BB vs v3

[Moonwraith]

Episode 2 was a horrible rip of Episode 1 in terms of enemies

Maybe, but consider the following points:

- Only two of Episode 2's areas 'recycle' Episode I monsters, and although CCA (in before Kef corrects me with GDV ) and Seabed share monsters with Towers, Towers has it's own unique enemies and miniboss, while also taking only the most powerful enemies (CCA minibosses, Delbiters).
- Crater Interior uses exactly the same monsters as Crater, with exactly the same stats (shared monsters are more powerful in Desert). Some enemies, namely Sand Rappy, Zu, Satellite Lizard and Yowie appear in all three areas.
- VR Temple and VR Spaceship are interesting levels, and I quite like the mix of the enemies as well as the new settings. Fighting Ob Lilies is a little bit different in Temple to fighting them in Caves, for example, due to the different rooms in Temple compared to Caves. In Spaceship you may have to deal with Baranz and Delsabers together.
- Crater is a decent level, but Crater Interior and Desert are crap. Well, Desert 3 is ok, but I hate 1 and especially 2.
- Temple and Spaceship have bosses, albeit remixed (Gol Dragon is still awesome though). Crater and Crater Interior do not have bosses. The only boss is in Desert, and while he has three forms it's still the same boss, with a different skin and slightly different stats. Oh and it's nowhere near as good as Falz and Flow.

Also I wasn't just complaining about the monster recycling, but also just the general fact that EpIV seems like a rushed cash-cow for ST.

Consider that two areas have no boss, that the storyline is completely nonsensical (you can make sense of ep1 and 2, but ep4 really does make no sense to me >_>), that both of the dropcharts that have been used by ST are poorly designed, and that some of the enemies use AI from ep1 and 2 (Bootas are Boomas with the ability to dash and throw fireballs, Dorphons are Delbiters without the Megid, Astarks are Hildebears with Shifta and the ability to rapidly punch... Rappies I'll let slide as they're a mascot for the game and the series in general, heh).

Don't get me wrong, ep4 gets a few things right, and I have enjoyed playing there sometimes. There's some interesting enemies like Zu and Gorans, and some nice items (most of which haven't been released on US BB, sadly). I just think it is just poorly thought-out and executed. While ep2 may recycle enemies it does it better, and the episode is better as a whole anyway.