I haven't been here in quite a while and I was negotiating with myself if I should just stay out of this conversation. But I guess this game is the biggest deal in years - and I'm not talking about playtime. We've been waiting for this game for over a decade, which means everyone had plenty of time to build up lots of expectations. Some people will be excited, others disappointed. I think that's only natural and everyone should be allowed to voice their opinion.
I personally can't see a "troll comment" in the initial post at all. I know from experience how much of an impact on my mood a game can have and I guess I've been very open about it here in the past. I received the same reactions as kartacha did. People would take everything I said apart, tell me in 100 ways why I'm wrong and unsupportive and things like that. It's the main reason I stayed away from here for so long.
I think trolling is something very different. I've seen trolls a lot on Steam where people would talk so low about games simply because they were RPG Maker games. They hadn't even played any of them but spread their hateful venom all over the forums there. That's trolling. In kartacha's post I only saw an opinion.
Well, here is mine - and I dare to have one even though I haven't been playing so far.
I have always been a huge fan of the LF series. The more time passed though the more I kept wondering if any new game could ever relive that old spirit.
When FoH came out and I played with the LF team, I was soooooo annoyed with the conversation among the characters. It was hateful, disrespectful and it just didn't feel right. They had been through so much together, they have gone through great development through their adventures. They grew as persons, their personalities changed for the better. It just didn't feel right at all to me seeing them interact in such a way all of a sudden.
Now in LS it's the same apparently, which I kind of expected but I was still hoping it wouldn't be.
People say time has passed and that they have matured. I just wonder, how is it more mature to treat other people disrespectful - especially after being through so much together. Being more mature to me would mean the complete opposite.
The other thing that has kept me from playing so far is this:
NB(2) : mature dialogues, revealing outfits. Play only if this doesn't bother you.
I HATE the way that women are being depicted in the artworks yet again. Yveen .... I mean, how much more ridiculous can it get?
Yes, it bothers me. A lot. And Indy, your sentence keeps me from playing way more than kartacha's post ever could.
I simply truly don't understand why it always has to be that way now.
Thinking back about MM, those artworks were gorgeous and had none of this ugliness.
I know, I've brought this up several times before and I've been ripped apart for it. I'm saying it again anyway because it has to be pointed out.
There are other reasons too for not playing. Things that I have also disliked about the last games I've played but I guess this post is long enough now.
Having said all that, I just want to add that I'm very aware that a lot of work went into this game. I don't want to belittle it at all or offend you, Indy.
I've just come to realize that your games have developed in a direction that no longer meets my taste. It makes me sad because I used to love so many games so much and they have given me endless hours of fun and excitement. But in the last few games this fun was very much spoiled by lots of anger and frustration.
All I want to say, it's certainly great when people share their excitement here. But people, please let those that have a different experience say so as well without harassing them.