Who is going to take the first plunge on Soldner X?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:37 am

I just want to know if anyone has bought this game and sacraficed himself to bring understanding to the forum.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:47 am

I have a feeling postman will.

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:59 am

Its not out yet, but I do have it preordered already.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:20 am

lol..I hope it's not another last hope. I canceled my preorder for the LE and now I don't think I'll ever get a chance to buy one (fuck 100+). I just don't think I'm willing to gamble on a game that has the severe potential to be poo. It's hard enough saving up for good games that cost $$$

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:33 am

I could only find one version at $50 on PA.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:57 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:I could only find one version at $50 on PA.

I think he was talking about Last Hope LE.

On Topic: Where is the demo? Oh, there is none? Well...

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:20 pm

Ceph wrote: On Topic: Where is the demo? Oh, there is none? Well...

+1

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:04 pm

I'll dive in once there is a console release....till then I'll enjoy your opinions.

I don't run shmups on my pc.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:23 pm

P_HAT wrote:
Ceph wrote: On Topic: Where is the demo? Oh, there is none? Well...
+1

Exactly... $50 sight unseen is far too much to ask.

Bill

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:12 pm

Even after diving into the Broken Thunder adventure and coming out wrong (should have ordered the LE insteat of the regular - the game still is ok)
I still decided to "take the plunge" again and preordered it last week.
It looks stunning, has a great composer in charge of the Music, and I do not dislike euro-type shmups per se...
why not??? If you´ve got some money to burn that is...
And since I am selling of my Ibara for around that price... I could not go wrong...

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:28 am

are their any gameplay videos of this anywhere that i can check out?

DBHashman93 · Post by **DBHashman93** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:28 am

Is your Ibara already spoken for? I've been looking for one...

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:56 pm

Soldner-X product description wrote:Never before seen tactical elements such as chaining, effectiveness system, 'berserker' mode and much more.

Yeah, wonder what that is?

A whole new approach to shmups probably...

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:04 pm

Super Laydock wrote:
Soldner-X product description wrote:Never before seen tactical elements such as chaining, effectiveness system, 'berserker' mode and much more.
Yeah, wonder what that is?

A whole new approach to EUROshmups probably...

Le fix'd (Jesus i love to use this when fixing

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NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:49 pm

Last hope seems to have mentally scarred a lot of people.- Seems that as soon as someone mentions a new shmup- they start comparing it to Last Hope...

Get over it! -it wasnt the worst shooter and probably won't be the last. -It was a valient attempt, let down by little or no playtesting.

Afterbirth · Post by **Afterbirth** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:20 am

It looks bloody lovely.
Certainly on a par with Gradius 5 or RTFinal for best looking hori shump on a console.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:26 am

NAVVARR wrote:Last hope seems to have mentally scarred a lot of people.- Seems that as soon as someone mentions a new shmup- they start comparing it to Last Hope...

Get over it! -it wasnt the worst shooter and probably won't be the last. -It was a valient attempt, let down by little or no playtesting.

Actually they said they decided to ignore the playtest results on purpose.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:41 am

its a PC game now?.. weak.. very weak

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:06 am

http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=39
Judging by the screenshots, this looks like it could be the worst commercially released shooter of the 21st century.

eight · Post by **eight** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:21 am

zinger wrote:http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=39
Judging by the screenshots, this looks like it could be the worst commercially released shooter of the 21st century.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:26 am

That forum is priceless.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:52 am

zinger wrote: Judging by the screenshots, this looks like it could be the worst commercially released shooter of the 21st century.

Thank God that games aren't merely judged by WIP screenshots, eh?

Rafael

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:52 am

zinger wrote:http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=39
Judging by the screenshots, this looks like it could be the worst commercially released shooter of the 21st century.

Ummm, really? How come? You sure it's not the shrooms you just had? They look quite promising to me...

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:12 am

I don't really want to get involved in in-depth talks about this, but I can point out that I suddenly caught myself playing for about 2 hours non-stop instead of implementing the sfx changes I made over the last days. That'll get our chief programmer mad.

The state of the game today is already excellent. With a team of about 20 people all-in-all, the project has already exceeded expectations. The publisher is backing this fantastically and overall presentation (and I don't just mean graphics and music), details, gameplay tweaking, test, bonuses, speech, huge aural refinements are making me proud to be a part of this. Last but not least, you may not be aware of this, but I am probably the only member of the team without a longer number of games already under my belt, my enrollment mainly due to the great LH music response. So - there are experienced veterans on this. NDA's and my contract prohibts me from saying more.

Rafael

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:30 am

Necronom wrote:
zinger wrote:http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=39
Judging by the screenshots, this looks like it could be the worst commercially released shooter of the 21st century.
Ummm, really? How come? You sure it's not the shrooms you just had? They look quite promising to me...

Well, the graphics are no more exciting than WinXP's default desktop theme, sprites and background don't blend well at all. Also, western ~1999 scifi-style oldschool isn't cool. The ship designs are the most retarded I've ever seen, comparable to what I used to draw when I was nine.

Screens also hint of worst gameplay design ever, but I won't go further into that. You'll see.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:22 pm

Shots and items are not distinct enough. Use brighter / more visible colors and reduce transparency. And yeah, the designs and shot patterns look dull (like spraying water). And make the enemies more visible.

Play some Gradius V to see how it's done.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:27 am

Ceph wrote:Play some Gradius V to see how it's done.

YES!

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:26 am

Lawfer wrote:
Ceph wrote:Play some Gradius V to see how it's done.
YES!

I agree. We're all Gradius V fans. Maybe you should just wait until the game is out.

Rafael

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:28 am

soniq-man wrote:Maybe you should just wait until the game is out.

And that´s all there is to say about this really...
And then everyone can go bitching about how they would have loved to also have the pre-order bonus and all...

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:08 am

soniq-man wrote:Maybe you should just wait until the game is out.

Guess you're right...till then I'll play the new shmup: Thunderpachi Part Deux by TechnoPile. Its already out for the next gen system " 1 trillion bit "Samsung Play-Geo!!

I heading over to Montgomery Wards to pick mine up right after meat whistle practice 2morrow!

0/10 fail