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General / Re: First look Critique
« on: June 18, 2010, 03:39:22 am »
While many of these critiques do come off as nit-picky to me, I would very much like to be able to move the game (in windowed mode) around on my screen. I am running Windows 7, so perhaps it's a weird bug with the OS? Otherwise fullscreen mode is beautiful, I haven't yet had a single problem with that, the intro screen, start menu and gameplay do not appear warped in any way.
Secondly, I almost always test out all controls before diving into the game, so I didn't have as much as a problem with singing/interacting with the environment as it seems others might have. The controls are very intuitive. I can see how it would be frustrating to pick up at the start, but the controls seemed rather straightforward to me. One thing I discovered (that I might have liked to know earlier) is that songs can be sung using number keys 1-9. This only makes the gameplay 8074 times easier!
My final thoughts are, after having played rather far into the game, is that it starts off slow but gets you hooked about an hour or two in. In retrospect I like that much of the storyline is driven further by exploration, as it mirrors Naija's own restlessness. However, when first starting off, I had to wonder where it was going! Now of course I can't put it down. This is only my own opinion; I am very aware of my own impatience.
Secondly, I almost always test out all controls before diving into the game, so I didn't have as much as a problem with singing/interacting with the environment as it seems others might have. The controls are very intuitive. I can see how it would be frustrating to pick up at the start, but the controls seemed rather straightforward to me. One thing I discovered (that I might have liked to know earlier) is that songs can be sung using number keys 1-9. This only makes the gameplay 8074 times easier!
My final thoughts are, after having played rather far into the game, is that it starts off slow but gets you hooked about an hour or two in. In retrospect I like that much of the storyline is driven further by exploration, as it mirrors Naija's own restlessness. However, when first starting off, I had to wonder where it was going! Now of course I can't put it down. This is only my own opinion; I am very aware of my own impatience.