I Don't Like Rainbow Mode

[PeaHaitchGee]

I like how devs put something the community thought of and put it into the game, but it just doesn't sit well with me. It's weird how this is the only mode that doesn't cost credits to play. Because of this new players can just infinity restart until they get the item or weapon that will net them an easy victory, which no longer means that this is a nice nod to the community. This means that Rainbow Mode is easy mode. It makes the game so easy it makes me feel like I'm cheating; this shouldn't be the case. New players will use this mode as a crutch and will likely never turn it off because if they do they won't get the same results and will eventually return to Rainbow Mode. But worry not! You CAN prevent this from happening to your loved ones by telling them the dangers of Rainbow Mode! If you know someone who is addicted try to get them to see a therapist before it's too late! We CAN stop Rainbow Mode addiction!

[Jaasrg]

STOP HAVING FUN!

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Originally posted by The_PHG:

I like how devs put something the community thought of and put it into the game,

catering to casuals are part of the devs job

Originally posted by The_PHG:

Because of this new players can just infinity restart until they get the item or weapon that will net them an easy victory, which no longer means that this is a nice nod to the community. This means that Rainbow Mode is easy mode.

search 'easy mode' and you'll see how many peeps cried for it. they got what they wanted

Originally posted by The_PHG:

It makes the game so easy it makes me feel like I'm cheating; this shouldn't be the case.

then dont play it

[The Fool]

Turbo mode (and cursed runs) don't take credits to use.

I agree that it should take credits to use since you can just reset repeatedly, but eh. It's whatever.

I don't know what needs to be done to make Bowler appear and be rescueable in the gungeon, but I suspect that you have to at least beat the dragun and possibly beat a past or even beat the lich first. So assuming that's correct, new players won't be using it as a crutch since they won't have access to it.

[Giraffasaur]

I feel positively rewarded by Rainbow Mode. Let me explain.

I have fully cleared this game, minus Frifle's Challenges. I have almost the full Ammonomicon filled (mostly because of Frifle's grind), but longed for a way to customize runs. That's what I see this new mode as.

Now, I can go for very specific synergies. Now, I can build absolutely absurd and hilarious combos. Whereas before, I relied heavily on random chance. The choices are still random, but they are far more specific and controlled than before.

I don't think newbies will know what to choose since they don't know what anything is on the ground at the start of a Rainbow Run, since they haven't played the game. Experienced players will quickly know what the items are (having unlocked/used them), and are thus rewarded for their knowledge and time commitment of the game.

Sure, people can cheat and wiki everything, but that'll happen no matter what. That's a personal restraint problem, not a game feature problem.

So if you're not a fan of how the game is modified through this alternate way to play (that has to be unlocked first), I'd just not use it.

[rattopi]

It's a great mode to familiarize and test weapons I never got in my normal runs even though I already unlocked it billion years ago.

And you know to have fun.

[Ghaleon]

We get a couple hard modes, I'm not opposed to an easy mode too. Plus didn't unlocking bowler require something relatively late-game? I mean I unlocked him right a way cuz I already completed virtually everything but I think I recall seeing that he he doesn't appear until you do something late game.

[AngryShark]

Originally posted by The_PHG:

I dont like rainbow mode.

ok

[PeaHaitchGee]

Originally posted by Ghaleon:

We get a couple hard modes, I'm not opposed to an easy mode too. Plus didn't unlocking bowler require something relatively late-game? I mean I unlocked him right a way cuz I already completed virtually everything but I think I recall seeing that he he doesn't appear until you do something late game.

Maybe you can unlock him after beating the Dragun? I just remember people saying that they got their first Lich wins from rainbow mode.

Originally posted by Giraffasaur:

I feel positively rewarded by Rainbow Mode. Let me explain.

I have fully cleared this game, minus Frifle's Challenges. I have almost the full Ammonomicon filled (mostly because of Frifle's grind), but longed for a way to customize runs. That's what I see this new mode as.

Now, I can go for very specific synergies. Now, I can build absolutely absurd and hilarious combos. Whereas before, I relied heavily on random chance. The choices are still random, but they are far more specific and controlled than before.

I don't think newbies will know what to choose since they don't know what anything is on the ground at the start of a Rainbow Run, since they haven't played the game. Experienced players will quickly know what the items are (having unlocked/used them), and are thus rewarded for their knowledge and time commitment of the game.

Sure, people can cheat and wiki everything, but that'll happen no matter what. That's a personal restraint problem, not a game feature problem.

So if you're not a fan of how the game is modified through this alternate way to play (that has to be unlocked first), I'd just not use it.

I see what you mean. I also forgot that most of the really broken items are locked behind some pretty hard challenges like Holey Grail and Riddle of Lead. But I still feel like newer players will use it as a crutch.