/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3875367
NO

>>3657813
HAHAHA GUESS WHAT? I FUCKED UP THE MAPS. It's not Lavatomb that has the rune, it's Firetop Mountain. I agree that Lavatomb is boring and disjointed, definitely feels like two maps meshed together and definitely not too pretty at that.

I'm vice versa- I thought Crucial Error dragged on too long and STILL got lost occasionally even on my second run of it post-1.5- that, and the author changed a few things with the update so clever players can't just rocketjump to the secrets anymore. Aside from that, the keycards you collect for the rune don't show up at all unless you've already been to the rune room entrance- which is hidden behind a grate in a vent, completely identical to EVERY SINGLE DECORATIVE VENT in the map and NOT like the vents you can break which have a very distinct crack going through where you can see the room or hallway behind them.

On the other hand, Firetop felt like it flows really well and has a number of nice touches and events (the Ring of Shamblers and the teleport to the start of the map once you've beaten the boss so you don't have to manually trek all the way back), and the story for the rune was neat, as well as how it was shown to the player- even if you don't spot the apparition leading you to the start of it, you can still find the bones (in the vents/cells) and books (platforms), just not interact with them- which means when you DO activate the rune route, you already know where to go.

That's just my opinion, though. We can all agree the best map is Necromancer's Keep.

>>3420456
Doodlan' because i'm too lazy to make maps