I LOVE the holiday event this year! Many of my favorite Christmas characters are back (the Queen of Snow, Rosie and the rest of the pixies, the snowmen, our snow imp buddy even if we can only summon him during the Towering Feast), and some favorite holiday events have some new twists to them.
This event truly satisfies, because all these years, I knew there was room for all of these characters and concepts in the same event. So yeah, this is the event I've been waiting for since 2007.
So, we get some new twists to the 2007's snowman building scenario, and to the 'O Little Town of Daemonheim' thing, and a pretty much straight reprise of 'A Towering Feast' but with a new bonus section. And Part 2 brings us the long-awaited (at least by me, anyway) return to Diango's workshop (which I'd despaired at ever seeing again in RS3, and remembered by rereading my screenshots).
The twist that Diango was the one behind the strange occurences was one I didn't expect, given that he's been generally a nice guy all these years. But I loved the ending where Santa, Rosie, and the player let him know that he does have friends, and a family, and people who appreciate what he does all year round. The moment where he gets his Christmas spirit back and is back to being the Diango we know is well-done (though the music track that plays during the speech, unfortunately, is not unlockable). And I love how the pixies confirm afterward what I knew all along back in 2005 - that they love creating and painting things for festive occasions, and take great joy in doing it.
Some mild disappointments:
The fact that you can't keep building pirate, dragon, dwarf, and so on snowmen after doing the first part.
Rosie's catchphrase 'Any more quickety questions?' is replaced by a more generic 'need anything else?'.
Otherwise, I loved this event, and loved the concept of Santa's neighborhood. Will we see additions to that neighborhood next year?
This event truly satisfies, because all these years, I knew there was room for all of these characters and concepts in the same event. So yeah, this is the event I've been waiting for since 2007.
So, we get some new twists to the 2007's snowman building scenario, and to the 'O Little Town of Daemonheim' thing, and a pretty much straight reprise of 'A Towering Feast' but with a new bonus section. And Part 2 brings us the long-awaited (at least by me, anyway) return to Diango's workshop (which I'd despaired at ever seeing again in RS3, and remembered by rereading my screenshots).
The twist that Diango was the one behind the strange occurences was one I didn't expect, given that he's been generally a nice guy all these years. But I loved the ending where Santa, Rosie, and the player let him know that he does have friends, and a family, and people who appreciate what he does all year round. The moment where he gets his Christmas spirit back and is back to being the Diango we know is well-done (though the music track that plays during the speech, unfortunately, is not unlockable). And I love how the pixies confirm afterward what I knew all along back in 2005 - that they love creating and painting things for festive occasions, and take great joy in doing it.
Some mild disappointments:
The fact that you can't keep building pirate, dragon, dwarf, and so on snowmen after doing the first part.
Rosie's catchphrase 'Any more quickety questions?' is replaced by a more generic 'need anything else?'.
Otherwise, I loved this event, and loved the concept of Santa's neighborhood. Will we see additions to that neighborhood next year?
20-Dec-2016 18:37:57