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Author Name:Vipul
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Hold Name:The Infested Castle
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Number of Levels:13
Number of Rooms:121
Number of Monsters:1510
Version:DROD: The City Beneath (3.1)
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This is the final hold in the series of three. The story is that Beethro has to find the potion on the top tower of the castle that saves Halph.

I think the hold is about 5.5 brains but none of the levels are in order of difficultly. Each level has some easy and some hard rooms. There are also a few victory demo's on the title screen which shows the solution of some rooms.
11-07-2007 at 06:51 AM
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OK, there's not really a story here. But that's OK. Possibly better, who knows?

That said, this is an enjoyable and at times fairly difficult hold. A few of the rooms are more difficult than they are fun, but for the most part it's the other way around.

I give this hold 5 brains of difficulty and an 8 rating for fun.

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11-07-2007 at 04:03 PM
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Finally done. This was a lot of fun. I rather liked the stories in the other two holds, but the puzzles are well thought in this one specially on later levels. My only qualm is that in some rooms it seemed that only a very specific set of steps worked and it was just trial and error until you got the right move. Some rooms hurt my head for a while: Tower 2 2N1E, Tower 7 1N1W, Tower 10 1S and Tower 11 1N. Overall a great intermediate hold. I give it 6.5 brains and 8 fun, Thanks!
11-08-2007 at 10:02 PM
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By the way, the secret rooms were excelent, but

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11-08-2007 at 11:06 PM
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Danteslives wrote:
By the way, the secret rooms were excelent, but

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Where am I going wrong?

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11-09-2007 at 12:02 AM
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jbluestein wrote:
Danteslives wrote:
By the way, the secret rooms were excelent, but

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Where am I going wrong?

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So then I suppose you have to get by either one of the rattlers or one of the golems without killing it. I really cant see how to do this.
11-09-2007 at 01:05 AM
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Danteslives wrote:
So then I suppose you have to get by either one of the rattlers or one of the golems without killing it. I really cant see how to do this.
Click here to view the secret text

11-09-2007 at 03:25 AM
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bomber50 wrote:
Danteslives wrote:
So then I suppose you have to get by either one of the rattlers or one of the golems without killing it. I really cant see how to do this.
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Ha! Who knew Beethro could skip? Thanks!
11-09-2007 at 01:12 PM
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Wow i really like this hold :)
It's full of quite challenging puzzly puzzle rooms. It has some puzzles that feels very quickly made, but it also has some really great puzzles, (especially towards the end). The Hold was very fun to optimize too.

I gave it 8,5/10 overall and 6/10 brains. Great job Vipul! :)

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11-10-2007 at 05:18 PM
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Cool hold.

I found level 8 and on harder and more fun. Lots of fun puzzles.
11-14-2007 at 04:43 PM
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Good hold. I like the puzzles, but too easy.
I give it 7 fun and 5.5 brains! Good one. :)

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11-14-2007 at 08:19 PM
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I have really enjoyed this hold. I am stuck though - I cannot find the secret room on level 3 - it is the only room (secret or otherwise) that I have to do and I simply can't find it. Thanks for any help.
08-16-2008 at 01:25 PM
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Look for a crumbly wall in
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08-16-2008 at 10:23 PM
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And solved many thanks - I had looked for ages for that I don't know how I missed it
08-17-2008 at 12:39 AM
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This was an enjoyable hold. Difficulty of puzzles was varied based on the level themes. Wouldn't say there were any filler puzzles either. Not too much in the way of story but that didn't dampen the enjoyment in any way.

Give this a go if you haven't already.

Difficulty: 6
Fun: 7

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01-13-2021 at 04:05 PM
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I did not really enjoy the earlier levels as I felt most rooms were a uninspired and there was a lot of trial and error.
The later levels (tower 8 and beyond) had very good rooms and I liked them a lot.
The level design was nice. Difficulty was good, a bit on the easy side but a decent hold overall.
Thanks!
01-20-2021 at 06:32 PM
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