I did give feedback! A lot of it! If you do any revisions I'll play those and give EVEN MORE feedback!! You have been warned.
I'm not surprised the quality of posts on an indie game reddit is low. If the game is good then why show it off to random redditors? There's better ways to get attention than that I'm sure.
When I had to call my GP I literally rang ASAP when the time window opened and I still had a few people ahead of me in line. But that is the only way to really have any certainty that you'll get through, 5 minutes is too late, gotta call the very second that clock reaches whatever the time window is.
There are comfort games for me that I can keep replaying, some of these old games really hold up as well as I always thought they did, but other games don't hold up as well. One avenue for that kind of thing is to play fanmade mods for these old games, something to mix in some new with the old. I do that a lot with Pokémon in particular, I'd find going back to the vanilla games to be too much of a step back now.
The plots of early FF games probably all just don't hold up! FF4's plot is a random mess that was clearly written with 0 foresight beyond the next 5 minutes, FF6 has an interesting ensemble cast and a great villain but the plot just kinda flatlines near the middle, FF9 starts off really tight but then just derails completely in the second half into bizarre weirdness...
I played Bug Fables! I thought it was really good, a true successor to Paper Mario with a lot of charm.
I'm surprised you'd call the visual execution amateurish, I think the simple and clean visual style is very appealing and charming. Everything's fully animated too, just as Paper Mario was. I think it's very close to that series's style, just on a budget.
A game can't really be as successful as Bug Fables without an artstyle that appeals to people, I think a game's aesthetic is easily the most important factor in determining whether someone glances over a game or not before it can get by on good word of mouth and actual gameplay quality.
A game doesn't need to look 'good', but it does absolutely need to visually resonate with people. I think games like Minecraft and Bug Fables stand out because their looks are unconventional and striking, when they came out their looks weren't in any way ubiquitous.
I suppose Undertale's in a weird spot there, its graphics definitely are a lot more rudimentary and honestly just kinda ugly in its tutorial area. But somehow it still works anyway, because it honestly didn't need to be much more. The visuals don't detract from the game, I think. But its spiritual successor certainly did up the ante on visuals, and it is appreciated when it's there.
The biggest difference you'd find in these games is probably the writing tone, the writing in Bug Fables manages to stick very closely to "Nintendo Standards and Practices", I suppose, which makes sense as it's trying to emulate Paper Mario. Deltarune is more risque than that, some of it is definitely thirsty, but it never gets overtly vulgar.
I used to have that Spot game! Weird how it's just this common household game that a lot of people from this era know of, but never discuss, because what is there to really say? As a game itself it's bad! But kids don't really care about that I guess, they don't have to discern. That discerning nature comes later, both with deeper appreciation for the good but also without the ability to find joy in the joyless.
I'm surprised anyone would get lost in the worlds of FF, they always seemed incoherent to me! Says I, after having gotten way too invested in the world of Bugsnax.
Speaking of immersing, I want to immerse myself into the identity of Clarence Lardbottom by crushing various people and animals under my titillatingly jiggly bosom. I consume their still-beating hearts voraciously, them trickling down my pulsating, oozing mass of flesh. I want to imagine the haggard breath seeping from my virtual mouth as I check on the PC what interests my virtual girlfriend has, deeply wishing I could be said girlfriend and be dating Clarence Lardbottom. Then he shows up for our date, unwashed and wearing his underwear, and he orders a glass of water, stammers and belches, beads of sweat flowing from his shining forehead into his armpits, and then we passionately make out on top of the table in the middle of the restaurant. He then rips off his crusty underwear and... BEST ENDING.
I'm not surprised the quality of posts on an indie game reddit is low. If the game is good then why show it off to random redditors? There's better ways to get attention than that I'm sure.
When I had to call my GP I literally rang ASAP when the time window opened and I still had a few people ahead of me in line. But that is the only way to really have any certainty that you'll get through, 5 minutes is too late, gotta call the very second that clock reaches whatever the time window is.
There are comfort games for me that I can keep replaying, some of these old games really hold up as well as I always thought they did, but other games don't hold up as well. One avenue for that kind of thing is to play fanmade mods for these old games, something to mix in some new with the old. I do that a lot with Pokémon in particular, I'd find going back to the vanilla games to be too much of a step back now.
The plots of early FF games probably all just don't hold up! FF4's plot is a random mess that was clearly written with 0 foresight beyond the next 5 minutes, FF6 has an interesting ensemble cast and a great villain but the plot just kinda flatlines near the middle, FF9 starts off really tight but then just derails completely in the second half into bizarre weirdness...
I played Bug Fables! I thought it was really good, a true successor to Paper Mario with a lot of charm.
I'm surprised you'd call the visual execution amateurish, I think the simple and clean visual style is very appealing and charming. Everything's fully animated too, just as Paper Mario was. I think it's very close to that series's style, just on a budget.
A game can't really be as successful as Bug Fables without an artstyle that appeals to people, I think a game's aesthetic is easily the most important factor in determining whether someone glances over a game or not before it can get by on good word of mouth and actual gameplay quality.
A game doesn't need to look 'good', but it does absolutely need to visually resonate with people. I think games like Minecraft and Bug Fables stand out because their looks are unconventional and striking, when they came out their looks weren't in any way ubiquitous.
I suppose Undertale's in a weird spot there, its graphics definitely are a lot more rudimentary and honestly just kinda ugly in its tutorial area. But somehow it still works anyway, because it honestly didn't need to be much more. The visuals don't detract from the game, I think. But its spiritual successor certainly did up the ante on visuals, and it is appreciated when it's there.
The biggest difference you'd find in these games is probably the writing tone, the writing in Bug Fables manages to stick very closely to "Nintendo Standards and Practices", I suppose, which makes sense as it's trying to emulate Paper Mario. Deltarune is more risque than that, some of it is definitely thirsty, but it never gets overtly vulgar.
I used to have that Spot game! Weird how it's just this common household game that a lot of people from this era know of, but never discuss, because what is there to really say? As a game itself it's bad! But kids don't really care about that I guess, they don't have to discern. That discerning nature comes later, both with deeper appreciation for the good but also without the ability to find joy in the joyless.
I'm surprised anyone would get lost in the worlds of FF, they always seemed incoherent to me! Says I, after having gotten way too invested in the world of Bugsnax.
Speaking of immersing, I want to immerse myself into the identity of Clarence Lardbottom by crushing various people and animals under my titillatingly jiggly bosom. I consume their still-beating hearts voraciously, them trickling down my pulsating, oozing mass of flesh. I want to imagine the haggard breath seeping from my virtual mouth as I check on the PC what interests my virtual girlfriend has, deeply wishing I could be said girlfriend and be dating Clarence Lardbottom. Then he shows up for our date, unwashed and wearing his underwear, and he orders a glass of water, stammers and belches, beads of sweat flowing from his shining forehead into his armpits, and then we passionately make out on top of the table in the middle of the restaurant. He then rips off his crusty underwear and... BEST ENDING.