07-08-2010, 12:55 AM
6E6771676F6F060 wrote:
14506 - Am I missing something.....is Jack suppose to figure out a way to pull the lever in the middle of the zappers that never seem to shut off long enough for him to do that? The troll can't do that.
Now it seems that he can't continue thru to room 14505 on the lower level (zapper level) because the grey door won't let him, so that he can step on the floor switch.
Yeah, my bad. I meant to make that middle dip where that centre pine tree is flat, so the goblin could jump down the cliff then come over and open the door. Oops. I'll fill it in with my shovel...
6E6771676F6F060 wrote:
In room 14505 Jack can't go on.
The 2 invisible switches did appear, but neither of them open the grey doors for him to continue. hmmm? see pic
/pokes the shield...
6E6771676F6F060 wrote:
14505 the Medusa did not make noise when Jack killed it. It only makes noise coming at him.
Strange, very strange. No idea why it did that.
6E6771676F6F060 wrote:
15304 - The coins over the skulls don't seem to coincide with Jacks jumping. He has to leave the room & return a few times to reset the skulls, just to collect all of them.
Ooo, yes, I'm a tricky one. Just wait until you hear the splash then jump when you're on a skull platform, and you'll catch them just fine.
6E6771676F6F060 wrote:
14504 - pls check this area out. If Jack uses the dropping brick to go down & to the right, the skeleton rises & Jack is stuck between him and that very slow spider. I made it thru, but it was a real close call. Maybe the skeleton could be on more of a delay before walking into Jack?
Ah, the skeleton only activates if you walk directly over it. So just jump over it and it shouldn't bother you.
747D6B7D75751C0 wrote:
14703 - After pulling this lever Jack has to go all the way around again, instead of going back up the ladder which he had to take from room 14905 after he p/u a blue key, so that he could continue from where he left off, so that he can p/u the yellow key. hmmmm???
Usually when you do this mansion you pull the lever then go around and get the key. If you did it the other way around, just make sure you don't do it next time.
747D6B7D75751C0 wrote:
14905 & 14906 to get those to that Secret place he has to back track again to get to the room above to continue. hmmmm?
If the player chooses to get the secret, he'd have to backtrack. It's not that much, just a couple of rooms. I don't see much of an issue.
747D6B7D75751C0 wrote:
14503 - I think that this SAME problem was corrected in the other versions, so maybe you could consider doing the same.
Re: the 2 vines. If Jack drops down off one of them to enter the room below (which gives the impression to do so in the map) he now has to back track ALL over again to get back up there.
In the other versions some sort of brick was installed so that he could grab the vine again & go back up from there.
All this back tracking really is a pain!
You aren't meant to drop down from above in hard version… but I suppose you still can. I'll fix that. The other versions, I already made it so the players can now go back up after being on the top part of that house thingy. Only thing is if they re-enter the room they would have to backtrack. That is their fault, not mine.
747D6B7D75751C0 wrote:
14108 - After Jack takes the batmobile to this room, the batmobile disappears and Jack has to back track all over again.
My point to all this is that since the game play requires so much back tracking in the mountains, perhaps you might consider curtailing it in some places. Perhaps others might feel as I do. As much as I love this area, I end up feeling very frustrated, like when is this going to be over, let me out of here. Maybe its just me? But all this back tacking is really to much over kill.
There are three types of backtracking: The type where you must go back and forth to complete the mansion. I've tended to stay away from that. Then there is the type that the player must do if he/she forgot to do something, or did something in the wrong order. Their fault, not mine. Then there is the sacrificial backtracking; if a player chooses to get a secret that requires backtracking. There are only two cases of this in my mansions.
Anyway, thanks for the comments missy, I really do appreciate them, as much as I hate backtracking myself I don't think I can make much changes to the mansion. I would have to go in and redesign most of some sections to do so, which I don't have the time in my busy summer right now.
Perhaps you've just been such a good beta tester you've played it so much that you're so used to it, or something?