GGAdams
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- Mar 19, 2022
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So far I didn't see much love for the new designs, mainly because I think people like me played the game because of the initial artstyle that is first closer to the original DCAU style, and second it was just more appealing and consistent. So changing that expecting that people would like the new astyle is foolish, and also the lack of good content, the amount of it, and content not being finished is staggering, it's competing with Ubisoft level of sense to me...Nah.
That's his whole problem, and has been for ages. SR7 barely cares about anything beyond his own bubble and fetishes.
People on Discord, so mostly paying members, have been asking for additional heroines, some expansion of the actual plot or the return of discarded mechanics (such as the threat level) back when I was somewhat active on there...in 20-fucking-20. When the art was still decent, and he actually put some effort into the game.
Since then he has only doubled down on stuff he finds amusing/important (such as Themyscira) while covering everything up with the age-old excuse of "it is my project, I'm doing more shit than most other developers, so shut the fuck up" (something he was already saying back when this thing was still in its infancy, and people ripped him a new one on Reddit for issues that became only more glaring over time, such as laziness and unjustified spending of Patron money).
SR7 doesn't care about his rep, because he is convinced that he's doing it for himself, and the rest are just along for the crappy-ass ride. He used to put effort into the shit he did, and tried to be an actually decent artist, but that was when he just started becoming big-time famous, before Something Unlimited. Some people still remember that (like I do) and still give him downloads and hate-clicks, even if on websites like this.
And since slop (as in, mediocre background noise released by people/companies still coasting off previously built, better, reputation and the accompanying goodwill) is the name of the game now (see Netflix) he still sees enough investment to continue this little charade while not realizing that people have long ago given up on actually liking SU and the retention is for some part formed by the likes of us, laughing with him and hate-downloading pirated copies of the game (once again, Netflix).
This whole evolution also isn't helped by the fact that there is quite a significant portion of his (or any) fanbase that apparently likes chicks with a-bombs strapped to their chests and less brains than an actual lobotomy case, and are willing to invest into shit like that.
So yeah, this is - sadly enough - not surprising in the slightest. His ego is so inflated by this point he might actually start using fucking OpenAI any day now, and still think that everyone else just doesn't understand him and his unique work.
I would imagine that an artist would care for his reputation a bit more. Money is great, but having people excited for what you do should have a lot of value. I don't know if now people will care for his new projects, especially with this new artstyle. It's overall disappointing, it was my favorite game for a while but now I can't be excited for new updates.