I began playing this hold 3 or 4 days ago and like it a lot, though I am beginning to find rooms that are beyond my capabilities. I am trying to play outside the editor as it's my preferred way but I've had a look at some of the later rooms in the editor.
Prologue and The Road To The Crypt are pretty straight forward with some entertaining rooms. I couldn't beat the Prologue secret room though. The 5 goblins in the Crypt Entrance probably took me a couple of hundred more moves than the experts, but I got there in the end.
Potion Land: so far I have only beaten the entrance and looked in the four rooms on the cardinal compass points. 1E, I haven't figured out where to place the decoys. 1N, I'm usually pretty good with trapdoor puzzles, but this mimic one has me beat. Tips please. 1W should be easy enough but I keep forgetting to watch the clock and getting killed. Must pay more attention.
1S is simple of course. I haven't seen the others on this level.
Monster's Nest. 1N, there's lots of rooms been created similar to this and I hate (dislike is probably a better word) them, though I beat it in the end. 1W, another 5 goblins that was a matter of figuring out the first move. 1W1S is easy. 1S, manipulating the last WW was fairly simple, and 2S just about shows you where you need to be. 1E, 2E and 3E, I beat all 3 but they are not my idea of fun. 1S1E, couldn't manage this one, nor the one below. Haven't tried the one east of there yet.
The Basements. The Entrance had me stumped for a while until I realised what I needed to do, even then I found it a bit tricky.
1W and the secret room I like and in fact I beat the secret quite easily, but I spent about 2 hours on 1W and had to walk away from the game for a while. The damn snakes always ended up in the top alcove. When I went back to the game, on the second move one snake killed itself and the rest was easy. I'd like to see a demo of it done with the snakes properly manipulated, because I can't do it again. Aaaanyway... 1E, yet another of *those* rooms beaten eventually. 1S1W, I can't figure out how to get safe from the roaches. Either my back is unprotected, or I am being attacked from 3 directions. Any tips welcome. 1S2W, I tried this a number of ways and eventually did it the long way by letting the tar grow around me. 1S, I never hit a save so when I got killed off after chasing round, I became frustrated and I went elsewhere.
1N, I felt like I was going round in never ending circle, but it was fun enough manipulating one snake to kill another. 2N, slightly more fun than one of *those* rooms. I think that was my lot so far for that level, and I am not looking forward to yet more multiple brained snakes (2S).
Orientations. I have only played 1S1W, and in the editor, but this is easily the most enjoyable room so far
Sounds like I disliked a lot, but in fact I enjoyed it enough to keep playing for a few days. Something to be said for that as I play very little DROD these days.
