oh YES! Thank you Dan!
Yes, we do remember you making Aww3 almost twice, and we also remember sticking with you from the very beginning, even when you had "motivational problem".
And it's so cool you release the lost edition! I remember loving the old Demo back when you put it out. Even tho the lost edition and the final release technically is the same game, there is, as you said, quite a lot of differences. It almost feels like a new game, but still very comparable with the final release of Aww3. It's interesting, because when I play, I find a lot of smaller details that i find myself liking quite a lot, maybe it's because they are different and I like variation, but maybe not only because of that..
for example, the eagle seams to fly slower in the lost edition. I always found the eagle a little to fast and hard to control in Aww3.
But not only that, small details like in the forest level where the gate closes in front of you instead of being closed when you get there, and later in the eagle challenge with the spikes, going 'down-up-down-up' instead of 'down-forward-up'
And then of course we can't forget the sun-rays and the objects between the camera and the character. I found them charming and characteristic and are really sad you decided to take them away, maybe in a graphic option as 'color' in Culmination?
One other thing I found myself liking a lot from the lost edition were the face that you
Found your sword in the second world, instead of just starting with it. And I also quite liked the characteristic differences between fist and sword, where the sword is "weaker" because it's much slower, but safer because it attacks with a distance, where fists are MUCH faster and has a greater DPS.
But don't get me wrong here now
I missed a lot of gameplay improving details and features too, the lost edition Clearly isn't a complete game. Just saying that I found things I liked or actually sometimes preferred, in the lost edition, like the bosses for example. I had to test this a few times before sure, but I find it undenyable. The two bosses in the lost edition is superior their final version in Aww3, and the skullboss is a better final boss then the swordbrute, that fits much better as a powerful special enemy.
In both cases It's very much details, but significant details nonetheless. Like the skullboss, just the small detail like that the roar hurts and kocks you back if you are to close actually adds a lot, and the smaller area in witch you have to run around in makes dodging the meteors more challenging and fun. (Also, I prefer the lost-version roar over the final-version, but that might just be the variety appealing to me)
But more difference are there in the 2nd boss. I find the final-version 2nd boss easiest to beat by running in with my traditional karate and then just attack-attack-attack in an infinite combo until he gets anti-flinch and then just finish him up with a powerblast you found in the forest levels before he uses his lighting attack and just one-hit kills me by knocking my out in the spikes. You can't Do that in in the lost edition. He keeps knocking you back as you either attack him or when you run in to attack with your fists. so you HAVE to use the sword you found earlier to attack him from a "safe" range. Also, he uses his Lighting attacks more often (Maybe because you can't infinitely interrupt him anymore) but the lighting attack never becomes '1HKO' but remains a number witch you can dodge. Simply put, in final version, you either plains beats him without any challenge, or he 1HKO you with his lighting attack when he gets anti-flinch. In the lost edition, there is more constant challenge, fighting and simply more fun.
To summarise my thoughts a little: I liked the insight in variety the lost edition brought, and preferred a number of smaller details from the lost edition, but general gameplay was better in Aww3, however the Bosses in the lost edition were superior their version from the final version.
Hope my thoughts and creative critics will help in the development of future games..
..and honestly sorry for a long post everybody
Only I now have 'time' problems :S
