the alternative would be you can freely run around out of bounds for an extended period of time while invincibility cools off
Why do game developers think that insta-kill spikes are fair?
Ethan Williams
Jaxson Rodriguez
I can only think of Mega Man when it comes to spikes that are lethal on all sides. Even then I don't think they're spikes like that.
Kevin Johnson
It's fairer than bottomless pits. mostly because you know that spikes kills you. pit could have a secret in there or it's instant death.
Adrian Moore
go to bed penitent one
Adam Butler
Miiverse was not a mistake
Gavin Sullivan
this looks like it would be an insurance nightmare
Jonathan Cook
>Death spikes everywhere
>Able to be crushed between platforms
>bottomless death pits that kill you no matter that ring count or invincibility item
Man, sanic devs were sadistic. no wonder so many plebs prefered mayrio who is also a nice guy
Evan Sanders
They're actually very large sharpened triangles.
Henry Martin
>that part in 8-bit sonic 1 where a pit is the right way
>it's right next to a death pit
I mean, I think it was the 8 bit version but still it's some bullshit.
Luis Edwards
>A wound from the simpler punji stick trap was almost never fatal but was instead designed to take soldiers out of the fight while increasing the battle fatigue of those left on the field.
>To increase their potency, the Viet Cong would smear punji sticks with either poison or their own feces thus raising the likelihood of an infection taking hold in the wound much greater.