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Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2
Posted By: EldermanDate: 1/6/08 5:14 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2 (Forrest of B.org)

: Later on things get a little wackier,
: especially on "Unwired".

Yeah, I loved 'Unwired'. Was disappointed that it turned out to be a failing time line. I didn't appreciate what she was trying to do, but I liked Hathor. I don't mind a few flaws in my cybernetic women.

There's definitely a feeling of deja vu about the Marathon levels. It feels like I'm back on the same ship.

Cool to see the bridge of the Marathon in Roots and Radicals. Reminded me a bit of the opening level in Halo2.

Core Done Blew was another great level. I like the different zones: the door node, the power distributor, and the sewers. I also got a good look at the army I'd have to defeat later in the level. Plenty of anticipation there. The black compilers in the central room didn't attack me, by the way. Not sure if that was intentional.

Heart of Fusion gives some pretty great vistas. The view around Tycho's core is pretty impressive. Interesting to contrast the size of the Marathon AIs' hardware compared with the ones you encounter in M2 onward.

So, I guess the compilers were there trying to shut Tycho down? Or co-opt him? So was Tycho really trying to help us defeat Hathor, or did we just rescue him or help him break out? He doesn't seem to go rampant until the next level, but I'm not entirely sure. You can never take the intentions of these AIs at face value.

Enjoyed Hysterical Womb. Some tricky sniping required. Am I beginning to detect a misogynist streak in this scenario?

Now I'm in the Pfhor city. Leela! Drinniol! The Enforcers took down their own Juggernaut. The one placed behind him just kept on trying to attack me through his own flying tank. I was just as happy to let him do all the work, but if you want the player to have to kill the Juggernaut, perhaps you should move that enforcer.

Some buggy things:
- In Unwired I could read the final terminal through the wall without breaking the wires.
- In Heart of Fusion, the switches in Tycho's core are default off. So in order to shut him him off, you have to turn the switches on... which is a bit counter-intuitive, unless this a reflection of the fact that Tycho's lying to us?
- In the 3rd door from the right in Tycho's core, I was just flipping the switches as fast as I could and switched the off switch before revealing the hardware. You could disable the second switch until the first has been flipped if you want to make sure people have a view of the power-down.

: Her using your name was actually meant to be a little creepy. Think about it;
: how often do you refer to people repeatedly by name when speaking directly
: to them? "Hello, Elderman. Blah blah blah blah blah. Please,
: Elderman, I beg of you, blah blah blah blah blah. I know only you would
: understand that blah blah blah blah, Elderman." A little creepy eh?

Stop it, you're creeping me out...

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Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 12/30/07 4:12 p.m.
     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Blake37 12/30/07 4:36 p.m.
           Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 12/30/07 5:02 p.m.
                 Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Blake37 12/30/07 6:17 p.m.
                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 12/30/07 9:06 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Blake37 12/31/07 5:52 a.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 12/31/07 7:55 a.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2patrick 12/31/07 10:16 a.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 12/31/07 1:20 p.m.
                                                     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2patrick 12/31/07 2:03 p.m.
                                                           Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2patrick 12/31/07 2:36 p.m.
                                                                 err, I mean 'My Kingdom Pfhor A Horse', poly 687 *NM*patrick 12/31/07 3:04 p.m.
                                                           WinRAR unzipped it fine for me. *NM*Document 12/31/07 4:01 p.m.
                 Waiting for confirmation of upload. *NM*Document 12/30/07 6:18 p.m.
     Argh!Forrest of B.org 1/1/08 2:09 a.m.
           Can you also upload just the map file? *NM*Document 1/1/08 6:54 a.m.
                 Re: Can you also upload just the map file?Document 1/1/08 6:57 a.m.
                       Re: Can you also upload just the map file?Forrest of B.org 1/1/08 2:41 p.m.
           Re: Argh!Blake37 1/1/08 9:47 a.m.
           bungie.org appears to be having server trouble. *NM*Document 1/1/08 10:25 a.m.
     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Marathoner325 1/1/08 4:15 p.m.
     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/4/08 9:32 a.m.
           Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/4/08 11:13 a.m.
                 I intend on going through it next week. *NM*patrick 1/4/08 1:24 p.m.
                 Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 1/4/08 2:50 p.m.
                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/4/08 8:44 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 1/6/08 2:31 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2D-M.A. 1/6/08 3:06 p.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 1/6/08 3:17 p.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2D-M.A. 1/6/08 3:18 p.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2treellama 1/6/08 4:27 p.m.
                                                     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2D-M.A. 1/6/08 7:48 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 1/16/08 6:41 p.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2kyjel 1/16/08 7:58 p.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 1/17/08 12:22 p.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Marathoner325 1/17/08 5:14 p.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/17/08 6:12 p.m.
                                                     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2kyjel 1/17/08 8:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Marathoner325 1/18/08 6:09 a.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Document 2/5/08 4:37 a.m.
                 Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Elderman 1/5/08 8:06 a.m.
                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/5/08 4:00 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2bluewpc 1/5/08 4:53 p.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/6/08 2:47 a.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2bluewpc 1/6/08 6:42 a.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/6/08 10:50 a.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Elderman 1/6/08 5:14 a.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/6/08 11:11 a.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Elderman 1/7/08 6:04 a.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Elderman 1/9/08 3:48 a.m.
                 Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/7/08 11:48 a.m.
                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/7/08 11:02 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/8/08 12:04 a.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/8/08 5:30 a.m.
                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/8/08 6:09 a.m.
                                         Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/8/08 8:05 a.m.
                                               Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/8/08 8:19 a.m.
                                                     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/8/08 10:15 a.m.
                                                           Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/8/08 12:46 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/8/08 1:19 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/8/08 11:07 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/9/08 1:24 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/9/08 3:40 p.m.
                       Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Forrest of B.org 1/10/08 8:05 p.m.
                             Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2SnowCrash 1/11/08 2:08 a.m.
     Re: Eternal X Final Candidate 2Tek 1/9/08 5:24 p.m.

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