Firepower!
February 4, 2012 5:00 PM Subscribe
That was hard. Also fun.
posted by Phredward at 5:16 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Phredward at 5:16 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
INCREDIBLE FIREPOWER
I LIKE FIREPOWER
posted by clockzero at 5:18 PM on February 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
I LIKE FIREPOWER
posted by clockzero at 5:18 PM on February 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
Aaarrgh, it takes me back to 6th Grade. I hated computer games SO MUCH. Pinball forever!
posted by looli at 5:18 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by looli at 5:18 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
L O V E I T ! ! !
Or maybe I just really, really miss my physiotherapist.
posted by maudlin at 5:22 PM on February 4, 2012
Or maybe I just really, really miss my physiotherapist.
posted by maudlin at 5:22 PM on February 4, 2012
At one point a toothpaste ad started playing over the speech synth and I thought it was part of the game.
posted by randomination at 5:31 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by randomination at 5:31 PM on February 4, 2012
Why does Cyborg Mom keep telling me "You deserved it!" when I die and "Good boy!" when I do well? Is Cyborg Mom trying to pass on her self-hatred to her daughters?
posted by maudlin at 5:34 PM on February 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by maudlin at 5:34 PM on February 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
I quit playing after 8 levels and ~130K points. It seems to be three stages that semi-cycle (the order is mixed up a little) endlessly.
Tip 1: Mouse control is the way to go.
Tip 2: Too much INCREDIBLE FIREPOWER is a bad thing, because your gun overheats so quickly. I had like 20-30 of them, and every time I hit space a solid wall of pixels would come out. Two or three of those and the gun would have to cool before I could fire again.
Tip 3: This is the big one: pick up the S orbs, for Shields, as often as you can. Later on when there are lots of enemies there are also similarly lots of shields. If you get them all you can spend most of the level invulnerable.
posted by JHarris at 5:41 PM on February 4, 2012
Tip 1: Mouse control is the way to go.
Tip 2: Too much INCREDIBLE FIREPOWER is a bad thing, because your gun overheats so quickly. I had like 20-30 of them, and every time I hit space a solid wall of pixels would come out. Two or three of those and the gun would have to cool before I could fire again.
Tip 3: This is the big one: pick up the S orbs, for Shields, as often as you can. Later on when there are lots of enemies there are also similarly lots of shields. If you get them all you can spend most of the level invulnerable.
posted by JHarris at 5:41 PM on February 4, 2012
(And I think the female voice is GlaDOS working off some of her aggression.)
posted by JHarris at 5:41 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by JHarris at 5:41 PM on February 4, 2012
The music sounds so familiar it's driving me crazy.
Reminds me of the game Xevious.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:59 PM on February 4, 2012
Reminds me of the game Xevious.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:59 PM on February 4, 2012
Am I the only one seeing a bunch of random colored bars flashing around?
posted by DU at 6:01 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by DU at 6:01 PM on February 4, 2012
DU, I think you're on linux too? it's failing for me (ubuntu chrome and firefox).
posted by jenkinsEar at 6:05 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jenkinsEar at 6:05 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
p o s
posted by goutytophus at 6:08 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by goutytophus at 6:08 PM on February 4, 2012
Surprisingly addictive. Love the Atari mother ship.
posted by hoodrich at 6:14 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by hoodrich at 6:14 PM on February 4, 2012
I'm on linux (ubuntu 9.10.), works for me. (I got the flashing colored bars for awhile -- I think that's just the "loading" screen -- I think it's trying to be like the "test" screens on old arcade games.
posted by smcameron at 6:15 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by smcameron at 6:15 PM on February 4, 2012
Yes, this was very good.
posted by SpacemanStix at 6:24 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by SpacemanStix at 6:24 PM on February 4, 2012
Yeah. Much better than I expected.
posted by hot_monster at 6:42 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by hot_monster at 6:42 PM on February 4, 2012
Nice.
posted by brundlefly at 7:27 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by brundlefly at 7:27 PM on February 4, 2012
Okay I quit after it became clear I was gaining lives faster than I was losing them and that wasn't going to change.
Still fun.
posted by aubilenon at 7:45 PM on February 4, 2012
Still fun.
posted by aubilenon at 7:45 PM on February 4, 2012
It's a fun game but after a certain point you can basically become invincible. It also crashed for me suddenly around 450k. I think because I had racked up too many lives, but I am not sure why.
posted by cuban link flooded jesus at 8:13 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by cuban link flooded jesus at 8:13 PM on February 4, 2012
I had it crash on me too. Last thing it said was "I need medication."
posted by egypturnash at 10:22 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by egypturnash at 10:22 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
This really needs to be full-screen - it's too easy to run your mouse to the edge of the screen and click off to a different browser tab. I love that your gun becomes a wall of pixels each time you pick up a new "F", super satisfying.
posted by migurski at 10:49 PM on February 4, 2012
posted by migurski at 10:49 PM on February 4, 2012
Man this is a lot easier once you figure out that rapid fire advance the bar at the top and the only way to get it back is to stop firing for a bit.
posted by Mitheral at 12:08 AM on February 5, 2012
posted by Mitheral at 12:08 AM on February 5, 2012
"We don't need them, we have vectors." I LOL'd.
posted by Foosnark at 7:43 AM on February 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Foosnark at 7:43 AM on February 5, 2012 [2 favorites]
Once you have a fairly powerful gun, the trick is to keep grabbing the shields and then you can last forever.
posted by atrazine at 10:57 AM on February 5, 2012
posted by atrazine at 10:57 AM on February 5, 2012
I don't know what the deal is but I'm just getting redirected to the newgrounds frontpage when I click the link.
posted by delmoi at 9:57 AM on February 6, 2012
posted by delmoi at 9:57 AM on February 6, 2012
I don't know what the deal is but I'm just getting redirected to the newgrounds frontpage when I click the link.
Same.
posted by Talez at 11:15 AM on February 6, 2012
Same.
posted by Talez at 11:15 AM on February 6, 2012
I'm not sure, but that little banner at the top saying "SITE DOWN MAINTAININ' UR SERVERZ" might have something to do with that.
posted by maudlin at 12:31 PM on February 6, 2012
posted by maudlin at 12:31 PM on February 6, 2012
Anyone know how to turn off the sound on this thing?
posted by Night_owl at 7:35 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Night_owl at 7:35 AM on February 13, 2012
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posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:03 PM on February 4, 2012