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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 08:12:06 pm »
Dungeon Hack.  Okay, it only goes as far down as 20 levels (I think?...not less than that) but they can be real bears.  Big and mazelike, yes.  It's a first-person roguelike that escapes SOME of the genre trappings.
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2011, 08:17:13 pm »
Quote from: freeformschooler on February 10, 2011, 07:59:28 pm
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La Mulana - HELL TEMPLE
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La Mulana is the best. I never got to hell temple so I'll attempt to do that some time.
I'm stuck at the point of Hell Temple where I have to gain an absurd score to open to the next challenges.
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2011, 08:19:19 pm »
Torchlight methinks (i believe it has a infinite dungeon (although apparently it gets too hard to beat far before level 100)).
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2011, 08:58:06 pm »
Persona 3FS on the PS2 has something like a 100Level Dungeon, but thats the main story dungeon. I think there is a bonus Dungeon that doubles this number or something, can't remember. Then there is the 'Second Story' which is a continuation on the first story (basic Persona 3).
Then there is Persona 4. It has a Dungeon with each person that joins your party that you can return to at any time, the deeper in the game, the deeper the dungeon. There is most likely another Bonus Dungeon on this game too...

Plus to note that any level that isn't story dependent level is actually Random Genned. And in P3 you had a limit on how long you could stay in the dungeon where you get tired...

ALSO there is a Game on the PS2 called Wizadry: A forgotten Kingdom (or something like that). Its a dungeon Story. But if you stay too long on a level you can get attacked by the Reaper, which if it hits you infects on of your party, and if they die while infected, they are gone for good (except you natrually...)
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 09:20:02 pm »
Quote from: freeformschooler on February 10, 2011, 06:27:54 pm
To sum up what I'm looking for, see this elegant and finely crafted link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarathonLevel.

I have just extracted myself from TV Tropes after 4 hours. Thanks a lot  :-\
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2011, 10:06:34 pm »
Quote from: Volatar on February 10, 2011, 09:20:02 pm
Quote from: freeformschooler on February 10, 2011, 06:27:54 pm
To sum up what I'm looking for, see this elegant and finely crafted link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarathonLevel.

I have just extracted myself from TV Tropes after 4 hours. Thanks a lot  :-\

I only wasted 2 hours. So: HA!  :P

Fakeedit: Ah, crap, but I think I've been suckered back in while replying.  >:(
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2011, 10:10:23 pm »
Thank God I have a strict self-enforced "no tvtropes at work" policy.
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2011, 10:10:30 pm »
Quote from: olemars on February 10, 2011, 08:10:24 pm
A good number of SNES JRPGs have these. Offhand I can remember the Lufia games and maybe Breath of Fire.
Star Ocean certainly has one. There's one(optional) battle I haven't won towards the end.
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Devil May Cry 2 and 3 both had a marathon level, with 9999 levels in it(you can skip 10 or 100 at a time though, but it makes it harder faster). Maybe DMC4 has it, but I haven't played yet.

It's worth mentioning that by levels it means a circular room with some enemies in it varying by level or a boss. Still, if that's something you're looking for, by all means, dive in.

I also read that it's fairly buggy and when I played through a few levels in DMC3, it crashed on me.
I've got it on PS2, so no crashing issues there.
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« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2011, 11:18:39 pm »
Quote from: Neyvn on February 10, 2011, 08:58:06 pm
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Thanks for the notes about Persona & co games. I don't know why I've been putting them off (except for that one on the DS which was basically built around this concept)
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2011, 01:12:14 am »
The Modron Maze in Planescape: Torment features an 8x8 grid of randomly interconnected rooms filled with useless loot and very annoying enemies. It was designed specifically to piss off players and make fun of randomly-generated grindfest games.

And you can keep regenerating its layout!
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2011, 01:26:52 am »
Quote from: Thexor on February 10, 2011, 10:06:34 pm
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Quote from: freeformschooler on February 10, 2011, 06:27:54 pm
To sum up what I'm looking for, see this elegant and finely crafted link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarathonLevel.

I have just extracted myself from TV Tropes after 4 hours. Thanks a lot  :-\

I only wasted 2 hours. So: HA!  :P

Fakeedit: Ah, crap, but I think I've been suckered back in while replying.  >:(

I read that one article, looked through the list of examples, and then closed it and returned to this thread. They largely seemed to be console games, mostly older ones (aside from Dragon Age, etc).

You know, aside from the fact that you can return to town at any time, it almost seems like the first Diablo game fits your description. :P

It is basically one giant stacked ridiculous-number-of-levels dungeon, randomly-ish generated, and so on.
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2011, 03:42:49 am »
Quote from: Itnetlolor on February 10, 2011, 08:17:13 pm
Quote from: freeformschooler on February 10, 2011, 07:59:28 pm
Quote from: Blaze on February 10, 2011, 07:28:07 pm
La Mulana - HELL TEMPLE
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

La Mulana is the best. I never got to hell temple so I'll attempt to do that some time.
I'm stuck at the point of Hell Temple where I have to gain an absurd score to open to the next challenges.

You're probably better off not finishing it, all you get is:
Spoiler: HUGE SPOILERS DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED HELL TEMPLE AND WANT TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF (click to show/hide)
« Last Edit: February 11, 2011, 03:46:31 am by Blaze »
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2011, 05:15:01 pm »
I like how you spoilered that, as though you were doing us all a favor by letting us share your experience.
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Re: Single-player games with marathon levels.
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2011, 05:35:11 pm »
Quote from: Virtz on February 10, 2011, 06:44:56 pm
Populus 2, a strategy game of sorts. The game features 1000 levels, but you're able to progress through several at once based on your performance in a level.

Didn't Powermonger have something like this? I remember tons of islands.
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« Reply #29 on: February 11, 2011, 06:25:54 pm »
Yea it did, but you could finish the game by only completing 150 or so... and they were all very repetetive. Attack one town. conscript. take food. invent. repeat.
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