It's fine.
I think the most concerning part is the grind (which I'll get into a bit later) and the monogamy/polygamy thing. Though the "select your sex" thing we've all seen fail spectacularly before (you basically have to make two games instead of one) is up there too.
They both sort of go hand in hand. Encouraging multiple playthroughs is fine, though most won't take you up on that offer, which means forcing it is kinda rough. So if you want your harem, you have to share, which isn't my thing.
But regardless of taste, it's hard to imagine this ever finishing. The fourth update is going to have to involve cases where you're platonic with the first, in a poly relationship with the second, but not the third. While also handling the everyone-poly situation. And handling each monogamy relationship. Twice, because you'll have a male and female playthrough. By the time you get to the sixth update, it'll be a nightmare.
But the biggest reason I'm knocking one star off? The resting system. Literally FFXIV 1.0. Literally this exact game. The same game this game is parodying. That game used to do THE EXACT SAME THING by penalizing not resting instead of rewarding resting. Word for word, bar for bar, this is the same mistake this game made when it was the biggest commercial failure of a major video game series. It's documented! And it was like one of the first things they fixed because of how bad it was! And it's in this game! I recognize that few played 1.0, BUT THERE WAS A REASON.
I'm editing this because I think it's a little unfair to say the game won't get done and pre-blame the dev. That's uncool of me. I do have concerns that it's going to bloat out to a project that I wouldn't want to subject any human being to, and seeing how often games get abandoned, I'd hate for such a promising start to go to waste.
But man, it's just so on the nose that the exp penalty, something that just make the grind worse, is here.
I think the most concerning part is the grind (which I'll get into a bit later) and the monogamy/polygamy thing. Though the "select your sex" thing we've all seen fail spectacularly before (you basically have to make two games instead of one) is up there too.
They both sort of go hand in hand. Encouraging multiple playthroughs is fine, though most won't take you up on that offer, which means forcing it is kinda rough. So if you want your harem, you have to share, which isn't my thing.
But regardless of taste, it's hard to imagine this ever finishing. The fourth update is going to have to involve cases where you're platonic with the first, in a poly relationship with the second, but not the third. While also handling the everyone-poly situation. And handling each monogamy relationship. Twice, because you'll have a male and female playthrough. By the time you get to the sixth update, it'll be a nightmare.
But the biggest reason I'm knocking one star off? The resting system. Literally FFXIV 1.0. Literally this exact game. The same game this game is parodying. That game used to do THE EXACT SAME THING by penalizing not resting instead of rewarding resting. Word for word, bar for bar, this is the same mistake this game made when it was the biggest commercial failure of a major video game series. It's documented! And it was like one of the first things they fixed because of how bad it was! And it's in this game! I recognize that few played 1.0, BUT THERE WAS A REASON.
I'm editing this because I think it's a little unfair to say the game won't get done and pre-blame the dev. That's uncool of me. I do have concerns that it's going to bloat out to a project that I wouldn't want to subject any human being to, and seeing how often games get abandoned, I'd hate for such a promising start to go to waste.
But man, it's just so on the nose that the exp penalty, something that just make the grind worse, is here.