*prepares to be flamed*

man, this game sucks! I don't see anyone playing it for hours/days/weeks. read the docs, now it's somewhat better, but it's still
pretty boring, I think. guess I'll pass this round
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I've never heard of Paradroid until the compo voting. (I guess I need to delete it within 24hours, hehe). I've never played it before. I kind of like it though. Sort of reminds me of Project Firestart (a little). But yeah, it seems you can play a long time and just get killed all of a sudden.
I'm only up to about 2000 right now (everybody's score is safe from me) but it seems pretty fun.
Maybe one day I'll get the hang of taking over other bots. For now I think I'd better stick with the gunslinger method.
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my first attempt net me 50 points :oops: maybe I should give it a few more shots. I'm usually bored at school anyway. completed fire ant a few minutes ago (using the snapshot function of course) and now I'm looking for something to play. too bad there are no speakers attached to these computers here.
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Just park your bot on it and your score will decrease. I'm assuming your energy increases too but there's no meter. At least it will stop the flashing.

Also if a 7xx is shooting you, you will explode. Not cool at all.
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Hey, I gave it the highest praise I can give a video game. I compared it to PFS. I am new to it but it still seems tough.
I'm afraid I may not have time to learn it before the compo is over but at least I won't hate this one.

Oh, and are you saying that even if I don't get hit the influence droid will just blow up on it's own? Also, I guess that even if you have just recharged your hijacked bot, if the time runs out you lose that bot and your points that you spent recharging it? That doesn't seem fair. I would have liked to see a timer or something to let me know not to bother recharging a deing bot.

I do need to play more, lot's more.
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Just took my first go ever at this game and scored 225. Pretty bad huh?

All I can hope for is that there are enough people equally inept at this game as I am. I'm aiming for the 'highest of the low'......

well guys, i prolly wont b participating anymore in the comps rite now b/c its just 2 damn nice out 2 b indoors playing the games, if there is another comp l8r on in the yr i'll gladly compete in that 1. I'll come in all the time and check it out though just 2 c where every1 is in the scoring.

ttyl doods

Still don't understand the energy stuff... but as long as it is not such a big problem, I don't care...

My highscore so far: 14040 !!! ... !

More to come...

Hey, I'm starting to be really good at Paradroid (at least if you think I'm quite new to it):

49,485 (third ship).

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/...id-hi4.gif

The most important things, imo, are to choose the right order in which to clear the decks, to take as few risks as possible, and to learn well the ship's layout (lifts above all), enemy locations and characteristics.

@jt-3d I know you weren't badmouthing this great game, the last part of my previous message was general, not aimed at you

@Antares: here it's quite hot too, but not as much as there: I remember when I went to Andalucia in July some years ago: it was all wonderful, but there were 42°C!
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I scored 900 points a few minutes ago....what kind of game is this...who voted for this cr*p!..

I don't think i'm gonna play this more often...I just play it purely for the compo not for fun...
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Okay, here's my first not-that-shameful score...



7,535
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(OT)

Has the compo ever done Outrun? I think that'd be a terrific game because there's not that much to badmouth And, the music is quite impressive to boot!

As long as tips are being given out, I think I need some help... What do I do when the first ship is cleared of droids? I get to a point where I've destroyed everything I can find, and the lights are out on every floor I can access. There's nothing I can do but wander around, eventually running out of power. Is there something I have to do to get to the next ship? Or is there a hidden deck I may have missed?

Anyway, new score: 13395.


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There's nothing hidden.. When you've destroyed the last droid, you automatically advance to the second ship. I almost cleared that one. All the tough decks were cleared, but a 476 nailed me in the end..



My new score is 44010 and I feel quite positive I can at least reach the third ship.

Made a new highscore after being destroyed by a 751 (my favorite robot, they look so menacing!) on the shuttle bay deck of the third ship: 59535.
Was a fun game, on the first ship i managed to have red alarm for a long time. On the second ship there was no 999 robot on the bridge but three 711s which i used to clear all decks on the right side of the ship including the hard maintenance deck. Things got a bit tough on the cargo decks but eventually i made it to the third ship for the very first time with a 711. At one point i transferred to a 821 robot with the 001 influence device

Also want to add that i love this game

Queen Frostine: I am sure you just forgot a deck. Sometimes i forget the observation deck on top of the ship or the vehicle deck which can be only accessed through one lift which i avoid to use as it it dangerous getting out of it on the other two cargo decks.