If I'm only really using my 'main 5', personally, I'd like a way to send off most others (other than getting them killed on purpose, which so far seems to be the only way to do it). Right now, things get very cluttered in chapter 4 & 5. Related to that, how about a way to *remove* members from the party permanently? Either by rejecting them or sending older ones off to early retirement. I ran into the 'mother in the party, but meeting the random mother' event just as a poster below. Family relations & bosses have already been mentioned by others, so I'll just include them to second that.

Not everything necessarily has to be so drastic, obviously, but is it planned for crow-touched and so on to have some effects (maybe just a stat boost or something) as well? Turned my archer right into an epic sneak thief with fireballs. As far as I could tell the only one that seemed to have an impact other than visuals so far was the fire-touched. Since this is a beta I wanted to share some first observations I made along the way and question that formed for me: I also spent way too many hours on it right off the bat. Straight away: brilliant job, I love the art style and storybook character of it all. I finally got the game yesterday morning. That's pretty much all I have to say for now. What if there was an event that ruined a burgeoning friendship, turning it into a rivalry? Or a strong friendship that decays into a business acquaintance as characters grow apart? Particularly during the peaceful years, it would make sense for these kind of developments to happen. Dynamic relationships? I only seem to notice relationships moving in a linear direction, like crony -> bloodbond. Like a hidden stat that just said 'orphan' or 'father is dead' and would disable any events for that character that wouldn't make sense. Oof.) I'm sure this would probably be a pain to program, but it'd be neat if the game kept track of certain things so that events did not contradict with backstories or previous events. Meanwhile Jaymnock ends up looking like a petulant turd who can't abide his mother moving on in any fashion. Later, I got the 'character's mother' event, and his mother is all like, 'Things have been rough with your father.' and I'm like, no shit, he's dead. (Somewhat related: I once had a father/son pair, Jaymor and Jaymnock. Characters have no special reaction to losing a child, sibling, or parent, which is disappointing. Expanded relationships? I've heard people say that they'd like family trees to be a thing, which I 100% agree with, especially since legacies are such a central aspect of the game. The ability to interfuse with doors and open them from afar. Some things I would love to see in the future: You protected me from my own worst impulses and kept the focus where your strengths are, and I definitely have enjoyed the game more for it.Īnyway, thanks for making this, and I look forward to seeing where you go with it. Your decision to stash that away as a single screen between chapters is genius. I don't particularly find fiddling with inventory _fun_, but do it anyway because you get a slight advantage usually. Initially I was annoyed that I couldn't move gear around between characters, but after the first chapter I realized that this design choice was forcing me to focus on the story and the tactical fights, instead of spending time on inventory management and optimization. It feels like creativity is rewarded and my characters really are stronger together with different abilities than just stacking a 'best' type.

For example, the warrior can use 'raider' to start fires, and the mystic can inhabit those same fires and toss them around the battlefield. Interactions between character abilities in the tactical combats have been interesting and enjoyable. Was blown away when I realized that even equipped jewelry items are rendered on the characters! I can't believe how much attention to detail there is despite being an early access game. Been playing since I bought it, a totally engrossing eight hours or so.

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