This Game Is Hard
Amorphous is a game that was recently featured by Kongregate. It is a fantastically simple idea, which manages to be surprisingly deep. It is very hard. I’d be interested to know if anyone I know can get the “Exterminator Badge”, which is awarded for clearing the game on “big nest” mode.
The game’s enemies remind me a lot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s mutants in that you start out with fairly simple enemies like dogs and bulls, and then gradually are introduced to tougher and more-WTFy enemies. There’s a lot of fun to be had in a game that throws you some rare enemies that you’ve never encountered before, with unknown characteristics. The key to the fantastic enemy progression is that the enemies have qualitatively more difficult characteristics; the author doesn’t just give the grunt some more health and a better gun to make them harder. Eventually, you have enough experience to know how to handle the strange new characteristics. Enemies that formally meant a respawn now fall to your sword in packs.
I die a lot. The game is really hard. But the game is addictive and fantastic because as a gamer I’d like to see how creative the next challenge is.
Also, add me on Kongregate: http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Fitzsimmons
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