02-03-2007, 09:19 PM
Psychotronic wrote:
Darn it, I scared everyone off again. >
No you didn't..... !!
Psychotronic wrote: And I 100% agree with you on pretty much everything in your first post. I'm not a fan of hidden keys that are required to continue in a mansion (ironic, considering the crap I pulled in ACO). I think it's possible to do it well, and Freddy's Midnight Mazes & Monsters is incredibly careful to make the hidden material into a puzzle, rather than a frustration; but I had a tough time maintaining interest in Foggy Forest Mansion because I didn't quite have faith that the required keys were nearby. After about the third time that I missed a hidden key and went back ten rooms checking every nook and cranny trying to find it, I just gave up.
It's really interesting, how different players have completely different impressions (+ tastes). For me it's almost exactly the other way round: I had problems manintaining interest in M M & M (but that's probably mostly due to its sheer endless size), whereas I never had a dull minute in FFM.
But as you say, that is one of the great things in MM.... it can suit so many styles !!