Who thought puzzles were a great idea?

[calculon102]

Overly and overly repeating alreay solved riddles is NOT fun. I solve the first 15 rounds. Round 16 failed. So repeat them all... Argh! :(

To repeat those "real" tower defense levels over and over, that's okay. Even if there could be a "faster" fast forward. But puzzles are mostly doing always the same thing just to get to the last unsolved part. Repetition and game-strechting for dummies, really. Unnecessarily frustrating.

[DanTheTerrible]

I agree the puzzle maps are annoying. I avoided them for quite some time until I decided I just had to have the nuke tower, and needed most of the stars the puzzle maps provide. I googled some guides and got through them all in a single night. I replay the basic survival maps all the time but have no urge to replay puzzle maps.

One of the director's commentaries mentions that once the programmers got through building tools for the level design guys to use they were able to create the puzzle maps without the extensive planning needed for the survival maps. It seems the puzzle maps were included largely because they were relatively easy to create.

[Kellion]

Originally posted by Daniel Boone:

I agree the puzzle maps are annoying. I avoided them for quite some time until I decided I just had to have the nuke tower, and needed most of the stars the puzzle maps provide. I googled some guides and got through them all in a single night. I replay the basic survival maps all the time but have no urge to replay puzzle maps.

One of the director's commentaries mentions that once the programmers got through building tools for the level design guys to use they were able to create the puzzle maps without the extensive planning needed for the survival maps. It seems the puzzle maps were included largely because they were relatively easy to create.

Like you, I wanted the Nuke tower so I had to force myself to look up these "puzzles" on YT. I can't say that I enjoyed them. I guess there are people who do, but I wish the devs would make them a bonus instead of a "mandatory" part of the game to get towers.