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Old 06-22-2011, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ffcmike View Post
If you're referring to the ninja trial this was only intended to be simple and tutorial-esque as it was an early stage of the game.
It's always been the intention to gradually notch up the complexity.
I played through the Zol's toilet quest today (while you spied on me). I felt the quest had real potential but...
  • I felt you didn't fully explore the water system idea, there is so much more you could have done other than filling/draining to create paths.
  • I also felt that everything was really cramped and that a lot of the linearity that is present in dungeons in Zelda was not captured in this quest and made finding what I had to do next very confusing. In Zelda you would enter a dungeon, you would have one or two exits to the room (excluding the door you came from). The level would be designed to push you towards these doors. Then by looking at your map after traveling a few rooms you would notice the game pushes you into one general direction -- towards your goal. Your quest reminded me of swiss cheese and I would have hated to play it if it was larger (and still without organization).
  • I was confused as hell for the boss in the first minutes. I was running around the room because I thought I was supposed to catch up and get behind him but he kept turning after I got so close. This was very annoying because your objective is to either tire the boss out or make him dizzy but by running the room as I did he did not do either and he kept resetting after changing direction. After I realized that I had to go slower (and that was a fluke realization) I was able to defeat him.
  • Again, I was not sure if I was tiring the rat out or making him dizzy. Maybe add a status icon above his head to clarify (anime styled water drop or spinning stars is an idea).
  • Apparently there is a save point outside of the toilet but I managed to skip past it while doing the quest and only found out about its existence because you PMed me afterwards.
Oh and Bell I do say nice things sometimes, no need to act so shocked!
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