Comments on: What else? http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2009/11/what-else/ We Make The Cops Look Dumb - Seeking High Scores Even In The Laser's Mouth Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: RobF http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2009/11/what-else/comment-page-1/#comment-241 RobF Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:36:04 +0000 http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/?p=564#comment-241 Yup, the unlock system is the games undoing really and as entertaining as it is, I don't think any amount of Nebin and the news can salvage it from being a horrid grindy system that has no place in a score attack game. Given the amount of care and love gone into so much of it (at last count, lots) it seems insane to lock people out of x amount of levels depending on their ability. Letting them score -something- no matter how miniscule is better than them never seeing the stage at all. Having a constant onscreen reminder in the shape of the cubes of "look what you could win if only you weren't shit" really doesn't help either. I still love it as a game but folks need to start quitting doing that stuff. It's nasty, grindy stuff that saps enjoyment and replaces it with chores. Yup, the unlock system is the games undoing really and as entertaining as it is, I don’t think any amount of Nebin and the news can salvage it from being a horrid grindy system that has no place in a score attack game.

Given the amount of care and love gone into so much of it (at last count, lots) it seems insane to lock people out of x amount of levels depending on their ability. Letting them score -something- no matter how miniscule is better than them never seeing the stage at all. Having a constant onscreen reminder in the shape of the cubes of “look what you could win if only you weren’t shit” really doesn’t help either.

I still love it as a game but folks need to start quitting doing that stuff. It’s nasty, grindy stuff that saps enjoyment and replaces it with chores.

]]> By: Jazmeister http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2009/11/what-else/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Jazmeister Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:04:56 +0000 http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/?p=564#comment-240 I thought Aaaaa! was pretty fun, but it didn't give me much excuse to play it. I got to the point where I just wasn't good enough and I ran out of teeth with about 3/4 of the cubes unlocked. I think the personality and the style of it is very important to bolstering the fair-to-good bare bones of play. Fretting about which square to unlock, hoping you won't spend all those teeth on a really difficult one that isn't fun, would be much more stressful without Nebin and the news. I loved CoD 1 & 2, I'll still play them, and I believe the new one does try to improve, but I play a game because I want to go somewhere new, you know? I want to be doing something I've never done before. I thought Aaaaa! was pretty fun, but it didn’t give me much excuse to play it. I got to the point where I just wasn’t good enough and I ran out of teeth with about 3/4 of the cubes unlocked. I think the personality and the style of it is very important to bolstering the fair-to-good bare bones of play. Fretting about which square to unlock, hoping you won’t spend all those teeth on a really difficult one that isn’t fun, would be much more stressful without Nebin and the news.

I loved CoD 1 & 2, I’ll still play them, and I believe the new one does try to improve, but I play a game because I want to go somewhere new, you know? I want to be doing something I’ve never done before.

]]> By: tim http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2009/11/what-else/comment-page-1/#comment-239 tim Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:09:38 +0000 http://www.merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/?p=564#comment-239 synso360 is the best value of the bunch, obviously! ;) synso360 is the best value of the bunch, obviously! ;)

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