Are you not excited ? Few days now !

[Jamesac]

Eh up !!!!

Positive, but another who is not impressed with the one-button default.

I switched to two-button, primary being the shot and secondary the bomb, and didn't think about it again. Bomb is secondary fire because you really don't want to shoot another and break the scoring chain. There are a couple of levels where you don't even need to use any bombs, and instead rely on the chain from the explosions caused by mid-sized enemies to kick things off.

[Deckard]

What are you playing it on out of interest ?

And a great review -

https://hardcoregamer.com/reviews/revie ... rh/437623/

[Misfit]

Giles it might be worth mentioning to Atari they don't say Xbox on their web page about the game!

https://atari.com/products/akka-arrh

[Markie]

Eh up !!!!

Enjoyed that, no wiser as to how to play the game lol, hmmm, but then it's in the playing of the game where you find your feet. By this time tomorrow I expect my eyes to be bleeding, if only a little!

[Jamesac]

What are you playing it on out of interest ?

And a great review -

https://hardcoregamer.com/reviews/revie ... rh/437623/

That's my review, actually. (-edit- The link, not the video.) And I played on PC.

[Misfit]

I switched to two-button, primary being the shot and secondary the bomb, and didn't think about it again. Bomb is secondary fire because you really don't want to shoot another and break the scoring chain. There are a couple of levels where you don't even need to use any bombs, and instead rely on the chain from the explosions caused by mid-sized enemies to kick things off.

I appreciate it's easy to switch controls, just don't like to see negatives highlighted. I just want LS stuff to go big time like it deserves for a change!

[gilesgoat]

Eh up !!!!

Positive, but another who is not impressed with the one-button default.

You have N choiches to play it, you can have one button, two buttons, 3 buttons, tackball and mouse and even KB on a PC, analog or "digital" joysticks.

To be honest since we started I personally found the "one button" one of the best ways to play it, maybe after you played for quite a bit with N buttons you'll feel more confident to try with one button which "does change a bit the gameplay" but adds "some more skill" to the gameplay

Also despite what many can say I think "gamepad" is still the best control method, I think "trackball/mouse" makes it "a bit too easy"

But "there's the choice" you can play as you prefer

One thing I'd "disagree" with some reviewers have said so far is that some think "the game has not much replayability" .. Why ? You can always try to get a better score ? It's an ARCADE game ?!? .. "I don't get it" ..

[Misfit]

The second video review says no to Steam Deck.

A little part of me just died.

[gilesgoat]

The second video review says no to Steam Deck.

A little part of me just died.

The problem I'd say with Steam Deck is "explain me then why this Steam Deck that CLAIMS SO MUCH TO RUN ALL WINDOWS shit" should not run it.

I can tell you Akka Arrh "doesn't do anything THAT weird at all" and is pretty "self contained" so I don't really know.

Said that, I'll say it again, I don't have a Steam Deck to test/check anything and I am still busy with other 2 architectures.

[edit] - I've seen the video until the end where he talks about the Deck .. "By nose" if it gets "all white" and such means someway it did not load/compiled certain shaders, which is odd because shaders are not that complex. It may be a problem with the supported OpenGL version ? That's the most likely explanation.

[Misfit]

Probably better to continue this in this thread…?

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=1 ... ead#unread

[Jamesac]

Eh up !!!!

Positive, but another who is not impressed with the one-button default.

You have N choiches to play it, you can have one button, two buttons, 3 buttons, tackball and mouse and even KB on a PC, analog or "digital" joysticks.

To be honest since we started I personally found the "one button" one of the best ways to play it, maybe after you played for quite a bit with N buttons you'll feel more confident to try with one button which "does change a bit the gameplay" but adds "some more skill" to the gameplay

Also despite what many can say I think "gamepad" is still the best control method, I think "trackball/mouse" makes it "a bit too easy"

But "there's the choice" you can play as you prefer

Definitely appreciate the choice, and I know there are people out there who do crazy things like prefer FPS with a gamepad over mouse/keyboard. For me the best arcade controls are those you don't have to think about, with the action onscreen happening without me thinking about my hands or even remembering that they exist, and for some reason manipulating a cursor with a gamepad has always been a struggle. Something in my head refuses to make that work without constant attention despite having used analog sticks for hundreds of other types of games over several decades.

With a mouse (trackball, actually) Akka Arrh came to life for me in a way that it hadn't before, so I'm really glad to have the option there. It allowed me to find my way into the game in a way that I simply hadn't been able to before reconfiguring the controls, and once there... Damn! Great stuff!

[VanAlphen]

I tried for several play sessions to get acclimated to the gamepad but eventually gave up. I just found cursor control much snappier and more precise with the mouse. It's like the opposite of Minotaur Arcade Gridrunner, where the mouse seems like it should be better but the gamepad really is the best way to play.

Minotaur Arcade Gridrunner is best played with a mouse imho, simply because it allows you to move so much faster but it's not for everyone.