Kitae's Game Challenge 1

• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-03 06:14
  The first 5 players to top my score wins 1000 gold each. I'll hold a few of these actually.
  
  Game 1: Ronin - Spirit of the Sword
  
  http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/93066
  
  Its an old game, but very classic as far as flash goes. A quick warning, the game is rated M (lots of blood, and tidbits of hentai in the adventure mode). Avoid adventure mode to make sure you're not running into any nudity.
  
  My challenge to you is to enter Arena mode (play tutorial first if you haven't tried this game).
  
  I managed to get to wave 19. So the first 5 players to reach wave 20 wins.
  
  Requirements: Submit a snapshot proof of you being on wave 20 itself. Score board doesn't count.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-12-03 06:50
  Kitae would come across this
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-03 06:54

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;235954:

  Kitae would come across this

  
  
  I played this game the year it came out.
• Okitaru wrote on 2010-12-03 07:25
  I, can't do it.
• ShadowFox31 wrote on 2010-12-03 08:26
  Wow... I remember that game...
  Maybe when I'm not working on my physics project, then I might give it another serious go. By the way, anyone know about Deterministic quantum teleportation
  of atomic qubits? Or maybe even what a Qubit is? wwwwwwwwww
• Ruquion wrote on 2010-12-03 09:58
  Got to wave 17, but this game is a wrist killer when you're playing with a touchpad =/
• Trigger wrote on 2010-12-03 20:54
  Aiming with the sword slash is far too difficult for the reaction time you're given, and jabs do less damage for almost the same power consumption. Blocking is required far too often in the later rounds given that you're supposed to be KILLING things, and the blocking animation has to be FULLY finished or you still take damage, which is complete bull because it's a slow animation.
  
  tl;dr -- animations need to be faster (swordfights don't play out in such slow-motion) and slashes should just be straight lines with no "point of contact" or "apex" or whatever it's called.
  
  I made it to Wave 12 before giving up in disgust at the brilliantly conceived but poorly implemented mechanics.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-03 21:02
  The point of contact is directly at the center of your line that you draw. The blocking animation COULD be a bit faster though.
  
  You can block shurikens or cancel anime attacks by hitting them, so you can balance out blocking and offense.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-12-03 21:05
  >Went straight into adventure mode.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-12-03 21:31

  Quote from Cucurbita;236321:

  The point of contact is directly at the center of your line that you draw. The blocking animation COULD be a bit faster though.
  
  You can block shurikens or cancel anime attacks by hitting them, so you can balance out blocking and offense.

  
  
  I did the tutorial; I know HOW to aim. The problem is doing it while you're being attacked by multiple enemies simultaneously. It's a poorly designed system; my sword blade should be capable of hitting enemies anywhere along its path -- perhaps with less force, but impacts should still be registered. As it is, it's like playing the game on a DS screen, except you don't have the precision of a stylus. And jabs are less accurate than desirable as well due to the lack of a reticule when the blade is pulled back prior to the blow. Basically it feels a lot harder than it really should, and not because the fights are particularly challenging but because the controls hamper the player.
  
  The AI is cake, and the ability to stun enemies to prevent them from attacking is overpowered. Better control design would lead to players being practically invincible. I'm guessing either the designer saw flawed controls as an acceptable means of increasing difficulty, or was just too lazy to rework the combat system to allow players to be faster and stronger, or just didn't see an issue where there obviously was one.