Feedback after enough hours in game

[A.L.E.X.]

Hey devs,

As a fan of the genre, I really want to give some quick feedback that can make this game better. I love what I played so far. I have more than 2 hours of the game (you CAN get the feeling with 2 hours in-game, I tell you), which if you really played, you got the hang of it (and the feeling). And no, I did not see all vehicles, offices, etc. But that is exactly why I want to give the feedback now. UPDATE: 6 hours now.

Recommend: Yes, but with some notes.
Is it fun: oh yes, if you like tycoon games. If you are looking for rescue simulation (true one), than maybe not, but worth the try.

Overall

- I played in all modes a bit, but mostly on the beginner one, since I want to explore.
- Even the first one you have some nice challenges, kudos (managing money, emergency points, etc).
- Sometimes the game hangs for a few seconds, looks like it is loading something, mostly when changing turns or receiving missions back.
- The way you unlock vehicles, equipment, etc, is nice enough, but I believe this is where it lacks a bit of explanation or even more freedom.

The most annoying part

If you unlock something before the right time, that's it, you will have a hard time receiving those points again. Example: you want to unlock the Riot Gear, which costs 600 points (this is not money). But before that, it unlocked for me some nice stuff in the kitchen, which costs 200 points. I had 600 points before, but I spent 200, now I have 400 ... and to make 200 points it takes some time. This is the part what I feel is the most annoying part. I think it is good to have the unlock system, it shows challenge. But how about showing me all of the options before I buy something?

Because some of those items does NOT show at all before you even have the points, so I did not know it exists before. This is a bit frustrating, cause I did not know and I committed a mistake, but it was not my fault (and there is no turning back, unless you load a previous saved game).

Not boring, but not fun too

At the beginning, all maps have a region that you need to buy to unlock... ok, cool. But if I want to manage all my spaces again, since it is a bit of micro-managing spaces (just the building spaces), I really don't feel comfortable doing all over again (changing bathroom all again, because it got too small, but changing all again is not really nice to do). So, this is hard to explain, but building is fun, until it isn't, LOL.

All in all

I like the game, will keep playing and will give a nice review on Steam too. It is a different game from what I saw about emergencies games, which I think it is very nice. I don't think those negative points are some kind of game breaker, it is just I could have even more fun if those changes were made, but I feel it was mostly a game design choice than a bad testing =)

Sorry the wall text, I just enjoyed the game and wanted to give a nice feedback, since I love tycoon and emergency games. My background is: 30 years of gaming, father, working in a big company (game dev) and enjoy playing when I have time.

If you have some feedback too on top of mine, let's discuss, I want to explore different ways of creating my rescue base =)

[Maarten]

Wow - thank you Adam for your in-depth feedback. We will talk it through with the team and see what we can make happen in the upcoming patches!

Btw. for the reputation thing (not being able to see everything) you have to switch the filter in the build menu (standard is only show everything that is unlockable/you have enough reputation for) the other is "show all" -> showing every room and asset there is. We did that in order to not overwhelm players that start with the game as 15 options+ per room can be rather confusing in the beginning.

[A.L.E.X.]

Thanks for the response, Maarten. Yesterday I played more 3h straight =)
The thing about the reputation, it does not really work. Once you select that option and you go back to the normal filter, it will not show anymore the unlocked ones when you have enough reputation (it might be a bug), so I need to go to the all options filter again to see if it is unlocked.

And I believe I discovered a bug, but got no real game crashes:
- After some time, my rescuers stopped going to the bedroom (it was right after I bought the "double bed" - can't recall the name - upgrade). So, they don't go there anymore, LOL.

Loved the game, keep it up.

[Chez]

Originally posted by Adam 菊池:

Hey devs,

If you unlock something before the right time, that's it, you will have a hard time receiving those points again. Example: you want to unlock the Riot Gear, which costs 600 points (this is not money). But before that, it unlocked for me some nice stuff in the kitchen, which costs 200 points. I had 600 points before, but I spent 200, now I have 400 ... and to make 200 points it takes some time. This is the part what I feel is the most annoying part. I think it is good to have the unlock system, it shows challenge. But how about showing me all of the options before I buy something?

Because some of those items does NOT show at all before you even have the points, so I did not know it exists before. This is a bit frustrating, cause I did not know and I committed a mistake, but it was not my fault (and there is no turning back, unless you load a previous saved game).
=)

When you go to buy something from the menu, there are 2 tabs at the top of the menu, the left one is the default one and that shows unlocked things and locked things that you can afford to buy with points. The second tab shows everything that you can buy at one point or another.

[A.L.E.X.]

Yes, I know that =)
But as I told in my 2nd post, that does not work good.
If you go to the 2nd tab and then back to the 2nd, sometimes it does not unlock anymore, even if you have the reputation points.

I will edit later to explain this, I agree it got a bit confusing, thank you.

[Beaverknight]

if you switch from one tab to the other 2x it works ;)