Hi! Loving the game sooo much so far! Super super gorgeous!!!
FEEDBACK
Menu Navigation
I hate to give vague feedback but something about the menu nav feels sluggish - I think back to the menu navigation in Metal Gear Solid V (MGSV) and how satisfying the snappiness of those menus feel…
- i just reviewed some footage from MGSV and it seems like part of the tactile qualities that the menus have has to do with the simulated analog nature of the game being set in the 80s and your menu being an extension of this walkman-esque device - so that every menu click is your player character (Snake) using their thumb to cycle between options - this menu style is one of my favorite components of MGSV and I think that there is something there that could be brought into Wicked
I dont mind inventory management but I think if a game replies so heavily on menu navigation, make sure the feel of that navigation is satifying, engaging, and fun to feel through itself – so that the times when I am in the menu I can’t wait to get in there and feel the tightness/snappiness/clicky/haptic-y -niss of all the menu switches, equipment swaps, etc…
- like i think even the cross fade effect between each menu (swap between inventory and status menus for example) takes too long to fade in - it makes me think that I have to wait till the fade is finished before I can fully engage with its contents
PS5 Controller UI Support I have been playing with my PS5 controller and have so much trouble translating the current XBox UI to PlayStation - I did not grow up with XBox so my brain is so hardwired to look for the PS symbols haha
Armor
I am not tooo far into the game so far but I always want to play as a skimpy knight - like big claymore with revealing rags swishing around - like some sort of concubine priest! The RPG genre is so saturated with over sexed female characters (which I dont mind) - what I do mind however is that the male characters aren’t treated equally! I think giving male player characters the option to dress in a slutty way is a gaming space that has not been explored at all
- give us little ragged thongs (like Dark Souls 1’s no armor underwear)!
- Let us wear buckled opera gloves (like the Desert Pyromancer Gloves from Dark Souls 2 & 3!)
I understand that this isn’t EXACTLYY the game to be a skimpy medieval hunk in… but giving us the option to have our wide pecs out is always so welcome!
I’m loving the lighting and foliage sooo soo sooo much - the grasses in the sewer zone are making me droollll - conrats to you and your team soo hard! Your expansion on this genre is really felt!!!
<3
Mak HG