La Mulana

luvcraft · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:50 pm

wow, this sounds awesome. I will consume it as soon as possible.

also: FRONTPAGE THIS.

luvcraft · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:45 am

TOTALLY HATING THIS GAME.

I kept trying over and over again to like it, but the fifth time that I tried to get enough money to buy a fucking save point (WORST DESIGN IDEA EVAR) I got stuck in the bottom of some pit that I couldn't get out of and decided that this "parody" or "homage" or whatever of exactly the kinds of Commodore 64 games I hated as a kid was not how I wanted to be spending my time.

:# <- angry emoticon

You guys have fun with this, I'm going to be elsewhere playing and making games that aren't comprised entirely of the worst game design concepts the early 1980s had to offer.
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luvcraft · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:09 pm

luvcraft · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:26 am

boughted. Will also buy on steam. Probably.

what does SSCC mean?
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luvcraft · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:29 am

Finally started playing the remake last night. It sure is a lot easier than the original; I remember one of the tensest moments early in the first one was finally getting enough money to buy the save system and then having to very carefully make my way back to the base camp to buy it without dying because, ya know, I hadn't bought the save system yet. And this one gives me the save system right from the get-go, and then gives me warping within the first half hour of gameplay. I'm also dying a whole lot less.

It's kinda fun playing this a year and a half after the original; I'm trying to play without any guides or outside help beyond my own memories, which are apparently very very hazy; I know I've solved these puzzles, I just don't have any recollection of how... or in what order.
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luvcraft · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:49 am

played some more last night. I really tried to play it "honestly" this time, but I couldn't find any in-game hints about the proper order to smash the elemental tablets in Guidance Gate, so I gave up and wiki-ed it.

I guess I didn't remember that there is no immediate reward for beating several of the guardians? Like Amphibeansa and Sakit? I mean, there is a long-term reward for beating all of them, obviously, but I was expecting more of the standard "beat boss, get bacon" metrovania formula. If I'd realized that I'd have focussed more on other things, but on the other hand boss fights are always fun. Amphibeansa seemed WAY easier than in the original, though; I just whipped the left head -- occasionally dodging fire breath -- until it died.
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luvcraft · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:16 am

I had the knife, and I ended up using the whip because I found it a lot harder to hit him with the knife in the remake.
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luvcraft · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:38 am

Just beat the remake. Definitely easier than the original. Man, that escape sequence is going down as one of the dirtiest tricks of all time. :|
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luvcraft · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:36 am

it's kinda weird... now that the remake is out, pretty much all information on the original has evaporated from the internet. I'm trying to go back and beat the original, but when I get to the final boss room it's empty, and I don't remember how to make the fight start...
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luvcraft · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:11 am

You will never make it through Gate of Illusion without a FAQ, Felix.
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