I'v been trying to like this game for a few weeks. I find my self after work playing for a few moments and then dropping out and booting up BG2EE but i am not very productive there ether...
Could i be in some game funk? Or i'm just missing something?
Someone said this game reminds them of playing old school DnD. I think the intention of that statement was about the game mechanics, if not I couldn't disagree enough...
Context:
I'm 40 plus. University. Family with kids. Work in IT. Mortgage. Good health. Played Tabletop DnD in the 80s and stayed as a consumer of fantasy gaming products including PC games up to today.
Why do I hate this game?
Its not that I "hate", that's to harsh of a statement. It just represents a lot of "things" I really don't like about CRPGs, RPGs, MMORPS these days...
Disclaimer:
I am not attacking anyone. These are my personal opinions. I understand how challenging it is to create a game and bring it to market. I understand this was a Kickstarter. I didn't follow that or participate. I just found the game a few weeks ago. I also watched about an hour of "lets play" before i paid for the game at the price of 45 bucks. Just want to make it very clear I am not attacking anyone's age, preference, feelings, education, social position and intelligence. The statement(s) i make will be my view in context. I have played 5 hours of the game.
I will fire these comments and opinions out shotgun style...
Visual setting/environment
Too bright and happy feeling. There is no dangerous dark brooding environment. Some minor brooding and dark diversions.. but not enough. I am not sure if there are day cycles..It's always sunny, bright and the whites seem to be blown out too much... Cranked the gamma down didn稚 help.. Its not my card, other games look great. I am not saying the game looks bad...Just not the mood i was looking for. Example: The splash screen... Its a sunny view of a beach, blue sky, wispy clouds move by. A pirate ship looms in the distance and I can see some crummy looking ruins. Wouldn't it have been more exciting to have a dark forest scene, with a mysterious babbling brook, some fog...wouldn稚 that have been more adventurous? Why a beach...when i think RPG i sure do not think of blue skies and beaches... Really don't get that. Unfortunately this art design carries right through the game it seems...and I know this comment will draw - But why does an RPG environment have to be dark comments? I can only answer this by saying I live in blue skies, and beaches... and I want to adventure a dangerous place...and beaches, blue skies, bright fluffy clouds are not on my range of RPG exciting places to adventure.
Written setting/environment/Game "buyin"/hooks
As i start to understand the core story line it becomes very convoluted, and just yawnable...There is no Buyin. There is no passionate reason my character is driven to do any of these things... Fabric of time idea is almost interesting, but not delivered properly. I get the feeling Its " Do not bother with the man behind the curtain..." type of of a story... If you peek around the corners the story is held up with scotch tape...
Characters
At first the character creation seemed extensive, and complicated. But when you drill down its not at all. Character models in game mode... Their not well executed. The design twinges of light Anime, or something of that flavor... NO body changes like height, weight, build. The NPCs seem very "pasted", or cloned. The colors of the gear is very bright toned with no "gistalt".. Its like the people who created the models of the characters didn't really play DnD back in the day...
voice over/character models/
Voice over: If i hear that dang Scottish woman telling us she has been mauled again I think i will dig my eyes out with a rusty Nail!
Why do designers feel the need to add English and Scottish accents to a game WHY??
This is not a middle ages sim... drives me bonkers and shows how out of touch the design is.... I tried to turn the voice off but i can still hear the Scottish woman complaining..Just crap voice over ALL OVER the game. < if you can't do it properly please don't do it at all... JUST SAYING!
I probably have written enough and why should i waste my time on such a big post for a game I don't intent to ever play again...
Moving on...
