Comment on this level is amazing

ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• dragnansia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s one of my favorite games of all time. Thematically, the first time you see this scene, it does a lot for the presentation and story. Gameplay wise, I think it’s pretty weak.

  If my memory is correct the gameplay for this part is only a platformer, and I agree that pretty weak for this game.

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  • tuckerm@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I agree, but I think that says a lot about how good the atmosphere in this level was. Gameplay-wise, it really isn’t as interesting as the rest of the game. And yet, everyone was talking about the Scarecrow parts back when this game came out, and it’s still a memorable part of the game.

    I think it helps that you won’t die too many times at this part. If it was a platformer section and you had to keep replaying it, people would remember it negatively. (Kind of like how people always hate the puzzle sections in action games.) But instead, they gave this part a great presentation, and you can get through it fairly quickly, so the gameplay didn’t really leave a bad taste in your mouth.

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