ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

So, what does "accepting" criticism really means to you guys? Because for what I've seen, it simply means to nod to all form of criticism that come your way, like if it was a proof of humility to not say anything... I fundamentally disagree with this. If you think someone has given you poor criticism is perfectly reasonable to manifest your disagreement and defend your position. Otherwise, it sends the message that criticism is infallible and this is as much true as games being infallible.

I watched the whole ordeal with this Konstandin game, and I have to say that the author's initial reaction was justified. I saw Cashmere first version of the review and I agree that it was lacking in detail. Words more, words less, this is what the author wanted to let Cashmere know, and still he was mindful enough to say things like: "I'm not attacking you, I'm not offended, I respect your opinion, you don't need to amend the review, etc" Things din't need to escalate from there, and is only lamentable that they did...

Here's the thing. Just as the author later made the mistake to assume Cashmere wasn't being honest with things like the amount of time it took him to beat the game, it is also a mistake to assume someone is not being honest when they're explicitly telling you they respect your opinion, or that they're not speaking from an offended point of view. These are not grounds to antagonize that person with a "you do sound offended" or "you're being sarcastic" but rather to argument: "you're wrong and this is why".

I think is important to understand that is completely possible to have a strong opinion about something and still not being offended. And as long as things are being discussed politely, even if it that politeness feels insincere, (Although, if you ask me, politeness has never been about sincerity. xD) you have to take people's words at face value and not complicate things unnecessarily. Misunderstandings abound even without pointing finger, so really, we have nothing to gain going down that road voluntarily.
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Now, returning to my original point, and I'm sorry this sound like a rant (because it is a rant. =P) but I really feel this is the case sometimes. People make all kinds of dismissive arguments to justify poor criticism; I see this all the time with reviews: "Reviews are subjective" "It got accepted, that means it's good enough" "I've seen worse reviews" "You should be glad someone took their time to write a review of your game" "Go write your own review!" etc. (Really, I could be here all day) But if we were to replace the word "review" for the word "game" in each of those sentences, I think we would all see how bad that looks... So I guess what I'm trying to say is that criticism is not beyond scrutiny. And that we should learn to accept criticism of our criticism too, not just criticism of our games. ;P

Yeah, I know, this is not exactly what people think about when they talk about "movies", but it is still a movie. This will most likely air on theaters here in Latin-America and I can't wait to see it... Frankly, I'm not much of a movie-goer, but I can make an exception for this one. I'll probably watch others like the new X-men or TMNT movies only when they air on cable in a few years. ;P

Don't sweat it, LockeZ. You know the saying: "No man is a prophet in his own land." One day, when we move beyond this work=money=eat paradigm, and robots do all our chores, we'll be able to live only for the games. ;v; ...Until robots rise up, that is. Then we're screwed. =/

Cool news! You seem to be making lots of updates lately. Are you planning to do more? I mean, should I wait, or is this a good time to give this game another go? ...Also, would you be interested in some custom artsies? Look at you, you don't even have a logo. =P

Thanks for the review! ...Yeah, the gameplay kinda fell flat on its face, didn't it? xD I've been working on fixing some of the issue you bring up here, like making the skills more 'creative' and stuff. For example, I introduced a skill for the Engineers that gets stronger the more you use it. Also, I corrected a mistake I made regarding the weapons debuff rate because I didn't understand what exactly that option did - In general buffs/debuffs and statuses will play a slightly more prominent role.

I've also changed the way the 'dungeons' work. They're no longer just horizontal paths... You probably figured why I made them that way. xD But I guess a little "exploreishun" can't hurt. So now the dungeons are a small two dimensional areas, and the radar actually works like a radar, beeping as you get close to the dreamboat pieces and other buried treasures.

I was planning on uploading a fixed version this week, but I decided to go an extra mile and fix some details about the story too. As well as amke my own battle animations... I hope I don't regret the latter descicion. xP