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Aquaria => Gameplay => Topic started by: Glamador on January 08, 2008, 02:24:16 am
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I just thought it would be fun to see which forms most people liked, and perhaps in what order. My form ranking would look something like this:
Beast - It has great travel abilities what with the moving fast, the biting through enemies you don't want to deal with, and the ability to swim upstream, this form is the what's what of movement. My #1.
Energy - With it's sheer power and ability to target enemies in your vicinity (even offscreen!) this form has no equal in combat. Plus you can power it up with food to make it even more deadly! #2 for me.
Normal - This is the form that had me fall in love with Naija, plus it has all sorts of ADORABLE costumes! Plus you can sing which has a number of uses. Did I mention ADORABLE?
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/Glamador/NaijasCostumes.jpg)
This gets #3.
Dual - This form's power exceeds even that of the energy form! You get it really late so there's not much chance to use it but it takes out any kind of enemy with above-average health in a heartbeat. And that scream is an amazing room-cleaner. #4!
Fish - Fish is more like my "travel fast when I don't feel like playing the game" form for just avoiding enemies and getting from Point A to Point B. It's a great form for what its uses are...but it's kind of boring ya know? #5 I say.
Spirit - It stops time, gives you a breather during tough situations, and it absorbs energy shots for health! That's just awesome! And it gave me a way around those nagging blue crystals that I had been wondering about the whole game. My only complaint is that I wish there were MORE blue crystals so I could feel like I needed this form a little more. It just didn't have enough uses...so it comes in 3rd to last at #6.
Sun - I have no strong feelings one way or another about Sun form. It has zero use in combat, but it lets you explore new areas. It's about as much of a "blue key" as Spirit form is (though slightly less blue). The reason I rank it lower than Spirit is the fact that it doesn't even have the shot destroyer built in like Spirit does. Perhaps if it had some sort of damaging ability I would rank it higher.
Nature - I love the look of this form but man was I so dissapointed with its powers...Does anybody else think this form is totally useless? I like to spend most of my time fighting in open waters (not the area, the type of waters) swimming around, dodging, and attacking. But Nature Form is #1, hard to aim as its bolts have a curve to them and #2 limited, because it forces you to attack enemies close to the walls. If it had an attack that could damage enemies that don't necessarily stay near walls it would be alot better. I was just trying it out in the Kelp forest, and boy all the times I tried to use it it was more work positioning the thing to actually hit the swimming enemy than it would have taken to just shoot it with energy form. Especially the spiders and Dragon Seahorses. This form comes in dead last for me. Plus I'm good enough at platforming that I didn't even use its boosting ability. Total loser in my book. #8.
Those are my thoughts on the 8 forms in Aquaria! But I'm interested in what everybody else thinks. So come on forumgoers let's hear it!
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Though it goes without saying in the Gameplay forum, you should still probably whack a spoiler warning up the top there. Didn't realise the health thing with spirit form, might have saved me some grief :( I quite like the nature form, though.
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I'll put the sun form as my favorite, because crawling through the Abyss with just a little headlight wondering what you might run into in the dark was rather fun, and tense (I rarely used the charge-up flash power, to keep the dark feeling). Of course by the end of the game I'd been through there enough times to be quite familiar with everything down there, but the first time through was the best part of the game to me.
I also liked the nature form a lot. It might not be as practical as the energy form but it was fun to try to do things like stick yourself in a little cactus tent and just wait as the enemies knock themselves against it, or throw it in exactly the right spot to take them out in one hit. Plus its a quick lazy way to harvest a bunch of fish before you get the dual form, if they're close enough to a wall. It's also the coolest-looking I thought.
Third favorite is beast form. I didn't use the shots much because they're hard to aim, the way they sit still unless you're moving, sometimes you don't want to be moving towards the enemy to be able to shoot towards them (but I guess in those cases you shouldn't be in beast form. :P ), but I liked it for the speed and ramming through a bunch of enemies. And for the way it fits into the storyline, she said something about how she's worried about how much she's starting to enjoy the destruction (or something like that?) sometime before, and then you're dashing into things and devouring them left and right. Kinda creepy, especially right after hearing Mithala's story.
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I'll put the sun form as my favorite, because crawling through the Abyss with just a little headlight wondering what you might run into in the dark was rather fun, and tense
Mm, Seconded. I also found the final Bosses' 3rd form (When he's crawling about in the caves) incredibly atmospheric and creepy. Good use of softer and louder music to boot.
Favourite form has to be either Beast or Energy in the end. Beast for its speed and its muching, Energy for its fully powered laser death after some nice hot food...
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I spent most of the game in the normal form with various costumes for the whole adorable-factor. As for my favourate alternate form... I like the nature form. It looks good, it's not useless at all and can mete out vast ammounts of damage, especialy in confined spaces, and provide a nice shield if there are no holes to duck into. Plus I like making little gardens as I travel... I like the sun form too. I generaly treat it as another costume, but it makes spotting secret areas a whole lot easier.
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as far as looks go, it's hard to pick. I have a feeling one or both of the people making this game also liked purple a lot. (my favorite color)
probably:
Mutant costume
Naija's Dual Form
both of which are... not so great for combat, sadly, and both at the end of the game, so I don't get to see them much.
I did probably spend most of my time in beast form, switching to energy form to kill. Dual Form is so slow for killing, I almost wonder if Energy Form is still faster. Those damned poison-spitting balls in The Body took so many damned hits, and was mostly a waste of time. Nothing ever dropped in there, not even health.
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Third favorite is beast form. I didn't use the shots much because they're hard to aim, the way they sit still unless you're moving, sometimes you don't want to be moving towards the enemy to be able to shoot towards them (but I guess in those cases you shouldn't be in beast form. :P )
This is sort of a bug. It happens if you move with the keyboard and then shoot with the mouse. If you only move with the mouse, the beast projectiles will correctly shoot wherever your mouse cursor is pointing. (edit: or if you last moved with the mouse)
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Nature Form is my favorite, actually. It's both defensive and offensive. The tree can be used as a weapon, a shield, a platform, it can launch you when out of water, all this in addition to the fact that the form negates spike damage.
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Well I guess by popular vote...I am alone. I just can't stand having to lure enemies toward walls just to attack.
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1. Normal, definitly this one first, cause I love the costumes you can wear, eespecially the handy ones, and that you can have the shield spell and the carry spell.
2. Energy, this one after normal just because it's mostly the combat system of the game and I feel save when traveling and shooting constantly.
3. Beast, this one after energy because it's fast, and it eats through everything, but the bad part is that the eated enemies don't drop ingrdients.
4. Spirit, this one after beast just because you can absorb projectiles which heal you, that has helped me alot of times in boss battles and casual battles.
5. Dual, this one for it's destructive power when it's handy anyway, cause you've had most of the game already.
6. Fish, this one for it's speed, even though it's totally useless in combat.
7. Sun, and as almost last, this one, just because the only thing it can do is light up the area and show the minimap all the time.
8. Nature, this one as last because I BARELY used it, I think the spikes take too long to charge and then hide behind, and I'm not someone who keeps it charged untill I see a enemy. Also that I barely ever used the big bulb transport plants.
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Yay! I'm not alone!
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Yeah, I don't even know how to briar spike jump myself.
So it's pretty much useless to me. =/
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Beast - It's fast (makes traveling easier)and I could devour things with it
Energy - My favorite form to use during fights
Normal - I like the customs and I could sing in this form
Dual - It's good for combat but the aiming thing annoys me
Natural - I like the look of it, but it's not really powerful...except the thorns
Sun - really weak >.> but I could make things brighter at least...
Spirit - I only used it to pass steams...er...
Fish - it's fast, but really weak...the bubble are fun xD
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dual form !!!!!!
the level right after you get dual form was my favorite area in the whole game. the music rocked and there was a ton of enemies. dual form rocks.
ps: how do you nature-jump?
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Still wondering that myself, I guess standing on the briar spike thing and jumping. Or shooting one under you while on the land, but that so far never worked with me.
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My favorite forms:
1.Beast Form - It's fast and can shoot with different things!
2.Energy Form - It's perfect for fighting
3.Sun Form - I just like it! :)
4.Dual Form - It's interesting and helpful!
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there's a bit of a disparity between what was my favourite forms and what I spent most time in
spent most time as list:
1) energy: this was a necessity for combat and shopping for ingredients
2) normal: to a degree this was just a switch form until I got the jelly costume
3) beast: only way to travel
4) sun: lots of maps needed this form
5) nature: was mostly a switch form until I got more savy with it as the game went on
6) fish: very good discreet travel form and getting to fishy areas
7) spirit: purely a switch form
8 ) dual: didn't get it till soooo late in the game
favourite forms:
normal: loved being her with just her arsenal of songs and a growing closet of cool outfits. getting a new outfit was as fun as getting a new form! wore the Krotite Armor until I got the Urchin costume, then the Crab armor, then the Jelly costume. the other outfits tried them on and messed around with them but didn't wear anything just for cosmetic reasons.
beast: this was the 2nd form I got ( yes I went right into Mithalis, urrrggg ) and was so happy to have beaten that boss. always used her to nosh up on health after fishing for ingredients was done and was a super power way to travel through maps quickly. if someone got in the way while she was commuting, well I pity that foo.
nature: by the end of the game nature form totally grew on me ( see what I did there? ) she had a completely different relationship to the game environment then any other form and kept finding out new ways to utilize her. when I play the game through again I'm going to shoot for her early on. from what I can tell, you can only launch off the spikes when in air? also found her quick effective when dealing with those creepy colourful tentacle creatures that you had to herd with Naija's song to make a path. in open water combat she is useless, but in tight areas she can really be a menace.
sun: I was so happy to finally figure that puzzle out, the sun temple took a few trips and figuring out new skills to puzzle it all out. lighting up all those dark places was cathartic. I actually went through the abyss from a top entrance ~ all the way down to the turtle bus ~ in energy form, no light. I kept thinking, ok, there must be some light down here somewhere. I was trying to herd those little jellyfish with me ( didn't have fish form then so couldn't have done the bubble/bind trick even if I could ) and made gf scream when that angler came out of nowhere, totally thought it was a health. basically made it down using echo location from energy form blasts hitting horribly spiky walls. I liked how the abyss was not necessarily as a combative an environment, more psychologically awful and using your flashlight and dwindling sunburst to chart the waters was extremely effective for creating a powerful mood.
dual form: totally neat form and fun to experiment with. I went and swam around the game in dual form before the final boss and did some quality fishing. *that's* how you take out octopus! really wish that form was available either earlier or there was more to the game after you got it.
energy: I wouldn't go anywhere new without her, did almost all my fishing as her, took out basically all the bosses as her. couldn't have finished the game without being her. maybe it was I felt I was just too dependent on being her, not sure. as soon as I got her form, boy was I happy about how the tables had turned and was glad I had her auto target and spicy rolls to take care of business. maybe I'll try auto aim off next time around and I'll appreciate her more? I love the character design, and everything about her, but the other forms felt as if I had won them or wrestled them loose from the jaws of a boss or a puzzle.
fish: great, now I can go in small places. this is basically the comic relief form. I didn't know about the bubble trap 'attack' until very late in the game, and used it on occasion in the veil to scoot from section to section to avoid the starfish. using the bubbles is a great way to trap a whole bunch of Moneyes in stasis and then swap out to an offensive form and increase your chances on stocking up on yummy eyeballs!
spirit: just a switch form really. I had no idea about the whole swallow projectiles till after I was done the game, and didn't notice the blue crystals in the seahorse race ( not sure if I even had spirit form at that point either ) so didn't use it there either. it would have have been neat if there was other things you could only see or do as a spirit, sort of like twilight nazguls when wearing the ring.
one thing I liked about Spyro games was the continuity of abilities throughout the titles. once Spyro got swim or super headbash, he had it in all subsequent game titles. I'm sure the sequel ( please make one, eventually, I'll dutifully wait ) will have an innovative interface that may or may not include song spells at all, or maybe if and when you 'unlock' Naija you can switch to her and use her toolkit of abilities, but it would be great to be able to have all of her skills somehow again, and toggle through characters to access different areas.
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I strongly doubt we're gonna play with Naija in the sequel.
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That doesn't mean we can't have some of the same forms? Then again maybe it will be similar forms with improved powers...maybe have more than just one attack.
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nature: by the end of the game nature form totally grew on me ( see what I did there? ) she had a completely different relationship to the game environment then any other form and kept finding out new ways to utilize her. when I play the game through again I'm going to shoot for her early on. from what I can tell, you can only launch off the spikes when in air? also found her quick effective when dealing with those creepy colourful tentacle creatures that you had to herd with Naija's song to make a path. in open water combat she is useless, but in tight areas she can really be a menace.
Thank you! I was so sad to hear that you guys didn't like Nature Form, as it's my personal favorite. :'(
It's just so fun to try and spear things with it.
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Yeah, now that I think about it, I lied, not just cause itś Derekś favorite, but I used that thing a LOT in spikey areas and also when I was just exploring.
I say I'd have to push it up to number 5, I just didn't use it too much in the end, seeing most was just warfare, and I just cannot battle with the nature form. Not when being stormed by enemies.
I just sucked with it in battle, must be the reason that I didn't like it.
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I ALWAYS liked nature form. Naija just looks great in this shape and everytime I went to the Kelp forest I was using nature form :)
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That's because you like the scales on her head. xD And the cape. And the long pointy thing that erects from the ground. xP
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#1 Normal form: I came to love her character in this form as this is how I first met her, and this is the form she "truly" takes. Also, I would make up my own songs just because it sounded beautiful to hear her sing and it was cute how her mouth opened in animation.
#2 Nature form: I really didn't use this at the beginning, and only later toward the end of the game did I really find out how resourceful this form really was. It was a bit of a shame to only find out these uses at the end, but now I really appreciate the form. Also, I'm a nature spaz and love anything green :). Not to mention her adorable outfit-- I would love to have a hat and cape of leaves of my very own, not sure I'd do the tattoo on her belly though :P.
#3 Energy form: My most used form. Other than it's practicality, I was drawn to the way she looked in the form. Her alter darkened side-- such a striking difference it just hit me as beautiful and interesting.
Of course the other forms are all useful and practical and necessary, but I have to stand by these forms as my favorites.
As for favorite costume, that would be the Jellyfish outfit. Hands down, that is what I'd want to wear all day long in Aquaria ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/lissar03/natureform.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/lissar03/jellycostume.jpg)
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Man Jellyfish costume is the most adorable, maybe the crab could tie it, but couple that with it's inCREDibly useful power and I never take it off.
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NOW I get why you people like those two so much, the nature one is only wearing a bikini, but that cape masks that, and the jelly costume because she has a Metroid leeching on her head. Yup yup that must be it.
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I agree in all ways, the Jellyfish costume is the most adorable. If one day they happened to sell the jellyfish hat I would buy it, even if I can't really wear it in public ;).
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Now I have all forms, I can finally say things about it. :P
In order, from 'best liked' to 'worst liked':
1. Nature: Flowers! :D I really love Nature Form. I just love climbing out of the water with it and spraying around some flowers and thorny vines. It is no good for close combat, but some bosses where undoable without her. (Like e.g. Frog Prime. :P)
2. Energy: Because it zaps butt.
3. Normal Form: Songs and costumes! I love singing a lot in this game, although I began using the shortcut-keys for songs. Her costumes are also very amazing! My favourites are the Priestess, Jellyfish and Sea Urchin. :P
4. Dual Form: Powerful shot, but needs to be charged. And Naija's side is only occasionally useful.
5. Spirit: It absorbs shots and it stops time? Awesome! I also love that you can see ghosts clearer in this form. ^-^
6. Beast: A good exploration form, but worthless when it comes to 'harvesting' food. An okay form, but I don't use it unless necessary. I'm not too happy about the way it handles shots either.
7. Sun: I'm not too hot for this form, simply because it only gives light. I prefer Luminox (nickname for my shiney octopus pet) to do that. I only use it when I want to take a look at the map when I'm in dark areas. :P
8. Fish: I never use it unless I want to swim through narrow passages or to dodge enemies. :-X
EDIT: Dual Form placed.