Some time ago I decided to criticise the story and leading npcs in this game. I did the mistake saying some bad things about the story devs and my topic was moved to the trash.
OK – I understand that personal attack are not very welcome, so this time I will talk only about the story and the npcs. I geuss we are still allowed to criticise this.
I like this game. I know that every thread which is about some criticism starts with this boring line but I mean that. I like the idea to do something… different. No trinity, different quest system, even the failed attempt to remove grind, that all I like.
And I hate the story, dialogues and the non player characters. This is something what makes the game much worse. I’m just not sure if the dialogues and characters are more like a B-movie screenplays, South American romantic telenovels with 1000+ episodes or Harlequin books.
Please stop doing this. It hurts like hell.
Queen Jennah, The Destiny Edge, Marjory and Kasmeer duo, Braham and Rox, so very cold quaggans in the refugee camp, etc., etc., worse and worse and yet even more bad. And we are not allowed to skip this stuff!
Please no more of the “Jory? (hiccup) Jory! (hiccup) Oh sweet Dwayna” trash. No, no, no!
Well it is quite possible to develop good lesbian romance. Every second shoujo anime has a good one.
You can make a good military / army /war atmosphere with commanders who feels like commanders and not megalomaniac psychos. Mass Effect 1 is an example.
You can write a witty dialogue. Read that old dusty Shakespeare, he is still a number 1 in that.
You can make a cute yet good plots and characters enjoyable by several age categories – just check How to train your dragon or Kungfu Panda. Kids and parents have fun and nothing feels pathetic.
You can make believable and strong female characters / leaders. So many examples out there… anime Crest of Stars series has almost totally swapped gender roles and it works and feels good. The female commanders are BOTH females AND commanders.
You can make a good queen which feels like queen, not like a cheap hostess playing one on a children charity party.
And so on, and so on. Yeah I know, there is a lot of other and maybe better examples I forgot to mention (feel free to add them if you feel like that), but this is not important.
What is important – this game needs a better story, better dialogues and realistic and acceptable NPCs. Please consider investing into that.
Or if it’s not possible, let us to skip the cutscenes. Some people (I guess the authors for sure) may love Destiny Edge and company and live with them every heartbeat but others feel differently.
Thinking about sweetie Marjory, sweetie Kasmeer, and buddies Braham and Rox, I would rather team up with Scarlet if only she was not Caithee’s lesbian ex…
