Juste

Never ending grief

(Disclaimer that I've only done Leander's route, so my thoughts only pertain to what went on there)

After playing the Chapter 1 preview I'm honestly kind of underwhelmed, even a little disappointed. Although Leander was my favorite in the demo, I came away not liking his Ch1 route much at all. I wondered if maybe a different route might be more for me, but I've heard that the issues I have are present in all of them, so maybe not.

My main issue is with pacing. It feels like the relationship between the MC and Leander had progressed way too fast, like they'd known each other for weeks instead of two days. I've seen a couple people say this feels more like a mid-game chapter and I agree. I'm especially bothered by how the MC was acting, it felt like they were way more into him and trusting of him than was warranted for such a short amount of time. Their reaction to the reveal towards the end was so annoying, the switch from anger to desire…c'mon now. I also had chosen the Alchemist background, so between having already experienced a major betrayal beforehand and then being lied to over something fairly important by someone who keeps stressing about trust, I would expect them to become more guarded, not less. On Leander's end, some of his behavior felt a little too intense. I know he's supposed to be the obsessive and possessive one, but again, the amount of time that has passed does not feel like enough for him to be saying some of the things that he did.

I had other problems but they're kind of hard to get into without getting very spoilery, that was just the biggest one. Ultimately the preview has left me uncertain about the full release and wondering if this is my type of game anymore. Honestly I have been feeling less and less interested in anything romance-heavy in the time since backing the project and some of my frustrations with the genre were present in the preview, so it's totally possible that I'm no longer the right audience if this is what the full game will be like. I'll still play it, just with more tempered expectations. I do at the very least hope that the full game slows down and lets the relationships build a little more before getting into some of the conversations and behaviors present in the preview.

Anisa’s- 17th December 2021

Sage’s- 6th January 2022

Felix’s- 3rd February 2022

we’re coming up to 4 years since the last updates.

4 years….

I usually don’t vent, but in my opinion this whole dynamic has taken something really important away from the community: communication and the simple joy of talking and theorising together publicly.

I’ve noticed it for a long time now. Backers get early information, sometimes even things that never get posted publicly at all, and that splits the conversation. We end up discussing everything privately among ourselves, and by the time it becomes public, the hashtag is already dead because all the excitement and theories already happened behind closed doors.

As a result, the touchstarved hashtag is often dry or already over before the wider community even gets a chance to participate.

I’m not saying backers shouldn’t get the rewards they absolutely deserve. After all, they are the ones who financially supported the project to make it what it is now.

And as someone who was there from the very beginning. someone who came over from the last Legacy and Arcane fandom after everything that happened with Nix Hydra and the Dorian, I can say that I truly love this game and support it fully and i absolutely love this community.

I loved making theories together and collectively getting excited about every new update, all the beautiful art and fanfictions that came out of it too.

But the gap seems to be getting bigger. backers who get all the updates and information, and non-backers who get very little. And with the new update, I just felt the need to say it.

That’s just my opinion, and maybe everyone sees it differently. I just had the feeling I needed to say it out loud.