Comments on: Fruit Has Never Before Been This Exciting

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Wed, 06 May 2015 22:21:37 +0000

Those caves were crazy. (And what in the world was that Water Wraith?) And you make a good point about those caves not seeming natural. Pikmin 2 just didn’t feel right to me, and maybe that’s what the problem was.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 06 May 2015 16:42:23 +0000

Yeah, I rank PIkmin 2 below the other two precisely because of those cave levels. They frustrated me deeply, not to mention the fact that one of the best things about the Pikmin franchise are its amazing natural scenarios. Those caves were the opposite of that!

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Wed, 06 May 2015 14:06:02 +0000

The time limit really helped to make Majora’s Mask one of my favorite games ever, even when it was that same thing that caused others to not like it so much. And I think I liked the first Pikmin the most, partly because it is the original. Pikmin 3 was certainly a pleasant surprise, though. I didn’t expect the series to stay good by its third game, but they did it. I wasn’t a big fan of Pikmin 2, though, because there was no time limit. Just those crazy long cave levels, which were stressful in their own way.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Wed, 06 May 2015 14:01:09 +0000

Yeah, Pikmin 2 might be better to start with, as there is no time limit. And there’s a lot of items to collect, so you’ll get lots of good practice. It’s a pretty fun series once you learn the best ways to manage your Pikmin. It was a lot of fun once I stopped leading my Pikmin into fires or water or to death by squishing by those awful frogs. Grr, stupid frogs.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Wed, 06 May 2015 13:58:03 +0000

Yeah, I hate those kinds of time limits, too, when you have only a few minutes to do something, and if you can’t, you’re forced to do it over and over again until you get it right. What I like about Pikmin is that your time limits are much longer. The first one, for example, had 30 days. Each day was a certain length of time, but if you didn’t accomplish what you wanted that day, you still have time to do better the next day. As long as you can repair Olimar’s ship by the end of the 30 days, you beat the game. It’s enough of a time limit to make the game interesting, but it’s far more flexible than having five minutes.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 06 May 2015 12:10:59 +0000

I like Pikmin 3 far better than the first two, but they are all very good games.

You are right about a time limit being great when implemented correctly. Majora’s Mask, and both Pikmin and Pikmin 3 are great examples of that.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Wed, 06 May 2015 00:53:36 +0000

I like time limits in the sorts of games that I’m good at. Give me a game like Pikmin, which I don’t know how to play, and I probably wouldn’t like it. I’ve been wanting to try Pikmin forever though…maybe using the 2nd one as an entry point is the way to go?

By: Ashley Hagood

Ashley Hagood — Wed, 06 May 2015 00:33:09 +0000

I have not played the games, but I can identified with getting stressed easily! That includes when I play video games. Time limits are the worst. I do enjoy a challenge with certain types of gameplay, like hack n slash, but any kind of incorporation of time limits is not a good thing for me!

Still, the way the time limit is implemented here seems really different and interesting. I guess I’m thinking more of the missions where you have a clock counting down 5 minutes, or you have to keep up with an enemy during a chase. I’m the worst at those. I actually like when it’s part of the story in a subtle way, kind of like how not getting around to dealing with the bomb fast enough in Mass Effect 2 has realistic, negative consequences.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Tue, 05 May 2015 18:29:38 +0000

That fruit really does look delicious. Screenshots of this game make me want to eat fruit. But, all I have in my house at the moment are a few Jolly Ranchers….

By: Prof.mcstevie

Prof.mcstevie — Tue, 05 May 2015 17:16:00 +0000

Fruit as you’ve never seen it before…seriously it looks tastier than real fruit.