does Five suck

[Dandaman955]

I don't hate FIVE at all. My only major issue is that there's only two traps, both placed in the worst possible place, and the Winter's Fury; it sucks balls.

With the lack of a decent Wonder Weapon, it makes FIVE much harder to play. Starts to take a whole magazine on certain stages and does nothing thereafter. This means that the only way to progress on the map is by either picking up Death Machines, whose usefulness deteriorates as levels go on unless you go for headshots, or by using traps. There are only two traps in the map, both require a trap piece to make it functional and both are placed in the most inconvenient area on the map. There are a lot of pathways that are too narrow, and little you can do to save yourself, with the exception of the Awful Lawton. Let's not forget that you have to come up with a solid strategy to defeat the Thief as time goes on, as his health will eventually be too high for M&S to do anything about it.

To sum up, you need to be skilled to be good at it. Saying it sucks for the sole reason being that it's hard doesn't really cut it, you just simply don't know how to play it.

[Superhands]

I don't hate FIVE at all. My only major issue is that there's only two traps, both placed in the worst possible place, and the Winter's Fury; it sucks balls.

With the lack of a decent Wonder Weapon, it makes FIVE much harder to play. Starts to take a whole magazine on certain stages and does nothing thereafter. This means that the only way to progress on the map is by either picking up Death Machines, whose usefulness deteriorates as levels go on unless you go for headshots, or by using traps. There are only two traps in the map, both require a trap piece to make it functional and both are placed in the most inconvenient area on the map. There are a lot of pathways that are too narrow, and little you can do to save yourself, with the exception of the Awful Lawton. Let's not forget that you have to come up with a solid strategy to defeat the Thief as time goes on, as his health will eventually be too high for M&S to do anything about it.

To sum up, you need to be skilled to be good at it. Saying it sucks for the sole reason being that it's hard doesn't really cut it, you just simply don't know how to play it.

I still love FIVE, but can't disagree with these negatives. Apart from the thief though - his health peters out at about round 30, you can still kill him pretty easily even at round 40 or 50.

[Dandaman955]

Apart from the thief though - his health peters out at about round 30, you can still kill him pretty easily even at round 40 or 50.

Yeah, I misread the Thief's health chart. Thought it capped at something stupidly high, like 600000, but after Googling it I find it caps at 40000. My bad. :V

[Superhands]

I had no idea about the health charts to be honest, in solo he just seemed to take the same amount of M&S shots at round 50 as he does round 30, and still dies from a stack of 8 Claymores at round 50 too.

[Dandaman955]

I used Duckcall00's charts: viewtopic.php?t=9270

Don't follow them by heart, as I often question their reliability. There are numerous errors, so I can't exactly confirm it. One thing you'd have to remember however, is that the Pentagon Thief has more health the more people that play, so my differentiated opinion could come from me almost never playing solo. :P

[Superhands]

Yeah, in co-op though 2 players blasting with the M&S will always do the trick

As for anyone that doesn't like FIVE because of the difficulty, you may be interested in these little strategy vids I came up with: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=20228&p=190796#p190796

[Tom852]

Yeah, in co-op though 2 players blasting with the M&S will always do the trick

As for anyone that doesn't like FIVE because of the difficulty, you may be interested in these little strategy vids I came up with: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=20228&p=190796#p190796

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[Superhands]

Yeah, in co-op though 2 players blasting with the M&S will always do the trick

As for anyone that doesn't like FIVE because of the difficulty, you may be interested in these little strategy vids I came up with: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=20228&p=190796#p190796

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