Protraction 4 - Not Your Average Difficulty

Protraction 4 is a game created by whtever

"HOLY FRIGGING SHOOT. LOLWTF JUST HAPPENED?"

That's what I think of the start of every protraction game.

And this one was the most "HOLY FRIGGING SHOOT"iest. Amazingly, whtever found a way to overwhelm even me - and I've bested lots of games, ask around - to a point of questioning its possibility. Sadly for whtever, I don't give up easily. ;)

Anyways after the start is another "wtf should I do?" moment, along with a slice of "OMFG I GOTTA STAY ALIVE THIS MAY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!" The puzzles are a brilliant masterpiece that blend into the environment. After solving that I congratulate myself by proceeding further. Whtever usually amazes me with his games, but some, who shall not be named, @cough@bobbler@cough@ don't appreciate it, and I don't blame them. Its a love-it-or-gtfo relationship with this game. You've gotta be an idiot without a life to repeat the game enough to win. . . splode I just admitted that to all of sploder to see.

Anyways, you are presented with a choice now. I, for one, ~usually~ went to the above path for the kix, but after a while I was frustrated with the game so I was just running through it (or speeding, whtever you say grammar hounds.) Turns out I got better results. -_-

Life appears to get suddenly better when you reach the part after mortar hell - which, now that I think about it, is in every Protraction game - but it's all just a cruel illusion. You're pretty much screwed, and if you don't have a vast knowledge of patience and ships, (more importantly patience) you'll have to give up. No questions about it.

After THAT, (whew this game really maximizes space) ZOMG a door puzzle. Great. You have to frigging PERFECTLY time it (and on my dual core it was about 3 frames a second as compared to the usual 13, so good luck timing it) in order to get to the cannon hell (OH LOOK, there's two of these in the game.)

Want me to explain this cannon hell? Running, breaking weak blocks, dodging mortars and teleporters, and all within a time limit. It's pure torture and probably the hardest part of the game if you don't do it right.

Following right after are some more cruel tricks - or compared to whtever's standards, little teases - and a huge difficulty spike that either requires amazing timing or amazing aim. Oh and you can't spend forever timing so chances are you either got extremely lucky or have great aim.

And then the red key is pure freaking torture: You can easily mess up and have to start ALL OVER FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS REVIEW. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH.

Anyways if you get through that you've basically beaten this terrifyingly horrible difficult game. (enjoy the useless mojo he put there)

So overall, this is one radically hard game. With some difficulty declines and spikes, this game is definitely one of whtever's most brain-scrambling, mind-boggling, and puzzling games. It seriously deserves a 5/5 stars, and a MENTION in the Epic Game Library, although I'm pretty sure it'd never get past the defenses of the walls.

Although lag is heavy, the game is great and amazing, and anyone with a fast enough computer and enough patience should play it.

My Rating: 5/5, best game of EGD.