Trine Comments by Dan Whitehead
Not an Australian railway simulator.
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kangarootoo
03/07/09 @ 09:56
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"Enemies could be more intelligent, but there's clearly a limit to how smart a skeleton can be."
Hehe. Reminds me of a comment in a L4D thread complaining about the enemy AI, and then another shrewd poster pointed out that Zombies aren't really that smart. |
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Triggerhappytel
03/07/09 @ 10:10
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"The only downside is that targeting is trickier with a thumb-stick than with a mouse, putting two players at a minor disadvantage."
I don't understand this comment about the thumbstick - is this a reference to the console version, or did you at some point use a gamepad on the PC version (which seems rather counter-productive). Anyway, sounds really good - I think I'll pick this up when it comes to PSN, as long as the pricing is sensible. We need more old-school platformers, and if they are to prosper as downloadable games then so be it. |
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Triggerhappytel
03/07/09 @ 10:11
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@ Daemon & Miiiguel - Yes it is coming to PS3 very soon (weeks?), and it is supposedly due out on 360 this Autumn care of Atlus.
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"I don't understand this comment about the thumbstick - is this a reference to the console version, or did you at some point use a gamepad on the PC version (which seems rather counter-productive)."
If you want to play coop, you don't want to share one keyboard... Gamepad is better for jumping/running, mouse/kb is better for aiming/defending, etc. All in all, a tie. |
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Monkey_Puncher
03/07/09 @ 10:21
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I seem to be excited about more downloadable games this year than I am about full retail releases...
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I did enjoy the demo, but I have to admit I wasn't too impressed when I saw the price, especially hearing that it will be significantly cheaper on PSN. As it is, I will either wait for the Steam price to be reduced on some kind of deal, or it gets released in PSN (or XBL for that matter).
EDIT: Just to be clear, it's not that I don't value the developers' work, but, to be honest, if it was priced around 15-20€, I would have even pre-ordered it without a demo as I did for World of Goo and Crayon Physics.
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The XBL release is kind of up in the air afaik.
Atlus came out and said there'd be an XBLA version at some point with online co-op. Shortly afterwards the developers turned round and said they didn't even have concept approval from MS yet, so it was news to them. Its a bit of weird situation as Trine has individual publishers for both PC & PS3 and (when it happens) XBL. Check around to see if there's any new news, but as far as I know this is the current situation: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/saywhu... |
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peak_performance
03/07/09 @ 10:54
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Sounds very fun. Good review. Might pick the game up later.
Year of the Wii? Year of the PS3? Obviously these years are those of indie gaming. So much brilliance these last 12 months. |
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@dingo75
Console versions rumored to be cheaper than the PC version. Nice try. Waiting for Amazon to offer it for 17.96 or something. Won't take long. Superb demo though. :) Steam currently offer it at £20. You probably will be able to get a bargain somewhere but the console version *is* cheaper. Do a google search "trine psn price" and you'll see that the PC retail version is $40, the Steam version is $30 and the PSN version is $20. Rather than attempt to haul my sorry ass onto my high horse about the difference between the dollar and euro price or the price difference between the PC and console versions again I'll just commend them for offering the digital version at a cheaper price and leave it at that. :) |
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MrDurandPierre
03/07/09 @ 21:53
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Trine was one of the best games I played at E3. Sounds like it lived up to expectations, even if it's not the ultimate in 2D gaming.
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"I'll just commend them for offering the digital version at a cheaper price and leave it at that. :)"
So much for cheaper digital version of Trine: Trine digital version on Steam - 20 quid Trine non digital version on Game.co.uk (free delivery) - 18 quid. Also: Trine digital version on PS3 - 20 dollars Trine digital version on US Steam - 30 dollars Trine digital version on European Steam - 42 dollars (30 euros). Someone really FUBAR'd their pricing policy. They expect to get 30 euros for 6 hrs of gameplay.
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