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I'm trying to like this by fabio 06/14/2015, 6:18pm PDT
But the obsession with turning every area and boss fight into precise platform jumping coupled with SHIT handling plus enemies that knock you back like crazy (and respawn when you climb back up after being knocked off into a pit for another try) PLUS the dash being so easy to accidentally activate fucking up your jump PLUS it seems arbitrary which wall bits you can bounce off of. Bosses have been 90% platform jumping and only 10% pummeling. I almost quit on that tedious Frozen One boss. A game hasn't aggravated me this much with platform jumping since the original Ninja Gaiden.

Now I'm at some some temple where everything is fire damage without any warning it was going to be fire themed, and my checkpoint is inside the temple so I can't go back to town and get a fire resistance potion. The platform jumping has also been cranked up a notch with spikes everywhere.

The tutorial hints blow. They just stop after they tell you about magic. I had no clue your crew could assist until I stumbled across it in a guide. The tutorial never even mentions assists.

The map blows. Far as I can tell, you can't look at any area outside your own, nor is there an overall map to show how the areas connect.

Vital shit like skill point resetting is hidden in backtrack bullshit, made worse by the terrible map.

The skill tree is just slight numerical bonuses to damage and defense. Maybe it opens up later on once I'm out of this intro mode? Oh shit! 25% through the game already??

It's trying to be Metroid but missing so many of the things that made Metroid work. Metroid gave you a trickle of cool new badass abilities and less emphasis on platform jumping combined with tighter controls. One quarter the way through Valdis story and I have a wall jump and a higher jump...no wait, a pillar of ice that I can hop on for a little extra height. Ten times the precise platforming with wonkier controls and the most annoying enemy stun knockback juggling in 20 years.
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I'm very impressed with Valdis Story! by Mischief Maker 05/14/2014, 7:48pm PDT NEW
    Does it have crazy random loot numbers? by Lurker 340924 05/14/2014, 10:06pm PDT NEW
        Why don't I actually write a review? by Mischief Maker 05/18/2014, 2:37pm PDT NEW
            You're scaring the shit out of me by Roop 05/18/2014, 10:51pm PDT NEW
                I meant it as a bullet-point list but forgot the bullets. NT by MM 05/19/2014, 4:19am PDT NEW
                    Forgot the bullets? A mistake you only make once, SON NT by EuroKramer 05/19/2014, 11:55am PDT NEW
                Here's a more readable version. by MM 05/19/2014, 4:27am PDT NEW
                    I liked it too! by Lurker 410942 06/19/2014, 8:53pm PDT NEW
                        Fuck Treu, what a fucking miserable god damn boss. by Worm 06/21/2014, 7:05pm PDT NEW
                            I beat him with a D rating by Lurker 340924 06/21/2014, 10:56pm PDT NEW
                                I actually managed an A and could have had an S if I did it quicker. by Worm 06/21/2014, 11:18pm PDT NEW
                    Frontpage plz NT by Mysterioso 06/22/2014, 4:17am PDT NEW
                    Not great ... just not NOT GREAT? by Worm 06/25/2014, 5:50pm PDT NEW
                        Forget Anenome's regenerating lifebar, just hunt down the crystals. NT by Mischief Maker 06/25/2014, 7:24pm PDT NEW
                            It's just so tedious and the crystals respawn fast as shit. by Worm 06/26/2014, 9:51am PDT NEW
                                Hint for the FINAL final boss *spoiler* by Mischief Maker 06/27/2014, 4:40am PDT NEW
                                Luckily it doesn't really attack very often by Lurker 410942 06/27/2014, 5:56am PDT NEW
    I didn't rescue the magic Corgi in the mines, god damnit! NT by Worm 06/22/2014, 11:45am PDT NEW
    Holy shit! They finally finished it! by Mischief Maker 05/08/2015, 12:16pm PDT NEW
        Still the worst final boss fight in all history. NT by Worm 05/10/2015, 1:12pm PDT NEW
            Fuck it deleted and hidden, what a way to spoil an otherwise fine game. NT by Worm 05/10/2015, 1:26pm PDT NEW
        Double jump is now a passive skill! by Lurker 234315 05/14/2015, 9:59pm PDT NEW
            I forgot the game even had double jump, no wonder Anemone was hard to get over NT by Worm 05/15/2015, 12:14pm PDT NEW
            Re: Double jump is now a passive skill! by Mischief Maker 05/29/2015, 8:59am PDT NEW
                Whoops! Missed a quote tag in there! NT by Mischief Maker 05/29/2015, 8:59am PDT NEW
    I'm trying to like this by fabio 06/14/2015, 6:18pm PDT NEW
 
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