I am a lurker. I never post in forums I read ever. So this is a first for me but I love this game so much I felt the need to come out from under my shell and say something.
I have 1058 hours of playing this game since it was released on Steam. I don't know which Alpha that was.
What I love about this game, what I play it for, are the stories and the characters in them. No other game I've played comes close to capturing my imagination like this game does. Sometimes I save scum, but rarely, and when I do it's usually because I've messed up or I've been given a character that I can't in my head fit into the story that I'm playing out. That doesn't happen very often though, and honestly I don't see it as a bad thing or a design flaw in the game if I happen to save scum. That's on me.
I play peaceful, I don't cannibalise pawns or make hats out of my enemies, but I wouldn't want to see those elements removed from the game.
Sometimes RNG really f's me sideways and kills a pawn I really don't want to lose and there's a chance I might save scum, but I wouldn't want the chance that that could happen removed from the game.
A lot of the complaints I see when I read through some of the posts on this forum seem to me to come down to players playing on extreme and complaining the odds are stacked against them. Which of course they are, the menu even says as much. I don't think there's much you can do to change people from this mindset though and I would hate to see the game changed because of it.
It's probably worth noting I play on medium difficulty mostly but sometimes higher if I feel like a real challenge. Never extreme, I'm not a masochist
If I could make any suggestion to the game it would be around feeling more connected to the pawns you've got. I don't really know how this could be achieved though. More backstories? The ability for teen pawns to gain an adult backstory once they reach the appropriate age? More customisation with pawn appearance? The ability to set a 'leader' of the colony? Nothing terribly game changing and all things I would like but could live without and still enjoy the game.
The only mods I use are prepare carefully and Spoon's hair mod. The hair mod for the extra hair options and prepare carefully to make sure my starting pawns fit for the start of the story I want to unfold.
Do with this game what feels right to you. Personally I love this game as it is and would be sad to see it neutered and I really really hope you don't go down that path, but as long as I can still generate interesting stories I will continue to play.
Thank you for making something I really love and pour far too much of my time into.
I have 1058 hours of playing this game since it was released on Steam. I don't know which Alpha that was.
What I love about this game, what I play it for, are the stories and the characters in them. No other game I've played comes close to capturing my imagination like this game does. Sometimes I save scum, but rarely, and when I do it's usually because I've messed up or I've been given a character that I can't in my head fit into the story that I'm playing out. That doesn't happen very often though, and honestly I don't see it as a bad thing or a design flaw in the game if I happen to save scum. That's on me.
I play peaceful, I don't cannibalise pawns or make hats out of my enemies, but I wouldn't want to see those elements removed from the game.
Sometimes RNG really f's me sideways and kills a pawn I really don't want to lose and there's a chance I might save scum, but I wouldn't want the chance that that could happen removed from the game.
A lot of the complaints I see when I read through some of the posts on this forum seem to me to come down to players playing on extreme and complaining the odds are stacked against them. Which of course they are, the menu even says as much. I don't think there's much you can do to change people from this mindset though and I would hate to see the game changed because of it.
It's probably worth noting I play on medium difficulty mostly but sometimes higher if I feel like a real challenge. Never extreme, I'm not a masochist
If I could make any suggestion to the game it would be around feeling more connected to the pawns you've got. I don't really know how this could be achieved though. More backstories? The ability for teen pawns to gain an adult backstory once they reach the appropriate age? More customisation with pawn appearance? The ability to set a 'leader' of the colony? Nothing terribly game changing and all things I would like but could live without and still enjoy the game.
The only mods I use are prepare carefully and Spoon's hair mod. The hair mod for the extra hair options and prepare carefully to make sure my starting pawns fit for the start of the story I want to unfold.
Do with this game what feels right to you. Personally I love this game as it is and would be sad to see it neutered and I really really hope you don't go down that path, but as long as I can still generate interesting stories I will continue to play.
Thank you for making something I really love and pour far too much of my time into.