Water levels tend to be more slowly paced then land levels. That and the fact that you can usually drown. Which sucks.
Nobody likes water levels
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Tomb Raider Legend - Peru was one of my favorite levels. Ghana another. In Mario I enjoyed the water levels. Overall, I like them.
Until you pull some NES Ninja turtles shit on me.
Watch 1:25 This part used to make a 10 year old cuss like a sailor. Poor control and no room for error. Then it happens again at 3:30 but I never had alot of problem with that one.
But there are two things wrong here.
1) It is a timed mission. Not just any timed mission but one where even someone who knows the level by heart has a hard time getting through it. EVery time I beat this level it was ALWAYS with seconds to spare. Sometimes I just ran into those zappers at the end because I would have lost if not.
2)Sloppy controls, precision turns. Enough said. 8-bit days and all
Until you pull some NES Ninja turtles shit on me.
Watch 1:25 This part used to make a 10 year old cuss like a sailor. Poor control and no room for error. Then it happens again at 3:30 but I never had alot of problem with that one.
But there are two things wrong here.
1) It is a timed mission. Not just any timed mission but one where even someone who knows the level by heart has a hard time getting through it. EVery time I beat this level it was ALWAYS with seconds to spare. Sometimes I just ran into those zappers at the end because I would have lost if not.
2)Sloppy controls, precision turns. Enough said. 8-bit days and all
Funny, about a year ago I made a water level in littlebigplanet called "The Sea Caves" and it was my best one yet. I got a lot of comments on how bootyful and fun it was. I get what you're saying, though, water levels can be annoying. However, I think they can work great in 3d platformers. (mario64, spyro, tomb raider, ape escape, etc.)
...The "swimming" in OoT was awful, though, and the water temple was, although still fun (provided you had a walkthrough), unnecessarily complex.
Also it's always nice to be able to swim, more games should take advantage of this. Having water in front of us and putting up some sort of barricade or worse, an invisible wall is such a cocktease....damn JRPG's. Also there should be some sort of penalty for letting us jump in the water only to instantly get eaten by a shark or something. Lastly, if you're gonna let us swim go the extra mile and let us dive too! Give us underwater treasures to look for, but dont make us defenseless either! Nobody likes being defenseless! Give us a spinning thrust attack, a harpoon, missles, penis worms, ANYTHING.
/rant over.
...The "swimming" in OoT was awful, though, and the water temple was, although still fun (provided you had a walkthrough), unnecessarily complex.
Also it's always nice to be able to swim, more games should take advantage of this. Having water in front of us and putting up some sort of barricade or worse, an invisible wall is such a cocktease....damn JRPG's. Also there should be some sort of penalty for letting us jump in the water only to instantly get eaten by a shark or something. Lastly, if you're gonna let us swim go the extra mile and let us dive too! Give us underwater treasures to look for, but dont make us defenseless either! Nobody likes being defenseless! Give us a spinning thrust attack, a harpoon, missles, penis worms, ANYTHING.
/rant over.
Well, the 'water hazard' chapter in HL2 was pretty fun (even if the Combine have no tactical knowledge, rappelling down right in front of speeding vehicles and standing on platforms that collapse at the slightest touch), but the water dungeon in Twilight Princess was admittedly kind of annoying.
Tomb Raider: Underworld does water levels fantastically. The water section at the start of the last level blew my socks off with it's sheer awesome.
That boat scene in HL2 was awful.
I used to dislike water in strategy games, but that's changed.
The water levels in Donkey Kong Country 3? were just awesome. You could transform into a swordfish and just go through everything. Whee!
I used to dislike water in strategy games, but that's changed.
The water levels in Donkey Kong Country 3? were just awesome. You could transform into a swordfish and just go through everything. Whee!
Some are good, some are bad but it's just opinion for the most part. For instance OoT water level hated by many was one of my favourite memories of that game :3, and I cannot stand the Water Hazard HL2 section, that I just found bland, worst part of the game for me.
I see what you mean. It's usually because of that age-old video game cliche where you can only swim in the sequels.
This thread should be called "Nobody likes shitty water levels". If you want to theme a level around water, you have to do it right, which if I may add, is no easy task.