Post by: Kairon on August 25, 2006, 10:08:45 AM
And now Game Informer has an online preview of the game that just re-affirms my desire for this game, perhaps the game I've actually been most excited about from Square/Enix since Super Mario RPG!
You're the last free slime! All the other slimes have all been taken hostage! You have to save them!
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Rocket Slime begins with an army of Plob forces ransacking your hometown of Boingburg. They kidnap all 100 citizens and have left massive spike balls blocking key shops, a save point, a museum, and other vital locations. Rocket must save every abducted slime and take out every evil monster if he hopes to succeed in getting things back to normal.
It has an innovative action-rpg battle system involving shooting your character around like a rubber band and tossing your items (of which you can carry only three at a time) into various contraptions!
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Just hold the A button and press the D-pad in the direction you’d like to launch. Once you hit an enemy, item, or friend, move Rocket under the flying object and he will catch it. Rocket can carry up to three objects at once. Hit B to throw them at other enemies, into cannons, or onto mine carts and rafts. The carts and rafts are found throughout every level and manage to form a convenient, yet plausible way for tank ammo and captured enemies to get back to your town. Rocket can even use this himself as a way to get instantly back to town.
Your town grows as you progress in the game!
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Once you send a new monster type back to town, a friendly version of it will prance around the streets with the rest of the happy slimes. And if you collect enough of a certain type, it will be made into a statue in the museum.
and it has TANK BATTLES!!!
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the tank fights, you must run around from three different screens collecting ammo that falls out of little chutes. Next you move over to the cannons and toss the ammo in. The two cannons on every tank either shoot forward in a straight line or arc upwards slightly. If two pieces of average ammo collide in midair, both rounds are cancelled out. This means you’ll have to be smart about how you distribute ammo to the upper and lower cannons. Some ammo also needs to be handled very carefully as it will explode or crumble into dust. Just don’t let it crash on the ground and you’ll be fine for the most part.
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You must physically leave your tank via walking or shooting yourself out of a cannon. Once inside the enemy’s tank you can disable ammo chutes and attack members of the other team. But the main goal is to go towards the heart room and take it out. You’ll have to blast through many barriers to get there, but the heart only takes one hit and everything is over.
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At first you have to do all of the shooting and smashing yourself, but eventually your slime buddies will help you out. Only a select few of the 100 slimes can participate in tank combat, but the ones that do always offer something unique. Some can heal party members, others aggressively try to bust into the enemy tank and cause havoc, while others make sure to get rid of any invading monsters. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
SquareEnix! TAKE MY MONEY!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Pale on August 25, 2006, 10:22:58 AM
and
ahem
We had some coverage too... =P
Post by: Kairon on August 25, 2006, 10:29:05 AM
~Carmine M. Red
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 21, 2006, 06:29:45 AM
I have saved like 28 or 29 slimes so far.
Post by: Ceric on September 21, 2006, 07:56:47 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 21, 2006, 10:02:18 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 21, 2006, 10:10:27 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on September 21, 2006, 10:21:47 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 21, 2006, 10:23:07 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 22, 2006, 01:04:26 AM
Post by: Kairon on September 25, 2006, 06:56:29 PM
Seriously, this game returns us to the actual FUN of action games, it returns us to simple but intuitive controls, and it gives us BIG DAMN TANKS to blow up! Oh my god, the characters are so great, and it has a kirby-esque charm to it!
One enemy tank is named Chrono Twigger. That enough should be worth purchase.
I bought the game and lent it to my younger brother since I'm a nice guy, but seriously, I just spent 3 hours watching him play... WATCHING HIM PLAY HIS DS... last night just because this is so pwnful. I'm thinking of buying my own personal copy now since he's basically taken over my copy.
You want more third party support for Nintendo? Good, buy this game. You want to play good games? Good. Buy this game.
... it's AWESOME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: KDR_11k on September 25, 2006, 09:04:03 PM
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 26, 2006, 09:57:05 AM
Post by: Aussie Ben PGC on September 27, 2006, 01:49:07 AM
I think this may just be the Best Game Ever. (Keep in mind that I generally loathe any Square game, so me liking this is actually a PRETTY BIG DEAL.)
Post by: Athrun Zala on September 27, 2006, 06:24:33 AM
QuoteI wonder if that's a hint of things to come
Originally posted by: Kairon
One enemy tank is named Chrono Twigger. That enough should be worth purchase.
Post by: Kairon on September 27, 2006, 06:39:54 AM
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Originally posted by: Aussie Ben PGC
The manual's headings include "Control Squishtem", "A Goolance at the Game Screens", and "Introgoocing Items".
I think this may just be the Best Game Ever. (Keep in mind that I generally loathe any Square game, so me liking this is actually a PRETTY BIG DEAL.)
BIG DEAL! BIG DEAL!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: nitsu niflheim on September 27, 2006, 07:46:47 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 27, 2006, 08:37:58 AM
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Originally posted by: Aussie Ben PGC
The manual's headings include "Control Squishtem", "A Goolance at the Game Screens", and "Introgoocing Items".
I think this may just be the Best Game Ever. (Keep in mind that I generally loathe any Square game, so me liking this is actually a PRETTY BIG DEAL.)
Good thing it's an Enix game, eh?
Post by: Ceric on September 27, 2006, 10:51:11 AM
Post by: cmoney on September 28, 2006, 07:39:46 AM
Post by: Ceric on September 28, 2006, 11:51:16 AM
Good game. Tank battles are pretty intense.
Post by: hudsonhawk on October 02, 2006, 12:55:42 PM
Post by: Kairon on October 02, 2006, 01:20:08 PM
They should use multi-cart to let players get in teams together and either do 4 vs. 4 PvP or let a team of 4 players tackle some uber-hard like Computer teams!
ARGH! Make some Co-op multiplay! Then I'd have no regret buying an additional copy of this game for myself!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Ceric on October 02, 2006, 08:20:39 PM
4 vs 4 Player tank battles would be awesome. Though there have to only be 1 captain to keep the feel of the game. My biggest quirk with this game is even at the end my arsenal was no where near what the enemy had toward a little over 2/3 of the way through. I also had no luck collecting things like medical herbs because you can't carry those. Overall a good game at a good length. Any longer and it would have been tedious.
Post by: please let me in, please on October 16, 2006, 05:05:37 PM
Post by: oohhboy on October 16, 2006, 09:47:23 PM
Post by: hudsonhawk on October 17, 2006, 09:22:52 AM
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Originally posted by: please let me in, please
Help: Im at Mt. Krakatorda, and am stuck. I have already been in the first tank battle, but dont know what to do. Right of the Giant gate near the top, to the right past the stairs leading to the piggy bank, I am at the place with the totum pole holding the 1000T weight. I know I need certain items and swith them to activate the switch, but I dont know which ones. How do I procede from here?
Look at the totem pole on the left side. There are 3 items on that slime's head. (Can't remember what they are off the top of my head though - I know one of them was a baddie, the one with the pitchfork; then the thousand weight and something else). I remember I had to backtrack 3 or 4 screens to find the right baddie.
They need to be in the right order as well; you can use the R trigger to cycle through them.
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2006, 10:14:44 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on October 17, 2006, 10:45:49 AM
Post by: please let me in, please on October 17, 2006, 12:57:11 PM
Post by: TrueNerd on October 17, 2006, 09:13:11 PM
One of the better DS games to be released this year.
Post by: Smash_Brother on October 18, 2006, 08:10:36 AM
Post by: hudsonhawk on October 18, 2006, 11:52:35 AM
I agree with what other say, this is a good game, but it's definitely "lite" - it's a little on the overly cute side, it's pretty easy, and so far (I'm about halfway through) the story consists of about 7,000,000 puns and not much more.
Post by: Kairon on October 18, 2006, 12:59:06 PM
So what if your little sister could beat it? It's STILL FUN!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Kairon on October 18, 2006, 01:00:27 PM
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OMG! You quoted me in your sig? THAAAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUU!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2006, 09:42:46 PM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on October 19, 2006, 04:30:54 AM
Post by: Ceric on October 19, 2006, 05:26:29 AM
Post by: hudsonhawk on October 19, 2006, 07:26:34 AM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
God guys, what's so wrong about it being "lite?" It's a good game solidly made that's the first nice enjoyable 2D action adventure in a loooong time!
So what if your little sister could beat it? It's STILL FUN!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Oh, don't get me wrong - I'm not saying the game isn't fun, but it's more a light snack than a delicious meal. It's empty fun - this isn't a game that's going to stick with me, or that I'm going to think about in a few years and say "Wow, I remember that game, it was great."
I think a big part of that is the saccharine writing. Rather than being clever or interesting, every piece of dialog is based around making terrible puns. At first you chuckle and roll your eyes. Eventually you stop chuckling and just stick to rolling your eyes. Then comes the anger. I can see why almost every review I've read complains about the dialog.
Yes it's the most enjoyable action-adventure in a long time, but I think that has as much to do with the complete and total lack of good RPGs / action adventure games on the DS than it does about this game. The action-adventure portion here is shallow and sometimes feels like filler in between the frantic tank battles.
I don't hesitate to suggest it - it's fun, it really is. Worth every penny. But they go to extreme measures to make the game feel more trite than it needs to, and I think that holds it back from being great.
Post by: Smash_Brother on October 19, 2006, 09:30:10 AM
Anyone know if you can add bots to the multicart multiplayer?
I don't think I'd have much fun fighting a friend but fighting together against a vicious AI would be a blast.
Post by: nitsu niflheim on October 19, 2006, 10:59:33 AM
