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Shred! Extreme mountain biking (awesome game/app)
Cole:
Meat, after playing it a bunch more today, here's what I've noticed.
- Put in an option to turn off the tilt entirely, so I only need to worry about the buttons. I hate having to hold the phone steady to be able to play
-Again with the tilt, maybe it's a glitch or maybe it's intended, but it just goes haywire and I can't adjust for it no matter whether I'm pushing the arrows or tilting my phone the opposite way.
- In the menus, make an option to turn off the sound
That's all i have really. I don't know if you can tell or not, but I have a huge beef against tilt dependent games. Despite that, I paid the dollar or whatever to unlock the next park because I really want to see this game do well and get better. Apart from my complaints about the tilt, I played it at every chance I got today.
G:
I think I was paying attention and the hints seemed to me to say that I had to tilt the phone but I could use the buttons to tilt MORE...
I am finding the learning curve pretty steep. I haven't even begun to use the 4 trick buttons really and these have never been explained. (Seems like an instructions menu or whatever should be an easy thing to do compare to all the courses and physics etc.) I only make it to the end of a track in tact once in a blue moon so whenever I make it to a jump fast enough to try a trick I tend to err on the side of caution. Maybe if there were some shorter easier courses like a park track where you just had a couple of simple big jumps to learn on?
It is also pretty frustrating when you dont actually crash, but loose speed and cant carry on so end up restarting, be good if there was a way to turn around and pedal back to gain speed and try again.
It would also be good to have more instruction on when to pump and when to pedal for maximum effect. I suspect that there is a limit to how long is an optimum pump and I should be pedaling more...
I would also suggest that the angle forward and angle back buttons were replaced with a slider so that you can fine tune your balance. Just keep your thumb on it all the time and slide forwards a little to move your weight forward a little and back a bit for back a bit and .... you get the idea...
:)
G.
MEAT:
Tilt now defaults to off, there's a sensitivity control for it when it is on and the all important 'duuuude' button.
G:
^^^ That's going to help.
More feedback, but only meant constructively, not simply whining.
1. Not being able to see where you are because of trees etc in the fore-ground is really annoying.
2. Still no idea how to do a specific trick, seems fairly random what I get, I assume this is down to angle or something but still need instructions.
3. Star collection is getting pretty tough now, would like to progress to new levels without having to bang away at the levels that are annoying.
4. I seem to get a weird braking effect sometimes when I am trying to pump. Holding pump downhill and yet am slowing down?!?! Particularly on the "shredder" level which I am finding horrible.
:)
G.
MEAT:
--- Quote from: G on November 07, 2014, 06:30:09 AM ---^^^ That's going to help.
More feedback, but only meant constructively, not simply whining.
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Taken as such, cheers g.
--- Quote ---1. Not being able to see where you are because of trees etc in the fore-ground is really annoying.
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Where abouts? I used to find this too, but I think you'll find as you get better and go faster this will be less of an issue.
--- Quote ---2. Still no idea how to do a specific trick, seems fairly random what I get, I assume this is down to angle or something but still need instructions.
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During the game, hit the menu button, there's a trick list? I think there needs to be a tutorial stage to highlight this and force you to do some specific tricks...
Note you the area around the trick button is quite wide, so you if you're going for a diagonal, you dont need to press on the arrows, you can press around them.
--- Quote ---3. Star collection is getting pretty tough now, would like to progress to new levels without having to bang away at the levels that are annoying.
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Now hes got the menu thing is done, one of the aims (among about 100,000 others) is to get a load of youtube walk throughs of the levels, so you can see where you need to pump, brake, pedal etc, there will be a link to this from within the game. I was going to do this myself but screen capturing off an android turns out to be a real cunt. Ill have another crack at it this weekend....
--- Quote ---4. I seem to get a weird braking effect sometimes when I am trying to pump. Holding pump downhill and yet am slowing down?!?! Particularly on the "shredder" level which I am finding horrible.
:)
G.
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The braking glitch was an issue about a month or so back, but should be fixed, are you sure its not your chubby fingers hitting the brake?
Shredders a bastard no doubt, but once you've figured it out, its easy. I guess you'll be having problems on the bombhole, try tapping the brake abs style 2-3 times on the flat bit after the tree stump, then brake hard as you land on the wooden drop, come to a complete stop, wheelie off the edge, pump into the bombhole, land on the step up. Should be able to get through it cleanly 50% of the time doing this.
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