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As Tom suggested<\/a>, we’re leaving behind the random Lucky Dip levels for these dailies. At least for awhile. We’re playing the story in LBP2 a bit more, and dabbling in a bit of co-op. These things–along with the helpful direction of our friends–are guiding us as we choose community levels going forward.<\/p>\n

Except for this one, where I’m cheating just a little bit.<\/p>\n

After the jump, a loophole too far<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did go with a recommendation for today’s level. I did not choose it blind. So I am technically doing what we said we were going to do from here on out. The catch? The recommendation comes from someone who created a level that I originally tried thanks to the random selection of Lucky Dip. It was a level I really liked called Artifact Hunter<\/a>, a level I’ve since finished thanks to a tip posted here by the designer. Later this designer messaged me and asked me to try his new level, Marble Mayhem<\/a>. So, I did.<\/p>\n

Let me just state right now that this level is way too hard for me. But I think I really like it. But I also don’t. Basically what occurred to me as I played it is that it requires way too much patience, and patience is not what I think of when I see the word ‘mayhem’ in a title. This level is all about fine motor skills. Which is cool. But it’s also about only having three lives. Which isn’t.<\/p>\n

What is it with these community designers and life limits? What is the point of that? By contrast, I just played–on Tom’s recommendation–Desslock’s excellent 20,000 Leagues level<\/a>. It’s a tough level, but the life limits are fair. They reset at save points as you progress. Here, in Marble Mayhem, you’re given three lives, and that’s it. I get this is a design choice. But it’s an awfully harsh one.<\/p>\n

Still, I will return, because this is a nifty challenge. What’s more, I feel like it’s teaching me something. It’s making me better at using the left stick. No joke. I can feel this happening as I work my way through the maze. Not as my sack character, incidentally, but as a marble. It feels like an exercise. Sort of an extended tutorial. I like it as that, because I’m horrible at using a controller, especially in racing games. And this level reminds me of that flat panic that sweeps over me as I overcompensate with a car and lose control of it in a racing game. I realize as I play this that I’m learning control.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t necessarily save the level for me yet. I’m not close to beating it. But I like what it’s teaching me.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’ll have to keep dealing with this image, which the level designer has planted after you lose your last marble.<\/p>\n

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