Ah, yes. Here's my hold review.
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×Overall:
This hold takes a theme and, most definitely, enacts it beautifully. There is a lot of hack 'n' slash. The scripting isn't really part of the puzzles themselves, but it really accompanies the mood. Like a fun park, there is nonlinear structure. (I want to go to Six Flags, Mommy, because they have nonlinear structure there.) The sound effects seem to be chosen quite nicely, and the backgrounds aren't visually impairing. The minimap view really works for this hold.
Effort can be seen written all over this hold. Keep up the good work, Larry! (Or was I supposed to put that comment at the end of the review?)
Individual Rooms That I Noticed:
1. The pirate room is straightforward. The tar is tedious to hack but it works well. This room is cool to look at on the minimap.
2. The teacup room is themed nicely. There were many times when I had to press Backspace in desperation (as the brained movement is a tad tricky). Next time an evil eye goes in line next to me at an amusement park, I'll let it pair off with someone else.
3. When going through the middle section of the loop room, I really felt the same fast and jerky movement as a roller coaster. The snakes are a little awkward to manipulate, though.
4. I didn’t know that love tunnels were filled with deadly roaches. Of death.
5. The evil laugh (in the haunted house) unnerved me slightly. However, this would be one of my favorite rooms.
6. The bumper car room is themed nicely. I liked that one!
It’s very fun, but all of the rooms are a little much. For dealing with big crowds (both at a real amusement park and in DROD), I recommend this hold.
On the “Caravel scale” (how similar, stylistically, is this hold to KDD and JtRH?), this one rates a solid 75 (out of 100.) This number is what I feel is what you’re aiming for. Effort can be seen written all over this hold. Keep up the good work, Larry!
-Swivel
P.S. I'm sure that our guy in Detroit will enjoy this hold.
[Last edited by Swivel at 12-31-2005 07:07 AM : Arg, me and my tendency to mess up names of major US cities.]
) is definitely the most evil room I've played for some time... 
