This is a game that deserves the descriptor of "naturally grown" in regards to its systems. Its honestly impressive how many systems it has. too many in fact.
The game is very pretty, cool art, cool interactions and very cool ideas. Its also incredibly customizable regarding difficulty and experience.
So its even worse that even on the easiest of settings its still incredibly tedious. Its mechanics and time management are far too granular leading to a complexity that is so high you cannot play this game casually. You cant just start a game and feel like you are succeeding at something. This is not helped by the fact that if you try and make the game as easy as can be so you can have the time to learn and experiment the game tells you to fuck off and restricts unlocks.
While its easy to say "git gud" and learn every in and out of the game this really only works if the game is actually fun. And many of its mechanics are. Dating, Breeding, Fusion everything contained to the basecamp is pretty great. Combat is a mess. Its unintuitive, has a horrible UI, Encounters vary highly etc.
Yet I dont want to judge it too harshly. Because what does work does so in a great way. It gives you so much, even if it is too much.
I would really wish for a PoP2 to be announced. Take what was learned and streamline it.
The game is very pretty, cool art, cool interactions and very cool ideas. Its also incredibly customizable regarding difficulty and experience.
So its even worse that even on the easiest of settings its still incredibly tedious. Its mechanics and time management are far too granular leading to a complexity that is so high you cannot play this game casually. You cant just start a game and feel like you are succeeding at something. This is not helped by the fact that if you try and make the game as easy as can be so you can have the time to learn and experiment the game tells you to fuck off and restricts unlocks.
While its easy to say "git gud" and learn every in and out of the game this really only works if the game is actually fun. And many of its mechanics are. Dating, Breeding, Fusion everything contained to the basecamp is pretty great. Combat is a mess. Its unintuitive, has a horrible UI, Encounters vary highly etc.
Yet I dont want to judge it too harshly. Because what does work does so in a great way. It gives you so much, even if it is too much.
I would really wish for a PoP2 to be announced. Take what was learned and streamline it.