Posted December 06, 2021
I have this game on my list for a while now and was excited about it when it was released last week. I was surprised about the bad reviews on steam and though i generally don't give too much about feedback, i scanned over some of them because i couldn't even imagine what could have gone wrong here.
So the two main reasons for bad reviews were bugs and on the other hand an extreme difficulty because of design choices (no quest log, you need to write things down to track your quests) and skill system (it seems almost impossible to hack/shoot/lockpick...). Though i wouldn't have too many problems with the bugs - i think those will be fixed in the upcoming weeks - i admit i don't understand some of the decisions the developers made. In my early days i played Bard's Tale and Might&Magic, i have drawn my own maps and figured how to progress my quests, and even though i love these games to this day, i was glad when rpgs became more accessible because hardware allowed them to be. I find the PoE or D:OS approach quite fine giving some hints but leaving the details for the player to find out. But: no quest log? No info?
So this is what I learned from the steam reviews. I would be interested if someone here played it already and give some thoughts about the accessibility? Maybe someone spoke with the developers and they have plans to change things a bit in favor of accessibility? I'm not using Discord.
I'd still like to buy this game and support the developers because the game sounds great and I love (c)rpgs, but it'd need some more info...maybe the developers are here on gog, too?
So the two main reasons for bad reviews were bugs and on the other hand an extreme difficulty because of design choices (no quest log, you need to write things down to track your quests) and skill system (it seems almost impossible to hack/shoot/lockpick...). Though i wouldn't have too many problems with the bugs - i think those will be fixed in the upcoming weeks - i admit i don't understand some of the decisions the developers made. In my early days i played Bard's Tale and Might&Magic, i have drawn my own maps and figured how to progress my quests, and even though i love these games to this day, i was glad when rpgs became more accessible because hardware allowed them to be. I find the PoE or D:OS approach quite fine giving some hints but leaving the details for the player to find out. But: no quest log? No info?
So this is what I learned from the steam reviews. I would be interested if someone here played it already and give some thoughts about the accessibility? Maybe someone spoke with the developers and they have plans to change things a bit in favor of accessibility? I'm not using Discord.
I'd still like to buy this game and support the developers because the game sounds great and I love (c)rpgs, but it'd need some more info...maybe the developers are here on gog, too?