Game looks great! but...

[COWZA]

Incredible i must say, looks like insane depth and a ton of potential, WHY though

why can we not make the characters more attractive, maybe 6/10 of them are hard on the eyes, like the first one hasel in the trailer, I almost spit out my coffee

LOL alright come on guys, the woke trend is dying down. you dont need to bend the knee anymore to this small group of crazy (mostly just loud) people... hopefully we can get some character portrait mods asap

anyways hope for the most success for the game! great work devs!

[#wyf（倒带版）]

I really liked most of the characters, especially the robot with a frog on her head at the beginning, I thought she was cute. The game's settings and food design are also perfect. But there are a few characters that I really don't understand, why they are designed to be like that, not like they are in the same world as other characters

[Lalune 🖤]

LMAO I thought it was just me...I DON'T WANNA ROMANCE ANY OF THESE PPL XD

[Retro]

I'm usually not a fan of woke/DEI elements, but aside from the body type customization, this game doesn't push much of that.

That said, it's still very early in development. Compared to other early access titles like Fields of Mistria or ELIN, which offer a lot more in terms of gameplay depth, this game feels quite raw.

One downside I've noticed is that some of the close-up NPC portraits are really unattractive, which doesn't match the otherwise visually stunning world the game offers

[Lune]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย wordbonder:

Anyway, to give my two cents:

I love the art of the world/buildings, etc, but the character portraits are really hard to look at in my opinion. That doesn't mean it ruins the game for me or anything, but it certainly hasn't added anything to it.

At any rate, I don't mean any disrespect to the Devs, as I can see how much work and love they put into this. But the character art does seem to be pretty hit or miss with people since it's a rather bold and unusual style. So discussions like this are inevitable.

As an artist, I actually like the art style, but I get what you mean, we are used to more anime-esk art styles or more simplistic, so seeing one that is more towards cyberpunk aesthetics on a game we are used to softcore cottage is really jarring.

I personally like it, while I'm not a fan of the portraits of Fields of Mistria, since I'm not a fan of 80s/90s anime art style, and a ton of people will disagree with me, because they think it looks good.

I would say to think of the art as an 3D and you will realize why it feels so jarring ^^

[xSagira_Stonedx]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย COWZA:

LOL alright come on guys, the woke trend is dying down. you dont need to bend the knee anymore to this small group of crazy (mostly just loud) people...

I don't think anyone complains more about "woke" than the people who aren't actually part of the "woke crowd".

Just shut the ♥♥♥♥ up and let people exist, in real life or in the media you consume. A queer person being in a game doesn't mean they're "pushing a narrative on you" or "making a game political". You confirmed that bias for yourself.

Nothing is threatening your way of life just because a little queer person is in your FOV.

[Bogdy]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GrundleGrump:

I'm not usually this non-polite, but can't everyone just shut up? F**k woke conversation, whatever side you're on. Shut up! Be done with it. Move on. Shut. Up.

Who the ♥♥♥♥ asked you to click on this thread than? Nobody invited you, you invited yourself to the discussions that you hate so much apparently.

[GrundleGrump]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bogdy:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GrundleGrump:

I'm not usually this non-polite, but can't everyone just shut up? F**k woke conversation, whatever side you're on. Shut up! Be done with it. Move on. Shut. Up.

Who the ♥♥♥♥ asked you to click on this thread than? Nobody invited you, you invited yourself to the discussions that you hate so much apparently.

It's a public forum. The invite is implied by default. Also, the T&C's of Steam invite me. See ya.

[GrundleGrump]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bogdy:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GrundleGrump:

I'm not usually this non-polite, but can't everyone just shut up? F**k woke conversation, whatever side you're on. Shut up! Be done with it. Move on. Shut. Up.

Who the ♥♥♥♥ asked you to click on this thread than? Nobody invited you, you invited yourself to the discussions that you hate so much apparently.

Also, who invited you to comment on my post seeing as you hate it so much? Hmm? See how it all works?

[Axariel]

It really is the flip side of this stupid conversation that is centered on someone thinking that maybe they shouldn't buy the game because the portraits don't arouse them. OP chose an acceptable answer. This dumb thread should be locked.

[Bogdy]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GrundleGrump:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bogdy:

Who the ♥♥♥♥ asked you to click on this thread than? Nobody invited you, you invited yourself to the discussions that you hate so much apparently.

Also, who invited you to comment on my post seeing as you hate it so much? Hmm? See how it all works?

Doesn't work that way buddy, because I'm not the one acting holier than thou and telling people to shut the f up on a public forum. I'm not the one contradicting myself here.

Nobody invaded your personal space with an undesirable topic, because it's an online public space where you can literally just look away. So either participate to the discussion or continue doing the same and be seen as dumbass.

[GrundleGrump]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bogdy:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GrundleGrump:

Also, who invited you to comment on my post seeing as you hate it so much? Hmm? See how it all works?

Doesn't work that way buddy, because I'm not the one acting holier than thou and telling people to shut the f up on a public forum. I'm not the one contradicting myself here.

Nobody invaded your personal space with an undesirable topic, because it's an online public space where you can literally just look away. So either participate to the discussion or continue doing the same and be seen as dumbass.

Yawn

[kamehamemami]

All you had to say was that you think the CC could use some work. No need to bring your disgusting politics into a game. "Bend the knee" "Woke"? Go touch grass.

[Lune]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย kamehamemami:

All you had to say was that you think the CC could use some work. No need to bring your disgusting politics into a game. "Bend the knee" "Woke"? Go touch grass.

I just ignore the woke part, because more than half the people in this thread are using buzzwords they don't even know the meaning of.
It's like the Pronouns thing all over again, they go cavemen the second something inclusive shows up.

[PetiteOmega]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Lune:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย wordbonder:

Anyway, to give my two cents:

I love the art of the world/buildings, etc, but the character portraits are really hard to look at in my opinion. That doesn't mean it ruins the game for me or anything, but it certainly hasn't added anything to it.

At any rate, I don't mean any disrespect to the Devs, as I can see how much work and love they put into this. But the character art does seem to be pretty hit or miss with people since it's a rather bold and unusual style. So discussions like this are inevitable.

As an artist, I actually like the art style, but I get what you mean, we are used to more anime-esk art styles or more simplistic, so seeing one that is more towards cyberpunk aesthetics on a game we are used to softcore cottage is really jarring.

I personally like it, while I'm not a fan of the portraits of Fields of Mistria, since I'm not a fan of 80s/90s anime art style, and a ton of people will disagree with me, because they think it looks good.

I would say to think of the art as an 3D and you will realize why it feels so jarring ^^

Like you I am an artist myself and have been for a very long time. One of the things that initially attracted me to this game was the art style tbh and pretty much everything is absolutely gorgeous. There is nothing wrong with the art style - but that doesn't make the characters easy to look at. I would argue that it's not the art style which renders them on the wrong side of ugly, it's the design and choices (several of the girls excluded, mind). I completely feel everyone who says that they're unattractive and that they wouldn't date them.. and mind you, a lot of women will crush on damn near anything if it's aesthetic enough. It doesn't have to be conventionally attractive, it doesn't exclude quirky or weird aspects, plenty of media have shown us that. The characters are not unattractive because of the art style, they are so *despite* it.

I think it's perfectly fine for people to say that they'd wish there was at least one or two passably attractive characters (male in my case, as I think a few of the girls are okay) in the game, especially when the game is supposed to have a dating/romance aspect to it.

[GrundleGrump]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Lune:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย kamehamemami:

All you had to say was that you think the CC could use some work. No need to bring your disgusting politics into a game. "Bend the knee" "Woke"? Go touch grass.

I just ignore the woke part, because more than half the people in this thread are using buzzwords they don't even know the meaning of.
It's like the Pronouns thing all over again, they go cavemen the second something inclusive shows up.

Exactly. It's so played out and boring. People need to grow up, move past this rubbish and get on with our lives, lives which worked perfectly well 10 years ago until social media started pushing all this cr*p. Woke mind virus. All anyone can think of. SOOOO boring.

When I played Final Fantasy 7 remake, I didn't play happily as Cloud and as soon as it made me play as Barrett scream "I CANT RELATE TO THIS PERSON AS THEIR SKIN IS DIFFERENT TO MINE!" and uninstall the game. It's a character. I'm not a f******g wizard but I can watch Harry Potter. People are just so f******g bored and have such meaningless lives that this "woke" sh*t is all their existence is.

People need to stop seeing it in every single piece of media, get over it, move on. Get a life.