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WHAAAAAAT? This came to Steam? Definitely buying this a second time, no questions asked. Not gonna lie, I forgot this game came out this year, but man, this is awesome news.
The soundtrack is arguably the star of this game as well. Absolutely mindblowing.
The soundtrack is arguably the star of this game as well. Absolutely mindblowing.
"Arguably his best game, VVVVVV, is now on Steam. If you have ever enjoyed a platformer before in your life, you should consider getting it. I mean, $4.49 is a small price to pay for one of the genre's greatest titles to come in the last ten or so years."
Well, that's a rather large claim. Considering the 'last ten or so years' would include the likes of Super Mario Galaxy, Psychonauts, New Super Mario Bros, and, frankly, a lot of other extremely high tier games, that's a very large claim....especially for a low budget, indie game.
Nonetheless, it pique the curiosity. I've bitten and am downloading the demo right now.
Well, that's a rather large claim. Considering the 'last ten or so years' would include the likes of Super Mario Galaxy, Psychonauts, New Super Mario Bros, and, frankly, a lot of other extremely high tier games, that's a very large claim....especially for a low budget, indie game.
Nonetheless, it pique the curiosity. I've bitten and am downloading the demo right now.
Yes, but... New Super Mario Bros was shit. (well the wii version was anyway).
I would hardly say that a game with the exact same mechanics as other games that came out in the early 90's would constitute platformer of the year material. Especially when its creator (Shigsy) openly admitted that they could have added different characters to it but decided not to because the team couldnt be bothered making a new model for them, so they used Toad because hes near identical to Marios build.
I have no beef with Galaxy except it was too easy. You should have said SMG2, now THERE'S a platformer!
I would hardly say that a game with the exact same mechanics as other games that came out in the early 90's would constitute platformer of the year material. Especially when its creator (Shigsy) openly admitted that they could have added different characters to it but decided not to because the team couldnt be bothered making a new model for them, so they used Toad because hes near identical to Marios build.
I have no beef with Galaxy except it was too easy. You should have said SMG2, now THERE'S a platformer!
Done and done. Took only a bit of the you-can't-save-in-it demo for me to be liek, "Yes, this is a thing I'll want to save and do more thereof." Then blew about an hour with the game booted up. Having finished up Eversion, this really hit the platformy spot.
If he add Achievements to this sucker, I'd be willing to suffer so many deaths again to show some passion for it (probably in no small part to "Pushing onward"). If things go like with Eversion, he should expect a full-price payment within a month or two for my sister's Steam.
Thanks, Destructoid, for pushing this title into my mind over so many posts. It paid off for the developer(s), definitely.
If he add Achievements to this sucker, I'd be willing to suffer so many deaths again to show some passion for it (probably in no small part to "Pushing onward"). If things go like with Eversion, he should expect a full-price payment within a month or two for my sister's Steam.
Thanks, Destructoid, for pushing this title into my mind over so many posts. It paid off for the developer(s), definitely.
Weird it's so much cheaper than the main site has it... he gets a lot more money from direct sales.
Also I thought this was overrated, but then I am not one of those people longing for the 8bit days to return.
Also I thought this was overrated, but then I am not one of those people longing for the 8bit days to return.
Spent 15 minutes with the demo, then spent $5 on the game. This guy deserves my money, and his game is freaking cool. I'd heard about this on podtoid but never looked into it before.
Oh my gosh. Took me an hour and a half to beat the game, but I had 591 deaths. What the fuck is that? Amazing game.
But I'm not an idiot and so I will not BUY IT AGAIN (WTF?). Why can't I just contact the developer to get a key to have it on steam? Ridiculous Valve Reasons, most likely.
Having played this game to death I'm going to buy it on steam anyway just to show support. This is an excellent flat-former that everyone should play at this price.
I saw this game when it was first released, and I really wanted to play it. It was PC only at the time, and I was too lazy to install it on a win7 VM on my mac.
But lo and behold, now it's only 5 dollars and on mac!
Truly, these are marvelous times indeed.
But lo and behold, now it's only 5 dollars and on mac!
Truly, these are marvelous times indeed.
VVVVVV is THE GAME OF THE YEAR for me. But I must admit, i'm mildy pissed that I paid 15 dollars for it and now it'll cost one third.
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Well, we all have our own tastes. Personally, I only liked NSMBDS a little and didn't like NSMBWii much at all (it would be been such an amazing game if Nintendo only had a fraction of sense required to include online multiplayer). Nonetheless, like them or not, they were both widely praised games, and among the best selling games of all time.
Lastly, I did say "and a lot of other extremely high tier games", so that would include SMG2, even if I did not specifically mention it.
Anyway, I finished the VVVVV demo. Hell, I finished it about thirty minutes after downloading it. It was a pretty good game with interesting game mechanics, but among the best platformers of the last ten years? Well, I guess it was my fault for actually even patronizing such a ludicrous claim by Destructoid in the first place.
Well, we all have our own tastes. Personally, I only liked NSMBDS a little and didn't like NSMBWii much at all (it would be been such an amazing game if Nintendo only had a fraction of sense required to include online multiplayer). Nonetheless, like them or not, they were both widely praised games, and among the best selling games of all time.
Lastly, I did say "and a lot of other extremely high tier games", so that would include SMG2, even if I did not specifically mention it.
Anyway, I finished the VVVVV demo. Hell, I finished it about thirty minutes after downloading it. It was a pretty good game with interesting game mechanics, but among the best platformers of the last ten years? Well, I guess it was my fault for actually even patronizing such a ludicrous claim by Destructoid in the first place.
At first when I saw it on Steam I thought my eyes were deceiving me. Definitely getting it later today. Also, oops at that up there.
Can I also just say Terry Cavanagh is one of the coolest guys you'll ever meet? Had a blast with this at Eurogamer last year but thought it was too expensive back then, £4 now though so easy buy.
I feel $10 would have been the sweet spot for this title. I agree with the articles I've read (see: Jeff Vogel) saying Indie games should cost more, but for a game with such (intentionally) low-fi graphics and sound, and only an hour of content, $15 was just a little too high. I absolutely loved the title and felt I got every penny's worth out of it, but other people who don't have my unconditional love for 2D platformers may not have enjoyed it as much.
If sales were faltering, though, I understand why he would move to a popular distribution service and a lower price.
If sales were faltering, though, I understand why he would move to a popular distribution service and a lower price.
I remember the crowd of people saying "not on Steam? Nevermind." way back when...I'll never understand it. But for $4.49? That's something to be excited about.
Well, now the game's five bucks on his site and the other digi-distribution avenues. He says,
"Like they do with a lot of games, Steam are offering the game with a 10% discount for its first week, but as I’m sure visitors to this site are aware, this actually represents a far more dramatic price cut than that! That was a tough decision to make, especially since VVVVVV is my only source of income, but I know that the original price of $15 was off putting for a lot of people and I hope this means that more people will now be able to check it out :)"
"Like they do with a lot of games, Steam are offering the game with a 10% discount for its first week, but as I’m sure visitors to this site are aware, this actually represents a far more dramatic price cut than that! That was a tough decision to make, especially since VVVVVV is my only source of income, but I know that the original price of $15 was off putting for a lot of people and I hope this means that more people will now be able to check it out :)"
Is this a sale or is this the permanent price? Because I want this game, but I literally have no money to spend right now.
@ Dexter345: Permanent price. There is a sale on it, though: the customary, week-long 10% off for new releases on Steam.
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