The Hidden Valley between the beta and final.
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:52 am
Most of you already know by now that there's a huge amount of differences between the hidden valley in the beta and final. However, one thing was left unchanged. The fact that there's no dinosaurs here in the final AND beta. This leads me to think that they had already started removing the valley by beta 96 slowly.
My reasons for this belief are:
-the valley lacks dinosaurs and seems to not have any real importance between the beta and final.
-It seems strange that there wouldn't be dinosaurs in this spot. Especially since a Triceratops is close by in the final.
-The beta has more trees that the final in this area but no dinosaurs to boot.
-It only seems natural you'd encounter at least one or two dinosaurs here.
-Beta 96 is pretty close to the final in terms of what's there and the actual number of builds between the two.(final being beta/build 116.)
So regardless if it had any purpose before build 96, it seems pretty clear to me that the devs had already intended on abandoning it by build 96. However, this is just a theory based on my dealing with betas of other video games. The most prominent being Hidden Palace Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's beta. Hidden Palace was left unaltered early on and just left abandoned. It remains unchanged between the Nick Arcade Alpha build and the Simon Wai prototype. In the final, the data exist but the graphics data is completely removed resulting in a garbled mess and Sonic and Tails falling to their deaths. Of course, Trespasser is different so who knows?
Though personally, I'm sticking with this theory until more evidence comes out to disprove it. (god, I think I'm beginning to sound like Draco a little lol.)
My reasons for this belief are:
-the valley lacks dinosaurs and seems to not have any real importance between the beta and final.
-It seems strange that there wouldn't be dinosaurs in this spot. Especially since a Triceratops is close by in the final.
-The beta has more trees that the final in this area but no dinosaurs to boot.
-It only seems natural you'd encounter at least one or two dinosaurs here.
-Beta 96 is pretty close to the final in terms of what's there and the actual number of builds between the two.(final being beta/build 116.)
So regardless if it had any purpose before build 96, it seems pretty clear to me that the devs had already intended on abandoning it by build 96. However, this is just a theory based on my dealing with betas of other video games. The most prominent being Hidden Palace Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's beta. Hidden Palace was left unaltered early on and just left abandoned. It remains unchanged between the Nick Arcade Alpha build and the Simon Wai prototype. In the final, the data exist but the graphics data is completely removed resulting in a garbled mess and Sonic and Tails falling to their deaths. Of course, Trespasser is different so who knows?
Though personally, I'm sticking with this theory until more evidence comes out to disprove it. (god, I think I'm beginning to sound like Draco a little lol.)