Comments on: Guardian Spirits Progress Check-In http://manna.revolver-knight.com/2008/04/22/guardian-spirits-progress-check-in/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manna http://manna.revolver-knight.com/2008/04/22/guardian-spirits-progress-check-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Manna Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:20:36 +0000 http://manna.revolver-knight.com/?p=387#comment-2186 Oh, I hear ya. And if I do go the Metroidvania route I'll try and get most of the major upgrades out of the way early on because nothing's more aggravating than passing an unreachable door multiple times over a six hour period. I also want to avoid the classic "You can break blocks now- BUT NOT THIS KIND HAHA!" device. As for crossing the two systems, I'm kind of loathe to forcing the player to grind up their gear. I've always been fond of games where specific equipment types have their uses and stay somewhat relevant all the way to the end (Like say, Izuna- you can enhance your swords with Talismans to your heart's content, but all the different blades have their strengths and weaknesses- do you go for the one with the slim chance to auto-kill enemies, or the one that you know deals more damage to holy beings, so on...) Oh, I hear ya. And if I do go the Metroidvania route I’ll try and get most of the major upgrades out of the way early on because nothing’s more aggravating than passing an unreachable door multiple times over a six hour period. I also want to avoid the classic “You can break blocks now- BUT NOT THIS KIND HAHA!” device.

As for crossing the two systems, I’m kind of loathe to forcing the player to grind up their gear. I’ve always been fond of games where specific equipment types have their uses and stay somewhat relevant all the way to the end (Like say, Izuna- you can enhance your swords with Talismans to your heart’s content, but all the different blades have their strengths and weaknesses- do you go for the one with the slim chance to auto-kill enemies, or the one that you know deals more damage to holy beings, so on…)

]]> By: Lostfactor http://manna.revolver-knight.com/2008/04/22/guardian-spirits-progress-check-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 Lostfactor Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:47:14 +0000 http://manna.revolver-knight.com/?p=387#comment-2176 Why not compromise? An array of weapons which can be leveled up through use, and combined into additional weapons which can't be leveled while joined but can produce some pretty spectacular effects. Not only would it provide the best of both worlds, it would provide a tactical choice between leveling the weapon or getting the most possible bang in a given environment, especially if the joined weapon were dependent upon the levels of the individual weapons... As for side scroller versus top-down, while the former offers more bizarre movement options, it's also far more common, and I have to say there are only so many different ways to do movement upgrades that don't get frustrating. ("Oh, look at that, a door I can't reach. Where's the double-jump?") Why not compromise? An array of weapons which can be leveled up through use, and combined into additional weapons which can’t be leveled while joined but can produce some pretty spectacular effects. Not only would it provide the best of both worlds, it would provide a tactical choice between leveling the weapon or getting the most possible bang in a given environment, especially if the joined weapon were dependent upon the levels of the individual weapons…

As for side scroller versus top-down, while the former offers more bizarre movement options, it’s also far more common, and I have to say there are only so many different ways to do movement upgrades that don’t get frustrating. (“Oh, look at that, a door I can’t reach. Where’s the double-jump?”)

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