Update 39 - A Video, Playable Demo, E3 & Galleon Minerva

You don't know how difficult it will be. But given that we had a poll asking for difficulty, and most people seemed to want OoE or harder, as the default, and have a 'nightmare' difficulty on top of that, in addition to a roguelike mode, which...well an easy roguelike would be kinda fail. You're basically saying that they are going to not deliver what people are expecting (at the very least for nightmare difficulty).


Just because you can do something doesn't mean it should be done. And souls is a terrible example, as mentioned the game is called 'fashion souls', because the armor in that game is pretty much worthless beyond how it looks before very long. Why bother having all that variety, loot, craftability, etc only to have it matter little more than how it looks? No seriously, think about it instead of just being defensive. Why bother having stats to something when they matter so little nobody bothers with it, and ditto, you're ENCOURAGING others not to bother worry about it. Not to mention souls games tend to provide the player with physical resistance with every level up, even ones that aren't even constitution and/or endurace. Every level increases that stat, which partakes in making armor seem redundant. 


Well gee, I didn't cause a 'shitstorm' in the ks comments page, I didn't start a thread here, I'm barely causing any kind of a fuss. I'm just talking about something in a pretty calm manner, but you come along and accuse me of being picky and unreasonable. I would kindly ask you that you reciprocate the level of civility that has currently been the norm here before resorting to that kind of behavior.

Furthermore, this is a game that advertises itself about its crafting system, multitude of drops, etc. It also advertised its Visual customization during the PAX update. Not to mention that the whole 'cosmetic customization' thing is not a trivial and unreasonable desire, if it was, companies wouldn't have successful premium cash shops that profit greatly from this factor of their games.

Bloodstained is a game of a genre that has long since been neglected, it is one people have had the opportunity to fund and voice their comments on during its development, and it's a game that advertised customization. I don't see anything unreasonable about calmly bringing up during the development process, as is the very PURPOSE of the comments section and some of these very forums. Good grief, I didn't even say I was dissapointed or upset, I explicitly said I'll wait for further updates/development before I decide on my final opinion, but I get told that I'm 'Very anti-igavania', and you're saying I'm picky and unreasonable. It's like I'm under attack by rabid fanboys. And the game isn't even out yet, and I didn't even complain about the game. Honestly, I'm dumbstruck.

The real kicker is I'm not even asking for something that's a matter of personal taste. I mean it's not something that will take something away from what other people might want, it doesn't exclude anyone. Basically everyone can have exactly what they want with what I'm trying to bring up. It's not asking for a harder game which can exclude people who want an easier game, or asking for smaller boobs to people who like big boobs, or anything like that. Furthermore, the difficulty of developing it is nearly non-existant. Because the development complications are having different looks to every piece of gear, which is already going to be done anyway based on the current development of things. All I'm asking for are checkboxes in the already existing inventory menu that segregate the model/texture from the stats.



I wasn't trying to make this a big deal, which is why I said I wasn't even going to be disappointed until a future demo build. I just figured that people should try to look at the details in a way where they can possibly contribute in a constructive way. Everyone was exclaiming how everything was perfect. It looks great, I'm pleased. Don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't say perfect, I distinctly saw a lack of visual customization that was promised. I understand it's an early development build so I didn't want to make a fuss about it, but it certainly doesn't = 'perfect' in that sense. This IS the appropriate time to bring up potential constructive criticism, not to attack people who might see something they're worried about.

Honestly, I realize the game looks great for how early in development it is, but I think people should still TRY to criticize it in a constructive way if they see the opportunity to do so. The development team are adults, they can take it, and they might make something even better out of it.