Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential


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Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential

Posted By: rampancy Date: 2/3/05 3:52 a.m.
In Response To: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential (Steve Levinson)

If you read MazaroX's description, he says:
"...I will say this- it is hard. Very hard. I may tone it down slightly on the next release, but don't count on too much. I designed this game to be hard for ME to beat, and I've been playing Marathon for a very long time..."
In my opinion, this really isn't a fair thing to do. It's unreasonable to think that all Marathon players play at the same skill and level that you do...if you do, you'll only have your work appeal to a very narrow segment of Marathon players -- and you'll leave everyone else just pissed off and annoyed.
I think he needs to be commended for trying so hard with this scenario, as Steve said, but all in all I think that it'll only be remembered as "just another crappy scenario" until some effort is made to make gameplay more balanced. If you want to give the Vidmasters a good time, you can always do what Double Aught did with Marathon Infinity and have a special "Vidmasters Challenge" section.
It's easy to make a really hard scenario -- but it's difficult to make a *balanced* scenario. If there's one thing I've always observed, a scenario's difficulty level is not correlated with its intrinsic quality.

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: If you read MazaroX's description, he says: "...I will say this- it is : hard. Very hard. I may tone it down slightly on the next release, but : don't count on too much. I designed this game to be hard for ME to beat, : and I've been playing Marathon for a very long time..." : In my opinion, this really isn't a fair thing to do. It's unreasonable to : think that all Marathon players play at the same skill and level that you : do...if you do, you'll only have your work appeal to a very narrow segment : of Marathon players -- and you'll leave everyone else just pissed off and : annoyed. : I think he needs to be commended for trying so hard with this scenario, as : Steve said, but all in all I think that it'll only be remembered as : "just another crappy scenario" until some effort is made to make : gameplay more balanced. If you want to give the Vidmasters a good time, : you can always do what Double Aught did with Marathon Infinity and have a : special "Vidmasters Challenge" section. : It's easy to make a really hard scenario -- but it's difficult to make a : *balanced* scenario. If there's one thing I've always observed, a : scenario's difficulty level is not correlated with its intrinsic quality.

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Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Steve Levinson	2/2/05 8:51 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	rampancy	2/3/05 3:52 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Steve Levinson	2/3/05 5:15 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Mazaro	2/3/05 4:33 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Mazaro	2/3/05 4:35 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	RyokoTK	2/3/05 5:34 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Steve Levinson	2/3/05 8:53 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Simon of team Sigma	2/4/05 6:30 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Mazaro	2/4/05 12:06 p.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - Room of Giggles	Old Timer	11/24/15 2:41 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - Room of Giggles	General-RADIX	11/24/15 4:09 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - Room of Giggles	Old Timer	11/24/15 9:41 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Lion O Cyborg	11/24/15 9:54 a.m.
Re: Lost Lands 2 - so much lost potential	Lion O Cyborg	11/24/15 9:56 a.m.



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	Message: : If you read MazaroX's description, he says: "...I will say this- it is : hard. Very hard. I may tone it down slightly on the next release, but : don't count on too much. I designed this game to be hard for ME to beat, : and I've been playing Marathon for a very long time..." : In my opinion, this really isn't a fair thing to do. It's unreasonable to : think that all Marathon players play at the same skill and level that you : do...if you do, you'll only have your work appeal to a very narrow segment : of Marathon players -- and you'll leave everyone else just pissed off and : annoyed. : I think he needs to be commended for trying so hard with this scenario, as : Steve said, but all in all I think that it'll only be remembered as : "just another crappy scenario" until some effort is made to make : gameplay more balanced. If you want to give the Vidmasters a good time, : you can always do what Double Aught did with Marathon Infinity and have a : special "Vidmasters Challenge" section. : It's easy to make a really hard scenario -- but it's difficult to make a : balanced scenario. If there's one thing I've always observed, a : scenario's difficulty level is not correlated with its intrinsic quality.
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