2004-06-08
Frogger update! So last night I finally managed to beat that really difficult level 5, and at about the same time, hit 20,000 points to get the extra frog. Level 6, surprisingly, is about as easy as level 1, except the snake is there, complicating the river crossing. And sometime between level 6-8 another snake appears, so there can be two on the big log in the middle of the river, making it completely unpassable (I guess all you can do is wait for it to get off the log and go by the river bank instead.
So after finally getting past level 5, I managed to make it all the way to level 8 or 9, when things start getting difficult again. While I don't mind the game getting easier for a while, it does make me think a little less highly of the design of the game. I've always thought game difficulty should ramp up fairly gradually and consistently. It doesn't seem right that my high score, which had been creeping up from about 12000 to 18300, is suddenly at 28200.
Well, if this 5 level cycle holds, I wonder what level 11 is like?
So after finally getting past level 5, I managed to make it all the way to level 8 or 9, when things start getting difficult again. While I don't mind the game getting easier for a while, it does make me think a little less highly of the design of the game. I've always thought game difficulty should ramp up fairly gradually and consistently. It doesn't seem right that my high score, which had been creeping up from about 12000 to 18300, is suddenly at 28200.
Well, if this 5 level cycle holds, I wonder what level 11 is like?
