by any means mini-games

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:45 am

i can do the speedboat (within reason)
the train is fine up to about 20.
hot air balloon is okay if you have the patience.
but how the buggery buggery bollocks do you do the evel knievil stunt? pointers please?

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:14 pm

24 is my average on the train. No jokes please.

Similar trouble on the motorbike, but the first time I didnt jump at all and still reached the target... Weird.

ming · Post by **ming** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:44 am

wait for the bike to stop then the seat raises and you press jump at the angle you want.
broken or not fully working screens are a pain in the arse, had one where you couldnt get the train past 6metres, and one with the burn on the hot air balloon not working at all.. nice

Barry Trotter · Post by **Barry Trotter** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:23 pm

imagine a much, much harder version of kitty cannon...
makes you wonder how a developer can take a good idea and make it worse

once you've got the hang of it, its not too hard - its just the fact it speeds up then goes in to Bullet Time for the angle stopping part...

because it starts scrolling quickly, you have no idea what you have to do when it suddenly stops!

its the only part of the game i don't like though... so i suppose nothings perfect...

JG · Post by JG » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:53 am

Speedboat is the same track each time is it not?
I played this for the first time today.
After reading this thread I'm still confused as to how the bike mini game works.
I like the feel of the game, although the prize was always at episode 5, questions were pleasant until level 5 when suddenly they got VERY NASTY.

Also I got a bank of £11, alas £0 from By Any Means and when I pressed collect it shot the coins out with great VIGOUR and APLOMB scattering them over the pub carpet. I managed to retrieve £10 of them to the amusement of the locals, the remaining £1, well that disappeared into a parallel universe.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:04 am

JG wrote:I like the feel of the game, although the prize was always at episode 5, questions were pleasant until level 5 when suddenly they got VERY NASTY.

A perfectly succinct summary of the game, JG - nice if you like pretty pictures (although personally I'd say there are far better examples out there if that's what you are looking for, e.g. the otherwise dreadful Ind:e Battleships games is absolutely beautiful) but very controlled and it will only make prizes available when it decides to. As it's yet another new game where I'm not seeing any evidence of punters playing it, those paying games are likely to be pretty rare beasts.