Yeah, I beat the whole game in one unintentional sleep-deprived hazy trippy sitting about six months ago. Most levels can be boiled down to a set of steps that, if executed properly, work most of the time. It's lightly randomized, so sometimes you won't get the item you need or an enemy will populate in an inconvenient spot for you, but each level has a basic pattern.
One of the best things I think about this game is that it sometimes just works best when you stop trying to figure it out, and just make a mad dash through, attacking everything you see.
It's kind of fun to throw a bunch of guns in a room and then shoot someone and run back in your bolt hole, shooting everyone that comes through the door.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
A phenomenal game. I envy you playing it for the first time.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I beat the whole game in one unintentional sleep-deprived hazy trippy sitting about six months ago. Most levels can be boiled down to a set of steps that, if executed properly, work most of the time. It's lightly randomized, so sometimes you won't get the item you need or an enemy will populate in an inconvenient spot for you, but each level has a basic pattern.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the dudes in the south room won't stay put and keep interrupting me.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things I think about this game is that it sometimes just works best when you stop trying to figure it out, and just make a mad dash through, attacking everything you see.
ReplyDeleteAh yeah, that got me out of a couple of jams.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of fun to throw a bunch of guns in a room and then shoot someone and run back in your bolt hole, shooting everyone that comes through the door.
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