Bad seed thoughts

[Nicol Robin]

Okay, to start things off, i absolutely do not hate this game. secondly, i am a bit underwhelmed.

Alright, does no one else seem bad seed a bit underwhelming, and maybe a little..... boring? like there are only 2 weapons that are actually good that ive seen. the banjo and mushroom boi, and (maybe) the blowgun. And none of te improvements are actually good for bosses. it doesnt seem fair that you cant attack
mama tick when shes shifted her sides, and the scythes are way too slow.(just like to add, losing a shield for extra damage is bad in some slow cases like this isnt worth it) flying fans are absolute garbage imo. the only good suits are the giant tick suit. 4 new enemies that are unsuprisingly easy. (except for the yeeter and the blowgunner) the boss seems a tad bit unfair.

sorry if i sound salty, but bad seed isnt worth the hype.
sorry if i sound bad,
just wished evil empire spent more time developing this.

[JustSmile]

... it's a $5 DLC. Two new zones with their own quirks as far as level generation goes, nice new music, art in line with quality of everything else, a set of enemies with new behaviours, a set of weapons with new mechanics. I'm very happy. Also, if you can't deal with the momma take an electric whip into her fight. The entire arena is water.

[Mkilbride]

Also you gotta consider all the free ♥♥♥♥ he's released since launch.

[Malygos]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

... it's a $5 DLC. Two new zones with their own quirks as far as level generation goes, nice new music, art in line with quality of everything else, a set of enemies with new behaviours, a set of weapons with new mechanics. I'm very happy. Also, if you can't deal with the momma take an electric whip into her fight. The entire arena is water.

This. for $5 what do you want from and indie studio the levels look nice, good clusters of enemies and interesting weapons. They have 11 employees I'm impressed they've kept up the quality of these dlcs and keep supporting the game

[mfndonut]

BlowGun is OP as f***

Mama Tick isnt unfair. You can parry any of her attacks and she telegraphs them enough. Easier than Conjunctivius IMO.

[bobhome2]

Definitely easier than conj., yeah.

The levels are huge and pretty challenging, the weapons, overall, are very good. Fans are fine, scythe is pretty great if you can get it down. And the blowgun and bouzouki are kind of ridiculous.

So far, the DLC's been pretty good.

Sure, I still call hax when the enemies trick me and smack me down. But the DLC areas are still super new, and it's really only my fault that I'm trash at it.

[JustSmile]

My favourite moment in Arboretum was when I got careless - full health, surv build, got the door's 60 kills, in no way whatsoever am I in danger, right? Well... A small shroom rammed me into a flytrap which launched me into spikes from where I fell in front of a yeeter which yeeted me into wall spikes. It was hilarious.

[Phirestar]

Bear in mind that Bad Seed contributes to more than just what is present in the DLC. The $4.99 that is spent on this will help fund the creation of more free content updates for Dead Cells - which Evil Empire has stated that they have many ideas for - along with providing Motion Twin some additional fund to invest in their next new project. It sounds to me like that money will go a long way.


Personally, I think that the time in which Bad Seed has come out has a large influence on how people might perceive it.

Imagine if you swapped the version numbers for Rise of the Giant and Bad Seed, and had this paid DLC release in March of last year. Back then, it probably would've seemed more significant, because the game had comparatively less content. Mama Tick would've been the 4th boss in the game, and it would've been the first time since The King's Hand update (a little over a year prior) that we saw brand new enemies and two new areas. On top of that, you'd later seen a massive free DLC come out in its wake, with Rise of the Giant hypothetically being the hot topic of this week, and people would've been blown away by the thought that that $5 produced what it had.

And that's what could very well happen in reality, too.

[Phirestar]

Originally posted by Gnodab:

5 outfits

Actually there's more than that, because Mama Tick has her own five respective boss cell difficulty skins. In addition to however many there are unlocked by default.

Also, on that: why are the non-boss skins unlocked automatically? Shouldn't they be blueprint drops from the new enemies or hidden in a secret location, like every other skin in the game?

[izyz]

scythe is awesome if you master it. definitely satisfy the thirst for huge damage. chunking down boss health feels great

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by Phirestar:

Also, on that: why are the non-boss skins unlocked automatically? Shouldn't they be blueprint drops from the new enemies or hidden in a secret location, like every other skin in the game?

Bug. They were unlocked before the DLC was even out.

[DrunkHobo]

Personally I love the scythe and just beat 2bc for the first time using it. The tick outfits are probably my favorites as well right now. Plus it was only 5 bucks. I can get behind supporting this game any way I can for the amount of enjoyment I have gotten since my initial purchase.

[olo667]

Originally posted by jefedemuchanina:

Originally posted by JustSmile:

... it's a $5 DLC. Two new zones with their own quirks as far as level generation goes, nice new music, art in line with quality of everything else, a set of enemies with new behaviours, a set of weapons with new mechanics. I'm very happy. Also, if you can't deal with the momma take an electric whip into her fight. The entire arena is water.

This. for $5 what do you want from and indie studio the levels look nice, good clusters of enemies and interesting weapons. They have 11 employees I'm impressed they've kept up the quality of these dlcs and keep supporting the game

Like seriously I would be willing to pay $10 for this content, rise of the giant too.