GIVING FEEDBACK: PASS OR FAIL

Well, you absolutely ripped me apart last time,

Really? The only game I recall ripping apart was Two-Lips Island (which certainly deserved it).

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into it when I have the time, why should be tomorrow.

@Marrend:
First of all I would like to say that I do not enjoy commenting what I consider the ''negative'' aspect of a game I test. I'd much rather give praise as it makes other people happy.

But the thing is that, if I only mention the good things, don't you miss opportunities to improve on the shortcomings? This is what I tell myself anyway.

My first reaction, before even watching the video, was "Of all the games on RMN to make a comeback with the Pass/Fail concept on, or a comeback in general, why this game?" I must admit, I was pretty nervous when it was loading/buffering. However, I attempted to be as receptive to the commentary as possible.

I understand completely. Well, your game has been around for a while so I thought why not. Also, I'm also nervous when people criticize my stuff, we all want to please (to some extent). I would've really liked to enjoy your game.

"Another character that looks like the other three!" It's called "the standard NPC cliche", but I think I understand your qualms.

To me, that's a shortcoming. Using the same character set was common in the NES era but things have changed since then. I think it's a self-imposed limitation which does nothing to help the game. It's a decision I could understand if you were going for the old school type of game but I didn't feel that this is what you were trying to do with Matsumori Days.

Maybe I should allow both Masako and Kojiro to join by talking to either? It's a consideration. Would make the game flow a bit better.

Well, yeah, definitely. I mean, part of the reason I was so bored was because I had to roam all over the place to find the characters, it's just not fun especially at the beginning of the game where you want to hook the player in.

"Reading shouldn't be a chore." The dialog was the only thing I really concentrated on, so this comment was kinda painful. Oh well. Can't win 'em all.

Don't take it personally. I'm not even sure that's a flaw necessarily. I think it's more of my preference as a player. As usual, I encourage other players to try the game to make up their own minds.

"It's like the RPG Maker version of Where's Waldo." It might have helped you to know who "Umehara" is, but I get where this "hate" is coming from. All the characters look practically the same with those school uniforms!

Just to clarify something: I didn't ''hate'' anything. That's just not the kind of person I am. I didn't like fetching NPCs and I did think it was tedious but I didn't hate it, nothing of the kind.

Anyways, I appreciate your calm, mature reaction and I honestly hope you will keep the comments in mind next time you work on something. You have the right attitude to make something great.

@sbester:
Is there any way you could fix those? I don't like to test something where I ''spare'' a flaw because I was told that it was there beforehand. I prefer to test each game on the same standards, I think it's more fair that way.

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