The only thing I would like to say in response to this is that I do agree that falling off a ladder shouldn't kill you. Hurt you perhaps, if you're high enough, but certainly not kill you. One could survive a 20 foot fall, and that's about how tall these ladders seem to be. As for the ledge, well, there is a look function. There. I'm done. Just my thoughts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liam Erven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gamers discussion list" <Gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:45 AM Subject: [Audyssey] thoughts on monty
> Ok. I thought I'd try and write up a very specific post on my feelings > about this game. It's kind of hard to review this fairly from a gamer's > stand point as I develop games and constantly have ideas. I certainly > don't have anything against Tom or the work he does, so please keep that > in mind. > > The demo does not impress me. Plain and simple. I liked the alchamy > version much better. and there are a number of reasons. First off, I > like the more fluid jumping motion evident in the older demo. pressing > the space bar and the up arrow to jump makes no sense to me as a gamer, > and is really confusing. The little I was able to get through, I just got > confused with jumping. Second, I didn't like the lack of feedback I got > on certain situations. I'm climing a ladder, I hear a gem. I jump up to > pick up the gem as I get to the top of the ladder, and I fall to my death. > I understand that there is a more realistic touch, but how was I supposed > to know that jumping off a ladder would result in something like this? > further more, I didn't even know I wasn't at the top even though it > certainly sounded like I was. To then continue on about lack of feedback. > I'm about to jump over a snake that wants to bite me. Well. I take a > nice huge jump, and plummit to my doom again. Unfortunately, I wasn't > aware that there was a ledge, and/or a rope. There is one more thing that > was a little confusing. The read me file. I understand that this is a > demo, and that things wil change and so forth. But documentation > shouldn't leaveme with unanswer questions. For isntance. I didn't knwo > that jumping on a snake would kill me or that I could actually step off a > ladder. Maybe I missed an important line, but I'm not sure. > > There are things I like. It's not all bad I promise. One of my favorite > enhancements are the new sounds. Man are those cool. The most important > thing to me has got to be sounds. If the game doesn't have good sounds > that will put me right in the middle of the action, then I just can't get > in to the game. Monty really handles this well, as I really feel like I'm > exploring a temple. I'm also quite pleased, that development on this > title has continued. It really looks to be a promising title that already > many are starting to enjoy. > I hope to try and get farther in the game and see more of the fun things > in this demo. > > In closing, I like the game but I feel much needs to be improved upon. > The controls for one thing are something that needs to be address. And > situations where feedback should be given don't seem to be there. Maybe > I'm totally off base, but I won't if any others have noticed the same > things i have? Keep up the good work though. The game needs improving, > but I do see good things ahead if things are changed. > > Liam > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
