Author Topic: Puzzle Quest Galactrix (Read 6624 times)

demi · « **on:** January 19, 2009, 02:33:09 PM »

http://www.playpuzzlequestgalactrix.com/

Can't wait to buy on XBL.

GilloD · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2009, 02:34:41 PM »

Oh shit. We posted this AT THE SAME SECOND

FatalT · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2009, 02:49:14 PM »

I didn't think I'd like the hexagon but that was awesome!

Vizzys · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2009, 02:49:30 PM »

yep got points saved up for this one

Vizzys · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2009, 03:13:59 PM »

beat the guy down

, I can feel this game will waste too much time already

cool breeze · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2009, 03:16:28 PM »

this game is awesome

will buy it on steam

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2009, 03:30:04 PM »

Everything is better with hexes.

Looks good but I'll have to see how meaty the rest of the game is. I played a LOT of Puzzle Quest and if I do it again I want some fresh elements.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2009, 04:45:46 PM »

I fucking loved the first game, but I'm a bit worried about the Hex.

How are the enemy piece drops in this one? Do they get as insanely lucky as they did in the first one?

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2009, 04:49:28 PM »

I dont think anyone knows...

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:06:03 PM »

Played PQ on the PSP. Shit was awesome. This shit was tight.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:30:55 PM »

Great demo, but it just goes to show how important the RPG elements are because I'm already kinda bored.

One question - is there any rhyme or reason to how the pieces slide in? I must be distinguished mentally-challenged...

And seriously, what the fuck at it not coming on PSP?!? Puzzle Quest PSP >>>>>>> Puzzle Quest DS

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:40:52 PM »

the movement of new pieces are based on what angle you match 3+ with. Its really confusing but once you figure out how its gonna move you can set up chains pretty easily.

Whats with all the hate on the DS version i own it on pc, psp, ds and i put in more time on the ds than the other too.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:43:38 PM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on January 21, 2009, 04:40:52 PM

the movement of new pieces are based on what angle you match 3+ with. Its really confusing but once you figure out how its gonna move you can set up chains pretty easily.

Whats with all the hate on the DS version i own it on pc, psp, ds and i put in more time on the ds than the other too.

I like pretty pictures and the DS version doesn't have them.

Vizzys · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2009, 06:30:03 PM »

apparently the pieces come in from where you move them in space but they fall down when fighting on a planet or something, i remember reading that somewhere

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2009, 06:52:00 PM »

So Galactrix is gonna have the same sort of Equipment setup as the original? Its the upgrading of equipment a la RPGs that made it so addictive.

Vizzys · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2009, 06:54:04 PM »

you can customize your ship and have multiple ships
some good info in this dev interview:

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2009, 06:59:10 PM »

Quote from: Viz on January 21, 2009, 06:54:04 PM

you can customize your ship and have multiple ships
some good info in this dev interview:

ommmmmgggggggggggg

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2009, 07:01:12 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on January 21, 2009, 06:52:00 PM

So Galactrix is gonna have the same sort of Equipment setup as the original? Its the upgrading of equipment a la RPGs that made it so addictive.

I found most of the equipment to be shit. I think it's just Bejeweled + RPG = where did that hour just go

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2009, 12:30:17 PM »

PC demo is out

http://www.bigdownload.com/games/puzzle-quest-galactrix/pc/puzzle-quest-galactrix-demo/

after playing some of the single player it looks like its a lot more streamlined and awesomer.

Vizzys · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2009, 03:10:34 PM »

pc demo rocks, way more stuff to do. the demo limitations are you cant save, cant go past lvel 5 and cant go too many places

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2009, 03:12:39 PM »

wheres my fuckin psp demo O WAIT

hyp · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2009, 03:13:04 PM »

the flash demo was pretty weak. i'll definitely give the pc demo a try tonight.

cool breeze · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2009, 04:05:13 PM »

this game is awesome

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2009, 05:41:54 PM »

Bought it today for the PC at Gamestop for $20.

console releases annihilated

archie4208 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2009, 05:42:19 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on February 21, 2009, 05:41:54 PM

Bought it today for the PC at Gamestop for $20.

It's out?

demi · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2009, 05:45:00 PM »

Nice, will wait for a torrent

FatalT · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2009, 05:49:31 PM »

Frag, how's the multiplayer? I want to know whether I should buy it on PC or 360. If I don't buy it on PC, I'll get it on 360 and torrent the PC version.

archie4208 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2009, 07:13:58 PM »

Wish a torrent would come up or it was available on Steam or Gamersgate. The closest Gamestop with the game is 40 miles away.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2009, 08:24:17 PM »

I'm playing the PC demo and I'm in love.

Thanks for the tip!

Bebpo · « **Reply #29 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:13:59 PM »

This thread got me to try my PSP copy of Puzzle Quest I got off of Patel.
3 hours later I was downloading the X360 version (achievements). Then I played like 5 hours straight of it (I think the PSP version is better, but achievements!). I'm a convert.

archie4208 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:26:23 PM »

Still no torrent up

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #31 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:29:18 PM »

Game's a lot of fun so far. I wasn't sure I would be up for another huge marathon of puzzle quest, but the base gmechanics (as seen in the demo as well ) are superior and there's a ton of things to explore and do in the game. Definite thumbs up so far.

FatalT-Haven't tried MP-honestly, given the VERY limited PC release that this game is getting, XBLA would be the place to go if multiplayer is important to you.

demi · « **Reply #32 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:26:27 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 22, 2009, 12:13:59 PM

I think the PSP version is better

lol, sorry, no

Bebpo · « **Reply #33 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:37:26 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 22, 2009, 01:26:27 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on February 22, 2009, 12:13:59 PM
I think the PSP version is better

lol, sorry, no

X360 one is so ugly. It's like a PSP game running on your HDTV. Is there a way to zoom in on the map? You can't even see sprite work. Also when you get quests the quest description box COVERS THE QUEST LIST. The interface just seems total shit on X360 compared to PSP where it looks nice.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #34 on:** February 22, 2009, 06:38:17 PM »

Level 19 now, be warned that the game's compulsive ability to get you to play it for 6-8 hours straight is still VERY much intact.

Vizzys · « **Reply #35 on:** February 22, 2009, 07:23:19 PM »

so what are the other minigames not in the pc demo, I think you get one for each new partner/helper

Brehvolution · « **Reply #36 on:** February 22, 2009, 11:24:48 PM »

Screw you guys for getting me hooked on these games.

I have other shit I could be doing, or so I'm told.

Vizzys · « **Reply #37 on:** February 23, 2009, 04:55:26 AM »

i found out it will be available for download here
http://www.impulsedriven.com/galactrix
on tuesday

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #38 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:01:55 AM »

Quote from: Viz on February 22, 2009, 07:23:19 PM

so what are the other minigames not in the pc demo, I think you get one for each new partner/helper

I don't think Sable (the telepath) has a minigame of his own. I've done Haggle, Mining, Crafting, and Hacking so far. I still have at least one more crew member to go.

LOTS of hacking, I might add. Expect to hear some major bitching from people about that since you have to do it so much but in return it doesn't really give you anything other than access to the next point on the map.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #39 on:** February 23, 2009, 02:21:19 PM »

I wen back and found Challenge of the Warlords and played it for at least 5 hours yesterday. Galactrix is better but Challenge is still addicting.

demi · « **Reply #40 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:18:13 PM »

Exit 2 on XBLA this week :'(

Guess it's PC torrent for me

GilloD · « **Reply #41 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:36:03 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 23, 2009, 03:18:13 PM

Exit 2 on XBLA this week :'(

Guess it's PC torrent for me

What teh fuck. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Trent Dole · « **Reply #42 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:20:07 PM »

Quote from: GilloD on February 23, 2009, 03:36:03 PM

Quote from: demi on February 23, 2009, 03:18:13 PM
Exit 2 on XBLA this week :'(

Guess it's PC torrent for me

What teh fuck. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Worst XBLA week ever.

Vizzys · « **Reply #43 on:** February 24, 2009, 12:05:34 PM »

its up on impulse now for download, apparently

also here is something interesting from something awful about some speech

Quote

I'm back from the talk that Steve Fawkner and his team gave about Galactrix. I picked out a few interesting bits.

He doesn't like random name generators any more after demonstrating one of their products to a teenage magazine, when the reviewer started playing it generated the name "Molestor".

Puzzle Quest Galactrix is their first game to have a dedicated sound engineer work on it. Before then Steve usually handled all the audio himself.

There were two AI's developed for Galactrix, one that's a lot better at reading the board and a slightly nerfed version. Due to processor constraints with the DS the better AI was not enabled but you can reenable it on PC if you hack around in the LUA files. I'm going looking for it once the game has finished downloading from Gamers Gate.

The game has systems named after places on earth, New Australia for example. New Africa was in the game until a QA tester pointed out it was the name of a militant animal rights group. It was changed to New Etheopia but in the meantime a designer had coded in a quest where you steam food from pirates in that system. Since they didn't catch it before the game went out there is a quest in the game where you steal food from New Etheopia.

Steve showed half a dozen prototypes for Galactrix that were scrapped that included shooting lasers at coloured icons to make patterns and a Zuma clone.

Their next game will probably be a puzzle game but he'd like to do a proper RPG or strategy game.

It was quite an interesting talk, apparantly they went to some lengths to get the game as similar as possible design wise across all platforms, this included porting LUA to the DS.

demi · « **Reply #44 on:** February 24, 2009, 12:08:56 PM »

GamersGate? Nice, I have a press account there

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #45 on:** February 24, 2009, 12:10:25 PM »

The AI in the retail version definitely seems less brutal than the one in the first Puzzle Quest. I'll keep an eye on the SA thread to see how people hack in the better AI-I had it actually MISS a 5-match the other day, which shocked me. It is also too item spammy when there are mine matches to be had as well.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #46 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:53:37 PM »

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Steve showed half a dozen prototypes for Galactrix that were scrapped that included shooting lasers at coloured icons to make patterns and a Zuma clone

This kind of irks me. Instead of having the game focus on one type of puzzle, why not have half a dozen puzzle games inside one game? Why am I doing the same puzzle mechanic for each different event? That's what I was hoping their next project would be.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #47 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:08:04 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on February 24, 2009, 02:53:37 PM

This kind of irks me. Instead of having the game focus on one type of puzzle, why not have half a dozen puzzle games inside one game? Why am I doing the same puzzle mechanic for each different event? That's what I was hoping their next project would be.

I sort of disagree-better to have one really strong and well thought out puzzle mechanic than six weaker ones. Else your basically packaging a bunch of shallow minigames with an RTS shell and channeling the Great Wii Faggotry in your game.

FatalT · « **Reply #48 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:47:19 PM »

Galactrix is on Steam! Woo! I'm still waiting on a torrent but now I'm seriously tempted.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #49 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:00:23 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on February 24, 2009, 03:08:04 PM

I sort of disagree-better to have one really strong and well thought out puzzle mechanic than six weaker ones. Else your basically packaging a bunch of shallow minigames with an RTS shell and channeling the Great Wii Faggotry in your game.

Puzzle Pirates seemed to figure it out.

It's not like there needs to be much playtesting. A Zuma clone shouldn't be too hard to pull off. Find an existing puzzle-type, make a clone (that matches your game's theme), then assign it to a task. It's not reinventing the wheel here.

FatalT · « **Reply #50 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:04:19 PM »

Dammit I caved.

Vizzys · « **Reply #51 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:15:00 PM »

this game is pretty awesome, the amount of leapgate hacking is a bit tiresome though, as frag said.

other then that addictive

FatalT · « **Reply #52 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:24:59 PM »

There's a torrent up for this on demonoid. Bah, I should've waited.

TVC15 · « **Reply #53 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:27:00 PM »

When is it out for PSP?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #54 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:31:52 PM »

New Australia

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #55 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:33:30 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 24, 2009, 05:27:00 PM

When is it out for PSP?

NEVAR

archie4208 · « **Reply #56 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:34:05 PM »

Pirating the PC version. (2G2D

). Will buy the XBLA version when it comes out.

archie4208 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:57:38 PM »

Hacking sucks. Probably played for 15 minutes or so. Don't want to redo all the quests when the XBLA version comes out but it gave me a taste of what's to come.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #58 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:19:06 PM »

Hacking is total goat sex. I'm going to try modding it out of the PC version, everything is in plaintext from what I understand. Note also that gates that you hacked previously revert at points later, so you get to hack them again!

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #59 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:22:22 PM »

at the name profanity filter in the PC version

<Word name="mothafucker"/>
<Word name="mothafuker"/>
<Word name="mothafukkah"/>
<Word name="mothafukker"/>
<Word name="motherfucker"/>
<Word name="motherfukah"/>
<Word name="motherfuker"/>
<Word name="motherfukkah"/>
<Word name="motherfukker"/>
<Word name="muthafucker"/>
<Word name="muthafukah"/>
<Word name="muthafuker"/>
<Word name="muthafukkah"/>
<Word name="muthafukker"/>

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Author Topic: Puzzle Quest Galactrix (Read 6624 times)