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by choc
Wed May 09, 2012 6:19 pm
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Comments on Game Design
Replies: 18
Views: 17306

Re: Comments on Game Design

Not true on the get everything on a level. Did you not fall in any pits if you did you were on a different level, you just couldn't see the loot thru a grate. Valid point. I should have worded it differently. Falling through pits had been taught at that point, but you could not get to that room thr...
by choc
Wed May 09, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Comments on Game Design
Replies: 18
Views: 17306

Re: Comments on Game Design

[*]Up to a certain point, everything on a level can be acquired before you move to the next level. Then they torture you by changing that. It would have been better if they had given a visual clue such as visible stairs coming from a lower level to show the pattern break. Subsequent puzzles could d...
by choc
Wed May 09, 2012 7:53 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Comments on Game Design
Replies: 18
Views: 17306

Comments on Game Design

I loved this game. I couldn't put it down once I started. Here are some of my thoughts on the game design decision whether they were deliberate or not. The Good There are several switches/buttons that can all function the same, but they appear different. Sometimes multiple switches are used in the s...