Anybody play Cave Story?

[shortylickens]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200900/

Looks pretty sweet.

 

[Skott]

If you like those old school side scrollers. I'll pass though.

 

[darkewaffle]

I haven't, I've never heard anything but praise for it though. I imagine that's one I'll be picking up some time over the next year or two when a sale hits.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Isn't there a free flash version?

I still haven't played it, just something about it doesn't appeal to me.

I believe there's a 3DS version that is either out already or should be out sometime fairly soon and I think there was an enhanced version on the Wii.

 

[darkewaffle]

Played this over the last week, absolutely wonderful game, took me about 8 hours but I see myself replaying it at least once. Great retro adventure/shooter style game but with enough dialog and lively characters to create a really strong story as well. It reminds me of Link's Awakening but with much more fluid, exciting gameplay.

I'll definitely be going back through to find more of the hidden items, characters and quests (and boss. and ending. I think.), but I feel like playing the game on Hard will be a real bastard for some of the boss fights. Even on "Medium" I had trouble getting through some of them, namely the "X" shaped tunnel boss, the 'twin' dragons, and definitely the "last boss".

Highly recommended, though if you play on a keyboard I definitely advise remapping the keys, default controls had my left hand aching. If you've got a gamepad/controller, I could see that being a really good fit for it too.