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[precursorstone_gun_nest]

[Jak's looking kind of exhausted as he leans against a car out in Kliever's garage.]

Anyone else get frustrated when a player just goes and does minigames for ages? I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm as grateful to get played as anybody, but I've been running all over the place because somebody's been doing orb hunts, and I didn't even get anything accomplished.

Not to mention that one we tried three times, but he hasn't unlocked the wings yet so he can't actually reach it. Too far to even get a long jump going...

I don't even mind the ones who just hang around and explore, but he was really focused on orb hunts. And just orb hunts.

Comments

[shiningwaters]

I've had completionists before who just want to unlock the trailer at the end. I've got one right now who keeps sending me to pick up treasures. I haven't gotten to the final battle yet--they're level-grinding. Do they know that with my game, you can play a higher level and get the trailer without having to do all this? Or the trailer is probably up online.

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

I don't even have a secret ending. That's back in the first one. They're just doing it for the heck of it.

Like I said, I wouldn't mind if it wasn't all they were doing.

[shiningwaters]

That's a lot worse, then. There's not a reward for those orbs, is there? Or maybe your player thinks there is?

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

They unlock cheat modes, mostly. Some of them are more helpful than others.

[shiningwaters]

I don't understand why people use cheat codes. Sure, it helps, but still. It's like the reaction command system they used in the game before me. I'm glad it was phased out--it almost made things too easy sometimes?

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Some of them are just additional things or cosmetic stuff. Big Head Mode is in there, and a bunch of extra cars.

There's only a few really serious breakers in there. Like the one that lets me turn invisible anywhere.

[shiningwaters]

That's definitely something that can break the game.

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Yeah, but things like that take a lot of orbs. And that and the minigames are really all there is to feed all the completionist types.

[shiningwaters]

Well, with any luck, he'll change his mind and do something else. Or lend the game to someone.

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Mm. I hope so. Or at least he'll get a strategy guide or something.

Which would basically just lead to him changing his mind and doing something else, anyway, I guess.

[shiningwaters]

That's kind of the point, right?

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Well, yeah. Though I've heard it takes the fun out of it for some of them.

Still easier on my legs, though.

[shiningwaters]

I can sympathize. My player blocks too often and doesn't dodge. A barrier doesn't stay up forever.

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Wow, seriously? Not at all? Yeah, that could get to be a problem.

[shiningwaters]

I'd like not to get shot at sometimes.

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

Yeah. I spend a lot of time wishing I wasn't getting shot at. Especially since you can probably block longer than I can; using a shield runs me out of Eco pretty fast.

[shiningwaters]

That is a lot worse.