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Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




That was an incredible trap at the end.

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Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




So far, this seems to be cleverly sadistic in a finely-tuned way, but rarely comes across as cheap.

The far-left gear on the bell boss being the big exception - it looked effectively impossible to destroy it unless you did it first or second

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




The layered gimmicks are making me really look forward to the post-Master stage where the designer can combine things even more.

That is, assuming that this follows the pattern of most MM games.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




It very blatantly is - even hitting the bosses directly with the Soul Trap does more damage than the uncharged Buster or the laser.

It isn't as if Nat and Tea didn't figure that out either - they just decided that exploiting it was too finicky.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




Referencing next episode
The author certainly got clever with some of these mechanics, even if they're a bit sadistic.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




Hah, the latest episode is kind of funny if you remember the Megaman 9 LP.

2018 Natural 20: The autofire is cheating!
2022 Natural 20: If the dev is watching this, they should add an autofire

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




That stage is sadistic as hell. I'm not sure how you're supposed to beat it without the bubble.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




One of the funniest things about this LP is the early discussion about if the penalties for Roll were fair or not. Now it is clearly "they absolutely are not, Roll is incredibly overpowered".

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




I really get the impression that the designer was much better at using Roll's abilities for interesting challenges than Rock's.

Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




Checking the wiki, there is in fact an environmental clue to the giant light bulb fight!

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Gnoman
Feb 12, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




The faint trace of the rescued bosses' attacks is a good touch. Gives you the chance to figure out what's going on if you rescued everybody, and thus feel like you accomplished something.

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