Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: THE GAME!

[TheCorpulent1]

So, it finally got added to the Playstation Store last night. Has anyone else tried it? I played through the demo level with Kim Pine (my favorite character from the series, of course), and I loved it. It's basically a mash-up of every awesome game from the 16-bit era. The main game is like a Final Fight/Streets of Rage-style beat-'em-up, there's a world map like Super Mario Bros. 3, you earn XP and unlock new moves over time, etc.

The only problem I had with it was the difficulty. Maybe I just suck, but it seemed like the game was not only really hard (even on easy), but like it was actually working against me at times. For example: I leveled up to the point where I could hit a button when I got hit to perform a counter, but every time I got hit I would get hit a whole mess of times by an enemy's combo, and no matter how many times I hit the button, I never got a counter. I think it's limited solely to the first hit, which would be fine, except the counter button is also the block button, and I would never block while enemies were chaining combo hits together all over my face either. Meanwhile, the enemies can easily block in the middle of my combos. Just seemed like an unfair setup.

Granted, I only played alone and it definitely seems like the type of game that would be far better with others. Other people could cover you and keep you from getting surrounded and such. Either way, it was still super-fun. I'll probably still buy it myself, but I imagine I'll actually play it more at my friends' house with them. We were just saying last weekend that we could use a good beat-'em'-up with local co-op.

 

[MACH]

I got it too! Love it!

It is a little tricky, definitely. I've got some friends coming over tomorrow so we can play it 3 player. I imagine its much easier that way. Really enjoying it a lot though. Everything I expected!

Cant wait for the film now!

 

[jacobed]

I've heard that it's incredibly hard by yourself and that its much easier with friends. I have a 360 so unfortunately I gotta wait til the 25th.

 

[Havok83]

I played the demo and really enjoyed it. Brought back memories

 

[MACH]

Zombie level is great!

 

[Nathan]

Really disappointed that it doesn't support online co-op.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That does kind of suck, but I imagine it'll be fun sitting on a couch playing with friends.

 

[Alchemyst]

Man I wish there was a way I could get this, there is no server over here where I'm at so Live is out the window

 

[Benstamania]

Waiting for the 360 version and hoping that it will have online co-op, if it doesn't then I won't be buying it. I find it ridiculous when a game (more so an Arcade/PSN game) doesn't have online co-op...just seems insanely lazy to me, more so when a game (such as this) screams online co-op.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Screams sit-at-home-with-friends co-op to me. But I generally hate playing games online anyway.

 

[Nathan]

Only sucks that I have a small circle of friends and we all have different working times. Seriously, one gets off at like 1-2PM, another between 8-10PM and I always get off work either around 5PM or 2AM. And I only get one day a week off. At least with online we all could've squeezed in a few hours while everyone's at home.

 

[Havok83]

quite possibly one of the best movie based videogames. They dont all suck!

 

[Tron Bonne]

Yeah, bought it myself and felt about the same, Corp. Very much in the vein of the older NES/SNES beat'em ups that's a little too hard for one person, and just designed for maximum fun with a party. I plan to play with some friends over the weekend, should be a lot of old school fun

Waiting for the 360 version and hoping that it will have online co-op, if it doesn't then I won't be buying it. I find it ridiculous when a game (more so an Arcade/PSN game) doesn't have online co-op...just seems insanely lazy to me, more so when a game (such as this) screams online co-op.

It won't, it's still the exact same game. I was kind of bothered by the lack of online co-op, but eh, not a deal breaker. I have friends who are interested in it, too, so I don't mind

 

[Timstuff]

My brother almost got to work on this game's graphics, but it ended up falling through due to company politics. He was really pissed when it happened because he's a big fan of the books, but even so he's enjoying the game in its current form. I think the demo is amazing, and I can't help but wonder how it looks on an old CRT television...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I love that they took HD-quality graphics and actually drew in a pixelated look, even on the logos at the beginning. I was chuckling by the time I got to the pixelated Universal logo.

 

[Soapy]

Quick Look: Scott Pilgrim VS. The World

 

[Timstuff]

If you've got an arcade stick try playing the game with it. I did with mine, and it really gave it a nostalgic arcade feeling. Man, I wish I could play this on my cabinet!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've been using the D-pad. The analog stick on the normal controller is just not getting the job done for me. It makes characters run when I don't want them to sometimes and it's just generally pretty awkward.

Oh, I finally beat Matthew Patel in the demo. I got paid today, so I'm totally buying the full game tonight.

 

[MACH]

Anyone else saving up loads of money and going to Wallace's shop, just to buy a ****load of lives? lol

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Where's Miles' shop? My friends and I finally realized the way to counter the game's difficulty is to just save up our money, go to the secret shop in the first level, and buy all of the upgrades. The game's become much more manageable now that we can beat random enemies in like one combo rather than three or four. It would've helped if the game actually told you what each item in the shop does before you buy it. Who came up with that design idea?

 

[MACH]

Where's Miles' shop? My friends and I finally realized the way to counter the game's difficulty is to just save up our money, go to the secret shop in the first level, and buy all of the upgrades. The game's become much more manageable now that we can beat random enemies in like one combo rather than three or four. It would've helped if the game actually told you what each item in the shop does before you buy it. Who came up with that design idea?

I actually mean't Wallace's shop(which is the one you are talking about. It was very late and I was very tired...and very stupid!)

Anyways, incase anyone wants any extra help(or just to know what the items in the shop are, like i did lol), go here: http://www.gamekicker.com/gaming-news/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-game-walkthrough-guide

Pretty sure that has everything you might need

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm totally just gonna play through levels over and over until I can afford to buy stuff to max out my stats, then pay off Scott's late fees at the video store.

 

[MACH]

I'm totally just gonna play through levels over and over until I can afford to buy stuff to max out my stats, then pay off Scott's late fees at the video store.

hahah! SAME!

Love it! Love the books too, obviously. You gonna go for trophies too? They seem like they may be more of a challenge.

 

[Heisenberg]

I've only just re-opened my XBL account after a couple of months, so I was wondering if this game has online co-op? I think I'll probably purchase it either way, but It'd be a must-have if there's co-op.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nope, only local co-op.

hahah! SAME!

Love it! Love the books too, obviously. You gonna go for trophies too? They seem like they may be more of a challenge.

I may. The game so far seems to be one of the few that I just love playing. I've run through the first level like ten times by now and I'm not bored of it at all, so I figure I should be able to continue playing for a good, long while.

Oh, one question to people who've played co-op: Have you managed to activate the band mode? I don't seem to be able to do that with my friends. We've taunted at just about the same time (like, close enough that unless the game demands sadistic precision, it should count), but we never seem to go into band mode. Does it require other stuff, like having enemies on the screen or something? We tried to do a test run with a clear screen and nothing happened, but then we also tried it during a boss fight and still nothing happened.