Yeah... the constant complaining is getting rather annoying. If the update cycle's not something you can cope with, or the rework & changes to the story aren't things you can live with... then why not leave? These grand announcements of how this user won't play the game because of X, and that user hates it because of Y... they're getting quite old. If these things bother you so much, why not leave and scratch Summer's Gone off of your list? Why stay to announce to the world that you decided not to pirate this game? Like omg! Whatever will Oceans do about a random F95 user who decided that they're no longer going to pirate his game??
I honestly get the frustration; some of it is
definitely warranted... but some of you need to relax. Find another game to play... or better yet, do
something rather than stalking these pages waiting for the right moment to meme about how your grandkids may finally experience the end of this game. Since I'm probably the only girl here right now, I'll say it. It's kind of sad that for some of you, your only comments are about how Oceans is a bad developer, how the development cycle upsets you, or some other flaw of this game. My goodness, find something else to do because seeing so many users add nothing more to the conversation than ripping on the game... gets proper annoying. Often enough, I saw people voicing their praise for the game, saying how much they love this and can't wait for that, and some of you guys will show up
(out of nowhere) and go out of your way to kill their joy for the game. It's literally crazy how some of you will go out of your way to do this kind of stuff. Hundreds of games on this site, and you choose to spend your time annoying people in SG's thread. That's... kind of sad
Some of you will hate me for this(if you don't already), but I'll say it anyway. Some of these critique/review posts seem disingenuous... almost as if some people came here
just to complain. The last few pages have been 70% made up of people complaining that they'll never see the end of this game and the fact that Oceans will rework this game to death. If you
truly believe that,
truly believe that Oceans will
never improve and
genuinely believe that Ocean's pace will stay the same forever... leave. If you think honestly that Oceans is out to rework this game every single season... leave. Save yourselves the heartache. This thread can do without all of the extra negativityღ
Like I can't stress enough how dumb this all isღ
I'd say you have a responsibility to ALL those people giving you money, such as your Patrons and Steam, since they are you income streams. It isn't about like or dislike, it's about facts. I am also not writing this to have a go at you at all, I have no reason to.
You see, a lot of developers quite happily take the route of remastering their game, and I personally have no issues with that, it's their game, you know? However some developers and I hate to say this, do so, to drag out how much money they skim from their patrons.
I am not going to comment about this game, and by that I mean it's quality or lack there of, because I simply do not know, because I can't remember if I have ever played it or not.
The thing with these types of games, is that they open to critique whether you or anyone likes that. They have the simple right to say what they think. You have to have a hard-shell, or how do you say it? stone skin? It is all part of the circle of developing games, releasing them, people critiquing them, whether good or bad and you taking on the chin or not, or just ignoring it altogether, which is the best way to go.
I have played some games, where the reviews where so bad, I had to check them out, and guess what? I have really enjoyed them. People have diverse tastes and kinks. I hate NTR and general sandbox games and homo-erotica, I simply can't stand it but that is just me, unless they [sandbox games] are ultra special, because I want a story, not actually playing a game.
Telling people to leave is not the right thing to do. Unless you want people to start really disliking you. Hate is too much of a negative emotion, and it's not worth even thinking about. If you don't wish to respond then don't, sometimes it's much better to say nothing at all, don't let it bother you, and people will move on. Everyone makes mistakes. Making a av is difficult and time consuming, and it is easy to fall into the trap of redoing the whole thing over and over, which is when it's time to give up on it.
Some people will continue with their novel, and when they have finished their update, they will actively work on the remake or remaster, and take it in turns to develop each. The idea is to launch the remaster when you bring the other game to an end, this way people can't bitch and scream about anything, they are getting their small updates, while your working on the remaster and they know it because you told them. If you don't wish to go that route, no problem, just keep doing whatever it is your doing.
The more friends you can build the better, the more likely people are to buy your game on steam, because not everyone can afford to subscribe to dev's patreon pages month in and month out, like I said, you need to learn to take whatever is thrown at you, and either not respond or only respond to those that are not being rude.
I wish you lots of luck in your game!
