War for the Overworld (DK remake)

[geggis]

@DeepT

I bought this last year too, a while after it was patched. It was “ok”, it didn’t grab me like the original DK. However, it did something that I hate in games, which are the puzzle levels. There was one level where a bunch of heroes were trying to make it from one side of the map to the other, bypassing your base. You could only let a few get through or you would lose the scenario. I tried this like 5 times and could never even get close to beating it, so I never finished the campaign.

I did try the skirmish a bit, but it was just “meh”. I can’t point at anything specifically wrong, but it couldn’t draw me in like the original DK and DK2 did.

Hahaha, oh man, I think that was actually my favourite level! In a chat I linked up thread I said:

“One of my favourite levels so far in War for the Overworld has been one where you have to prevent a dwarven army crossing a pass. Gold is super tight. So tight in fact, that I was wondering how the hell I was supposed to mount a defence. Then I spotted Blood Money, a spell that had been gathering dust on my UI which turns prisoners into golden statues that you can mine or slap to break down into gold. Of course, dwarves were constantly flooding into the pass, and eventually into my prison. Bingo: cash flow. A great scenario that expertly shows the utility of a particular spell. More of this please!”

So, uh, yeah, different strokes for different folks I guess DeepT! :-P I’ve read about people completing that level using different strategies but that one seemed perfect, and easily the most elegant to me.