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The game is OUT NOW OR INCREDIBLY SOON on pretty much EVERY PLATFORM POSSIBLE. (PS3, Vita, Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux, Wii U eShop, and XBLA) RUNNER 2 is a rhythm platformer, a direct sequel to 2010's BIT.TRIP RUNNER, the fourth game in the BIT.TRIP series by Gaijin Games. Here's a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juEY-CvjlY0 Yes, that's Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario doing the narration. Dude's got a really surprisingly good voice. Our hero Commander Video, teleported to a strange new universe by the REALITY UN-FUSION BEAM, must run, jump, slide, kick, and all manner of other maneuvers to reach the goal in each level, while picking up gold and powerups to advance the music and score points. Everything is set to music and designed so that each obstacle you dodge will play a note, making random but pleasing songs. There's a bunch of completely ridiculous playable characters, from a pickle man to a burger-headed dude in a leisure suit, to, uh, this guy. If you played the first RUNNER and were put off by its difficulty, don't be scared! There are checkpoints in this game. If you played RUNNER and loved the difficulty, then lucky you! You can just jump over the checkpoints to skip them for a point bonus so you can gloat on the leaderboards, you ballsy person, you. You can get the game in a Game Music Bundle along with the soundtracks for it and the six other BIT.TRIP games for the next two days for $20, or just all 7 soundtracks for 10! All the music is great, so it's a steal. Here's a dev blog with all kinds of crazy bullshit about the game! Here's Gaijin Games's official site! Here's the BIT.TRIP official twitter account! Here's Gaijin Games's official twitter account! Wow! Here's a bunch of screenshots too!    
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 17:56 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 17:19 |
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I was really tired of the old giant pixelated BIT.TRIP games. This looks like a refreshing take on the series and I'm really excited for the steam release in about an hour from now.
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 18:04 |
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I preordered it because I liked the first Bit.Trip Runner. I would have been okay with something that is just on par with the repetitive and relatively shallow original, because it was charming and had bitchin' tunes. Turns out, apparently I bought an extremely good game that perfects what the first game did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRmCCWgIdU Fun fact, mentioned in the OP, that I want to emphasize: Charles Martinet aka voice of Mario is the game's narrator. Spacedad fucked around with this message at Feb 26, 2013 around 18:15 |
| # ? Feb 26, 2013 18:06 |
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I really am on the fence about this. I guess I'm retarded but when I played the original I think I barely got past the first world, or at least got up to the first "boss" before just quitting it forever. The music was really repetitive and I just found it way too difficult. Any word on if this is any easier?
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 18:47 |
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It took a bit, but the pre-orders are finally unlocked for download.
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 18:54 |
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Really excited to play this. Loves the first one, and all the other BIT.TRIP games as well. Felt real good to be a part of the 0.2% who had beaten Runner, too 
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 19:21 |
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:Any word on if this is any easier? I think there are multiple difficulty settings, and I know there are optional checkpoints, so yea it's probably easier if you want it to be.
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 19:28 |
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Really enjoyed the first one, so purchasing this was a no-brainer. Installing it now!
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| # ? Feb 26, 2013 19:34 |
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Oh hey, I didn't see we had a thread for this. I posted a Trip Report in the Wii U thread, but if you're interested and want a Goon Testimonial: I just finished the first world (of presumably 5, given that I have 20/100 levels complete). Aside from the graphical change (which so far I'm not the biggest fan of, but we'll see how the later worlds are), the biggest thing about Runner 2 is a bunch of quality of life improvements. There are checkpoints, online leaderboards, multiple difficulties, new hazards, multiple characters to play as, secret exits in levels, and the levels themselves are much better laid out. One of my favorite things about the game so far is that there will be a route split in a level, but there'll be two signs before it telling you what you're in for. A green sign is the "standard" route, but a red sign will be harder (and have more opportunities to get points!) and sometimes have a collectable, like a new costume or a warp to a retro stage. There are also blue signs that tell you which way to go for the secret exits, but those routes are usually the hardest for obvious reasons. Also, the world map will tell you if there are any new costumes, etc, in a stage before you enter, so you know ahead of time what to look for. I also like the new retro stages. Now, instead of having to get all the gold in a stage to enter it, you just have to find an Atari floating in the level (and these are not marked on the world map until you find it in the level). The retro levels are shorter than they were in Runner 1, and there's only 25 of them over the entire game. But the biggest thing is that you now get three lives to clear the retro levels, which is a godsend after Runner 1 kicked you back to the world map after failing once, making you redo the regular level perfectly to try again. So far the biggest thing that bugs me is that there's a level called the "Key Vault" in every world, and once you clear it you unlock keys in certain levels (they're marked on the map). The problem is that it's usually later in the world, and half the time the lock just stops you from getting a costume in plain sight. There's a particularly bad example of this in the level where it introduces spring pads, where you can get a key right away, and about 15 seconds into the level, there's a spring pad that will shoot you over a lock, and right behind the lock is a costume. You don't have to do any kind of interesting platforming to reach it, it's just sitting there right in the middle of the level going "Nope, gently caress you, come back after you finish half the world." Artix fucked around with this message at Feb 26, 2013 around 19:54 |
| # ? Feb 26, 2013 19:48 |
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I'm not liking the new loop hazard. It wayyyyyyyyyyyy harder to get the max score with the stick than with the space bar. Just testing with the first one, I can get around mid 3k at best with the stick, but just drumming the spacebar gets me 5580 (I assume this is the max, I got the exact score twice). I really wish they stuck with binary hazards.Artix posted:making you redo the regular level perfectly to try again. This problem still exists in the form of a dumb target practice game at the end of every level A Yolo Wizard fucked around with this message at Feb 26, 2013 around 20:03 |
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A Yolo Wizard posted:I'm not liking the new loop hazard. It wayyyyyyyyyyyy harder to get the max score with the stick than with the space bar. Just testing with the first one, I can get around mid 3k at best with the stick, but just drumming the spacebar gets me 5580 (I assume this is the max, I got the exact score twice). I really wish they stuck with binary hazards. I am not 100% sure but I think with the trace obstacle when it fills up the bar to show perfect on completion I think you are getting maximum score (I hope this is the case as that is a bit less random). It annoyed me at first but I found tracing to the beat started working out for me and I was perfecting most times on all 3 difficulties (in world 1 at least; expect it'll get harder). The Cannon game at the end also can be learnt but it is really annoying to fluff it narrowly after a hard run through. Any idea how some people are scoring more on max difficulty than a double perfect (for example the first level)?
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 00:25 |
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If you get max score on one of the Loops there will be a star in the bottom left that pops up that says "PERFECT" Just unlocked Reverse Merman. His package has jiggle physics   E: go ahead and add me as well http://steamcommunity.com/id/robotrandy Robot Randy fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 00:39 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2013 00:33 |
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I'm loving this a lot. I think it's done exactly what a sequel to the first should have. The multiple paths through the levels are awesome, the music's great, I like the new graphics, all around good impression.A Yolo Wizard posted:I'm not liking the new loop hazard. It wayyyyyyyyyyyy harder to get the max score with the stick than with the space bar. Just testing with the first one, I can get around mid 3k at best with the stick, but just drumming the spacebar gets me 5580 (I assume this is the max, I got the exact score twice). I really wish they stuck with binary hazards. I think the max points change for each loop or something, because I get the "Perfect" message most of the time using the analog stick, but still manage to get much higher point totals on some than on others. All in all I think it's nice to have something to make point competition more interesting than in the first, even if it sacrifices the precise binary nature of the game. I am a little worried, however, that with the introduction of dancing for points getting good scores will amount to constantly mashing the dance button at risky times just to squeeze out a few more points and making the game feel a lot less fluid. That hasn't happened yet though, so If anyone wants more people to compete against on Steam, add me! http://steamcommunity.com/id/classicist
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 00:37 |
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I loved runner 1 and have already played an hour and change in runner two. I'm having an absolute blast! I'm not a huge fan of the loop thing (it's really hard to get 4 stars with a stick). However I love the new "dance" mechanic because it opens up a world of doing stupid things to maximize points  . Can't wait to see what else they throw at me.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 01:08 |
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Oh wow this is out. Better play it so that I can convince myself it wasn't just for the Team Fortress 2
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 02:05 |
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There's something weird going on with the treasure/costumes. If you get one and bonk before the next checkpoint/end of the level, it'll be grayed out in the pause menu. If you finish the level without hitting the open treasure chest again, it will also be counted as a miss in the results screen, yet you still get the costume and it's reflected on the world map that you got the treasure for that level.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 02:52 |
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For some reason, playing as the pickle-man dressed as a bumpkin makes me think all the faults of my own slow fingers are in fact his. He is a perfect Jimmy Carter-esque punching bag for all of my self-loathing when it comes to trying to do perfect+ challenges. I love the checkpoints so much, especially after finally beating Odyssey the other day in 1.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 03:58 |
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I... I don't think I'm ready for this  I put like 3 or 4 hours into Runner and never got past World 1's boss. Though I did recently manage to beat 1-10, which was my stopping point for a long loving time. I think I'd feel really guilty buying and playing this when I haven't finished the first one, unless this is a significantly different game. I can't even justify buying the soundtrack bundle, since all of them except for Beat are on Spotify e: also, anyone running this on a 13" early 2011 Macbook Pro? Concerned about these fancy new 3d graphics.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 04:02 |
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ASK ME ABOUT GETTING REAL MAD IN A SECRET SANTA FOR RECEIVING THE EXACT GAG PRESENT I ASKED FOR AND THEN DOING A COMPLETE U-TURN WHEN I REALISED IT WASN'T EVEN THE ENTIRE PRESENT
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Uhhhhh I just played for an hour and somehow steam doesn't have my save file. Or even recognized that I've played the game. Now I may have to do World 1 all over again 
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 04:03 |
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Dely Apple posted:For some reason, playing as the pickle-man dressed as a bumpkin makes me think all the faults of my own slow fingers are in fact his. He is a perfect Jimmy Carter-esque punching bag for all of my self-loathing when it comes to trying to do perfect+ challenges. The checkpoints are really nice though, especially when you're trying to get a costume or an alternate route. What's the difference between difficulty levels? Points given and amount of checkpoints?
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 04:08 |
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Classicist posted:
I think the threshold for "Perfect" is not actually a perfect score on the loop - I've gotten Perfect with 3k-4k on the loop with the analog - I've not gotten the same score as I've gotten with the keyboard though. Testing with xpadder / turbo, the max for the first loop WAS 5580, the same as if I two hand drummed it. I guess having this kind of scoring works on platforms with only controller options, but such a low level of execution required with the keyboard over the analog stick makes it a pretty worthless addition in this case =/
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 04:36 |
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abraham linksys posted:I think I'd feel really guilty buying and playing this when I haven't finished the first one, unless this is a significantly different game. I can't even justify buying the soundtrack bundle, since all of them except for Beat are on Spotify It really is a different game. There's new obstacles, levels with split paths, a different bonus level system that makes them a lot more accessible, etc. Robot Randy posted:What's the difference between difficulty levels? Points given and amount of checkpoints? I think they're entirely different levels.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 04:38 |
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Wind God Sety posted:I think they're entirely different levels. They aren't completely different, but the difference between easy and hard is pretty pronounced. The game will also track your perfects for the three difficulty levels, so if you are a super completionist you will have to get a perfect plus on all three.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 05:14 |
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Does anyone know exactly what a Double Perfect is? (Or for that matter a Triple Perfect)
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 08:20 |
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It's a perfect on each difficulty in a level. You can also get up to a Triple Perfect Triple Plus for getting a perfect and a bullseye on each difficulty, but that's a massive pain in the rear end and I dunno if I'm even going to bother attempting that ever. The cannon minigame's not as difficult as I expected it to be but it's still kind of irritating to do. Don't click these if you don't want unlockable costumes spoiled, but wow, this one is REALLY GOOD. Oh, here's my steam profile if anyone wants to add me for leaderboard competition.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 08:31 |
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Is anybody else playing this on Wii U? I'd like to get in on some Leaderboard competitions. I'll probably just get the Steam version at some point anyway though. e: Also what's this about dancing? How do I... how do I dance in this game? BlackFrost fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 09:07 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2013 09:03 |
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BlackFrost posted:Is anybody else playing this on Wii U? I'd like to get in on some Leaderboard competitions. It's RB on the 360 controller, don't know about the WiiU controls but it will tell you how to dance at the beginning on the second world
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 09:26 |
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jivjov posted:Does anyone know exactly what a Double Perfect is? (Or for that matter a Triple Perfect) Yeah,I can't figure this out. Edit: finishing it on easy, normal and hard. HitmanAndQuitIt fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 09:56 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2013 09:51 |
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I absolutely loved the first Runner, but drat this game just improves on it tenfold in every possible way and there's no way I'm ever going to bother going back. I love when I get a chance to play games with a leaderboard on the day they come out. I can hit number one in the world in something nobody cares about for 30 seconds and pretend I'm good at video games. 
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 12:30 |
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Plus, as far as I know, the trial version of XBLA games is the exact same download as the full version just sans-license, so I don't know why it wouldn't be an option. Perhaps it's just an oversight. Never mind, looks like I spoke too soon; the trial version is now available too. Aishan fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 13:30 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2013 12:39 |
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Cracked and bought it on my Wii-U. Somewhat bemused that my first time playing the levels is topping me off on my friends leaderboards. While the difficulty is mercifully toned down from the steaming shitpile of Runner 1 I find the screen way way WAY too busy and barely get perfects because it's so distracting. This is a problem that the first game didn't have, and it mystifies me as to why they'd clutter up the screen so badly.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 12:45 |
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I'll throw my profile in for some leaderboard fun.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 14:35 |
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Played a lot of this game yesterday, really enjoying it. Count me in for some leaderboard shenanigans clicky
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 14:54 |
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BlackFrost posted:Is anybody else playing this on Wii U? I'd like to get in on some Leaderboard competitions. I'm on Wii U. I'll probably also get it on Steam at some point, but it felt wrong to not continue my Bit.Trip collection on the Wii. My NNID is Artix74 if you want to add me.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 15:42 |
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This game is everything I wanted the first Runner to be, and I'm thrilled it has turned out so well. If anyone is up for some friendly steam leaderboard competition, here is my profile. Edit: Anyone who is on the fence about this game because they found Bit.Trip Runner too hard, don't be. I couldn't get past 1-11 in the first game, but didn't have a whole lot of problem finishing normal in Runner 2 with a decent chunk of perfects. It's a much more gradual difficulty with a ton of user input as to how hard you want the experience to be. Sumdian fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 20:06 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2013 16:13 |
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If anyone wants to add me for more leaderboard fun, here's my profile.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 21:54 |
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On some of the levels that have a gold cost to them, I see one set of leaderboards at the beginning of the map, and a different one at the end. Both appear to be global (I have only one friend on my friend scoreboard). Whats the difference?
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 23:21 |
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The one at the end is labelled like local or something isn't it? Seems to give the 4 nearest scores to yours I think? Also my profile; gonna add folks in the thread as well. Figured out that dancing is how folks are getting the super high scores and am now trying to include it in my play. Got a couple 14th places on the leaderboard (for now). Not even really played the second world yet...
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| # ? Feb 27, 2013 23:33 |
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I'm kind of disappointed with the dancing aspect, really. Unless you are dancing literally every second that you can, you will never reach the top slot. I like that you're locked into the animation once it starts to give it a little risk, but high scores are basically "Take the hard path, never stop pressing ZR/RT/R2". On the plus side, I just unlocked a dancing hamburger which pretty much invalidates all the game's faults. 
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| # ? Feb 28, 2013 00:21 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 17:19 |
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Dancing is hella cool and all but I have no idea why they replaced the kick key with dance.
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