it is very very fun as expected but the matchmaking system is shit slow... like a full minute to wait to start.I am presuming/hoping that's a beta issue. Once that's fixed, this is gonna be addictive stuff especially if there's ultimately a way to get matched in a group with your friends.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 2 August 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
i'll give this a shot, just need to remember to do it...
― Nhex, Sunday, 2 August 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
I had a go on this today and watched my son and daughter playing
Chef's kiss, probably the first online game I've ever really wanted to play
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
Y'all were right:
Paid PlayStation Plus subscription required for online multiplayer
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
Cute game. Reminds me of Gamecube/Dreamcast era fun, but with the massive online Fortnite stuff added.Not sure I'll make this a long term thing but I wouldn't mind jumping in for parties and such.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
aw shit, i'm here!
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 05:04 (three years ago) link
i made it to the top 5 once!
so far i think it's a lot of fun. i struggle with the tail-grabbing based games, though. i don't think i quite get how the mechanic works, if i need to hold it or just tap it, etc
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
game i always do well in: door dashgame i always suck at: team tail tag
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
I'm really bad at all the team events except the soccer one that's basically rocket league.
I can't grab any tails either :(
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
the one where you have to have a tail by the end is insta-death for me. honestly i think i'm probably just getting owned by adolescents with kid-god reflex powers. we all run the same speed, there's no dash button - so if i can't catch the people with tails it's probably just because they're better. but even when i do manage to get one, it's almost always stolen back from me within a couple seconds. it's just crazy hard (for me)
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
also, i'm muting the music because it is designed to make you feel delirious. which is AWESOME and exciting sometimes, but also makes me feel like i'm going to have a heart attack
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
phew. i just turned it off. i feel like i just stepped outside of a club for a cigarette out back
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
I'm terrible at it but it's very fun. you really need to have your phone with you though; load times are less atrocious than the beta but it's about 35% waiting and 65% playing if you're winning and 50/50 if you're not.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that's about right. I was watching stuff on YouTube during the loading screens
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
i like to do internet errands (paying bills, etc) during the wait. it's a livin
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
criticisms:
what is the name of this game again? i hate the name and can't remember it
i want an option to take the tailgrabbing games out of my queue. i accept that others might like them. it's not just that i suck at grabbing and maintaining tails. it's that it goes against the core strength of the game, which is running in a horde toward a goal, dodging objects. trying to guess where humans go (playing tag, basically), is not fun. attacking a giant balance beam with it's shift of balance wildly changing sides as you approach it is fun.
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
...FUCKIN TEAM TAIL TAG
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
This is making me laugh very hard.
― jmm, Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
I got a win! Yee haw
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
This looks like every Roblox game?
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
agree with Karl that the name doesn't stick
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
repeatedly failing to jump onto one of those seesaw panels and then finally realising i needed to come backwards and approach it from the other walkway was a great moment tho
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
also just grabbing people and pushing them off stuff, i'm sorry, i'm a sociopath
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 August 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
The music is going to give me a heart attack but I love it
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 6 August 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
Servers went down. Looks like they weren't ready for this
― Nhex, Friday, 7 August 2020 05:26 (three years ago) link
Surprised this game isn't simply F2P, btw. I'm playing it via PS+, so it didn't cost anything, but normally... what do you get for $20 off the bat?
― Nhex, Friday, 7 August 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
is there any way to enable mics on this so 8 year olds can hear me screaming obscenities at them?
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 7 August 2020 08:45 (three years ago) link
and has anyone successfully complete the course where you have to beat the rising clime yet?
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 7 August 2020 08:46 (three years ago) link
That one is my bane! Haven't made it to the top two floors of that yet. Keep dropping hard on the Y "balance beam" section
― Nhex, Friday, 7 August 2020 08:52 (three years ago) link
I saw a good technique for the disappearing pads final course on Limmy's stream, not that I'll ever get that far because I'm a fall guy.
The troll thing of players hanging around the finish line to get in the way and pull players back makes me laugh.
I like how the game makes you make 2 second alliances with your rivals for your common good e.g. on the seesaws.
Losing your tail at the last second is the rage quit trigger for me.
― オニモ (onimo), Friday, 7 August 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
Is it actually possible to be exceptionally good at this game? You're at the mercy of the herd in so many rounds.
― jmm, Friday, 7 August 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 7 August 2020 09:46 (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
aye, and it felt great
― devvvine, Friday, 7 August 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
― jmm, Friday, 7 August 2020 17:49 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
It's possible to perfect strategy and technique on many of the courses to improve your odds but there's a lot of luck involved. The combination of luck and skill and silliness gives it a really broad user base to attract. Plus it's a format that allows for expansion once we get bored with picking the wrong fucking door every time.
― オニモ (onimo), Friday, 7 August 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tov9JCk6MpA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 7 August 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
Good tips! Though I thought for a second that was a parody, the guy's look is so on-the-nose...
― Nhex, Friday, 7 August 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
lol, that's grand poo-bear, arguably the best super mario player in the world
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 7 August 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
Played this a bit last night, really fun! I don't know how I'll feel about the game in a month, but for the next few days I'll be playing loads, I'm sure.
I'm awful at anything that requires pushing giant balls though, the physics are still opaque to me.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
best Pass The Controller Around The Room And Laugh-At/Root-For Your Friends/Family since forever
― オニモ (onimo), Sunday, 9 August 2020 01:04 (three years ago) link
If there's any question about luck or skill in terms of winning a show, I just won my first two tonight, and that's my second day of playing. The first time, I was in second at Fall Mountain, and the guy ahead of me was literally standing still on the edge of the path to the crown, right under it, and I managed to jump over him to snatch the crown. (Maybe they had network issues?) The second win, the final was Royal Fumble with a total of 5 players and I STARTED OUT WITH THE TAIL. In fact, even though I lost it a few times, I still held onto it for a total of probably a full minute.
Incidentally, I figured out that to grab a tail, you just need to have R2 held down while being somewhat close to the tail haver -- you don't need to actually touch them.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Sunday, 9 August 2020 06:39 (three years ago) link
but can you hold R2 and then run near them, or do you have to first press R2 when you're a certain distance from them?
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 August 2020 06:44 (three years ago) link
I think the first one, though I think the trade-off is that when you're holding R2, you run more slowly.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Sunday, 9 August 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
Over a couple of days everybody realized you should use the Dive button, which has made things even goofier. Now there's even more collisions and bumping around.
― Nhex, Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
I found a shortcut in the Whirlygig! In the middle of the level where you have to climb up on two platforms, you can instead ride the escalator ramp and jump to get straight onto the top platform.
Also, the competition today has gotten a lot fiercer!
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Monday, 10 August 2020 03:54 (three years ago) link
ooh, def gonna try that.
― Nhex, Monday, 10 August 2020 09:47 (three years ago) link
I wish I could play Slime Climb twice in a row. I'm so close
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 10 August 2020 17:25 (three years ago) link
I am hilariously bad at Slime Climb.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Monday, 10 August 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/5hlqiWSmlks
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Monday, 10 August 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
That moment when you mistime your jump at the end of Fall Mountain, scream and hope that it doesn't sound like an "I'm being murdered" scream, then push that thought to the back of your mind as you dive right back into the next episode.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
rn I find watching FG streams much more entertaining (and less soul-destroying) than playing myself.
https://youtu.be/GbWHbP--iDE
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
really enjoying Limmy streaming fall guys, he's bad at it and gets incredibly frustrated, a good laugh
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
I feel like being good at this is beside the point a bit
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
Now that I've got my hot dog costume, I feel much less motivated to play (even though I've played this every day for the last couple weeks).
― Out, vile jelleee (Leee), Sunday, 16 August 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Still playing it every day but only for like 20 minutes or so. A nice appetizer.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 16 August 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
Finally got a Hexagone win :D
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 August 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
I won another crown and guess what this game is fun again!
Hex-a-gone just pwnz me; I haven't played much 3D platforming so even though I usually go with the "drop all the way to the last level and start creating huge holes for your opponents to fall into" tactic, I so far have always managed to eliminate myself that way.
― Out, vile jelleee (Leee), Wednesday, 19 August 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
I've been getting a lot of unbalanced teams which is really a drag. It was 6 on 5 in Fall Ball ... that's almost a guaranteed loss unless the other guys suck.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 August 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LbncW8BL6w
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 August 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21402473/fall-guys-sony-ps-plus-most-downloaded-game-all-time
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
Anyone still playing?
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Saturday, 5 September 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
I stopped playing this when I maxed out the season pass but I've been enjoying poobear's fall guy tournaments
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 14 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
The new variants look pretty cool. Might dip back in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4sUqN8SFrc
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 18 September 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/if-i-had-to-see-the-inside-of-a-fall-guy-you-do-too-1845159957
― Kaliningrad Oberst (Leee), Friday, 25 September 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
なるほどなぁ pic.twitter.com/AjEeRIbyYo— シブリンガル (@shiburingaru321) September 24, 2020
― jmm, Friday, 25 September 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/23075037/fall-guys-nintendo-switch-xbox-free-to-play
I assume that you'll still need to pay for your system's online service, though.
― Santa Barbarous (Leee), Monday, 16 May 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
I'm kinda surprised it's still going strong. F2P seems like the natural direction for Fall Guys.Found it fun for a little bit when it came out, but how have people not burned out quickly? With Fortnite they constantly lure people back in with licensed character cosmetics, so I can understand that. But I'm too impatient, have having to queue up for games like this vs. phone game dopamine hits.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link