all i’m trying to say is this, if your game sells itself on having a cat first player, it should be a meaningfully different game than just “unlockable cat skin”
and well, stray, you could replace the cat with a minion that says “banana” and not “meow” without changing anything else
it would be less jarring too
minions can’t see in the dark, minions already have a dungaree pocket for inventory, and minions being unable to jump to get to things matches the in game mechanics better
compare and contrast to a skateboarding game, where the world is adapted to make it more fun, where “i can jump here” is encouraged
and the mechanics of stray come up a little lacking. you’re really on rails, there’s only one intended route, and you start to learn which bits of environment are secretly interactive
again, not a bad game, but wildly out of alignment with what i was sold, and what i expected
@tef I think they tried, though won't lie I was disappointed when combat mechanics showed up and were Normal.
I think "smallish team with an idea makes a 3D game that can sell" is hard to pull off.
Portal 1's snark helped keep a string of puzzles from feeling monotonous. I think the Stray folks decided detailed environments would be their Other Good Thing, and they were neat but, with a short game and a lot of places you just briefly pass through, didn't make it as cool as it could've been
@tef Sorry for blabbing, It's less that I have any serious disagreement than that if I see a sufficiently niche topic I also have opinions on I can't shut up 😅 -- imagine meme image here like "one of the like 5 modern games i've played mentioned!"
@rf i know other people who really vibed with it, especially the art
