When I learned Fire n' Ice was actually a sequel to this, I was excited to try this out. Fire n' Ice is an underrated classic.
This not as much. It's more a stepping stone. or block, if you will. You can jump in this game which is great, and there's a lot of cheese you can do here that you can't in Fire n Ice. Sadly for 100% the game expects this jank. And 100% is why the game is rated 2 stars: it's jut obtuse and while there are some hints you have to guess where an object is when you block and unblock a spot. Heck even in Any% one Key is like this. It's counter intuitive and gives off that Nintendo Power Game vibe. Especially on Level Princess don't get me started on that nonsense. It gets worse when you think about how this was intended to be played: You're supposed to clear the whole game in one sitting. No passwords no nothing, Game Over is back to the start if you don't know the Continue cheat which again, is a Nintendo Power Game thing.
The music is good but...its only one or two tracks. Compared to Fire n' Ice's 10. I get FnI is better but by this much? It makes Solomon's Key feel more like a prototype than anything, so I'm at least glad this was the building block for Fire and Ice.
This not as much. It's more a stepping stone. or block, if you will. You can jump in this game which is great, and there's a lot of cheese you can do here that you can't in Fire n Ice. Sadly for 100% the game expects this jank. And 100% is why the game is rated 2 stars: it's jut obtuse and while there are some hints you have to guess where an object is when you block and unblock a spot. Heck even in Any% one Key is like this. It's counter intuitive and gives off that Nintendo Power Game vibe. Especially on Level Princess don't get me started on that nonsense. It gets worse when you think about how this was intended to be played: You're supposed to clear the whole game in one sitting. No passwords no nothing, Game Over is back to the start if you don't know the Continue cheat which again, is a Nintendo Power Game thing.
The music is good but...its only one or two tracks. Compared to Fire n' Ice's 10. I get FnI is better but by this much? It makes Solomon's Key feel more like a prototype than anything, so I'm at least glad this was the building block for Fire and Ice.