Addressing your Early Access Post-launch Feedback

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Serradyne#3129 wrote:

My "Early access" feedback would be, if I wanted to play d3/d4, I'd be playing them, please don't make "quality of life changes" to placate people. It's a slippery slope, next you'll be making respecs free, characters will be entirely malleable, there will be no definitive decision making or weight behind anything. If peoples issue is they can't play through your game fast enough, they won't enjoy it even if it does go quicker. If a game is fun(which I personally find it), then the amount of time I have to put into it, is not a relevant factor.

"Ease of access, accessibility, quality of life" When I see these buzzwords, and this design philosophy, I know my enjoyment of something is short lived.


Edit: I was being hyperbolic, and lazy, and not wanting to caveat a ton of different things. The point is the spirit/sentiment, not so much that I think, well if they add this stuff that gets more audience capture, because it's "easier", I'll quit playing. It's that inevitably all games that shift in this direction are not for me. I don't expect anyone to care(developers or otherwise) ;)

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Izaeel#5748 wrote:

I knew this was coming, and I was afraid of it =/.
But honestly, although I don't think any of those changes are really necessary, most of them weren't too bad. It could be much worse.

That being said, there's one change that I really hated: the checkpoint changes.

I really dislike this mentality of "wasting time" in video games—I don’t really get it. I'm 35 years old, with a wife and a full-time job, and I still find time to play games, even if it's just for a few minutes. Even if I only have 5 minutes to play, it just means the game will last longer.

I think it's super important for a game to have a grounded feel to it's world, rather than feeling like a glorified menu, which is what it feels like when you can easily fast-travel around the map.

I know this will probably be considered a controversial opinion, so I don’t really expect it to be reversed. But I really believe this change will negatively impact the game in a significant way.

GGG, please know that there are people out there who already love the game you've created, just the way it is. I've been waiting 20 years for a game like this, and I genuinely think you guys have created the perfect ARPG.