by wyvvern » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:36 am
Really enjoying this game, but there's a few things that nagged at me when I played through it. More annoyances than bugs, just some things to consider.
There are a couple of actions in game that are frustrating to figure out how to do - or at least they were for me:
Turning on the computer after restoring the power. The description reads "A computer rests nearby, off. You can turn it on or maybe look at the screen?" Yet if the player enters "turn it on" or "look at the screen" or "switch on computer" or "turn on computer" or "look at/examine computer" or "look at the computer screen" or any other combination of sensible commands, you get various errors. The wiki says to type "turn on computer" which gives the error "You can’t use multiple objects with that verb."
I eventually had to look at Emily Short's extension where I found I could type "boot computer." I don't understand why simply clicking on the hyperlink when you have the power on doesn't attempt to activate the computer.
Getting the Demon Brute. Without going to the wiki, there's no in-game indication that Nermine would even be interested in the tooth. When you go to give it to her, you have to type "Give tooth to Nermine." "Give Nermine demon tooth" or any variation of that doesn't work. Not sure why this isn't simply added to her list of talk topics when you acquire a tooth.
You're hinted that you should talk to Ronda or Rod to start the Slut Rat quest, yet neither of them actually talks about the slut rats you find in the sewer. You're just magically supposed to know (wiki) to give Ronda a demon seed.
You cannot corrupt Elijah if you have any milk at all in your inventory. You'll get the prompts about finding honey and a med. booster instead. If you happen to have milk in your inventory and haven't checked the wiki, there's no way to even know corrupting him is an option.
If you're not a satyr before you encounter the Free Drink event, you'll never see the Satyr Frat content. The event is resolved even if you agree to drink the wine and defeat the incubus, and can no longer be hunted for, and then the "Let's Party" event can't be hunted for either [nb - I did have girl warded (but not herm) so this may be the issue]. I wound up having to reload and become a satyr before I could see it as hunting for either the Free Drink or the Let's Party events gave the "can't be found here" message.
I kept running into situations where I felt I had to go check the wiki to progress, which is a game design choice that's dubious at best, especially when the wiki is out of date in many places.
Again, I did greatly enjoy the game. Just the thoughts of a person completely new to it.