if you own a current gen system and you are not currently playing this game then you are a n00b
― mo loko (cozen), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
currently playingthink i kinda suck at iti still like it tho
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
IT IS SO GOOD
― "Anus Landlord": A little rough, but good. (jamescobo), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
But is it as good as Anus Landlord?
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I hadn't really heard about this game outside of this board. What's new with this one?
― Nhex, Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
if you're wanting to be convinced,
glowing review
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
It is the perfect Pac Man game, basically. If that doesn't appeal to you then don't get it. But it roolz hard.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's just so nice being able to play this with a reasonable controller; up until now I'd only ever played it on 360 and iPhone.
― "Anus Landlord": A little rough, but good. (jamescobo), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Do people play with the d-pad or the analog stick? D-pad is my intuitive choice but I'm missing the really really fast direction changes every now and then. Seems like the stick would be worse though
― antexit, Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm playing with the stick and it sucks. but the d-pad isn't as responsive as I want it to be, either. I feel like I'm passing the threshold into whiny adulthood because I'm mumbling "stupid stick! turn pac-man! dammit, c'mon!" to myself as the speed intensifies.
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
and I'm sure some 7-year-old would use the same controller and have no problem whatsoever.
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
After struggling for a while I busted out the arcade stick... oh my.
― the depressed-saggy-japanese-salaryman of ilx posters (Will M.), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Better?
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I need to get you all on my friend list so I can see how badly I suck at this. Am Jimdoo (on XBL) if you don't have me already.
― JimD, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
polyphonique, but I'm not that good at it.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
d/led this last night. Every bit as good as everyone says, but I fear I may have a fit during a session on it on account of it being that frantic.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm a little uncomfortable with how much the giant five-second serotonin burst that comes with nailing a line of 100 ghosts feels like an orgasm tbh. it makes me not want to play too much
― antexit, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
one for the box there
― old LOKO heads (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Watching this and spending half the time trying to work out where Pac-Man is = I'm too old for this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0qngXmMPX8
― Dork Twisted Fantasy (onimo), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
The reviews make it look like it's much harder to die than in previous games as you've got the slow-down thing and bombs and is all about racking up big ghost eating runs for high scores. This makes me think I'd end up in Trials/Wipeout HD mode where I beat my high scores with a stunning feat of hand eye coordination to find that I've risen to the lofty heights of 6712nd in the world.
― Dork Twisted Fantasy (onimo), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
This game is basically Pac-Man: The Benny Hill Years. I love it.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 2 December 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ OTM and hilarious
somebody make me a dynamic yackety sax soundtrack for this game asap
― antexit, Thursday, 2 December 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus christ this game is fun.
i love how little details of the original game have been amplified, stretched and extended.
- speed-up on turning corners- that split-second of decision-making when faced with ghosts on both sides- leading all the ghosts on a merry chase while pushing your luck
these things existed in the original game but in rudimentary form. they've elaborated and sophisticated these moments and it's freaking hilariously fun
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
in-depth article about the original pacman -
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3938/the_pacman_dossier.php
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
another aspect of the original that's been magnified:
- the comforting feeling of following a set pattern, the panic that sets in when the pattern goes wrong, and the satisfaction of using your wits to succeed anyway
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
and of course, turning the tables on the ghosts, which has become this supernova of craziness
You know, as a kid, this is pretty much what I figured Pac-Man would look like in the year 2011.
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 2 December 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Here you go!
http://bennyhillifier.com/?id=3pRSgfUZvcs
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Thursday, 2 December 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I busted out the arcade stick... oh my.
god dammit, now I'm seriously considering throwing all my Xmas loot at a fightstick now just to play this game
― FART MAGNET STUDIOS IS SCREWING US AGAIN!!!1!1!!!1!! (jamescobo), Thursday, 2 December 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously. the PS3 controller is just not.. good.. enough
although i find it helps to play this game 1) when you're not drunk 2) before 1am
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 December 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
The friend leaderboards in this game are weird and annoying, why doesn't it include my own scores in there?
― JimD, Saturday, 4 December 2010 08:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Argh my thumb arggggggghhhh :(
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link
did you see my "high" scores on there? I added you yesterday and it was fun to be able to see where other ilxors were on the leaderboard
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
this game is fun
playing it when really tired is kind of traumatizing
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
my psn is krangor btw
having spent the weekend playing space invaders extreme, i would love a version of this on DS. anyone know if a conversion is planned?
― Frank O'Cotsoe (haitch), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
in 2008http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=space+invaders+extreme+ds&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14761653185694781312&ei=9Fz8TNOtOMWblgef94GYBQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ8wIwBA#
― Lou Ferrigno (Hulken) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
to rephrase: having spent the weekend playing space invaders extreme on the DS and enjoying the future-retro styles, i would love a version of PAC-MAN CE DX (aka 'this', the game the thread is talking about) on DS. anyone know if a conversion is planned?
― Frank O'Cotsoe (haitch), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, i get it. sorry.
― Lou Ferrigno (Hulken) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
don't think so, haitch. might show up on 3DS at some point
― smoke on this^ one (cozen), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 07:19 (thirteen years ago) link
A hori arcade stick is as good as a fightstick and much cheaper, good enough for pacman and ikaruga and such anyway
― the depressed-saggy-japanese-salaryman of ilx posters (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 07:56 (thirteen years ago) link
So these leaderboards got fucked up somehow, huh? I didn't play it for a week or so, suddenly I'm number 71 in the world at time trial (short) overall, with a total time of 33 seconds. Despite the fact I've not even attempted most of them. It's about 10% lol, but given that the game's all about the leaderboards it's also 90% ruined.
― JimD, Monday, 13 December 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm enjoying taking the lead back on my leaderboard every time I play this.
― I Am Kurious Assange (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
n00b request for assistance on this: I first bought and DLed Pac-Man CE DX but didn't see anything in my downloaded games folder - so I then bought and installed Pac-Man CE, which I'm now playing. Where is the DX game? Is it an add-on I need to somehow install?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 December 2010 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
It isn't an add-on. It's a new game.
― I Am Kurious Assange (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
thx that's what I thought. Thing is after downloading it I can't find it anywhere on the PS3 menu (I'm pretty sure the solution is right before my eyes but...)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:10 (9 months ago)
OTM. amazing game.
― matte prick (haitch), Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Holy hell this game is great. Started playing it yesterday when the sun was out and then I checked the time and it was 1AM.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 17 March 2014 14:25 (ten years ago) link
This is just a mock-up image, but somebody needs to make this a real game:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/L1LJ/runte31.jpg
― meet 'bronos' -- (Lee626), Monday, 17 March 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
UH
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-20-pac-man-championship-edition-2-announced-for-september
― thos beads (jamescobo), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
yeah i got the ps3 one but have been wishing it was brought to ps4. i guess 256 is out now for consoles but i'm not too interested cuz it pales in comparison to ce dx
― am0n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
Championship DX was so amazing
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
unfortunately it appears that the PC version's support for the Elite Bone controller is wonky as fuck right now, so I caved and got it for PS4 instead; hopefully it's fixed by the time the next Steam sale rolls around.
― thos beads (jamescobo), Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
https://www.bandainamcoent.com/
PAC-MAN Championship Edition 2 is available for free starting from - April 24, 2020 at 10:00am PDT to May 10, 2020 at 10:00am PDT - for the PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PCs via STEAM®.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
wow.
the only game (besides gran turismo) to ever make me seriously consider an alternative input device.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 24 April 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
amazing game, def grab it if you don’t already have it
― He is married to Brogmus, Linda. (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 24 April 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link