One of the common criticisms of Scribblenauts Unlimited was that its puzzles were simply too easy to solve once the player came to grips with the game's systems and logic. The puzzle designs were part of the problem, sure, but I think the primary factor at play here was something else entirely...
They made Maxwell a fuggin' god in Unlimited.
I mean, honestly. With the powers that Maxwell possesses in Unlimited I don't know how you'd feasibly design challenges for him that would be difficult in the slightest. The kid can do damn near anything! Hell, I'd say his powers surpass that of a god since he can summon gods, deities, and other mythical creatures on a whim and have them fight one another or just annihilate them himself once his ADD kicks in and he decides to move on to some other absurd demonstration of his might.
Maxwell has to be the most powerful character in all of gaming, right? I can't think of anyone else who tops him in terms of sheer capability. I mean, shit. He can apply an adjective to any living thing and alter its reality in an instant. If any other powerful character walked up on him, what's to stop Maxwell from busting out his notebook and adding "nonexistent" to their adjectives? Poof, they're gone. Or he could give himself adjectives like "supersonic," "invincible," "godlike"... etc. There really is no limit to what he can do with adjectives alone, and that's before you factor in his ability to conjure up damn near anything (living or otherwise) to essentially do his bidding. And when he's done with them, he can just blink them out of existence in an instant. Oh, that shark is hungry? Let me bring a baby into this world only to immediately feed him to the shark. All for a fuckin' Starite shard! That's how drunk with power this kid is. He has no regard for life in any form. And can you blame him? Life kind of loses its meaning and weight when you can create/destroy it in seconds with a few scribbles in a notebook.
And I haven't even gotten to the fact that he can create new objects and living beings in Unlimited with the object creator. That's just too much. I mean look at one of the first things I made back when Unlimited launched on PC years ago.
That's Blackwell riding his trusty steed Datass Baby. We're talking about a glittering, mountable dark-skinned baby with a mohawk, hooves, and an ear-to-ear grin who can throw weaponized dollar bills that destroy anything they touch. And that was made by a complete novice with the toolset. Shit, he can manifest anything he wants into the universe! You want a moose that vomits nuclear warheads? There you go. The Steam Workshop for Unlimited is home to far more impressive and absurd creations than that, and it's further evidence of Maxwell's overpowered status.
They made Maxwell a fuggin' god in Unlimited.
I mean, honestly. With the powers that Maxwell possesses in Unlimited I don't know how you'd feasibly design challenges for him that would be difficult in the slightest. The kid can do damn near anything! Hell, I'd say his powers surpass that of a god since he can summon gods, deities, and other mythical creatures on a whim and have them fight one another or just annihilate them himself once his ADD kicks in and he decides to move on to some other absurd demonstration of his might.
Maxwell has to be the most powerful character in all of gaming, right? I can't think of anyone else who tops him in terms of sheer capability. I mean, shit. He can apply an adjective to any living thing and alter its reality in an instant. If any other powerful character walked up on him, what's to stop Maxwell from busting out his notebook and adding "nonexistent" to their adjectives? Poof, they're gone. Or he could give himself adjectives like "supersonic," "invincible," "godlike"... etc. There really is no limit to what he can do with adjectives alone, and that's before you factor in his ability to conjure up damn near anything (living or otherwise) to essentially do his bidding. And when he's done with them, he can just blink them out of existence in an instant. Oh, that shark is hungry? Let me bring a baby into this world only to immediately feed him to the shark. All for a fuckin' Starite shard! That's how drunk with power this kid is. He has no regard for life in any form. And can you blame him? Life kind of loses its meaning and weight when you can create/destroy it in seconds with a few scribbles in a notebook.
And I haven't even gotten to the fact that he can create new objects and living beings in Unlimited with the object creator. That's just too much. I mean look at one of the first things I made back when Unlimited launched on PC years ago.
That's Blackwell riding his trusty steed Datass Baby. We're talking about a glittering, mountable dark-skinned baby with a mohawk, hooves, and an ear-to-ear grin who can throw weaponized dollar bills that destroy anything they touch. And that was made by a complete novice with the toolset. Shit, he can manifest anything he wants into the universe! You want a moose that vomits nuclear warheads? There you go. The Steam Workshop for Unlimited is home to far more impressive and absurd creations than that, and it's further evidence of Maxwell's overpowered status.
