Topic: VVVVVV

Just finished it. Great game. Took me a little over 2 hours to finish and get all 20 trinkets. That was enjoyable. I liked their entrance into Secret Lab!

I must say the final levels were more frustrating than Veni Vidi Vici although they weren't as difficult. My favourite puzzle was Prize For the Reckless.

What high scores do you guys have for the Super Gravitron? Right now I've lasted only a little over 13 seconds, haha.

Got it and TFC today. I'm a happy man.

@Holy Mackarel - 23.31 I think was my best.....No idea how anyone could last the full 60 seconds...I couldn't break 15 until I started going through the sides of the screen to dodge instead of trying to stay centered.

Prize for the Reckless was the room with the most deaths I think...although counting all the Veni Vidi Vicci screens as one screen, I probably died more there than anywhere else....I'm sure it was well over 100 times.

My only real criticism is lack of multiple files...I'd love to start a new file on flipmode without erasing my current one...but I guess now that all the unlocks are saved that data doesn't really matter...as it stands I'm just seeing how far I can get one one-life mode....which isn't very (keep dying really early on when I get lazy)

Now I'm focused on time trials...I've X-ranked the first 3 (second was a NIGHTMARE!) and A ranked all of them except the final tower....I don't even think I ever finished that one (kept getting angry and restarting)

Anyone here played "Don't Look Back," which is made by the same guy?

@Od - yup....good game but didn't enjoy the hook nearly as much as this one. You can see how much better Terry's gotten as time has gone on.

True, though I wouldn't necessarily compare the two games since V is about gameplay/fun and DLB is about message/atmosphere.

HOLY CHRISTMAS DAMMIT that was great.

Oddy, thank you, I had never even heard of that game. And now I've just played it through and sdlkfjasldfjalkjd;oiwjlfkajsfk

To hell with Jason Roehrer Anthology. Give us Terry Cavanagh Anthology NAO.

You will not believe that I was literally thinking the exact same thing yesterday and this morning before reading your post.
_{though i still love gravitation as well}

That was an interesting little game, I enjoyed it.

Is the ending any different in Don't Look Back if you're able to get all the way back to the beginning without having looked back at all? Just curious :3

thanks for introducing me to this game...shall be my next steam purchase

That is an interesting idea, however, the tendency for flash to freeze and just keep doing the last action (for me anyway) would make this nearly impossible. It made the last boss very challenging because eventually your character will decide to keep moving right into the guy, or just stand there and get hit by a multitude of things.

@Ravage: same here, i had a helluva time getting past that boss because i had problems with the key-actions sticking and flash being weird in general on me. However, I mean from the point beyond that boss until you get all the way back to the beginning; if you get from that point all the way back to start without looking back, is the ending any different... does anyone know?

I don`t see anything in the comments about a different ending, but the entire thing seems to be in reference to Greek mythology; one myth which I appear to be unfamiliar with. If anyone knows which one, I would love to know.

@Ravage: it's the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it's pretty sad.

I LOOOOOVE don't look back and the whole Orpheus and Eurydice myth. The game is absolutely beautiful, and is haunting enough to give a good representation of the story. Also, for all of you literature enthusiasts out there, the myth is referenced very frequently in many books and plays, etc.

And to answer the big question: no. Nothing happens differently if you reach the end without looking back. I used to play Don't Look Back a lot to kill time between classes, and I got ridiculously good at it because of this. I probably can't get through it perfectly anymore, but this is making me want to go back to it!

thanks, Besen, i just wanted to know if i had to play it through over again because i looked back a couple times on accident :3

Wow, that game was pretty awesome. You should change the name of this thread to "The awesome games thread." Or something along those lines...

woohoo broke 25 seconds (in super grav)....not that it matters....and it took like 60 straight tries earlier.....

I kinda wanna keep trying til I can get 30.....but at the same time I kinda wanna spend my time more productively and less infuriatingly. (Seriously--the pattern with diamonds on top and bottom, when there's stuff coming out of the other side.......so absurd)

Might have figured out how to broadcast directly from the desk top.

Hmm.