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Stories that left you disappointed for a reason
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My mind's wonky as hell it seems. So everything I talked about happened in s1? Except maybe that acting like an a--hole to Bradley? But honestly that whole bowl thing was dumb. I'm not changing my stance on that. First time they had plans, but during that museum thing? I honestly don't remember much but I remember it being so dumb that I felt like crying.
Also, we actually said that to Bradley, now I don't know whether personality stats change how the protagonist talks like, but he said some extremely immature and harsh things to Bradley.
Honestly, if a person's claim is not supported by any of her actions, it just feels like nonsense. Sydero didn't have any feats that would make us even remotely believe in her claim of being able to destroy the whole world. So her words feel empty. And honestly it'd be just as bad if her claims weren't empty. I mean, billions of humans dying to a single person without being able to do anything? How exactly is the world still going on with these rampaging human hating monsters is something I feel baffled at.
Also, apparently you can't choose to dislike Sydero. Even if you keep choosing options like 'Let her rot in hell', 'I don't care about her', 'She deserves it', during a dream(or a vision?) sequence protagonist had to act like he cared for her for some inexplicable reason. This happened during s2, I'm sure about that.
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It'd appear I had problems with both s1 and s2. So s1 is not blameless either it'd appear.
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Superstition's author has a very... haphazard? way of writing, tbh.
Also both Superstition and Throne of Ashes (?) have an MC that's a) dying from a supernatural cause and b) suffers from some sort of trauma. That's what people read these stories for, I think: trauma and drama.
Oh, and smut, how could I forget about that one.
Their other (sci-fi) story seems to fit the mold as well.
Also both Superstition and Throne of Ashes (?) have an MC that's a) dying from a supernatural cause and b) suffers from some sort of trauma. That's what people read these stories for, I think: trauma and drama.
Oh, and smut, how could I forget about that one.
Their other (sci-fi) story seems to fit the mold as well.
Yeah the author. 13 Leagues? More like 13 Icks aight Imma head out
Honestly the sci-fi one seems a bit more interesting story wise plus the world building is solid-er, the MC is not dying — on the contrary, MC has super enhanced healing that makes dying quite difficult. Though, looking at the author's other works, my expectation is six feet under and slowly making its way to the ninth layer of Hell .⋆‧₊\(°∀°)/₊‧⋆.
Yeah, I quite liked the option for MC to literally jump out of the plane in the middle of flight lol
Reminds me of Project Hadea a bit in terms of premise?
I'll meet you there. We have, uh, lots of ice and Satan frozen over.
Most of the cases. But I have to admit that there were also a few that I honestly believe would be great if the authors had enough determination to finish. I really need another Malin Ryden
FH is the closest to the ideal of interactive game for me and I can trust this author with his projects.
Somehow the author managed to write it in such a way that the action was fast as **** and there was constantly something happening (mostly MC trying to avoid being killed) but I felt tired and bored of reading this. And at the end also angry because
I didn't manage to kill that shitty Ulysses
People who played with the mods were quite lucky actually. Imagine going through all that without any save points...... Honestly my first run was fun, but the later ones I did were to just see what happens in other endings. And stop repeating my playthroughs at an ending I liked. There's not much in terms of variance in different playthroughs except the ending. Eh, it was like an action movie, just as short and fast paced. Not my cup of tea tbh.
Gonna disagree with the RO though. What's there not to like about an unhinged RO who's out there to murder you and bang you at the same time? My unhinged a-- protagonist was into that s-it this time......
Right now? Just read The Soul Stone War 3 beta build and boy..... What do you mean that is all there is? Only 3 chapters, nothing actually happens.... NOTHING.... Short AF, it feels more like a prelude or unfinished than anything.
TSSW is not the most incredibly witty/smart/profound game, its fun, funny, and scratches an itch. And yes, its the beta build, maybe the link people shared didn't had all the material.... But boy, if the 3rd book is really just that... Freaking disappointment is what that book is.
TSSW is not the most incredibly witty/smart/profound game, its fun, funny, and scratches an itch. And yes, its the beta build, maybe the link people shared didn't had all the material.... But boy, if the 3rd book is really just that... Freaking disappointment is what that book is.
There's something that's been bugging me about IFs with Tumblr or Patreon page. They rely too much on social-media interaction — rather than in-game — to relay informations and some pretty important aspects of their stories. Example one is the Fallen Hero world-building, that is kept behind the bane of broke IF enjoyers (which, let's be real, made up most of the IF ecosystem lol) called Patreon. Recently saw Fallen Hero's compiled Patreon contents shared by a member, and found lots of vital infos about the world through the Q&A section. Things about the Void, the Nanosurge, etc.
And then there is this: https://www.tumblr.com/jcollinswrit...-round-with-a-late-teens-mc-they?source=share
Nothing wrong with it. Basic Tumblr ask stuff. Just wondering if it's necessary to be "realistic" and "nuanced" that readers confuse the personality of a character. Shouldn't a good writer be able to convey their character's personality and attitude clearly, so that we can understand — even if not deeply — the reason why said character reacts a certain way? Me thinks this author is just covering up their lack of solid characterization behind a shroud of "realism" and "nuance".
And then there is this: https://www.tumblr.com/jcollinswrit...-round-with-a-late-teens-mc-they?source=share
Nothing wrong with it. Basic Tumblr ask stuff. Just wondering if it's necessary to be "realistic" and "nuanced" that readers confuse the personality of a character. Shouldn't a good writer be able to convey their character's personality and attitude clearly, so that we can understand — even if not deeply — the reason why said character reacts a certain way? Me thinks this author is just covering up their lack of solid characterization behind a shroud of "realism" and "nuance".
In my opinion, any vital character/worldbuilding info should be available in-game. Period. Just put it into an in-game codex if you don't want to infodump. Stuff like RO scenarios or whatever can be paywalled for all I care (which isn't much, I don't even read it when it leaks).
I think it's just that the author didn't want to bother writing a million variations for all the MC ages.
I found it boring tbh. I love drama, but Manerkol's path is such a nothingburger. No real exploration of what it means to be unwillingly soulbonded beyond dumb pining. No opportunity to actually talk to him about what he's doing and why, just more dumb pining. And everyone else is about as interesting as cardboard.
I prefer when MC is unhinged and RO tries to "fix" them. And if they're both unhinged then I want to kill RO even more. There's only room for one freak!What else write for Patreon?
It seems like he doesn't like writing smut stories, weird fan prompts for ROs, and the kind of stuff other authors fill their Patreons with.I follow all this world-building stuff; some of it is interesting, some of it is rather boring, but I don't feel like most of that knowledge is necessary in the game. Though I get it some of the stuff, like creating ReGenes or the Rangers history as additional "articles" in the game would be a nice.
I am so concerned about this too. If this is really it, imma loose my damn mind. Tree years for that? It feels like it's shorter than previous books. There's like no motion whatsoever. Manerkol part - crumbs and rushed out of nowhere, after all the "forbidden romance" thing in the first book and slow pinning in second.
Tssw indeed not the best IF in history. It always lacked in the field of word count, but it still got me on some stuff and it's like a guilty pleasure for me. I wasn't expecting a lot, bar was literally six feet under. I bought both parts and planned to continue buying as it releases, but now I'm seriously reconsidering and rethinking if I should continue to interact with it at all...
The other game author working on probably occupied all their attention, which doesn't help it also, cause progress on that one crumbs as well. And some bugs/typos are not being fixed. But it's whatever, I'm not invested much anyways.
Dangit, I missed out on Crowns of Ashe and Flames bashing! Many people here already mirrored my sentiments (the lack of agency, the pity party, the characters..) so I won't be a broken record.
Waty back when I wrote down this rant about a bunch of games I didn't like, but decided against it because I worried It was too mean. Can't help it, I'm a hater. Here's what I wrote down for Crowns of Ashe and Flames:
Seriously, how can people even stand following their Tumblr blog? If I didn't think the author doesn't take the premise of their own game serioussly before, I certainly think that way now after I saw 'Here's sexy art I drew of the character who murdered MC's entire family and forced them into marriage as a child. He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'... like what are we DOING right now. Are we on crack
Waty back when I wrote down this rant about a bunch of games I didn't like, but decided against it because I worried It was too mean. Can't help it, I'm a hater. Here's what I wrote down for Crowns of Ashe and Flames:
Seriously, how can people even stand following their Tumblr blog? If I didn't think the author doesn't take the premise of their own game serioussly before, I certainly think that way now after I saw 'Here's sexy art I drew of the character who murdered MC's entire family and forced them into marriage as a child. He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'... like what are we DOING right now. Are we on crack
Wait, is that... an actual thing? lol. lmao, even.
Why do some authors insist on treating their characters that way, it becomes impossible to treat them (characters) seriously afterwards =_= Now all we need is an art of him in a leather get-up with a whip.
I guess some authors really are less interested in writing in actual story, and more in fawning over their OCs. The story is just a vehicle to showcase them.
No way
. I won't be surprised if the author decides to make the King romanceble and unkillable in the future. They could atleast try to conceal projecting their weird fetishes into the game.There's just something about hating on games like this which is so liberating.
Unfortunately, yeah. It's real.
There's just this huge dissonance between his actions and the way his character is perceived, both within the story by other characters and outside the story by the author themselves. It puts a bad taste in my mouth. Luceris wouldn't be so unpleasant to me if his character is exactly the same, BUT his actions are treated with the gravity they warranted. Why are y'all acting like he's just a quirky, mentally ill teenager. Why does he even get to have HEALING as part of his character arc. When did he earn that. Gosh, it annoys me. Literally just imagine him but instead of a white haired anime boy, he's an ugly, aging senile old man, and I wonder if people would still 'uwu' over him as he walks after a child into the woods to verbally taunt them about their dead family (before forcing them to marry him.)
Even the choices where you get to make him uncomfortable about the marriage pissed me off. One of the VERY few chances where MC get to have a backbone at all, and it's just a petty remark that annoys me more than anything else. What do you mean YOU are uncomfortable? Nobody made you marry a child! You did this!
It's a well-known fact that a villain could do the most vile s h i t possible, and as long as they're even mildly attractive, there are going to be people lusting after them.
I guess everyone wants to be that "special" one that "fixed him" and got all the attention and dedication
But as you said, the problem with Luceris is that he's treated inconsistently. The story markets itself as a revenge story, and a revenge story hinges upon having a hateable antagonist. It's one of those genres where it's arguably detrimental to make them too sympathetic, or sympathetic at all. It seems like the author started with the intention of writing Luceris as a monster, but then got carried away by their (and their fans') fantasies, and so his character became progressively more UwU-fied. I'll go as far as to say that this is one of the downsides of interacting with your fanbase too much during development: you might lose sight of the original vision and just... roll with whatever seems to be fun at the moment.
For the sake of the story, it really would've been better to make Luceris old and ugly. The amount of hate would've been something to behold. (or just, y'know, have the MC there as a prisoner w/o the marriage subplot that doesn't even feel necessary for anything beyond ~drama~)
Let the hate flooow~
(probably because there are few places where you can express an honest opinion without being unalived for it bc it's mean to the authors or smth)