Feo Takahari wrote:This is probably a terrible idea, but it's not like anyone else is reading it. I hope you folks aren't too offended at how critical I am of the game.
http://feolp.dreamwidth.org/I've been trying to find somewhere else to mirror it, somewhere with an actual audience, but I can't come up with anywhere that allows NSFW screenshot LPs aside from RPG Codex (which I
really want to stay away from.) That's probably a separate thread, though.
No, it's fine. I appreciate seeing someone go through the game with a fresh perspective. I've gone through about a posting and a half's worth already and haven't found anything I'm really upset or offended by. I know the game's got plenty of flaws, both in content and gameplay, but you work with what you've got, sometimes. Going through the Let's Play's been informative and amusing. I've already fixed a typo you've pointed out and will muse on a few of the other points you've raised so they can be addressed in the future.
A few points worth mentioning or just because I want to comment back. They're slightly out of order, but whatever.
- Yeah, Dex's has been my preferred method, though I know some players who swear by boosting stamina before going for dexterity.
- I agree that combat can be a slog at times. The combat system was originally pretty basic and was not designed for monster/player levels anywhere near as high as we've got now. I've already rebuilt it once for the monster side of things, but doing the same for the player side remains in the 'someday' section of the to-do list.
- Kristen: I have to take 'credit' for this one. While the commissioner made the request and specified the basic setup with the various paths, the stages of grief pattern and outcomes, I still created the actual content to fill those paths. You are right to be disturbed by the dark path: it is a very terrible way for the player to act.
- Dark Elf: Eep! Those are the default attack messages from the creature template. I must have forgotten to add in her attacks. I believe this was one of six critters I was porting over from multiplayer in a one/two-day working spree, but that's still quite the omission. I'll fix it.
- Scavenging been made slightly easier to cut down on the completely unsuccessful occurrences. As a tip though, there's some events and quests that yield supplies fairly easily. Try to learn a few of these so you can spare yourself at least some early scavenging/undoing. Also, raising stamina slightly decreases your rate of hunger/thirst growth.
- Hunting's been made slightly more likely to yield the desired critter. Keep in mind that as more critters become available to encounter, the more other things you might find instead, so upping your perception will help.
- Gryphon Milkman's a one-time scavenging event, though there's another similar one (Free Milk) that is also a one-shot. You may have confused them for one another, as they both yield a gryphon milk.
- Some of the art is fan-made and some is fan- or dev-comissioned. Yes, quality varies at times, but we still appreciate the enthusiasm and support.
- cum factories: Not going to comment aside from saying I'm going to swap that for 'nuts'.
- Alexandra's breasts: Hadn't noticed quite how often that was coming up. She's been built a chunk at a time, so I didn't notice how often that was coming up. I'll try to be more mindful in the future.
- I love your reaction to the Reindeer. Don't worry - he wasn't meant to meet someone's fetishes. His holiday stuff is all theme, comedy and absurdity to do something different for fun during the holiday season a few years back. Like with the Friendship Pony, I can sometimes go all out when making something for the lulz.
- I'm glad you like Orthas so much. While the credit is marked as 'Khabi', that's only partially true now. They did the original work on the eggy portion and (while it's been revised and expanded by myself) that remains mostly their writing. Probably most of the day-to-day sex with her as well. Orthas's second request, retrieving her personal items, was added by myself more recently and I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
- Camp Bravo: That's quite the event to run into for the first one ever.
- Power Plant: Mostly pointless, though it does provide description changes for a couple of places. Nobody's done anything with that computer yet and I've never thought of a use for it.