The post numbers under a few forum members are a very good indication on how any discussion is warped. Most often the negative people are very persistent. Those who are relatively content comes in with one or two posts, make their opinion known and then leave. Some people will seek out all of those different posts and comment on all those user’s posts to make their point. Again. And again. And again.
And others still, like me, will simply bounce off a game due to some aspect like messy system implementation, and go on to do other things. Not everyone views getting into arguments with randos on internet message boards as a fruitful use of their time--especially when there are so many good games out right now that dont have such off-putting design.
I'm just doing a drive-by here on my way to shelving this game until such a time as it's revisited. I've already moved on to another game, won't be finishing this one, and wont be wasting my time on a message board.
So again, we come back to the fact that there's no verifiable way to claim a silent majority. All we have is the fact that many people are dissatisfied with the game in its current form, and they make a lot of good arguments as to why. On the other side, the argument I see from most of the people supporting it boils down to "I like it anyway", or "The first game also had problems".
I don't know anything about being a game developer, but this would concern me. Fix it, Ill be happy to revisit the game at some point in the future. But dont interpret my silence in the meantime as being content with this terrible system.
