Build Tower?

[Senna]

Man I'm trying to like this game, but it is confusing as f***. How do I build the tower in the prologue? I click on the build button...then what?

[x-4000 (Chris McElligott-Park)]

Then right-click one of the highlighted buildings in the map, to place the tower in the world at a location of your choosing.

[Senna]

ok thanks!

[x-4000 (Chris McElligott-Park)]

Sure thing!

[xerius65]

confusing as F+++ is the right way to say it. I played 1000 4x games for way too many hours but few are so confusing as this one. I bought it because of the steam rating but so far its utterly boring because no action has any meaningful result (im stuck in the infinite tutorial though)

[Senna]

The tutorial could be clearer. I always wonder why devs don't take someone off the street and say "here, try this" and see if they can work their way through the tutorial. If not, it needs work. I too own and have played tons of 4x games and this one is taking some getting used to. I think the time investment will be worth it, but I'm sure fans of the genre who aren't quite as committed may refund before their 2 hours are up.

[NorionV]

Well it's technically a 4X game, but I find that label problematic.

When you think 4X, you think of like Starcraft or Civilization. This game functions a lot differently. It hits the 4 X's of 4X, but it just doesn't play like any other 4X I've played yet.

You REALLY need to read in this game, though. Most of the forum posts that are confused are things that are explicitly stated in the game.

There was one part I got lost on, which revolved around something from a later chapter that was actually not explained anywhere and I just had to figure it out. But if you press enough buttons, things happen, at least. A little more specificity on how some stuff works might be nice.

[Senna]

For sure, I'm not saying the game isn't very good and I plan on playing it all the way through. As a businessman, I just see some needless lost sales for players who aren't willing to dig as much, especially early on. Since this is EA, I would strongly recommend to the devs that they sharpen up the tutorial to be a bit more intuitive before 1.0.