Returning fan, disappointed
I have been a huge fan of five-bn for a while now. I genuinely believe they’re one of the best if not the best developer out there for (especially free) point and click games of this type on this platform.
Some positives: quality of life improvements! Many things are smoother and more responsive in comparison to previous games by this dev, clicking feels better, puzzle solutions continue to improve over time with this dev as well, and I love the indicator that comes up when clicking. All great!
HOWEVER: I’m hugely disappointed by the way AI was used in the creation of this game. It is a huge reduction in quality. I miss the old 3D animations. They had so much character and they were consistent and fun! I could excuse a bit of AI text (sparingly) as I’ve seen in a couple of these games, especially if translated, but the new AI cutscenes and the obvious AI “enhancement” in some other areas is a massive downgrade, and I hope that it doesn’t continue. People play these games because of the hard work put into them that it is clear this developer is capable of and quite talented at! I urge you, dev, please keep playing to your strengths and choose to put out high quality games rather than letting them devolve into AI slop.
Sincerely, a fan that is worried about one of their favorite devs jumping on the AI bandwagon when their games were so so much better without.
Some positives: quality of life improvements! Many things are smoother and more responsive in comparison to previous games by this dev, clicking feels better, puzzle solutions continue to improve over time with this dev as well, and I love the indicator that comes up when clicking. All great!
HOWEVER: I’m hugely disappointed by the way AI was used in the creation of this game. It is a huge reduction in quality. I miss the old 3D animations. They had so much character and they were consistent and fun! I could excuse a bit of AI text (sparingly) as I’ve seen in a couple of these games, especially if translated, but the new AI cutscenes and the obvious AI “enhancement” in some other areas is a massive downgrade, and I hope that it doesn’t continue. People play these games because of the hard work put into them that it is clear this developer is capable of and quite talented at! I urge you, dev, please keep playing to your strengths and choose to put out high quality games rather than letting them devolve into AI slop.
Sincerely, a fan that is worried about one of their favorite devs jumping on the AI bandwagon when their games were so so much better without.
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Too much pixel hunting and too few games
I love Five BN. The graphics are wonderful. The stories are entertaining. However, this particular game has turned into a pixel hunt. I realize that hidden object point and click games mean having to hunt a scene for clues and tools, but this one has sooo many multiple piece objects which are scattered (apparently haphazardly) throughout the scenes and adding to that, in many scenes the areas where you do get an object, continue to stay active, thus, you never know whether there’s something there still to find later. Personally I find that and the pixel hunts frustrating. (Please close windows once they’ve served their purpose.) I like these kind of games, generally, but this one has turned into mostly a pixel hunt with very few games to solve.
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Bug
Usually love this developers games however there seems to be a bug. Wont allow me to pick up the key to cleaning closet at the hotel. Used up all my hints to try but wouldn’t happen.
Chapter 3 Solving the puzzle
In the settlement centre, the congregation house, there was a solving a puzzle in that long table. The token needs to be move to the patterned spaces according to its number. However, the token with number 4 is impossible to move around and end in a patterned spaces. Even if you move the token with the 2 and 3, these will only move around the patterned spaces near them, unlike the token with number 4 which does not end to any patterned spaces. Kindly please check the that solving puzzle and address the issue. Thank you.
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Another masterpiece by Five-BN
I’ve been a fan of this publisher for a while now. Each puzzle is unique and the story is gripping. The use of AI actually has me grinning at each cut scene. The lead character looks like a young Chris Pine to me!
