Why I decided to keep my Vita...

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gameplay wise TxK is amazing. menu wise it's downright horrible, archaic. why do I have to wait for the playfield to spin into view before I key over to the next one? Feels like it takes a full minute just to select level 10. And when you get to the end, instead of keying back to the beginning when you press right, it just stays on the last available level. I hope they patch this mess.
 
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SSS said:
gameplay wise TxK is amazing. menu wise it's downright horrible, archaic. why do I have to wait for the playfield to spin into view before I key over to the next one? Feels like it takes a full minute just to select level 10. And when you get to the end, instead of keying back to the beginning when you press right, it just stays on the last available level. I hope they patch this mess.
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The leaderboards are a mess too.
 
Tacitus

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Just purchased it, downloading now.

I abhor not owning a physical game. I've only bought one other digital game and that was an absolute waste. Minter, of course, gets the benefit of the doubt.

looking forward to playing shortly.
 
Tacitus

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Controls are too touchy.. it's like playing on ice.
 
NeoTurfMasta

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If you are playing with the dpad, stop. The analog is much better. Add me to PSN if you havent already, FreakMastaB

I fell a bit on the leader boards and finished it yesterday.

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No, i really don't do twitter. I only recently started when I found the musician of the Viewpoint soundtrack.
 
KRiSX

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nice work NeoTurfMasta, you back on the top 10 yet? i saw you dropped down over the weekend
 
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KRiSX said:
nice work NeoTurfMasta, you back on the top 10 yet? i saw you dropped down over the weekend
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I'm 6 on Classic right now. Going to work on Survival again. I only played through Survival once.
 
NeoTurfMasta

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SSS said:
gameplay wise TxK is amazing. menu wise it's downright horrible, archaic. why do I have to wait for the playfield to spin into view before I key over to the next one? Feels like it takes a full minute just to select level 10. And when you get to the end, instead of keying back to the beginning when you press right, it just stays on the last available level. I hope they patch this mess.
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If you push up/down on the level selection it moves 10 levels at a time. I agree that the webs shouldn't have to spin into view before you change.
 
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Downloaded this last night, cause of the enthusiasm in this thread! I'm fairly certain this is one of the only games I've ever downloaded...at full price lol.its pretty awesome though, the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission!
 
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I want to follow the guy who did the Viewpoint soundtrack on Twitter too. What's his name?
 
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I downloaded this game on a whim when it came out earlier this month, I haven't played a whole lot but I do enjoy it. Still makes me want to pick up Tempest 2K and a modded rotary Jaguar controller.
Hopefully the VITA gets more good games like this.
 
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Well, I played Space Giraffe for the Xbox 360 a few years ago and it was a great experience. I'm willing to try this new game, but right now my favourite in VITA is by far Tearaway. Beautiful design and a great platformer. Every owner of a VITA should play this game.
 
Black IcE

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I am kinda debating what soundtrack I like better between TxK and Tempest 2000. I downloaded the 2000 soundtrack and used it as a customer soundtrack while playing TxK, and the result was pretty cool. Good way to get the sorta-kinda 2000 feel without breaking out the Jaguar... (which I currently don't have one)

And, NTM, congrats on getting recognized by Jeff...
 
Poison Sama

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Finally picked this up a few weeks ago when it was on sale.

It's pretty good gameplay-wise (as expected), but it's also quite buggy and the leaderboards update very slowly. And motion controls should have no place in this game; they add nothing of any value and actually take away from the experience.

I think Space Giraffe is the better game overall, mainly due to the deeper scoring system. Though the way in which TxK's gameplay is balanced probably makes it far less intimidating to get into. Both games would benefit greatly by having half as many levels, but this is especially true for TxK.
 
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Didn't realize this was out! Gotta go pick it up.

I'm assuming super tight controls and 60fps?
 
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...and the leaderboards finally decided to update themselves. Now to focus on Pure and Survival.

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coreykun667

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This looks like a pretty neat game. I'll have to check it out. To be honest I haven't really touched my Vita in a while. I bought too many RPGs and not much of anything else..
 
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coreykun667 said:
This looks like a pretty neat game. I'll have to check it out. To be honest I haven't really touched my Vita in a while. I bought too many RPGs and not much of anything else..
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The game is well worth the money, I'm still chasing NeoTurfmaster's score. So close!
 
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