I am at chapter 4 and am finding the wind levels very difficult

[peacefultrance]

Does the game stay at the same difficulty or ramp up even more?

[glass]

Difficulty isn't linear. You might find some later parts easier. If you are just going for progression (no strawberries), there are parts later that are more difficult, but just slightly. Also, different people might find different mechanics easier than others.

[PixelDemise]

The winds are unqiue to that area, and bits of the final area. You don't see them anywhere else. Although I would say that the later areas are easier, that is just me, as the later stages used a lot of what I am good at.

Remember assist mode if you need it. There isn't a penalty to using it, and you can even do minor stuff like slowing the game by 20% or so to make things a little easier.

[John Darksoul]

IMO it does ramp up, both in the Mirror and The Summit. But yeah, some mechanics are harder than others depending on the player. I suck at dealing with clouds, always get my jumps wrong.

[zfan121]

Originally posted by CombustibleLemons:

The winds are unqiue to that area, and bits of the final area. You don't see them anywhere else. Although I would say that the later areas are easier, that is just me, as the later stages used a lot of what I am good at.

Remember assist mode if you need it. There isn't a penalty to using it, and you can even do minor stuff like slowing the game by 20% or so to make things a little easier.

I'm almost at 100% of the base game. (just a few straggling strawberries and the B side tapes/crystal hearts left)

You will hardly ever need assist mode.

The game will tempt you a few times but I've never *really* needed it. And the only video guide I needed was the 'how the F* do I do that' strawberries and the Crystal hearts. Most Strawberries I can get on a second playthrough checking for secrets. Anything you legit scratch your head trying to find I suggest a video.

The game doesn't 'laugh' at you per say (at least in the sense of Dark souls and it's 'you died' screen) but you will get a mark on your file saying you used it...

[peacefultrance]

On the last level now and by God these feathers suck WTF were they thinking including such free flow movement.Any tips on controlling it?

[zfan121]

Originally posted by peacefultrance:

On the last level now and by God these feathers suck WTF were they thinking including such free flow movement.Any tips on controlling it?

Use the Controll stick for the feathers :P
And practice maneuvering with the earlier parts of the level.
Otherwise Chapter 8 will kick your butt XD

[peacefultrance]

Done with chapter 8. I get shivers thinking what B side would be but think so I am done after almost 7000 deaths.

[blueblimp]

1B and 2B might be easier than 8A. The B-sides don't start getting really crazy until 3B.

[WiiLP]

the first time playing through the chapters it gets slightly harder. the B-sides are brutal comapred to their counterparts and the c-sides are even harder than that

[peacefultrance]

LOL there are C sides as well.Just saw it on youtube thats hell how do people get tthrough them.

[Ashtarte]

Originally posted by peacefultrance:

Does the game stay at the same difficulty or ramp up even more?

What is and isn't difficult is going to be subjective. My friend had way more trouble with Ch. 3 than Ch. 4 and I utterly despise Ch. 4 as the worst part of the game.

As for now that you're past them I'd say at least give each level B-Side a try if you have it unlocked. Personally I loved Ch. 2's mechanics so much it was the first B-Side I tried and inspired me to go through all of them. (Which by the time of Ch. 8B I regret that decision)

The C-Sides are only for the truly masochistic though. The usual level design means no screen will have more than a few hard manuevers at most before you complete it; the C-Sides are huge chains of the hardest tricks in the game. First instance Ch. 1C is only 3 screens long but will give you nightmares just looking at it.

[zfan121]

Originally posted by blueblimp:

1B and 2B might be easier than 8A. The B-sides don't start getting really crazy until 3B.

May B (ha) I'm crazy, but 1 B's second screen is actually a legitimate 'puzzle' ...
Most of the time the game is like 'here's your tools, now get from point A to B'
Even on Ch 1's B side, the game wastes no time going 'great shot kid, now don't get cocky'
These screens from what I've seen are legitimate puzzles. Where the main game is for the most part, platforming shinanigans.
I'm personally just gonna go for getting all the crystal hearts, strawberries and unlocking the B sides. I'm nowhere near proficiant enough at the game for C sides from what I've heard of it.

[Dr. Oktagon]

The winds are what just killed this game for me. After dying 800 times i feel like having a depression inside my depression.

This game looks really good and has a really (for me) relatable setting but the difficulty ist just to high :(

*sigh* I used to be really good at platformers ...... ^^