Reviews for Lower Lower

[silvergobo1]

Not sure what happened made it back from the bottom of the map to the second to last room and the game crashed not sure if it was all the corpse markers that did it or what but it died on me.

Also if I might recommened a sign at the bottom of the cave where you get the ability to throw the anchor you put a sign that says hold [z] down to throw it as that was not very obvious had to spend a few minute to figure out what the stone meant by you can move up now.

over all good experience decent game the only thing I can add would be a few bug fixes like the crashing, and spawning beneath the camp fires in the ground some times when you die, that sign I suggested and possibly a mute button (also fixing the trophies but I can see that's been mentioned a few times) and then for me this would be a 5 star game

[Amereep]

I have climbed through the elaborate caverns, endured the treacherous mechanics, experienced a hundred lives, and I met the elusive albino grinch, gaining its respect after it pulled a GLaDOS.

A folly claim you say? Well as far as you know, it could have been... because I'm lacking proof due to the fact that the medals didn't go off.

It appeared in the game, but after a certain point, it stopped. Granted, I did leave the page a few times to give myself a break from it, but I don't think it has anything to do with that.

That cavern atmosphere is met with this game and the mechanic are nice too, but only at first as it gets under your skin after a while. I guess it fits with the game, but trying to perform perfect jumps off of walls are difficult. Throwing the anchor mid flight is tolerable (if not, a bit tricky), but making these leaps of faith is ridiculous as you need to make your best judgement of when to dethatch the anchor or even if you think you're going the right direction.

The game is still good, hardcore players would probably have more fun with this than casual players. It has a mid-high range in difficulty, and it increases in leaps and bounds the higher up you go.

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Interesting thing I need to note though, pressing the 'R' key resets the entire game and doesn't reset you to the last campfire. This could lead to some furious players if they accidently push it.

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EDIT: Well say that I'm a glutton for punishment, but I went through it again. Used prior experience to zip though the place, saw some of the changes you made, cursed the heavens for the added obstacle in the secret path, and somehow met up with the white devil again. I checked to see if the medal activated, it did (yays), and as I clicked the screen to reestablish control to begin my escape, the game goes black. ...oy vey.

bokononyossarian responds:

Congrats on making it to the end! And sorry about the medals. We have another report of the Grinch's Path medal (and I guess the secret medals after that) not showing up in people's profiles, but popping up in the game. I just logged into my individual account and confirmed that I was able to unlock the Grinch's Path medal and have it show up in my profile (so now the only medal owners are myself personally and the dev team account, whoops).

This is our first game with medals so I'm still trying to reproduce the issue. I will probably have to keep making dummy accounts to try and figure out the conditions under which the medal is awarded or not. The only thing I can try to do is reproduce it and see if anything notable shows up in the developer console. Again, sorry you missed your medal- you'd be one of the first to have it if it were working.

Thanks for the report though- we are very impressed you made it that far. The difficulty ramp-up was intended- finding an albino grinch is not for everything. We had to try and strike a balance with not making things too frustrating by sprinkling in bonfires for the player to spawn at.

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EDIT: We upgraded the game to force reinitialize the connection to the NG backend if the window loses focus. We don't know for certain that was causing the issues with the medals not showing up but hopefully that will do the trick for players who make it all the way to the secret rooms.

[ElCatrinLCD]

Interesting, but it can become a little frustating, its hard to control, sometimes it feels like it doesnt respond like it should but i like the core idea of having to find you way around the cavern and its many obstacles, the voices are a great detail to add fear., maybe if you hear them more the lower you go and at max when you die it would make for a great psychological horror game.
but i also dont like how spacebar is jump, i dont know why but it feels a little uncomfortable, specially since X doesnt do anything but Z and C do

[Centisaur]

this game starts off as challenging but near the end it feels very hard to make any progress, although the beginning of the game is pretty fun it just feels pretty frustrating once i get to a part where i need to die 40 times to get to the next campfire.

edit: after about 40 minutes of playing i died and my hook landed at the same time, i am now softlocked and all my progress is gone (i also entered the grinch lair but didn't get the medal)

I entered the grinch lair and the animation for earning the grinch's path medal showed up, but it has not appeared in my medal collection.
the softlock occurred after i exited the grinch lair when my anchor landed at the same time i died from falling

bokononyossarian responds:

Thanks for playing- sorry to hear about the soft lock. Which room were you in where you got stuck? We'd like to go in and fix it so other players don't have a bad experience.

As for the medal- to which grinch lair are you referring? The medal should unlock in the room with signs saying things like "Stop" and "Leave the way you came". If you found that secret area- thanks for persevering that long! We were genuinely not sure if anybody would find that area.

We appreciate the feedback about being frustrating- we've added an additional bonfire before a difficult segment on the climb out of the cave. If ever try playing again, here's a hint- you don't need to go all the way to the bottom of the cave to unlock full maneuverability.

[Chip-Champ]

epic game :)