{"id":1694,"date":"2010-01-30T01:42:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T06:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2010-01-30T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T06:42:23","slug":"osmos-rage-part-1-welcome-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/2010\/01\/30\/osmos-rage-part-1-welcome-to-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Osmos Rage, part 1: Welcome to Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since we released Osmos in August, we’ve been getting mostly great feedback from players and reviewers alike. Mostly. There is however one complaint that we see regularly, and very vocally: Rage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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“I’m done with Osmos. Done. F3A-3 is no fun.” -RSHabroptilus, Steam<\/a> forums<\/p>\n

“… playing Osmos was like getting knocked out by a sharp kick to the face from an eight year old.” -Ben Barrett, Gaming Daily<\/a> review<\/p>\n

“This is no walk in the park – Osmos is incredibly difficult” -Michael Rose, IndieGames.com<\/a> review<\/p>\n

“What a fun game, until the insane levels start” -soliunasm, xbox360achievements.org<\/a> forums<\/p>\n

” Osmos is without doubt a very entertaining game, but don\u2019t let the ambient feel fool you; this game isn\u2019t going to let you relax all the way through. For \u00a36.99 you\u2019re getting a worthwhile package and there\u2019s a demo for you to see if it\u2019s the right game for you. For most it will be engaging and addicting, if somewhat rage-inducing later on.” -Dominic Sheard, DarkZero<\/a> review<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As of this writing, only 2% of Steam players<\/a> have completed the game. (ie. gotten the “Graduate of the Osmos” achievement) Looking at some of the other percentages to guess-timate how many people are actually trying<\/em> to beat the game, I would hope this would be closer to 5-10%.<\/p>\n

To remedy the situation, we recently adjusted<\/a> the difficulty of the hardest few levels of the game. Those last levels are still hard, but I believe the game is balanced more fairly now; and since then, we’ve been seeing as many people defending the game’s difficulty as flogging it.<\/p>\n

\n“I just wanted to give a big thanks to the devs for listening to the community and rolling out the difficulty update. F3C-3 is now the only Force zone I have left to beat…” -jnfenrir, Steam<\/a> forums\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some are even saying it’s too easy now, though the bonus “forever” zones certainly mitigate that. That said, some of the late levels are still difficult.<\/p>\n

This is the first of a four-part series of blog posts to “give back” to our players. This first one is simply this introduction. The second will address our “misleading” marketing materials. The third<\/a> will answer the question: Why did we make the game so bloody hard – are we sadists? And finally, the fourth<\/a> will offer some practical advice on how to beat those final levels.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since we released Osmos in August, we’ve been getting mostly great feedback from players and reviewers alike. Mostly. There is however one complaint that we see regularly, and very vocally: Rage. “I’m done with Osmos. Done. F3A-3 is no fun.” -RSHabroptilus, Steam forums “… playing Osmos was like getting knocked out by a sharp kick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osmos","category-rage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5C9wi-rk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}