I have just uninstalled The Void.
I fell in love with the game the first time i learned about it. Something very unique.
Unfortunetaly, my contact with actuall game was a dissapointment.
I start. I hear a lot of things, few of which i understand. Then it turns out tat the game is about collecting colourfull flowers to get enough of a resource to give to a sister. It takes a lot of time, and my gardens gives me so little. And those grafems can't get to work... . And locations are just gloomy caves...
I was at the enge of quiting, when the brothers have appeared, and have saved the game. I never ever seen such a twisted maniacs before. Utter madnes - they have scared me a lot and made me play more... ( by the way, they guy who have designed them should contact a doctor... for is own good
)But still i couldn't go past the games clumsy interface. It all have ended with fight with the first brother ( one with tho rapiers and no head)
Painting grafems, that was arleady pain with sister and trees, have made screaming with frustration here. The brother himself is not that difficult ( i have once taken allmost all his hp with one sleeper graphem), but it is almost imposible to paint graphem so that the program will recognise it.
If paint it so that it touches the brother, the colour will attack him rather than making graphem. If will not fit it whole on the screen, it will not recognise it. And worst of all, if i made slightest mistake, the coulor will just spill on the ground, essentialy wasted. Even before the fight what frustrated me, was that a simple click always result in a spilled colour - you have to drag a mouse at least a bit. And if you want to continue making graphems, you have to realease ctrl key after making one, than press it again, all together making a fight against a dumb bat a struggle.
The game has no respect for neither player's time nor comfort. You cannot name your save name, forcing you to carefuly study dates. You cannot save in rooms, nor during a fight - in the only places saving is actually needed - which in turn forces to hear brother's pre-fight speech over and over again ( after 20th attemt it is damn frustrating even with space). To be honest i don't really understand why there have to be so many areas where you keep your colors, one would be enough wit gradual transformation into "mana" saving time on micro-managing
The game creators havy copied Black&White idea, but is with most, copies, have made it badly ( sorry to say
). May i ask why there is no option for just clicking on an icon and having the sign drawed for me? right now even converstion is longer and much more frustrating than it should, and a fight is almost impossible to win even against a bat.My first post have turned into rant... and in fact i just wanted to ask, if people of Ice-pick lodge are working on a new game. The two arleady made were fabolous ideas, unfortunetaly both were crippled by lack of attention toward essentials.
I really hope for a third game with all the great ideas and stories Ice-pick lodge is known for, but this time with both good graphics and comfortable and intuitive interface.