Hi there,
I played the demo up until it kicked me out
As is, I do not think I will buy this game. Mostly due to some inconvenience of play issues. Here are my thoughts...
Graphics: Real nice! The whole terrain does a minor vibrate when running, but so what. It's really pretty and impressive.
Keys: I struggled for the whole hour with not using the wasd keys. I imagine I'll get over it, and it got better once I could lean on the shift key the whole time. I neglected to look for an option to make the "don't move to attack" the default, but I sure hope it is there. The radius of aggro forces the camera to be zoomed all the way out so the mobs get rather small and it's easy to mis-click and find yourself running around needlessly. Please include an alternate classic movement option (wasd).
Inventory: Inconvenience and game balance surely can't be the same thing. I spent most my play time juggling items around trying to cram the most valuable goods in my pocket. This was amplified by having to pick an item up to compare it with what I'm carrying. The whole thing became remarkably tedious and I would say this would prevent me from playing long at all. Likely, I would give up long before any item drops that help the issue (backpacks).
Alt Key Bug: Sorry, I know this isn't the bug forum, but just to mention that the alt key does not show all the items on the ground.
Standing on Loot: When I have to run over to each item I pick up, or more realistically try to pick up but fail due to space, I end up standing on what I want to see. With the Alt key not working for all items it became annoying to run in little circles to try and see the tiny loot.
Equipment Swapping: I have come to expect that when I drop a new sword on my old sword that they swap slots in my inventory. Call me nitpicky, but it really is little things like this that add up and cause me to stop playing. Also right click will often equip items from inventory and swap out old items in most games.
Good things: I imagine none of this feedback is new, but for kicks here are some good things I noticed.
- Beautiful world building.
- Bosses were beefy and fun.
- Particle effects were tastefully done for my level yet still cool.
- Interface is easy yet not huge. Well done!
- Skills and spells are nicely done and easy to learn.
Anyways, I hope my feedback helped in some small way. I'm looking forward to seeing how the game progresses. Thanks!