Frozen Mountain 2 - The Return

Mhoa drakkan, the level is A-W-E-S-O-M-E (even though I don`t have a cat)!

(Spoilers below. I don't know how to use the spoiler tags, sadly)


My first post, but I just played through this and I'll try to give a concise review.

It's fun playing a level as big as this, and you definitely deserve some credit for making it as big as it was. That alone made the level enjoyable. I would have to agree with some other members about the consistency of the level, though. If I were you in the next version I would just remove all the photo backgrounds as they badly clash with the rest of the game and, honestly, just don't look good. I can see you put a lot of effort in each screen and for the most part they look good but the tilesets are all over the place and some screens, honestly, are quite ugly.

The level design can be annoying at times. I was completely stuck once or twice (particularly when I had to find the eye). I also didn't enjoy how you "toyed" with the player by giving them a powerup for just a few screens before taking it away. I'd like to finish the game with a sense of accomplishment by earning all of the powerups before I finish it. Also, this level really, really needs a boss fight. The normal ending is ridiculously anticlimactic and sets itself up for a huge final battle when all you get is basically "The End."

The grammar is absolutely atrocious and really mars the story which isn't great. I'd be willing to fix up some of the grammar if you'd like me to but I'd really like to help fix up the story too because it's a bit of a disappointment.

All in all, it was a decent level. It was annoying and a bit of a letdown but all things considered I'd rate this a solid 7/10.

I see this level as the very death of the Knytt Stories community
This is the only level that reached full perfection, even better then the old Gaia.
This might be the very last epic-awesome-big Knytt Stories project, and i guess people will now start working with the new FiNCK.

Quote from: TheYeIIowDucK on May 24, 2010, 20:26:00

I see this level as the very death of the Knytt Stories community
This is the only level that reached full perfection, even better then the old Gaia.
This might be the very last epic-awesome-big Knytt Stories project, and i guess people will now start working with the new FiNCK.

Eh, well, there are other "epic" KS projects around, you know. Check egomassive's A Knytt in Time, for instance:
http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?topic=2759.0
And egomassive is building another huge complex level, too. And Hmpf is still working (as far as I know) on Falling Water, a huge environmental level:
http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?topic=1258.0
Boot Stamping on a Knytt Face Forever is another huge level currently under construction:
http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?topic=225.0
And even Farik said he would try to finish Sputzna, so eh.

Drakkan,

This is seriously one of the most beautiful levels we've ever played. The sheer amount of work that went to it is enough to make it epic. Add to it amazing graphics, beautiful custom music and tilesets, and an atmosphere that ranges from fun and light to spooky and dreary, and you got it: this Knytt Story is beautiful.

In our humble opinion, the storyline would need some improvement, but you can't have everything... And our biggest problem is that we're stuck!  , to the point where:

Spoiler: (click to show/hide)

we're up in the Frozen Mountain, with the four keys, but the only possible place to go is the Dead End. There are some dark blue tiles, but we can't jump on them, since we don't have either the long or double jump...

Is there any hint on what to do?

And once more, thanks, this is a great, beautiful level. Congratulations!