12-05-2024, 02:53 PM
Brave new world is a big and IMO a very good mansion, which is a fun to play. It is mainly in the
But it seems to me that, in general, easy, normal and mansions are mainly defined by critters, like, how many there are to avoid, how to avoid them and how easy/hard it is to avoid them. IMO there are other things to consider when defining the difficulty of a mansion, like, how secrets are hinted and how puzzles are designed. BNW is, IMO, a mansion that has a good balance of this.
Just a few remarks:
1. The officially uploaded version has an improved blue zone. It really does not matter where the player uses the rainbow key first and whether gold or silver blocks are on when that key is used.
2. Room 16705: It is not clear IMO that the player must go all the way down the longest ladder to be able to survive in this room.
3. Room 16704: Jack arrives in the room from the middle right and triggers a platform. My stupid Jack left the room to the left without using that platform first, came back but now the platform was disactivated.
4. The color code puzzle is good but some people may still be having a problem here due to mild color blindness.
5. Room 18102: I cannot find any hint for the secret here
6. Grey zone improved
7. Green zone: The player can now access all the green rooms regardless of how he uses his green keys. A big improvement IMO
8. The yellow key puzzle in the last zone is brilliant. And, as so many times in this mansion, the hint to the solution is subtle indeed. I cannot find any hint for a secret in 16295
Hope that I haven't revealed too much.
normalzone with a few harder places.
But it seems to me that, in general, easy, normal and mansions are mainly defined by critters, like, how many there are to avoid, how to avoid them and how easy/hard it is to avoid them. IMO there are other things to consider when defining the difficulty of a mansion, like, how secrets are hinted and how puzzles are designed. BNW is, IMO, a mansion that has a good balance of this.
Just a few remarks:
1. The officially uploaded version has an improved blue zone. It really does not matter where the player uses the rainbow key first and whether gold or silver blocks are on when that key is used.
2. Room 16705: It is not clear IMO that the player must go all the way down the longest ladder to be able to survive in this room.
3. Room 16704: Jack arrives in the room from the middle right and triggers a platform. My stupid Jack left the room to the left without using that platform first, came back but now the platform was disactivated.
4. The color code puzzle is good but some people may still be having a problem here due to mild color blindness.
5. Room 18102: I cannot find any hint for the secret here
6. Grey zone improved
7. Green zone: The player can now access all the green rooms regardless of how he uses his green keys. A big improvement IMO
8. The yellow key puzzle in the last zone is brilliant. And, as so many times in this mansion, the hint to the solution is subtle indeed. I cannot find any hint for a secret in 16295
Hope that I haven't revealed too much.
