First impressions and suggestions.

First off I'd really just like to say thank you guys, for a very enjoyable, very reasonably priced game without annoying DRM. I really hope your attitude toward sales pays off for you and hopefully it's something that other companies can pick up something from.

I've not been able to play a huge amount yet, so the only things I've noticed that annoy me are pretty cosmetic.

When you are in the lobby you cant select your colour, you have to move to a specific slot to get a certain colour.

Again when in lobby you can't change a bot from one to another (eg from normal to hard bot) without emptying the slot first, which is just minor tedium and irritation.

In game it would be just super if there was a little list at the side that showed what summons you currently have working under you. It's not always easy to see who is who in the mob of battling weenies, so a list would be great to let you know when you need to resummon someone and who it is that needs respawning.

A tutorial mode would be nice, for people that bought the digital copy and dont have the manual. It took me three games before I realised there was a shop you could buy items from...

 

Other than that I have a couple of stability issues. The game doesn't handle alt-tab very well, and about one in three times when a game finishes loading (but before the game actually starts) my computer completely reboots. This one is pretty seriously annoying. I'm at work posting this. When I get home I'll generate a dxdiag and pop a proper post in the tech support forum.

 

In all though, the game is a blast, great value for money and the lack of frustrating DRM more than makes up for the minor issues I highlighted.

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Reply #1 Top

agree with everything here.

 

The biggest priority for me is the fourth one.  A list of Minions and Allies on the and a way to interact with them from the HUD.

 

Reply #2 Top

Rather than a list, I would suggest a number in the summoning symbol.

The trouble is, there already is a number in the summoning symbol, but it doesn't seem to represent the number of active minions.

I haven't been able to figure out what it is, because it doesn't go down when you summon new minions either...

I do hope the boxed version ships with a manual. :(

Reply #3 Top

The number in the idol icon is the level of the idol. As in 'I' for minotaur bersekers, 'IV' for minotaur kings. Is that what you mean?

 

Edit: Erm, but I agree, that could work. They would need to make the icon more simple so it was easy to read at a glance.