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postmakerkiwi · 1 year ago

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🌕 Starlit Fracture Hills - Molten Moat 🐖

The temple sitting in the midst of a field of lava is meant to protect it from any potential intruders, but all it's done is given the Earthshapers a safe zone where nobody can reach them without being caught between pickaxes and rumbling, hissing lava.

photo by CatbatQuartet

#Spyro The Dragon #Ripto's Rage Soundscapes #Spyro Soundscapes #okay now that we're here can we talk about how Fracture Hills is one of the coolest level designs in the whole game #the two vastly different areas with separate enemies and environmental hazards #and different traversal means and THEIR OWN COLOR PALLETS EVEN #all made both Distinct & Separate yet Not Cumbersome To Move Between by one single design choice:#Top Of A Cliff versus Bottom Of A Cliff #IT'S SO GOOD #IT'S SO DAMN GOOD #the way how instead of moving from one room or corridor or otherwise enclosed space to the next #the Talisman Path is just a straight shot across the topside #followed by a jog back half the way to reach the opened door #but it doesn't feel too Big or Open or Aimless thanks to the topside only taking up #about a third of the level's total width #And the bottom area isn't just locked off from you!#Once you leave the shallow pit area you start at you can just jump straight down from any point on the topside path!#it's dangerous as hell if you don't know how to deal with the Earthshapers yet but You're Allowed To Go Try!#And all the whirlwinds down there to make sure that if you ever happen to fall down by accident #all you need to do is Maybe dodge a couple earthshapers and you'll be right back on the main path #Also: the fact that there's only 12 total bush & tree enemies #but the Supercharge gate requires 14 spirit particles to activate #that doesn't *just* keep the player from attempting the Free The Faun challenge until they've proven #that they can take out the Earthshapers #but acts as a signal to any unaware players that the Earthshapers CAN IN FACT be killed in the first place #and that they're not just invincible hazards #All without a single "oh spyro did you know that if you charge into an earthshaper theyll be knocked back and if you knock them into the la #THAT'S BRILLIANT DESIGNING.#Spyro #Soundscapes

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