How To Unlock & Buy Double Jump & Dash Dodge?!

[Shizofrend]

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[Telzen]

Save up lots of ore, then go to the shop level and buy the tier one weapons, once you have bought those you can buy the double jump and dash.

[Shizofrend]

so I gotta buy all stuff from previous tier to unlock the next one?

[Khtugg]

Aye, you need to buy enough from available items to unlock more.

[Shizofrend]

Aight, thx for info!

[Telzen]

Originally posted by Godsped! Dark Emperor:

so I gotta buy all stuff from previous tier to unlock the next one?

For the most part. I was able to buy the tier 4 weapon even without buying the bandolier so I guess when it comes to tier 3 you only need 2/3 of them to unlock tier 4.

[tcassat]

Who agrees that these things should be unlocked from the beginning?
I don't normally like these "advanced moves" in retro shooters, but since it exists in the game, and impacts the gameplay in such a profound way, then the devs should have embraced the mechanics. Making this kind of thing optional just makes the mechanics and level design unbalanced because they need to fit two different player approaches.

[Mental Paradox]

Originally posted by Telzen:

Originally posted by Godsped! Dark Emperor:

so I gotta buy all stuff from previous tier to unlock the next one?

For the most part. I was able to buy the tier 4 weapon even without buying the bandolier so I guess when it comes to tier 3 you only need 2/3 of them to unlock tier 4.

You sure? I own every single upgrade and weapon, except for the Swarmer. I still can't buy the Mammonth (the Tier 4 weapon).

[Telzen]

Originally posted by Mental Paradox:

Originally posted by Telzen:

For the most part. I was able to buy the tier 4 weapon even without buying the bandolier so I guess when it comes to tier 3 you only need 2/3 of them to unlock tier 4.

You sure? I own every single upgrade and weapon, except for the Swarmer. I still can't buy the Mammonth (the Tier 4 weapon).

Yeah it did for me anyway, I was surprised. I didn't know if you needed every single ore so I didn't want to take the chance on getting the weapons.

I bought the two tier 1 weapons, then the double jump and dash, then the swarmer, then the auto shotgun, then the mammoth, and then finally after I was done with the campaign I went and got the bandolier.

[Mental Paradox]

Originally posted by Telzen:

Originally posted by Mental Paradox:

You sure? I own every single upgrade and weapon, except for the Swarmer. I still can't buy the Mammonth (the Tier 4 weapon).

Yeah it did for me anyway, I was surprised. I didn't know if you needed every single ore so I didn't want to take the chance on getting the weapons.

I bought the two tier 1 weapons, then the double jump and dash, then the swarmer, then the auto shotgun, then the mammoth, and then finally after I was done with the campaign I went and got the bandolier.

Well... the Mammonth became available for purchase the second I bought the Swarmer. I owned everything else already. So I guess the requirement for the Mammonth is the Swarmer. I wish the game was a bit more transparent in what's required to unlock what

[vanQ]

Originally posted by tcassat:

Who agrees that these things should be unlocked from the beginning?
I don't normally like these "advanced moves" in retro shooters, but since it exists in the game, and impacts the gameplay in such a profound way, then the devs should have embraced the mechanics. Making this kind of thing optional just makes the mechanics and level design unbalanced because they need to fit two different player approaches.

I totally do agree, never seen such important things needed to be unlocked first, major bummer, why would they do that? So i need to replay all the maps several times to get enough ore to unlock all tier 1 weps, then find ore to unlock the djump/dash.... for me the phun in this game just dropped to -20. Thought this was a straight forward shooter, not a farming game. Always wondered why the button i assigned dash for is not functional, how should i know that i need to unlock this? Just noticed in a youtoube vid one is having djump and dash, else i wouldnt have known they exist, maybe one day i would have found out running in that corner accidentaly in the shop ... no wonder i cannot reach several fragments in lots of (early) maps...

[tcassat]

Originally posted by vanQ:

Originally posted by tcassat:

Who agrees that these things should be unlocked from the beginning?
I don't normally like these "advanced moves" in retro shooters, but since it exists in the game, and impacts the gameplay in such a profound way, then the devs should have embraced the mechanics. Making this kind of thing optional just makes the mechanics and level design unbalanced because they need to fit two different player approaches.

I totally do agree, never seen such important things needed to be unlocked first, major bummer, why would they do that? So i need to replay all the maps several times to get enough ore to unlock all tier 1 weps, then find ore to unlock the djump/dash.... for me the phun in this game just dropped to -20. Thought this was a straight forward shooter, not a farming game. Always wondered why the button i assigned dash for is not functional, how should i know that i need to unlock this? Just noticed in a youtoube vid one is having djump and dash, else i wouldnt have known they exist, maybe one day i would have found out running in that corner accidentaly in the shop ... no wonder i cannot reach several fragments in lots of (early) maps...

Prodeus has a good core but the game design is a disaster. I can understand not offering all skills immediately so as not to overwhelm the player, but if you are going to introduce double jump and dash, which completely changes the approach to both battles and exploration, then you can't make this completely optional. At least force the player to collect these things at the end of the third or fourth level when he is already familiar with the basics...

Prodeus has many elements that a good game needs, but unfortunately it is far from being a good game because of several horrible decisions by the developers who seem as if they were ashamed of simply making a simple, straightforward shooter.