When I first logged on, I was presented with some text with a grayish background. I clicked it, and it moved on. Trying to find a way to go back, I clicked it again, but to no avail. It then disappeared, so I don't know what it said.
I find for some reason that I can't move the login window, which is quite annoying.
There's a tips window in the top-left, but defying logic, it's filled with tons of text. Shorten it a bit so that players will be more likely to read it.
I think you meant a "temporary" shovel.
I'm now in a place with tons of (sorry) hideous-looking flowers and trees. There are two guys wanting me to talk to them, so I go up to one, and am presented with that gray background with a wall of text, which I don't want to read. I close that gray thing by clicking it, then start digging for five minutes trying to find the money. You should lower the money needed - I understood how to dig in seconds. I shouldn't have to waste time to advance in the tutorial.
I noticed that most of the staff blocks have really poorly written messages, and they look horribly unprofessional (look, copying Era!
)
Fishing was cool and original, though I think it'd be better if fishing involved more than just standing at a ledge. Also, there should be some kind of interface for the percent (or even a bar like a HP bar, for example). It's hard to see my chat.
The steam trail on the bullets & the impact location are off slightly.
Is it just me, or is my gun moving
forward when I shoot it?
The gun system isn't anything new. It feels a bit sluggish though, not sure why. The GANIs need some work; right now they look way to sketchy and jumpy.
The TVs with the scrolling text are annoying and make it hard to see what's written (I don't want to wait a year to read the message).
There were some more people wanting to talk, but I decided not to listen to them. I don't have all day.
I had to reconnect for the door to go away (the block told me what to do).
Now I'm in some room with an ATM I can walk through and a locked door. There are televisions, but nothing's playing. I'm leaving through the bottom to find an outside that looks almost monochrome. It's like completely brown. I don't like it at all.
I explored a bit and found the hospital. It's brown, inside and out. There were no doors leading to any beds that I could find, so I left.
I did notice an item on the counter, which, upon clicking, opened up a new window which was also practically monochrome, but this time in a silvery/white way. The buttons need to contrast more; I can barely see them.
The streetlight has a very weird perspective.
Ultimately, it's a cool server. It's got some interesting ideas that could be developed more (e.g. fishing). It could definitely go hosted with some work. However, for it to go beyond that, you're going to have to cross the "Era" barrier and find something that separates Noctorius from Era besides just a few things. You'll have to have something that is going to make players go to Noctorious besides just cheap guns and such (which is how servers like Graal X, Kriegzone, etc. all got players). I hope you don't confuse this post as bashing. It's a lot easier to point out the negatives than the positives of something, especially on Graal
.
Good luck.
07-03-2009, 09:04 PM
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