Alright F95 folks,
I've been wanting to come in here and post about reviews. No, I am NOT about to bitch about bad reviews... I have
no issue with them whatsoever. I wanted to let you all know that as of this Last Human launch (and also with my other game, Serenity), I am reading through every review and creating notes based on any useful information that is written there. Some people put things in there though that I can do nothing about. Example: "this is kinetic, no choices, so 3 stars". Part of me wants to say that is kindof unfair... although, reviews are supposed to be personal opinion. The overall "star count" still gets hammered by that, and it isn't anything I can actually act on to make better for that person. What can I say, it is a kinetic novel... it is in the tags now (it wasn't in the first HOUR this was posted because it took a bit for me to get ownership and make the changes). So if you complain in a review that my games are kinetic, that is information I cannot use since I have no plans for suddenly redoing everything and making it full of branching choices. One day in the future, perhaps I'll do a game like that. For now, I'm good with kinetic. I am still learning new things.
Comments I've seen so far that have been useful (and added to my notes for the next LH development period) include (
There are spoilers here and these are not direct quotes because I don't want to call anyone out):
- The Queen's first mission for MC mentions "mapping" the next planet, Nexus. This was something I had intended to go back and rewrite but during my hectic schedule, it just got left behind.
- Nanobots need more attention in the story - like maybe helping to rebuild the starbase that was destroyed. This is a good idea that I am keeping in mind for the next update.
- The "Pets" thing apparently needs a bit more understanding. Will try to briefly flesh that out more during the next episode.
- When transitioning from the capsule to the Aurora, it just jumps straight to being on the Aurora (and obviously they first enter the starbase). Needs at least a black-space saying something like "we hurried through the station to the Aurora docking bay".
Well, that is just a few of many I have noted and plan to act on. I wanted you to be aware that if you post a review, I get notified and I do come in here and read it. And if you give me actual, useful feedback, I will definitely take that to heart and try to improve things. But if your comments are just about the fact that its kinetic, I can't do anything with that. Give me information I can work with. I am NOT perfect and am not the kind of person who sticks his nose up at useful criticism. I actually appreciate the attention to details in useful feedback, even if it is a bad review - so keep it coming!
Anyway, I appreciate all the kind comments and messages I've received here and definitely appreciate the F95 community. Without it, we don't get near the exposure.
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