Despite knowing better, i bit the bullet;
For his first ever RPG(ish), he deserves praise i think (to those interested, he previously focused on making adventure games, i even have a review for one of them. Of sorts).
The game is almost bugless, runs as smooth as you'd want it and minus the typical Indie "issues" one'd expect. It has obvious effort, obvious love and care having gone into it. Except one's love is not always another's
1) lethal dosages of popamolis consolitocis. You can tell he thinks like 'they' think . /
shiver
2) poor ingame camera. It "bounces" back and forth too much while your character is looking around, effect made even more evident if you play it with a proper FOV. Best way to endure it is by zooming all the way in, which leads me to:
3) lack of first person mode. Used to have it, it now does not; millennials did not want it, so he removed it. Problem is that when zoomed all the way, you got your avatar taking about a third of the fucking low part of your screen. Bad for visibility, the way he has it set up. Extra problem (though this is me being picky) that said avatar looks like shit and is always on "combat" mode, hands outreached in the typical MMOish "i am in combat nao!!11" kind of way. Even when you are
not in combat. I know it sounds petty, but the horrid conceptualisation plus the amount of fucking space it occupies makes it unbearable. For me. Whatever was his issue with first person mode i know not..
4) the stereotypical "if in doubt make them grind" syndrome in all its glory. Pacing not good here? Quests noticeably fewer there? No problem. Add some (badly) disguised bandaid grind, stir softly.
5) as
4249 said, i was often thinking i was playing an MMO in a single player mode.
6) though you know this already, this has nothing to do with VTMB (be it story or gameplay-wise) and this has nothing to do with any idea the words "RPG + Vampires" may put in your head. It is just another slasher. Could have replaced vampires with alliens, zombies, you name it, i would not have cared.
7) respawns. I refuse to even analyse this. If you have not an issue with respawns..i got nothing further to say to you, sorry.
Did not ask for a refund. He deserves the money. I just sincerely doubt
he will ever make anything targetted to someone like me i will purchase his next game.
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