
Eschatos's Destructoid Blog
Wow. Kyousuke Nanbu recommended a PC game? Has hell frozen over?


I kid, I kid.


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