Comments on: Fowl Play: Rocketbirds Revolution!

By: Tull.

Tull. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:32:21 +0000

Uhhh… quick question: It’s called “Rocketbirds Revolution”, implying that there are several of these rocketbirds about. Also, The website says something about leading a revolution.

Does that mean that you sometimes fight alongside allies? Or is this one of those games where you are all alone, all the time, fighting a one-man war? Because I really, really hate those games. The trailer has some sequences where you seem to be assisted by some yellow-clad people, but I don’t really know what to make of that…

By: Helm

Helm — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:17:47 +0000

Yup, then again it could be argued the fluidity wouldn’t suit this lumbering main character but… I guess that doesn’t excuse everything.

By: Helm

Helm — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:17:06 +0000

Thanks. Another World is an amazing experience, but as a gameplay experience there’s not much to discover about it, the movement model is very simple, very elegant from the go. Flashback is a different sort of exercise, it has more in common with modern stuff like Mirror’s Edge, it’s about flow. This is why I am obsessed with it, because once you figure it out fully, it’s a beautiful thing to control, whereas Another World is a beautiful thing to experience. It’s an interesting range of success for Delphine.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:06:20 +0000

And, wow, this has none of the fluidity of Delphine’s games. I thought the awkwardly looped running animation during the load screen might just have been a quirk, but apparently not. (Also: playing sillybuggers with twenty-odd respawning progress bars? Sod off.)

It doesn’t help that they’ve gone and disabled the Flash quality menu (aww, I might look at your precious graphics without full antialiasing), which means it chugs a bit when doing a whole bunch of blends at once.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:51:49 +0000

Rest in piece, Delphine. Sniff. Another World an Future Wars were both amazing.

I know there’s a video one above, but it’s probably worth pointing out that Yahtzee did a Let’s Play of Flashback in pictures. With just a dab of his usual humour.

By: Chiller

Chiller — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:03:15 +0000

…it’s actually possible to pull crates, hence they really don’t ever get stuck.

By: enzo

enzo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:54:32 +0000

I played the demo and bought the game and spent next to 6 hours completing it. Screen after screen of art and sounds with story is very addictive and rewarding format. Combat is fun, pacing is good and puzzles are face-palm smart. I had a good time!

By: toro

toro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:54:57 +0000

Your video playthrough of the game is great and I think you are insane… partially in a good way.
I considered myself obsessed with Another World, but I will probably never reach your level of obsession. :)

By: medwards

medwards — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:38:08 +0000

It’s trash. Beautiful trash, but trash nonetheless. It was clearly created by artists because the controls are so atrocious and frustrating as to imply that they DIDN’T PLAYTEST ANYTHING. And I was amused when the subtitles said “Crates never get stuck” and then I stuck it up against a wall and was unable to proceed. Within 5 minutes. Trash. Watch the opening repeatedly and never play and you will be less disappointed.

By: Vitamin Powered

Vitamin Powered — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:25:33 +0000

Yeah, that trailer sold me on it instantly.

By: H

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:25:51 +0000

Good God, that trailer looks so slick! And you cut that in a rush? I’d hate to see what you’d do given more time!

By: Thants

Thants — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:19:40 +0000

Machinarium too.