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 Crypt of the NecroDancer is a rhythm-based roguelike where you delve through a series of procedurally generated floors in a dungeon, slaying monsters and collecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcbQ_R34Cb4 Rhythm Based Roguelike? What? It's true. The enemies in NecroDancer all move and attack in time with the beat of the music. Similarly, you do too. If you simply mash the arrow keys like an idiot, you're not going anywhere. This is, in fact, justified in a cutscene. Besides, you get a coin multiplier for staying on-beat, and who doesn't want more coins? Plus, the floor lights up like a disco hall when your multiplier is going, and it looks really cool. Also, there's a Dance Pad Mode! Okay, well, how's the music? In a surprising twist, the music in this rhythm game is quite good! It was composed by Danny Baranowsky, who previously worked on Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, with some help from youtube guitarist Jules Conroy, otherwise known as FamilyJules7X. NecroDancer comes packed in with 3(!!!) soundtracks, the original by Danny B, with an EDM/Dubstep style remix set by A_Rival, and a heavy metal set by Jules. If none of these strike your fancy, there's also a custom soundtrack option for each level, though finding a properly balanced song can be difficult. The Playstation ports don't support custom soundtracks unfortunately but to make up for it there will be a 4th(!!!!) alternate soundtrack, courtesy of Jake Kaufman, aka virt. Have a listen to some of my personal standouts: Zone 1-1 (Danny B) Zone 3-3H (Danny B) Zone 4-1 (A_Rival) Zone 4-3 (FamilyJules7X) King Conga (A_Rival) Death Metal (FamilyJules7X)  THE STORY Our protagonist, Cadence, explores the cursed Crypt of the NecroDancer to find out what happened to her mother and father, even though her Uncle Eli warns against it, and is unwittingly caught in a- Okay look, the story doesn't really matter. It's a couple of still frames with voice over justifying why everything is music based. NecroDancer Bad, Cadence Good, Play Game. THE CHARACTERS  Cadence - Default character. Starts with a dagger and a shovel, normal gameplay rules.  Melody - Cadence's mother. Unlocked by beating the game once with Cadence. Same gameplay as Cadence, but equipped with the Golden Lute weapon.  Aria - Cadence's grandmother. Unlocked by beating the game once with Melody. Essentially Hard Mode, as she dies in a single hit or on a missed beat, and can't use any weapon other than the dagger.  Eli - Cadence's uncle. Unlocked by beating Zone 1. Bomberman mode: No weapon, but infinite bombs. Kick bombs toward enemies. Also comes with a Nazar Charm to ward off spirits. Dove - Unlocked by beating Zone 2. Pacifist mode: no weapon, starts with upgraded shovel and Ring of Peace (lower enemy count, +1 HP). Confuses enemies to reverse their patterns, exit stairs are unlocked automatically, no boss fights. Monk - Unlocked by beating Zone 3. Poverty mode: picking up gold or using the Riches Scroll is an instant kill. Shops offer 1 free item. Equipped with a Blood Shovel. Dorian - Cadence's father. Unlocked by beating Cadence's Zone 4 boss. Equipped with a Pickaxe, Boots of Leaping, Ring of Might, Platemail, and a Compass. De-Activating the Boots of Leaping cause Dorian to take 1/2 HP of damage each step. Can't change armor or footwear. Bard - Unlocked from the start. Easy mode: Not restricted to the beat, free movement. Enemies move based on your movement. Previous identity of the NecroDancer. Bolt - Unlocked by finishing Monk Mode. Gotta Go Fast mode: Bolt and every enemy moves at double speed. Equipped with a spear and a Nazar Charm. Coda - Unlocked by completing an All Characters run. Nightmare mode: combines the gameplay of Aria, Monk, and Bolt and can only use the dagger. Less than 15 people have completed Coda Mode. It is incredibly difficult. Crypt of the NecroDancer Official Website | Twitter | Subreddit | CoND Online Racing League This game rules and more people need to play it. Definitely pick up the PS4 or Vita version when it comes out if you're not big on PC gaming.
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I am acurrently outraged you don't have this in your personal standout music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJfqIwpXZ8
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Jan 22, 2016 08:54
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This game is pretty great, I would say pick it up if you like rhythm games, and/or rogue-lite random dungeons. I enjoyed most of the soundtrack and the overall quality and attention to detail is quite good. 9 thumbs up.
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Jan 22, 2016 08:58
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HitmanAndQuitIt posted:I am acurrently outraged you don't have this in your personal standout music: Haha, don't worry, I just said SOME. Honestly there are only like 2 or 3 tracks I don't love, the music is all really fantastic. I'm hoping the virt soundtrack gets added to the Steam release as well but thankfully if not you can just plug it into the custom soundtracks.
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Jan 22, 2016 09:05
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How to make this game weird: Play it with some of the more atmospheric Fez tracks, or the Rebel Galaxy soundtrack Edit: I also ironically tried some Skrillex and that didn't go well
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Jan 22, 2016 09:08
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The only custom tracks I've tried so far were a couple random chiptunes I had in my library before settling on a trio of Jet Set Radio songs for Zone 2. I'll probably go through at some point and set up a full run of stuff but for now I'm still totally fine with the in-game music. I'm curious how something like Metal Gear Rising or Guilty Gear will be interpreted. As far as the game itself I managed to clear Zone 4 with Monk a few days ago and have been working on Aria. It's tough. I've gotten close to clearing Zone 4 a couple of times but I randomly mess up in 4-3 and just sigh in disappointment.
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Jan 23, 2016 02:15
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Eonwe posted:game is good  It's more like spelunky than an actual roguelike in that if you died, you hosed up.
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Jan 23, 2016 02:40
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Eonwe posted:game is good  Beating the game with Bolt is the hardest and most satisfying moment I successfully pulled off in years, also I think my hand was sore for days after I don't find the other characters that fun and have no interest in even attempting a Coda run though so I guess I'm done with the game though
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Jan 23, 2016 02:43
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TriffTshngo posted:Coda - Unlocked by completing an All Characters run. Nightmare mode: combines the gameplay of Aria, Monk, and Bolt and can only use the dagger. Less than 15 people have completed Coda Mode. It is incredibly difficult. Holy Jesus at that run.
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Jan 23, 2016 02:50
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This game is great, I recommend the Hotline Miami 2 soundtrack if you want some different music.
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TriffTshngo posted:I'm curious how something like Metal Gear Rising or Guilty Gear will be interpreted. I tried A Stranger I Remain set to 2x speed and it works pretty well. Regular speed Red Sun is good too. HMS Boromir fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 09:27
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Finally managed to get through Zone 4 with Aria. Thankfully there are ways around the 1 hit kill thing, such as Glass Armor you get from bombing a glass shrine, Scroll of Need to refill a potion if you've used it, Frost Charm, and a Ring of Protection to soak up hits. I've also started using magic WAY more than I ever have with the other characters. Zone 3 seems way more doable from the couple cracks at it I took right after.
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Jan 24, 2016 10:16
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Any decent magic (particularly shield, freeze) + ring of mana is one of the most broken setups I've found. Every time you cast the spell you're almost guaranteed to get enough kills to recharge it and repeat the process. I expect if I ever have any success with All Zones Aria it'll involve getting that within the first few levels. I got really demoralized when I got to zone 3 and all the zone 4 assholes still showed up, though, so I don't know if I'm going to go back to it.
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Jan 24, 2016 10:23
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Two weeks stuck trying to brute force chapter 4. Maybe it will be best to just start from level 1 and steamroll the ending as a minmaxed rear end in a top hat. I can't even begin to fathom not missing a beat ever.
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Jan 24, 2016 13:44
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imho all the bosses are also cool and neatly designed and have kickass music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMt92h7_Wo :justdance:
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Jan 24, 2016 13:52
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FYI: PS4 users can download a free demo of NecroDancer on the Japanese PSN.
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I didn't know for the longest time that the A Rival/Jules remixes didn't require buying the dlc to use in the game, it's just the extended ost. It's nice to be able to set the background music to cycle through them while I try to get the 10 consecutive cadence victory cheevo (I died at 9/10 before and it was a pretty  feeling).Getting through Aria all-zones was a pretty great feeling though. It helped that I found out for the last boss you can defang by hitting him twice in one cycle, ultimately skipping his attack where he summons red/blue dragons. staplegun fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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Jan 24, 2016 17:46
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I just unlocked Bolt today, which is great because I never want to play as Monk ever again.
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I don't think I'll ever be able to beat level 4 as Aria, I just don't have the consistency for the beat timings, eventually I'm always just a little too slow or don't quite press the arrow key hard enough; it's a shame too because the metal remixs are by far my favorites, 4-3 especially.
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AtillatheBum posted:I don't think I'll ever be able to beat level 4 as Aria, I just don't have the consistency for the beat timings, eventually I'm always just a little too slow or don't quite press the arrow key hard enough; it's a shame too because the metal remixs are by far my favorites, 4-3 especially. The good news is that you can change the soundtrack to the metal one (or the -yech- dubstep one) for any character in one of the options menus.
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After losing King Conga two or three times in a row I finally managed to get lucky and pull Coral Riff and cleared Zone 3. I'm awful at King Conga. His gimmick completely screws me up every time without fail.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:The good news is that you can change the soundtrack to the metal one (or the -yech- dubstep one) for any character in one of the options menus. Does anybody even use that dubstep one. It seems way worse than danny B's and familyjules' soundtracks.
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Jan 30, 2016 22:28
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it's a game so good, it got localization into Japan it's also a game I need to play one of these days
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I can confirm that game good.
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Game good, game hard.
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Oh jesus this final boss is absurd.
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TriffTshngo posted:Oh jesus this final boss is absurd. I just beat that boss today. If you can defeat them twice in a row in training, odds are you can probably slay them for real w/ items.
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Good game but gently caress off Aria. I'm a klutz who can't even get across a room without missing a beat let alone those jerk bosses with bizarre beat patterns.
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Ice_Mallet posted:I just beat that boss today. If you can defeat them twice in a row in training, odds are you can probably slay them for real w/ items. I've actually had a fair bit of trouble navigating Zone 1 and not burning through all my stuff by the time I get to it, to be honest. But I finally wised up and did something I should've done a week or two ago and reset the item pool so I can get all those "double damage for you and enemies" items like the Karate Gi and Glass Jaw that I had cleared out for Cadence since I wasn't fond of them. Turns out when you only have half a heart worth of HP, the Glass Jaw is a pretty good item! Also, Crypt of the Necrodancer is now out on Playstation 4 and Vita as of yesterday! Glad a crop of new players finally get to enjoy this game.
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 Crypt of the NecroDancer currently $4.94 USD on Steam!
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With the release of the PS4 and Vita versions comes a soundtrack by Virt. It's probably my favorite of the bunch, but also I really like Virt in general so
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Aria mode clear! With a little bit more careful timing of the Shield spell (managed to activate it and have it run out on the last hit previously) I finally cheesed my way through the final boss. Now to get through the remaining 3 characters and never ever touch Coda because I don't hate myself.
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melody was loving eas mode I went through her zones in maybe a hour but now it's aria i don't appreciate this
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I had a monk in zone 3 with a bunch of awesome spells, and armour, and a titanium bow and other awesome poo poo. Can you guess how it ended? dug out a gold-containing wall w/o noticing it and walked in The seed also had both ring of phasing and dagger of phasing, but I abandoned the dagger to take the bow because I figured no way they'll BOTH show up  also a ring of becoming in zone 3 but I dunno if there was transfig, since, you know. This was with the ring of luck though.2303092 if anyone wants it Also I really like the virt soundtrack, especially the zone 2 stuff. Real chill.
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Kaubocks posted:With the release of the PS4 and Vita versions comes a soundtrack by Virt. It's probably my favorite of the bunch, but also I really like Virt in general so This is very good.
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Kaubocks posted:With the release of the PS4 and Vita versions comes a soundtrack by Virt. It's probably my favorite of the bunch, but also I really like Virt in general so Listen to the remix of King Konga's song, it's amazing.
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Virt did a great job with Shovel Knight but this isn't doing anything for me. The instrumentation just doesn't fit for the most part and some of them like Death Metal and the hot sides sound outright vile. 2-1 is pretty sweet though.
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Oh god, how do golden lute
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