Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam
Posted by Derek Yu Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:59:00 GMT
Dirk Valentine combines sweet pixel art with mustachioed gentlemen and steampunk. And a chain cannon. I feel like it could be great instead of just good if Nitrome would only:
1. Take out like 3/4’s of the messages from “Monty,” the irritating old fart that enjoys telling you things like “avoid the deadly green gas!” and basically spoiling the fun of figuring anything out for yourself for the first dozen or so levels.
2. Add a little variation in the level artwork. As good as it is, it gets a bit tedious toward the end.
I also wish that secondary objectives like collecting medals and rescuing gents were meaningful gameplay-wise, but that’s a minor quibble. Otherwise, I had a good time with this one – the chain cannon’s abilities are pretty interesting, and the puzzles inspired by them are well thought-out.
Plus, pixel art and steampunk.
haha sucker!!
This game is pretty.
Wow, pretty boss. Looks verr Nice, and it’s fun. Chains!
But, people who make such pretty things AND OBVIOUSLY GIVE ZERO DAMNS ABOUT SOUND disturb me. Honestly, how can one be so good in one regard and so awful in another?
Monty, my penis is stuck up your butt and I can’t get it out! Find the gas!
Love that Wilhelm Scream when they die!
This was a neat game!
I agree that collecting stuff needs to actually do something though…
As much as I enjoy steampunk and mustaches, this got old after about five levels.
Just like every other Nitrome game.
Ah yes the Wilhelm scream, there is this video compilation somewhere with many of its “appearances”. :) Starts with a cowboy movie if I’m not mistaken, very funny.