Hi all,
I just played the first level of Fallen Aces. I’m amazed how great the level design really is. Somehow it feels a bit like a Metroid game. Every part of the map is connected - at first it looks like you have to backtrack long routes but after looking around, you can find a lot of shortcuts. You can even avoid most of the enemies.
Discovering the map and fooling around felt so refreshing. I even made a video with all the secrets. They lineup so perfectly it’s ingenious. By all means, I’m not speedrunner, but I felt the rush of speed running.
I played the first map for 2 hours and now I can do it in 4 minutes :D
The combat feels quite good as well, but I'm not really a fan of the rotating sprites (like in the original Doom).
What are your thoughts on the game?
Oh, and here is the video if you wanna see my "perfect" route: https://youtu.be/aPUyciDaJvo
I think, it is the real world logic that makes it hard to grasp. If you divide something with something small it becomes bigger. Mathematically it's easy and makes sense, but it it's somehow not intuitive. Especially for young me :)