Well well well! It's 'bout time. I never thought that
Keys of Krodacia will get a little updated, but I'm glad Ceilick shall have the time to fix up a few thingz here and there. My opinion 'bout
Keys of Krodacia shall be written in da corresponding topic, so I wouldn't pollute this one wit' mah opinionz, instead, I'd point out what to fix.
- The music. As many forum memberz skillfully pointed out, most of the music is simply horrible. I admit, original Keen 4 songs weren't ear-worms either (the music of Sand Yego/Mirage/Well of Wishes was complete vomit), these are at least a
tad better, but still...they're too repetative, uneventful, and out of tune. Compared to yer master-hit
Shikadi Rock 2, they simply don't even exist.
If you wish, I can offer mah services as I did IMF-making fer Wolf3D mods before, in fact, quite a lot of, so if y'wish, imma makin' some good an' enjoyable IMF tunes out of MIDI.
- Cranks are too rare IMHO. A few more should be added in Hard difficulty (takin' into account that they're safe to touch, they're not a threat at all).
- Hipalongs should be more useful (i.e. putting them on places wit' hazards, like The Fun House where the playerz can profit from their special purpose).
- The graphics of those disappearing-reappering blue plates should be a bit more improved. I mean, the Miragia glass blocks looked damn good, these look a bit...simple to me. However, y'skillfully added a rim 'round them, justifying why Keen can hold onto them. Nice solution!
- Those goodies in Cliff Hanger are next to impossible to grab. Please, make that particular fire a bit smaller.
- Ogobogos can actually swim in wallz and kill Keen regardless, so they either should be slower or have better hit detection. I also noticed that the Ogobogo will NEVER retreat from the small niche with the sugar cubes (Shoal maybe?), so it's impossible to grab them.
- A bit more thoughtful level names. "The complex" sounds very common IMHO. If it wuz meant to be a living place, it should be "Housing estate" or "Tenement complex". Blue Forest, The Mushroom Forest and these similar ones are OK.
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