Shovel Knight (3DS/Wii U/PC)

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Why shouldn't you dig for gems? You have a shovel.

It's in the title of the game.

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Originally Posted by bbobb

Just like in Zelda 2

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The game is pretty much a spiritual successor to Zelda 2 is most ways.

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

This game is super slow and has no sense of momentum. I don't get why items are buried under those piles. Just put the gems on the ground and let me walk over them without having to stop arbitrarily.

The weapon does not feel good.

Do not like.

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The early stages are pretty bad (the game seemed like nothing but gem overload), but things get a little denser and better later on.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Why shouldn't you dig for gems?

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You haven't been paying attention. Don't make the player stop to dig-dig-dig arbitrarily. In situations like that, just make them dig once or just put the gems on the ground. Save the multi-dig piles for areas where spending time to dig out the big payoff gems at the end is a weighed risk. Like in auto-scrolling/keep-up-with-the-moving-platform/unreachable enemies raining down shots/etc. situations. The current implementation reeks of "We needed upgrades."

As far as "but Zelda 2 did it!" So what? Does it make Shovel Knight better or worse? And why?

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Originally Posted by alan_fatima

Save the multi-dig piles for areas where spending time to dig out the big payoff gems at the end is a weighed risk.

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Yes, exactly this.

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Originally Posted by alan_fatima

You haven't been paying attention. Don't make the player stop to dig-dig-dig arbitrarily. In situations like that, just make them dig once or just put the gems on the ground.

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You don't want to dig dig dig? That's too bad, that's how digging works.

Or, don't dig!

Game design > real life digging.

You're free to not-dig! Other people can tell you about the gems you turned your nose up at.

(so many)