The
pirates are upset. Choosing beggars, practically. imo,
Leonave only has to worry about the happiness of subscribers and potential subscribers, but mostly I think they're making this game because it's a story that they want to tell. Making the audience happy is possibly secondary.
Regardless, it's far too easy to harp on the negative, and I think that's a shame. This forum rarely compliments the original renders, the detailed animations (especially flesh deformation!), or the compelling characterization, or the world building, or the mysterious storyline.
If I were
Leonave I'd probably read these forums, true, but I'd take every bit of vitriol slung in my direction with a grain of salt. This forum can be downright mean rather than constructive.
This stance is rather strange.
Bear with me, you are against people having opinions on the story, conflating anything that isn't what you think, with personal attacks on the Dev.
But, if they agree with your view, they are correct and praising of the Dev.
Let's be clear here. I like the story. I like the way it creates a deep involvement. Yet, I don't agree, like or want, this pusillanimous MC, that knowing full well how the "sister" and the "mother" have been treating him, professes his love for them. This is out of sync with the involvement that the Dev made us feel so far.
I am a writer too, this is what I call an insertion. An interference on the character that is opposed to all that the author as made the readers feel beforehand. This MC has been abandoned, shot, ignored and lied to by the persons he assumed (and we as players too) that should be on his side. He's aware of that, of the lengths they have gone to humiliate and betray him at every turn.
When he gets to a point of being able to confront them about it, instead he professes love? Where does this come from? No distrust? No hurt? No gutted expectations? No blame? No lasting pain from even considering suicide? Nothing? He just loves them and trusts them even when they say to his face that they will continue to lie to him?
Are you fucking kidding me?
None of this merits any type of criticism or at the very least a creaked eyebrow? This is me saying that a VERY good explanation MUST be coming, because nothing so far explains this level of Main Character manipulation.
But to you, this is Vitriol aimed at the Dev. No. It isn't. This is people saying that they are aware of the insertion, of the manipulation, and NOT liking it, because it goes against everything that was done before with NO explanation whatsoever. Being critic, isn't an offense, offensive would be to stay passive.
One of 2 things is true, you have read a completely different story, or, you haven't read or felt anything at all.
Peace
