Since my last post, I've played about three more hours and

-Delivered the bomb (which wasn't that difficult)
-Did the surfboard segment
-Beat the caveman by using the dinosaur
-Beat the wasps using the hive gun, getting the hive back for the second time
-Got the barrel, making it to the Transylvania part of the game
-Killed enough zombies to enter the castle
-Fed Dracula enough mice to kill him


I think FO was having some trouble with the part where you have to kill the zombies. I can see why: You have to hit them with a head shot, but you can't fire rapidly and the zombies move quickly, making it difficult to get a good shot. Plus, if the zombies catch you, you're pretty much done for. My trick for this part was to just run past the zombies. At first, they chase you but they eventually give up. Then, when I was far enough away, I picked them off at my leisure.



I'd say the surfboard part was the best part of the game so far, by far. The funny thing is, I believe that pressing forward on the analog stick to increase speed was discussed at this board at least a couple of times previously, but I still forgot about that when I made it to that area. I eventually noticed that on my own.

That area really does seem pretty fast. It's what I imagined F-Zero X's speed would have been like before I played that game (and discovered it was slower). The course also has a lot of good, tricky turns. There is one part where a dinosaur crosses the track. It seems nearly impossible to deal with it when its legs block the track; it seems like death is inevitable at that moment. But maybe not. Either way, I'm willing to give the fairness of that spot the benefit of the doubt for the sake of its challenge and excitement.

Even though that's the best part of the game so far, I still think, if I was forced to rate the game at this time, that I'd only give it 2 stars. While it (from a gameplay/level design perspective) may not be as formless as Donkey Kong 64, they sort of make me feel the same way when I play them.
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