#fl negative

[house-of-mirrors]

I was waiting till the official launch to post my Thoughts TM on mask so far, so here we are. There are no plot spoilers under the cut but spoilers nonetheless, I know I'm someone that likes to go into a game knowing absolutely nothing so. Disclaimer this is just my opinion, etc. TLDR I had very mixed feelings.

I want to like it. I love FL and the universe, been fixated on it for 3 years now. Genuinely though, I hate the pacing of mask. I've only had the game 3 days and have only completed 1 run, but I already feel burnt out from it. The time limit stressed me out, and the process of having to restart everything from scratch is grueling.

The story moves so fast that I barely have time to catch my breath. It reminded me of the anxiety of playing Majora's Mask. (And even that game lets you keep stuff unlocked between runs!) About 16 in-game days go by, and bam over. I'd appreciate if there were more days per season. The time skips didn't really make sense to me either because why does the player just do nothing for a few weeks? I would have liked enough time to complete at least one main quest, two side quests, and two relationships (two friendships, a friendship and a romance, whatever) per run, and I was only able to manage one of those. Sure, I could have explored more, but a character I cared about had his life on the line and I couldn't think about anything else.

The third act of the game is supremely cut short, like, no spoilers but there was a Major Event involving a character I was pursuing a romantic relationship with, and I didn't even get to interact with the character afterward and the whole thing was brushed over. The third act is where I got the feeling of, "ah, I'm getting used to this, the Game is finally beginning!" but NOPE that's the credit reel. Was left kinda feeling… huh, that was it? I know you're meant to replay a lot to get the full experience but that leads to my next point...

Spending a lot of time in each playthrough just to get to the places and items you need is a slog when you've already unlocked them before. And I hate to say it but... I have almost no ambition to pursue relationships because I know they'll be over very soon, there's no time to develop a real bond. Maybe I'm too aspec but it doesn't make sense to me how your character would decide to date someone at your first meeting. So like, in sskies or ssea, you can't complete every quest in one run, but some stuff carries over. Keep some locations and items unlocked between runs to make it easier on the player.

From a technical standpoint the game is fascinating and a lot of work went into it, but an innovative engine doesn't impress me when the most important part, the story, lacks immersion. As it stands, I can't bring myself to play more until a patch that fixes some of these issues. My disappointment is palpable.

[bizarrebazaar13]

everyone get normal about bodies right now. sometimes bodies will be disabled or fat or old or just look unattractive/weird to you personally. and that’s fine. deal with it.

[the-avaricious-meddler]

I think I've reached a point of disliking SMEN where it being suggested for a character kinda makes me roll my eyes

Like, yeah sure it's depressing and tragic, but not in... A fun way. It's just an overexaggerated, drawn-out misery-fest with an unsatisfying "gotcha, bet you didn't see that coming" ending. And that's coming from someone who likes tragedies.

[thedeafprophet]

sighs and adds another word to my filter of smen terms because somehow its STILL getting through (light hearted)

[obstinaterixatrix]

what the fuck that manga’s really good. I don’t know much about delusions but aside from the comedy(ish) being emphasized in the beginning, it feels like a pretty down to earth and sympathetic portrayal, though I’m curious how the story will develop it…

[adustoflove]

I love watching bpd gals on tik tok but it feels so unrelatable. Like you have enough money and resources to just constantly be in and out of mental hospitals then travel to 100 different countries and come home to your mansion 😭 why does EVERYTHING on tik tok feel unrelatable. Like how are you eating like this everyday? I only work 2 days a week but when I do work I am not attempting to make full planned healthy meals. If it fits in my mouth it goes in it

[vitesse-x]

George Clanton, Magdalena Bay & Vitesse X US Tour Photo Dump

[the-masterless-press]

im sorry, but if the event give you no unique text nor qualities outside of pressing the same button over and over again and reading the same text, what is the point of an interesting hook when it is all grinding?

[spadefish]

man this is gonna be my first year in a DECADE where i don't get to go to the tampa ren faire 😭

[starless-planet]

Feel like fall might as well not exist without my beautyberry and sparkleberry snackies :(

[an1muuarts]

i would make an fnf cover BUT EVERYTHING IS IN FUCKIN FLP

[house-of-mirrors]

More game related negativity under the cut, stuff I didn't want in my post in the main tag lol

I was in a bad mood yesterday and I thought it was from work but it is because of disappointment with the game. Yea it's "just a game" but I think it's reasonable to be upset when it was something that was long awaited, had a lot of hype, and was advertised as being immersive, only for the finished product to feel more like a demo, like you're not getting what was on the lid or what you paid for

In the past they've launched updates for skies and sea long after the initial release so wishful thinking that maybe this would get some improvements... but it's such a big change. I say this as someone who spent 4 months agonizing over one (1) swapped variable, I know how hard it is to fiddle with engines, but Ugh

It's at least reassuring to see everyone I talk to having the same reaction

[bizarrebazaar13]

on the one hand, official art for Old Resurrection would be cool as hell. on the other, I don’t think I could keep it together if they drew another woman described as large in the game as skinny. and the stock art they used for her is neat anyway. so this is probably the best outcome 👍

[the-avaricious-meddler]

The most wretched beast known to man (spices cat)

[thedeafprophet]

when even the reddit is having a convo on how bad the Cards tie in favourtism is, you know its bad

but damn look at these numbers lmao

[agenderhyde]

it's interesting watching people make sims and seeing what they think counts as "cold weather wear"