cool game

Chapter 1 was probably the most fun. Chapter 2 was close. Chapter 3 was abysmal. Chapter 4 was only very, very slightly better. Chapter 5 was pretty good, if really long.

I am on chapter 6 now. I like it when the stages are short and fairly easy; the longer complex ones just lead to frustration when you have to execute many perfect moves in sequence, and the input lag does not help.

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(Lv 242 with 222022850 EXP)

The rest of the game is better. The middle chapters are an awful slog.

The game is best when the segments are short and only require a few moves in sequence. Longer rooms that require longer chains of actions are annoying and quite frankly the worst parts.


I finished the 7th chapter with crystal hearts from chapters 1 through 6. I guess the B-side stages are next, but if it keeps getting harder I might just move to my cheater file and find all the crap through that; I don't have much patience for the extremely difficult stages.

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(Lv 242 with 222151686 EXP)

There are some rooms in the main game that are way too long for their own good.

I've been passing on strawberries after a few attempts (or just not finding them at all); part of the problem is it's easy to miss things because a lot of transitions are one-way and there's no map to help you find where you're missing things. (The counter at the bottom exists after you beat a chapter, but it doesn't show where you are, so it isn't too useful)

I at least want to get the hearts, though.

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(Lv 242 with 222206825 EXP)

Originally posted by Sponty

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Oddly enough I felt the opposite. The longer segments undoubtedly caused some frustration, but oh man when I got past them the feeling of success was sublime.

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The problem I have is that a lot of the fun for me is figuring out how to do the room properly, and in longer rooms it just turns into execution. And in some cases, the latter portion of long rooms can basically be trial-and-error, because you can't see it until you get over there.

And every time you fail, you have to start over from the very beginning. Which means that practicing the final sections can only happen when you get the first section right.

I would probably feel better if there was a little leeway on how you had to do certain moves and tricks, but a lot of the time it came down to "oops, touched a pixel of a spike and died", which just became frustrating.

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(Lv 242 with 222352488 EXP)

It would probably be a little easier if the game had "safe points" more where you could at least think for a second. A lot of the game hinges on having to put in rapid direction changes, especially around the final areas. If you don't push anything, you usually just get rocketed into a wall, and if you don't immediately switch from e.g. up left dash to down on some of the later parts you end up in spikes again.

If they just made those wait until you pushed a direction (or at least gave you a second to think) it would be better...

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(Lv 242 with 222353456 EXP)

It's a game that lends itself well to short playing sessions, so I'd just get on it if you have the chance. Saving and quitting restores you to exactly where you were in a chapter and the time from starting the game to being able to play it is fairly short.

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(Lv 242 with 222377212 EXP)

I ended up smashing through the B and C sides with all of the cheats accessibility features turned on. I was trying to do it "legitimately", but the second to last room of the final chapter pushed me over the edge; it's needlessly frustrating and I decided to say screw it, I'm getting this over with. I just wish the game was a little less frustrating, and that perhaps rather than have totally-cheating mode the game would just have a difficulty option and give you more checkpoints.

I wonder why you can rearrange hearts on the menu. Some people suspect there's a poem there, but ..


The music is nice, too. I'll probably end up buying the OST.

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(Lv 242 with 222475012 EXP)