And poo bear, the PS3 lineup is simply abysmal, the only good part of that console is the blu-ray drive, otherwise it’s rather garbage, both in hard- and soft kind of ware. Where you would be checking up the lineup, most notable games are FPSes… now who in their right mind plays an FPS on a console with analog stick control? Compared to the mouse or wii controller, it’s idiotically hard to aim properly, and thus an aggravating experience, so FPS on console is always the underwhelmer, while games like mass effect would do fine on a console, even they will lack depth due to PC’s sheer superiority of control scheme.

Console games should be simple RPGs (such as early final fantasies, the ones after 6 are rather… garbageish), action RPGs, shmups, platformers and such. But putting FPS or RTS game on console is just as a smart idea as trying to surf on a calm lake, it just won’t work.

Yeah i wish could refund on steam too.

I love buying great indie games and I hope more of this will happen on steam. I just hope that my already bought Aquaria and Armageddon Empires can be activated there if they ever show up. I also hope Weird Worlds shows up there as well. Indie game makers should totally follow the example of Audiosurf, and I expect this game to sell by the truckloads as well. Go Steam!

I finished the first level after 5mins, the second after 15mins. Then I realised I’d have to keep playing through all these levels over and over as I progressed. Then the guitar twanging started to grate. Game over.

Lesson – if there’s no demo then don’t buy it unless there is a refund policy. No demo and/or no refund policy means there is something fishy.

Funny how every(?) little indie developer website has a 30day no quibble return policy, yet Valve won’t offer the same on ANY of its games and selectively removes demos if it thinks it might prevent a sale.

p.s. “Well, that’s one of the three generally-accepted reasons to have spent money on a PS3 struck out” there must be a major fucking games drought on that console if this is one of the 3 best games!

If you buy something online you’ve been able to get your money back by law, for a very long time. Obviously this is a UK thing though, but as they are trading in the UK I’d have thought it should still apply.

The Office Of Fair Trading
“Under the regulations businesses must give consumers a seven working day cooling-off period in which the order can be cancelled and a refund claimed.”

“The DSRs give extra protection to consumers who shop using methods such as mail order, the INTERNET, telephone or cable television.”
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2004/40-04

Also, shameless link. Truly shameless. Why not link your own page?

The idea of triggering riffs from your impacts is a good one, as demonstrated by Rez, Space invaders extreme and Meteos. Here we have someone who seems like a complete guitar novice – no thanks.

Please let me save after completing a level. The new levels have new mechanics so the first 3 or 4 times you enter a new level you are guaranteed to die until you figure it out. Of course, death means starting from square one again. On very rare occasions games can pull this off i.e. when replaying isn’t repetitive. Here it is a real pain, how many times do you want me to complete that first level? Ok I know some people don’t mind unending repetition, they just want the high score – but come on. Another reason why a demo would have been nice.

That’s where I played it too. My favourite game there.