Dear
RanliLabz and Fans,
I can see I got a lot of discussion going. That's a good thing. I posted here in the hope that would happen and improve the game going forward. My intent was to constructively criticize in the hope it would help going forward. I apologize if I sound totally negative. That wasn't my point.
RanliLabz Yes, 2 out of 3 is not bad. But for me it could have been so much better. Hence, my observations. I was trying to just give you the viewpoint of someone coming in blind the first day.
The major point I wanted to make is that yes this game to date takes place on the first day and as rfox317 said, "32 run-time minutes of the pilot episode..." Well if that is true, it took me EIGHT HOURS with some interruptions to go from start to current 32 minute point. There is so much dialog and decision points--a good thing in itself--that it feels like a month time to me, the player. It just took too long. By the time I reached the final "Do you want to know more?" I honestly did NOT want to know more!
So one final observation, If I may. You said "Well - the fact he dropped Anna was a joke It’s a comedy." Ok, if that was intended to be funny, from my POV it was not funny at all. Here was the girl he's had a thing for since childhood, someone who has been on his mind the whole game (6 hours gameplay at that point) someone who means the world to him, and he finally gets up the courage to rescue her--and he actually does it and as he's leaving the room gets surprised by a cop and surprised, he totally forgets he's carrying the love of his life??!! See? It doesn't ring believable at all. It is a bad joke. At least that is the way I saw it.
Ok, I'll admit after seeing the feedback on my feedback, I am not 'getting it' as a parody/satire in my play through. My POV was different. I Applaud the parody, satire, and all the humor elements that were there. I was viewing as a Sci-Fi adventure. If that pushed me out of the intended audience, then Ok, my observations should be weighed in that context. I honestly am not familiar with many of the shows it was a satire of. I guess that is part of it. I was coming in "cold" as many players will.
Ok, I honestly hope you have a great success with this game. I am glad for the success you've had already and I know I'm in the minority in pointing out what I feel are its shortcomings. I know many of your fans do not see it that way, but if you want honest feedback, I felt I owed you my honest opinion, one I felt would be shared by others unfamiliar with the game. I just want to help.
I apologize for sounding negative. The game has many nice features (2 outa 3). I am just trying to get you that 3rd one. I wish you the Best of luck.