If you guys play a game called Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet next week, you can say that one of your fellow Giant Bomb Dooders was the 3rd person on the planet (not a shadow one) to ever 100% the game!  I even beat GameSpot's Justin Calvert :p  

I was almost #2, but my friend Cyrus beat me to it by just a hair. I actually 100%'d the game map before he did, but he got 100% on everything else + the map before I could.  #1 doesn't even count because we believe that it's one of the devs... anyway, I'll forever be immortalized as such, on the XBOX 360 Leaderboards, since I don't believe Microsoft is gunna wipe them before release next week!  Yes, it's got the same kinda lame Leaderboards as say Bastion or Braid.  

Currently, only 4 human beings in this world have ever 100%'d the game.  

Anyway, I think I may try for a review and maybe even a guide here soon.  If you want my early review here it is:  "There is no doubt in my mind, no one should pass on this game!  Worth the $15 for sure!"  
 
If you guys have any questions about the game, go ahead and post them up and I'll try to answer them.  I guess I'll toss-up a User Review here on Giant Bomb when it's available.  Cheers!   
 
EDIT:  Fixed 2 grammar mistakes in my original post.  
 
Also, I am one of the first people to get all 200 Gamerscore on this game, which looking at things, only 3 people have ever done it!  Along with Cyrus and Infamy, us 3 were able to kill-it in multiplayer and we all got 200G at the same time!!!    
 
This is what it looks like on my TrueAchievements.com profile, when you're the first in the world to get an Achievement or 2 it just gives you a score of 125! :O  
    

Good job, Jeremy.

Sounds like a very short game.

What is it exactly? What does it play like?

Good job, Jeremy.

Sounds like a very short game.

What is it exactly? What does it play like?

Great job Jeremy

 
@Turtlebird95 said:

Sounds like a very short game.

Yeah, it's probably a tad shorter than say Super Metroid or Shadow Complex, though I can beat those 2 games faster than the time I beat Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.  Take from that what you will :p    I want to say it took me about 15 hours to 100% with no guide or help what-so-ever.  So, about a $1 an hour of entertainment.  But it also has multiplayer, which is actually pretty fun.  I've been playing it with my friend Cyrus (#2 on the Leaderboards).   

Good job, Jeremy.

Great job Jeremy

Oh and I'm totally buying this game next week, seems super awesome.

so nobody tested it? or you did?

How did you get a copy?

Hows' the music?  
 
How did you get a hold of the game?

The game was on sale for a little while Tuesday night through the Microsoft Store. For anyone worried about length, it's one of those games that doesn't overstay its welcome - I'm in the third world right now (of five, I think) and each one has lasted exactly as long as it should have. It's a pretty fun game. The puzzles have been my favorite parts, just the right difficulty - but the whole game is really solid.

so nobody tested it? or you did?  

How did you get a copy?  

Hows' the music?   How did you get a hold of the game?

It says there's music from Dimmu Borgir in it, but I don't recall hearing much of it to my memory.  Also, a lot of the stuff in that trailer isn't even in the game, haha. 
 
I'll be online if anyone wants to play the multiplayer. 

It says there's music from Dimmu Borgir in it, but I don't recall hearing much of it to my memory.  Also, a lot of the stuff in that trailer isn't even in the game, haha.  I'll be online if anyone wants to play the multiplayer. 

What's the multiplayer mode exactly? Is it a co-op style thing or something else?

What's the multiplayer mode exactly? Is it a co-op style thing or something else?

@Luke said:

"There is no doubt in my mind that anyone should pass on this game!"

I'm guessing you meant for this to sound positive. It's actually quite negative.

Mastered it.

Great shot Jeremy.

But damn, I am looking forward to this game. To hear it's a metroidvania type game with it's cool visuals has got me intrigued. I just hope it holds my attention better than Outland.

@Luke said:

"There is no doubt in my mind that anyone should pass on this game!"

I'm guessing you meant for this to sound positive. It's actually quite negative.

Great shot Jeremy.

But damn, I am looking forward to this game. To hear it's a metroidvania type game with it's cool visuals has got me intrigued. I just hope it holds my attention better than Outland.

Alright, I'm on the last boss right now and it's really making me mad. The final world was frustrating, but barely doable. The final boss is way, way too difficult. The first phase is easy, the second phase requires some practice (also, why can the missiles sometimes go through my laser beam?), but the final phase turns the difficulty up to a ridiculous degree. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but (without spoiling too much) it turns the game into some kind of bullet hell shooter where there are plain missiles flying outward in every direction, homing missiles constantly being launched at you, and the thing you're trying to kill constantly bum-rushing you. This is from a mostly puzzle- and exploration-focused game. I've tried it probably fifteen times and consistently die at the same part. The rest of the game is very good, but this last boss feels like it's from a different, much more combat-focused game.

Great shot Jeremy.

But damn, I am looking forward to this game. To hear it's a metroidvania type game with it's cool visuals has got me intrigued. I just hope it holds my attention better than Outland.

Alright, I'm on the last boss right now and it's really making me mad. The final world was frustrating, but barely doable. The final boss is way, way too difficult. The first phase is easy, the second phase requires some practice (also, why can the missiles sometimes go through my laser beam?), but the final phase turns the difficulty up to a ridiculous degree. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but (without spoiling too much) it turns the game into some kind of bullet hell shooter where there are plain missiles flying outward in every direction, homing missiles constantly being launched at you, and the thing you're trying to kill constantly bum-rushing you. This is from a mostly puzzle- and exploration-focused game. I've tried it probably fifteen times and consistently die at the same part. The rest of the game is very good, but this last boss feels like it's from a different, much more combat-focused game.