Quick Look: Fluidity: Spin Cycle

The fuck? EVERYONE LOVES FLUID DYNAMICS.

@The_Ruiner: Well said. I agree.

Someone tell Klepek to stop gestating in the capture room

@handlas said:

@Generic_username said:

@Efesell said:

@Slumberpunch said:

2013...the year where Klepek is in every quick look and Jeff and Ryan couldn't give less of a fuck

And here's to another fantastic year of people complaining about Patrick being in videos.

Huzzah.

Doesn't sound like a complaint to me. Someone has to care about the games that aren't FPS games and racers (thats more of a jab at Jeff I guess).

Alex and Patrick should quicklook games together. I know that's not possible...

And fighters. Don't forget fighters.

Patrick's inability to make proper, prolonged periods of puns is disturbing.

@White: What?

That is some Loco Roco right there

Dinosaurs? Put Patrick in teh QL!

Man, this really needs to be an iPad game. Like, REALLY needs to be an iPad game.

The fluid stuff is cool so I thought it would be a game for me, but this looks booooooooooooring

I think the character design is really cute.

Everybody loves me.

"Because he seems to be the one that Quick Looks the odd, interesting games, which is all that's come out so far."

@patrickklepek: Don't feed the trolls Patrick. Keep on truckin.

Why is Scoops talking about sucking up himself?

I actually welcome Patrick being in a bunch of new quicklooks because he seems to devote serious time to weird little games that the rest of the crew tends to pass up. Reminds me of when Bodega was doing JRPG quick looks.

@beard_of_zeus said:

@ApolloBob said:

@beard_of_zeus said:

@MormonWarrior said:

I heard the Wii game was cool...is this one as good?

The WiiWare one is fantastic. I'm worried about this one (about to watch the video, so we'll see) because of all the gyroscope use (which worked super well with a Wiimote, not so sure about the 3DS) and because it's supposedly broken down into levels. The original game was essentially a Metroidvania in a handful of really large, open levels with a great sense of exploration. It also reminded me a lot of Mario 64 in that you revisited the same areas multiple times, but completing different puzzles & challenges each time, trying to get more raindrops (read: stars).

You just sold me a WiiWare game, duder! That's something I gotta check out. I have too many games already, of course, but since when has that stopped me?

Haha, I hear ya, my favorite pasttime is buying games I don't need. But Lord knows the Wii Shop could use some sales. I think the most recent thing I bought off there was the WiiWare port of La Mulana , which I still can't believe ended up on there, that port was in limbo for the longest time. I'm guessing like 99.9% of people bought the PC version, and I'm the one dude who bought the Wii version.

Speaking of Metroidvanias, if that's your thing, you might be into La Mulana. It is easily the biggest, craziest most open one of those I've played, and I doubt I'll ever beat it, short of looking up a walkthrough. Obscure puzzle solving, along with having like 30 places to go at once, and not knowing if you are legitimately stuck at any given point, or just missed a power up item you desperately need. It also has the weird jumping mechanics of Ghouls n Ghosts. It does a good job of making you feel like a archeologist, exploring the unknown, but it can admittedly be frustrating occasionally.

La Mulana looked somewhat like Spelunky. Is that way off? And I just sold my 3DS so I guess it hardly matters what this game's like. Dunno how I'd play the WiiWare game either. Maybe I'll buy it on my family's Wii then find a rom/iso whatever to play it on that Dolphin emulator. If that works anyway.

I really love Metroidvanias...mostly Metroid, anyway. I didn't totally love Shadow Complex or Symphony of the Night like many others did...but those GBA/DS Castlevania games were sure great. And Dust is really great, but that's such a hybrid of a lot of things besides.

If only Nintendo added some kind of crazy face-tracking/rotating 3D function to the 3DS.

Is Ryan thinking of Puddle? I don't think they did a Quick Look of Fluidity for Wii.

I've been playing this, it's alright.

It doesn't have 3D because the 3D simply wouldn't work when you're turning the 3DS around, it has nothing to do with being a DSi port. The DSi doesn't even have a gyroscope...

Hey guys, have you heard of that flash game Cave Story? :P

Loco Roco except not as charming.

@Utiow21 said:

I actually welcome Patrick being in a bunch of new quicklooks because he seems to devote serious time to weird little games that the rest of the crew tends to pass up. Reminds me of when Bodega was doing JRPG quick looks.

Oh god let's not go there. Easily some of the most immense lowpoints in the GB history.

I never even knew this was coming out. If only there was some kind of eShop segment on the Bombcast that let me know about these releases....

@Smokey_Earhole: It's just extra content for the site that wouldn't be covered otherwise, and I appreciated the diversity, but to each his own I guess.

@Hellequin said:

God, why do ALL recent quick looks seem to have patrick in them? Ugh.

At least they didn't pair him with Brad for this one.... I like those guys but together they are one dry ass Quick Look...

Is this possible on DS? I didn't think the DS had a gyroscope? Maybe it does.

Anyway, this looks cool and I really don't understand the hate for Tricky. I think he fits in perfectly - I really don't mind who is on each QL. I just separate them into two tiers. Everyone tier & Vinny tier.

Is it just me or is Patrick in more quick looks than anybody else? I don't mind him, I actually kinda like him, but I think there are better QLers on staff and it's weird that he's in like...all of them.

fuck. Quick looks are the only reason i visit this site. If they all are going to have patrick from now on, i might be done with gb, makes me sad

@phrali said:

fuck. Quick looks are the only reason i visit this site. If they all are going to have patrick from now on, i might be done with gb, makes me sad

Patrick has done less quick looks then any of the other guys. If you hate him so much so stop coming here, then maybe you should leave. Not trying to be a dick but hes a small part of what makes Giantbomb so great, and isn't likely going anywhere anytime soon.

@phrali said:

fuck. Quick looks are the only reason i visit this site. If they all are going to have patrick from now on, i might be done with gb, makes me sad

He's QL are actually pretty good. He shows what the game is all about really quickly, not like Ryan for example who doesn't know how to play them most of the time and just shows menus for 30 minutes.

@PimblyCharles said:

@phrali said:

fuck. Quick looks are the only reason i visit this site. If they all are going to have patrick from now on, i might be done with gb, makes me sad

Patrick has done less quick looks then any of the other guys. If you hate him so much so stop coming here, then maybe you should leave. Not trying to be a dick but hes a small part of what makes Giantbomb so great, and isn't likely going anywhere anytime soon.

To say all of the GB crew makes equally good quick looks is to deny the magic that is Vinny Caravella.

I WILL NOT LET YOU DO THAT GOD DAMMIT. DON'T YOU DARE TAKE AWAY OUR MY VINNY.

Show video of game, get dozens of comments discussing the GB crew instead of the game. Watch fights break out.

Must be a day ending in Y for the world's creepiest video game community.

Dear lonely weirdos, your place of residence, unless it's a cardboard box with a wi-fi router, has a door. Open it, step outside and talk to somebody so that you have someone else to talk about besides five guys who don't even know your real name. Stop being creepy. It's creepy.

I like fluid dynamics as much as the next guy, maybe even a little more, but man a game like this seems really boring.

We live in a world where two different fluid based puzzle/platforming games exist.

@TiE23 said:

@PimblyCharles said:

@phrali said:

fuck. Quick looks are the only reason i visit this site. If they all are going to have patrick from now on, i might be done with gb, makes me sad

Patrick has done less quick looks then any of the other guys. If you hate him so much so stop coming here, then maybe you should leave. Not trying to be a dick but hes a small part of what makes Giantbomb so great, and isn't likely going anywhere anytime soon.

To say all of the GB crew makes equally good quick looks is to deny the magic that is Vinny Caravella.

I WILL NOT LET YOU DO THAT GOD DAMMIT. DON'T YOU DARE TAKE AWAY OUR MY VINNY.

What are you talking about dude? I didn't say anything of the sort. I said Patrick is a SMALL part of what makes GB so great. I personally LOVE what Vinny brings to GB and think he brings more gold to the table then anyone else. I'm just so sick of people hating on Patrick when he's also a valuable member of GB.

@PimblyCharles:

I think a lot of us are just tired of the same guy being on seemingly every single QL

@Skillface: I think in times like this where there isn't much coming out, Patrick goes out of his way to find and explore interesting indie games and puzzles games. To me he seems to be a bit better connected to that scene than the other guys (save for adventure games and Vinny), and thus ends up in more QLs when there aren't big releases about. I say good on him.

@ZeroV2 said:

@PimblyCharles:

I think a lot of us are just tired of the same guy being on seemingly every single QL

but he's not seemingly in every single QL. He's been in a few lately but really he's in less QLs than the other guys if you add them all up. Anyway, Vinny, Jeff & Drew can't be in every quicklook, but I still enjoy when Patrick & Ryan get together for a QL.

@McDayman said:

@Skillface: I think in times like this where there isn't much coming out, Patrick goes out of his way to find and explore interesting indie games and puzzles games. To me he seems to be a bit better connected to that scene than the other guys (save for adventure games and Vinny), and thus ends up in more QLs when there aren't big releases about. I say good on him.

Couldn't agree more.

Pat does a good job of checking out games other ppl. don't. Unless it is often bad, Alex kicks in, Alex is good ppl yeah, for whatever that means. (And he seemed to have a good game recently). There is a natural friendship between Pat and Ryan(it seems), and that is at the least usually bearable to me. I do have respect for Pat, but he really needed to listen to Ryan once, but not so bad after that or before. This is coming from a guy who refused to watch the ER Chrono Trigger, but then it never was at all personal to them. I'll sneak in the archive sometime.... I didn't consider ER material but it looked involved and humorous, the few times I cheated.

Hope you find more more of the horror/cyberpunk intense indie genre Pat, and get that increasingly expensive PC built. It's you that might have enjoyed Divine Cybermancy more, but team Brad has truly moved on...

Also As a premium member, I am waiting on Vinny, Dave and Drew (Alexis is getting it together, sort of put me off at first) for anything.....

"So I'm just like sitting here in the Quick Look room by myself, just... gestating."

Oh God, what goes on in that room?

This game looks like a snoozefest to me.

Enjoying this quick look if only to giggle at Patrick repeatedly saying "I suck myself..."

@beard_of_zeus said:

@MormonWarrior said:

I heard the Wii game was cool...is this one as good?

The WiiWare one is fantastic. I'm worried about this one (about to watch the video, so we'll see) because of all the gyroscope use (which worked super well with a Wiimote, not so sure about the 3DS) and because it's supposedly broken down into levels. The original game was essentially a Metroidvania in a handful of really large, open levels with a great sense of exploration. It also reminded me a lot of Mario 64 in that you revisited the same areas multiple times, but completing different puzzles & challenges each time, trying to get more raindrops (read: stars).

Super late Quick Look comment: Yeah, I was also one of the few who bothered to get Fluidity when it came out on WiiWare. That game deserved a larger audience, because it was awesome, and the weird meteorology textbook was actually a cool setting. Granted, I think the it had completely unremarkable music and sound design, but the gameplay and design of all the levels is some of the best use of tilt controls + buttons I've ever seen.

But at the same time, I feel like I've done my part to reward that developer's hard work, and I just don't see myself buying Spin Cycle. After putting in the time to get a full clear on the original Fluidity (seriously, loved that game), I've had my fill for a good long while. And yeah, I'm really not digging how compartmentalized all the levels are, and how there isn't the same progression of your water blob gaining more forms and abilities as the game progressed.

As much as WiiWare ended up being a joke, Fluidity was just about the last game worth paying attention to on the service (aside from La Mulana coming out like months before the Wii U release), and it's a pity that it didn't get more exposure due to the gaming press ignoring WiiWare by that point. Fluidity never even got a Quick Look, despite Ryan thinking he recognized it.

Edit: I especially don't care for the time limits to get the stars. Again, I loved the original, but due to the nature of fluid dynamics, the controls could get finicky. Having to do stages under a time limit just seems frustrating in a game that controls so semi-randomly. Fluidity is not Super Meat Boy.