Mistlands is pretty cool
A few days ago i saw a bunch of posts about people complaining about the mistlands, I didnt read any of them since I wanted a *mostly* spoiler free experience. Now that I have explored the mistlands a bit, I think its a really awesome biome. Yeah, there are some big problems, but nothing that really ruins it.
The music in the biome makes the place feel really brimming with magic, as it should.
The insanely tall rock piles look really amazing peeking out above the fog layer, and add to the mysterious magical feel of the biome.
The biome feels really scary when you first explore it, more so than any other biome so far.
The addition of the dvergr really works well when im running away from the sounds of a gjall, and I see the safety of some dvergr lights through the fog. And its cool to encounter one in the fog.
The Gjall sound like an alien spaceship trying to murder you, and thats pretty cool. Very spoopy.
THE ENEMIES HAVE WEAKSPOTS. I LIKE THIS MECHANIC.
I can understand why people dont like the biome though, the highly elevated terrain makes it a bit of a pain to traverse, and compounded by the fact that the mistlands (from what I've seen) generates as an archipelago, forcing the player to swim long distances.
Also the devs need to increase the vertical hitboxes of weapon attacks, just a tiny bit, to help with combat in the rough terrain.
The giant skulls make me feel weird. I dont like that im mining a giant's brain out. Gross.
The music in the biome makes the place feel really brimming with magic, as it should.
The insanely tall rock piles look really amazing peeking out above the fog layer, and add to the mysterious magical feel of the biome.
The biome feels really scary when you first explore it, more so than any other biome so far.
The addition of the dvergr really works well when im running away from the sounds of a gjall, and I see the safety of some dvergr lights through the fog. And its cool to encounter one in the fog.
The Gjall sound like an alien spaceship trying to murder you, and thats pretty cool. Very spoopy.
THE ENEMIES HAVE WEAKSPOTS. I LIKE THIS MECHANIC.
I can understand why people dont like the biome though, the highly elevated terrain makes it a bit of a pain to traverse, and compounded by the fact that the mistlands (from what I've seen) generates as an archipelago, forcing the player to swim long distances.
Also the devs need to increase the vertical hitboxes of weapon attacks, just a tiny bit, to help with combat in the rough terrain.
The giant skulls make me feel weird. I dont like that im mining a giant's brain out. Gross.
6:13 am, January 24, 2023
Angrybeard replied to Mistlands is pretty cool January 24, 2023 @ 12:59:05 am PST
Mistlands is a uniquely-tailored biome. Imo, they did a very good job and almost created a masterpiece. But it seems like it was rushed / half-finished...
I can see why all the frustration, even so i enjoy the slow pace and more strategic approach, because there is not much reward there. It was expected to be a less monotonic experience in comparison to the previous linear progression with a more unique approach, which it tries to achieve to some point, but at the end it all ends up the same, like go in kill all (even the goodies :| ), farm this etc. then go out and never come back... basically it tries to be more of a God of War game.
On top of that a lot of building pieces are bugged and others missing as well.
All in all, it seems like Ashlands will be the other half...
I can see why all the frustration, even so i enjoy the slow pace and more strategic approach, because there is not much reward there. It was expected to be a less monotonic experience in comparison to the previous linear progression with a more unique approach, which it tries to achieve to some point, but at the end it all ends up the same, like go in kill all (even the goodies :| ), farm this etc. then go out and never come back... basically it tries to be more of a God of War game.
On top of that a lot of building pieces are bugged and others missing as well.
All in all, it seems like Ashlands will be the other half...
9:13 am, January 24, 2023
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Bravely Bold Sir Robin replied to Mistlands is pretty cool January 23, 2023 @ 8:39:12 pm PST
Weakspots are geared toward team play, make solo play much harder.
You also missed Gjall shooting multiple projectiles per shot and seekers spawning in threes with actual combat AIs instead of their current [run around in circles].
In other words, you played it after the challenge was removed because of all the complaints.
You also missed Gjall shooting multiple projectiles per shot and seekers spawning in threes with actual combat AIs instead of their current [run around in circles].
In other words, you played it after the challenge was removed because of all the complaints.
6:13 am, January 24, 2023
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