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Offline Cobra951

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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 09:12:05 AM »
This indie game looks very promising.  It's hitting XBLA first, but if you read the comments, it's clear they intend a PC release as well.  I imagine it will be later, after they've reaped some profits on the more piracy-proof platform.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 11:24:47 AM »
Yea Idol showed us this in IRC a little ways back and it floored me. Really looking forward to this.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 12:11:12 PM »
Looks gorgeous!

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 04:07:41 PM »
Yeah, cant wait to play it.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 05:56:50 PM »
Yeah, this one is really high on my list.

天才的な閃きと平均以下のテクニックやな。 課長有野

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #5 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 02:11:07 AM »

Offline TheOtherBelmont

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #6 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 03:23:42 AM »
Hell yeah, I've been keeping my eye on this one the last few months and that gameplay preview video pretty much has me sold on getting the game when it comes out.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #7 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 05:50:25 AM »
Quote from: Michel Gagne
The past few months have been quite a marathon, to say the least, with Joe and I, as well as members of our team working into the wee hours of the morning. We're approaching the completion of the game and we're all dedicating ourselves to make ITSP as memorable as possible.
Dev blog site

Coolness.  This looks like a must-have.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #8 on: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 06:55:17 AM »
Very creative!  Thank you for indie devs!

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #9 on: Friday, March 18, 2011, 10:15:14 PM »
Still totally excited for this.

天才的な閃きと平均以下のテクニックやな。 課長有野

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, August 03, 2011, 07:01:32 PM »
So I downloaded this today and...

Developers of Metroidvania games need to learn that an active soundtrack is an important part for making these games more interesting. The game tries to get by with a minimalist more ambient soundtrack and it's not cutting it. With the way the trailers were shown, I wasn't expecting them to go this route. Outland also had this problem as well and I quickly grew bored of the game because of it. I don't care how good your art is (and it's really good here), but when your just flying through tunnels it's the music that makes the atmosphere for these games. With Shadow Planet (and Outland), it feels like the game is sort of this dull drag inbetween set pieces because you're just moving through halls that look marginally different in near silence. Every other good Metroidvania game since Metroid more or less avoided this problem by having some good music around you that made the world seem alive beyond your narrow range of vision. The developers of Aquaria understood this and the game came out infinitely better for having a great soundtrack.

The game is fun enough, but this dullness is dragging my progress down. I've barely touched it and am having a hard time moving forward because of it.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, August 03, 2011, 10:26:00 PM »
One of the reviews I read also complained about the lack of real music.  It hasn't bothered me, though I agree it would have been better with a compelling soundtrack.  I played for a few hours today, and I'm enjoying it a great deal more than Outland.

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Re: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 04:26:28 PM »