07-18-2011, 07:13 AM
Cathedral Towers Normal
* Keys: 9 blue, 10 green, 6 yellow
* Doors: 10 blue, 11 green, 7 yellow
This one is an uglier problem. Fewer keys than doors. After looking at it a while, I think as ugly as it may be the imbalance was intentional. Fortunately, it's not difficult to fix, if you decide to. For yellow and blue, It pretty much boils down to the following two rooms: 15298 and 14299.
15298 is in the middle, and has 2 green keys, plus a yellow and a blue. Jack only has to pass through this section one time to finish the game and get everything. This means that the doors on only one side need to be used. If he decides to open both sets Jack will be cut himself off from some extra treasure ahead, and will make room 14299 more difficult, though not impossible especially if he has plenty of extra lives.
14299 is almost at the end, and has two spiders, plus two bird cages - one with a blue door, and one with a yellow. Because of the key mismatch, Jack will only ever be able to open one of these doors. Possibly, he may not be able to open either, if the player has decided to go around again, and open both yellow and blue doors in room 15298. This seems too calculated to not be intentional.
Seems a little cruel for Normal level - I could see something like this for Hard, perhaps, but that's just me. The easy fix here, would be to remove the yellow and blue doors at 15298 or perhaps in 15493. I favor 15298, myself.
The green doors in 15298 are similar. Only one has to be opened, if both are opened, then Jack will not be able to get into the bonus treasure room at 14298. Probably, if it were left to me, I would leave the green keys/doors alone - even if it meant that there was one extra green door. Tough call.
* Keys: 9 blue, 10 green, 6 yellow
* Doors: 10 blue, 11 green, 7 yellow
This one is an uglier problem. Fewer keys than doors. After looking at it a while, I think as ugly as it may be the imbalance was intentional. Fortunately, it's not difficult to fix, if you decide to. For yellow and blue, It pretty much boils down to the following two rooms: 15298 and 14299.
15298 is in the middle, and has 2 green keys, plus a yellow and a blue. Jack only has to pass through this section one time to finish the game and get everything. This means that the doors on only one side need to be used. If he decides to open both sets Jack will be cut himself off from some extra treasure ahead, and will make room 14299 more difficult, though not impossible especially if he has plenty of extra lives.
14299 is almost at the end, and has two spiders, plus two bird cages - one with a blue door, and one with a yellow. Because of the key mismatch, Jack will only ever be able to open one of these doors. Possibly, he may not be able to open either, if the player has decided to go around again, and open both yellow and blue doors in room 15298. This seems too calculated to not be intentional.
Seems a little cruel for Normal level - I could see something like this for Hard, perhaps, but that's just me. The easy fix here, would be to remove the yellow and blue doors at 15298 or perhaps in 15493. I favor 15298, myself.
The green doors in 15298 are similar. Only one has to be opened, if both are opened, then Jack will not be able to get into the bonus treasure room at 14298. Probably, if it were left to me, I would leave the green keys/doors alone - even if it meant that there was one extra green door. Tough call.