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发布于：2020 年 3 月 2 日 上午 8:41
更新于：2020 年 3 月 2 日 上午 8:54

The game is an excellent puzzle game, everything has been said.

However, I do want to make people aware of one thing that really rubs be the wrong way. A big selling point for the game is the extra user-created content, it's right there under "Over 25,000 usermade rooms available for download!". I finished Gunthro and have been looking for some of those to play, and.... I effectively cannot play a single one of them, it seems. Even the most recommended ones, those that are mentioned in discussions of what Levels to play first, require knowledge that the game just has not taught me at all. Decoys, Mimics, Spike Traps, Potions, Tokens - none of these things are part of the game I played.

It seems very clear that what you're expected to do is to buy and play every single DLC first before you can properly enjoy the free user created content, and that should probably be mentioned somewhere.

Even more so, there seems to be a Mod made for Gunthro, specifically, called Flood Warning. Except you can't download it for free and the most recent information that I found on it is a 3.5 years old forum post indicating that it does not work with the steam version and people will have to wait for it to be released on steam, except it apparently hasn't yet. (source: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/app/314330/discussions/0/350542683196964995/ )

I even tried making a caraval account, but apparently the only way to register a game that I bought from this developer with their external service that is also advertised in the product description is to buy the game again directly via their external site. Additionally, to use the, again, advertised high score system, I would need to buy a subscription with caraval for only 12€ a year! That is NOT what is to be understood under "Hi-score competition and hints system via our CaravelNet service"
None of this is okay. So at this point, I can't access their score system, I can't access the otherwise free Mod Flood Warning, and I can't really enjoy most of the free user created levels because they require knowledge that is not taught in the base game they technically belong to, but in the multitude of extra purchasable DLC.

At this point I can't leave a positive review, sorry. The advertisement for these features are just completely misleading.
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archcorenth 2 月 17 日 下午 11:28 
I guess I don't mind that things are packaged a bit differently here than on the website. Especially because when they go on sale here they are SO MUCH cheaper. I already owned Gunthro from Caravel but rebought it here so I could get the Smitemaster selections at a price I was willing to pay.
sirtafeb 2 月 11 日 下午 10:58 
Flood Warning is remade in the paid DLCs (Smitemasters' pick), I've just completed it and it's really good.
eliezerberlin 2021 年 5 月 6 日 下午 3:58 
>"I can't really enjoy most of the free user created levels because they require knowledge that is not taught in the base game they technically belong to."

....You're not technically not wrong, but you ought to know that "Gunthro and the Epic Blunder" is actually the *fourth* game in the series, and the easiest one.

The release date is as follows:
1: King Dungan's Dungeon
2: Journey to Rooted Hold
3: The City Beneath
4: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder

By the time you finish "Journey to Rooted Hold" you should have seen more or less all of the game mechanics the series has to offer, and anyways, I would highly recommend playing them.
trev0115 2020 年 12 月 31 日 上午 10:44 
I know this is almost 9 years later, but if you want some help finding suitable holds I can help you out

DROD1 (KDD) Architect's Edition is free, and should be what you play next after DROD4 (Gunthro) as it's the next step in difficulty. It doesn't need to be purchased through Steam if you're ok playing on the older engine.

Many of the custom holds are difficult, as that's what the community wants, but there are still many high-quality, easier holds. It is unfortunate that CaravelNet is paid, but it makes sense for a dedicated community.