DRAKIYTH'S PROFILE

Thanks for the feedback. I think the game is too easy as well. I really nerfed the difficulty way too much. I'm thinking of something I could do to make it challenging but not a yawn fest. and not where people are going to cry it's too hard. *sigh*

author=Selius
game's a yawnfest now. mash enter. win battle.

hungry leapers had huge evasion. this version in all the times i encountered them i didn't miss even once. wasn't until the walking dead appeared i had to actually think..... oh wait no i don't, i just mash enter more and they die anyway.

the hp/exp/gold increase negated any semblance of difficulty adding the new mobs would have caused. i finished v3 at all rank 4. i finished v4 at all rank 6. i grinded in v3. i did not grind in v4. i checked every nook and cranny in both versions.

the rat boss was a pushover. nobody in my entire party even hit half health to require healing.

if the first dungeon is simply to get people used to the game, fine, but if the rest of the game is this boring i won't bother. it's not fun or interesting enough.

character customization so far is too limited, and every character has the exact same stats save for picking superhuman as a trait. i'd like to see each mutation broken down into 2 more types of it. something like picking superhuman gets you a choice of +3 combat or initiative. picking healing gene gets you auto regen or strengthened healing spells. more variation.

abilities "upgrading" is a joke. you take my 6 ap heal that heals 15, triple the cost and don't even double the healing. that is a major degradation of the skill even assuming that enemies will start to hit hard enough to require the extra 13 hp healed.

6 ap to heal 15
19 ap to heal 28

Why do you not simply make the water bottle streams heal your party to full instead of making me OPEN THE GOD DAMN MENU SIXTY MILLION TIMES to use a bottle on each person til they're full ap, fill them up, have maria heal them, use a bottle on her again, fill it up again.


final result:
difficulty: too easy
irritation factor: high
boredom level: high

i hope you find at least some of this useful. it took me a half hour to write it up :S

I understand your frustrations. Thanks for the feedback.

author=amerkevicius
He's uploaded a new version, so I'm guessing the feedback served it's purpose.

Indeed.

author=chana
I downloaded your game (got a better computer!), am really enjoying it so far!

Awesome. :) The game should be much easier to play now.

AFTERMATH PATCH NOTES: VERSION 0.4 have been added.

This version of the game demo has some tweaks which will ultimately make the game easier for a new player. Version 0.4 will be released in the very near future.

Yeah, there is indeed a lot of mixed opinions on this. If you think my lashing of the reviews is me being an ass I truly do apologize I have tested 0.3 with pretty much every mutation combo possible and they all have the ability to get the job done. The game's learning curve will fly by some people.. They won't understand hit rating is accuracy.. I have even double checked all my weapon's statistics to see if any of them are at the wrong accuracy and nothing is out of order.

I know some people can't handle the difficulty of the current game when they don't have their party with them. Also some people think you should level faster.. I can see me improving lucky 7 to offer more experience and possibly tone up the monsters a bit as well. Here is a list so far..


AFTERMATH 0.4 CHANGES <-- I tossed a 0.4 there because I'll probably have to release another version of the demo once again and get opinions on the changes and if it's too easy now. See this comes at a price.. you got the hard-core people who love a challenge who greatly enjoy the current game and you got the softies who think the game is too difficult so they bash it or demand changes. Overall I think the game needs some changes.

#1: The encounter rate for the first area will be reduced.

#2: The stun on the Starved Leaper will now have a miss chance. It's currently designed to hit 100% of the time. This proved to be too complicated and luck based early on. Also, that enemy will only bite your leg one time per combat never anymore. This might make the creature pointless however since they can already die like a fly.

#3: Experience for enemies will be increased. Lucky 7 experience will be increased.

#4: I guess I'll have to flash up a huge reminder that hit rating is important.. some weapons just don't have that great of accuracy while others hit more often. There are also dodge chances for some enemies but mostly in the 4% range so it shouldn't effect it that badly.

#5: Mutation lines will be getting an upgrade all across the board to their damage output.

#6: Rocks and Bricks will be buffed up and do more damage.

#7: The heroes health will be increased at level 1 and up.


That's all I got so far. Please post comments below.

author=amerkevicius
Drak (if you don't mind the shortened name), while there were a few things about the combat that annoyed me, the 2 main concerns that caused me to give such a low rating was due to my attacks missing so much and that it took me 2 and 1/2 hours to get to level 5. And maybe that the rat boss, as well. I did enjoy the visuals, though, and getting around the menu wasn't a problem.

As for the end, it wasn't that it didn't make sense, but I think I over read the comments in Max's review in that I had come to expect something greater than just the villain's brief introduction. But I'm sure more will be revealed in upcoming installments.

One suggestion, if you are looking for a way to leave the lepers in and still make it a challenge. You could add in a piece of equipment (maybe an accessory) that prevents stun, however the downside could be that defense and agility is greatly lowered if this accessory is equipped. This allows you to keep the challenge, not having to alter the battles or force the player to find their friends before engaging in combat, and still leaves it up to the player to strategize. By equipping this, they won't be stunned, however battles may prove a bit harder for them, so now they have to think and decide what's better for them: equip the accessory to avoid paralysis but hope for the best against the tougher enemies, or risk being stunned but go into battle knowing you have decent defense?

Hit rating is totally dependent on the weapon you have equipped. If you look closely at your equipped gear it has a Hit Rate on it. Most of the crappy weapons are only 45-65% hit rating. The guns are 95% and so are some of the very powerful melee weapons later. This kind of upsets me a bit actually because I even put at the beginning of the game a notice that you should pay attention to your hit rating.