Simply a GREAT game!!! Loved it, its retro style, the need to explore the map going maybe in the same direction many time, discovering a new path each time, this game was fun, complex and really enjoyable!!! Don't listen to those who said the game was difficult, you did a great job here, and i really appreciate that. New gamers gonna hate.
Reviews for "The Abandoned City"
malec2b responds:
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
The game is too hard especially from the beginning
1. the boulders... there's no real skill.. just running through them and hope you're lucky not to get hurt.
2. the music is repetitive and annoying
3. the enemies really don't get hurt with the hyper glove... it's too easy for them to glance it off and kill you. Melee fighting is not an option in the game.
4. arrow keys for shooting?
5. there's barely any direction to the game... exploring is good, but getting players completely lost and bored is not good
malec2b responds:
1. It is quite possible to make it through the boulders without taking any damage. You just have to go under their arcs.
3. They take damage, although not as much as with the pistol. The hyper glove is a sort of weapon of last resort; you can use it to defeat enemies (provided you also do a lot of dodging to keep your distance), but it's not as easy as using the pistol or throwing objects.
4. This is just an alternate control scheme for people who don't have a mouse, which is the primary way to shoot.
5. This is a point of personal preference, but I don't like games that hold the player's hand too much in leading them around the world. The first bit of the game is pretty much a straight-shoot to the city doors. By that point, 4 of the 6 triangle keys have been visible from the main path; you only have to figure out how to reach them.
Anyway, sorry you found the game too difficult. However, the difficulty and open-endedness is intentional.
I enjoyed playing this for awhile, reminded me fondly of days spent playing zelda. Here is what i experienced:
I had trouble positioning myself under bouncing boulders or w/e those guys were throwing at me so i tended to just zerg through it spamming hyper glove punch. Idk what can be done about it maybe bigger/more obvious shadows
i would use the gloves to move faster through areas and sometimes through narrow areas it would punch the wall and stop me from moving which was slightly annoying. Anyway to keep the bounce back against enemies but not against collidable objects?
I walked over my first teleporter thinking it was a save point before getting everything in the area Q_Q. just add a click E to use teleporter option or make it so once you use one it unlocks a way back.
I didnt finish the game this sitting as its late/early but its good so far.
Great game. However I feel there should be a few directions. I have no idea of where I'm supposed to go. I get that I need to get 6 triangles.. but I don't know where to go.
malec2b responds:
Part of the challenge is exploring and finding your way through the world yourself. Most of the triangles are visible from the main path, you just need to figure out how to reach them.
"Help, I forgot how to use my arms!"
"Again?"
Awesome :D Can't wait to see what the rest of the game has to offer!