Slime Squisher
Posts: 392
Joined: Wednesday, 7th December 2011, 20:06
Easy Mode...
I mean, at this point, I've spent countless hours playing and winning this game. I've exposed at least a hundred people to it via my channel, etc. And yet, unless you're one of those in the niche of roguelikes to begin-with this game is so damn unforgivingly hard that it's near-impossible to recommend to most people whom I wish could at least appreciate the cool design with the broad selection of races and playstyles.
The really sad part is that an Easy Mode fork wouldn't even really be that hard to make. A decent save system without going full blown wizard mode, alternatively, the ability to conveniently "pre-play" a segment before doing so on your "real run" alone would make this game beatable in under 10-20 hours of playtime for someone only interested in "dipping his toe in the pool".
Tougher would be, Popup messages warning you about things that are just plain not obvious at first blush the first time you encounter them:
* You hit go downstairs on V:7* "You peek down the staircase....this is what you see. Are you sure you're ready to go down this staircase?"
" Mara comes into view. !Warning- Mara can make two copies of himself and one of you! Be careful when engaging!!"
" The kobold is wiedling a distortion dagger. !Warning, distortion can force-bink, teleport, or even send you to the AByss!"
You could even set it up in hte rcFile to make such hints toggleable. How great would that be for your newbie who doesn't want to start his whole fucking game over just to avoid having to spoiler himself on wikis?
Anyway, there's a reason this is going in CYC. This is not a serious recommendation or a thread. Just. . . . this game was incredibly difficult back in v0.8x. v0.9 the game was so hard that I sunk hundreds of characters whlie learning it though I eventually got my first win with a Felid. Then v0.10...and it got harder. v0.11....much harder. v0.12.....harder. v0.13....LOADS harder.
It's as though the difficulty curves was designed *specificallY* for people who have been playing the whole time. If I'd started playing in what is our current trunk (v0.14) instead of v0.8/v0.9, I'd have rage quit in disgust and never looked back.
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