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Started 10 months ago by theginjaninja
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theginjaninja
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fpa for iOS is a great game and You get it for $1.29. But there is a problem that really gets under my skin.
the pencil combat.

you just lose all that momentum that is so important to the game. it's fine with power attacks and stuff as you need to charge. but when your running and tap the pencil you stop and jab. I think that if you tap the pencil while running, you should do a long slash, the lenth being determened depending on how fast you are going. then you would stop, but have the option to keep running with an increased acceleration time.

I dont have anything against fancy pants, its a great game, this is just one of the few problems that, in my opinion, could be better.

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Posted 10 months ago #
sockeye
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Like when running in rayman legends instead of stoping a punching you do a spin punch while running. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEdEtQl84jU

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Posted 10 months ago #
WJUK
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I also agree that some sort of running slash would be useful.

Maybe make it slow you down slightly to reduce spamming, but it does allow you to maintain momentum.

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Posted 10 months ago #
DrNeroCF
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Yeah, the goal was to make the combat much more grounded than most platformers. Mostly you just need to not jab in the console / iOS game. Mostly the thought is, if a baddie is weak and you want to keep your momentum, you'd just jump on it. If there's something more powerful, it's going to stop you from advancing anyway. The pirates were never meant to be in main levels, since I don't want to slow players down there.

There's really two ways to play FPA, running through being all slick, or using your moves to play around and explore. Slowing down to whack a spider would be more about just playing around, trying to bounce them off buildings and headbutting them around...

In the Flash game, you can also whack bottles and keys around, and the combat is more polished in general. Of course, with the touch screen, combat ends up being pretty clunky, regardless.

Try World 3 online, let me know if the combat feels any better there.

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Posted 10 months ago #
theginjaninja
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tried it and yea, its a lot better
thanks brad

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Posted 7 months ago #
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Cool beans, and welcome back, heh.

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