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Toybox Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 561 Kiel, Germany	Zapper beams 29.12.2007 at 19:19:48 They appear to be quite unpopular, yet the game wouldn't be the same without them. They can be extremely frustrating, but so rewarding when you beat them. They can turn out to be much harder than intended, but they look so nice in a room! What's your opinion?
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Chippy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 813 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Zapper beams Reply #1 - 29.12.2007 at 19:25:44 The Zapper Beams are good in the mansions for explore and so... They make the mansion a little harder, and that's the best one in a mansion, or not?
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Toybox Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 561 Kiel, Germany	Re: Zapper beams Reply #2 - 29.12.2007 at 19:47:48 That makes mansions very nice indeed However, if you run into a creature, the danger disappears. With zapper beams, if you are not careful, you can waste all your extra lives and not progress at all! By and large, I like them, there are beautiful electric puzzles. Still, I'm happy Psychotronic's Thunderstorm is optional
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Chippy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 813 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Zapper beams Reply #3 - 29.12.2007 at 20:54:14 hehe psychotronics thunderstorm
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Reply #4 - 29.12.2007 at 21:43:09

Everything has to do about the way those zappers are used.

E.g. in the EASY section of

Midnight Mazes and Monsters

there is a 4-room maze with zappers. But they shouldn't give any problem, as long as you play carefully and stay concentrated. And the legendary thunderstorm in

A Curious Observatory

I can appreciate, because in a matter of fact it is a puzzle that one needs to solve.

But getting through irregular working beams in combination with red birds or whatever ... Please no. Made the

Temple of the Moon

too tough for me.

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Toybox Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 561 Kiel, Germany	Re: Zapper beams Reply #5 - 29.12.2007 at 22:18:42 Yes, there's a frustration factor which you don't have with other features. A zapper beam strike then? Would that be like, no zapper at all or the opposite, a zapper-mania?
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Reply #6 - 29.12.2007 at 22:41:35

I am looking forward to Matari's laser-mansion. Hope she doesn't take our comments too serious. Every style is okay for me. And when a mansion seems to be too difficult for me, then it is what it is. Because of zapperbeams, red birds, ... doesn't matter at all.

And to say it with MMaM-terminology: difficulties in a mansion make your playingskills better.

The best attitude when you really want a strike is: let Jack play yoyo at the start of an electric energy installation, take a screenshot of it and send it as spam to the designer. Wink

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brell YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1782 Moita, Portugal Gender:	Re: Zapper beams Reply #7 - 29.12.2007 at 22:52:36 I am not so fond of zapper beams and red birds although, of course, I have used them in my mansions. But sometimes there is a trick to play the beams, e.g. at least at one place in Arfrg. And there are places where it is a question of exact timing, like in Doldrum Dungeon.
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Matari Explorer Offline Posts: 107 UK Gender:	Re: Zapper beams Reply #8 - 29.12.2007 at 23:10:34 Wow - my comment on a possible laser mansion has resulted in a lot of opinions - obviously zappers are difficult for everyone... if I do go ahead I PROMISE not to use a red bird in combination with zappers anywhere in the mansion - those red birds - another pet hate of mine... Matari
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Toybox Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 561 Kiel, Germany	Re: Zapper beams Reply #9 - 29.12.2007 at 23:38:51 What about the deadly fish-and-ghost platforms combination? Finally it makes you wonder if we don't prefer large empty rooms with only solid floor and money
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Question: Do you like zapper beams?
Yes, they're the best MM feature! 0 (0.0%) They can be nice, if used with moderation. 6 (50.0%) Not really - I guess they're a necessary evil. 2 (16.7%) Oh no, they give me nightmares! 4 (33.3%) Total votes: 12 « Created by: Toybox on: 29.12.2007 at 19:19:48 »