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What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?
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When you can't tap a button to fill the text dialogue, and have to wait for each letter to individually populate for 15 speech bubbles in a row.
I just played through Pentiment and even on the fastest speed dialogues were painfully slow. It wouldn't fix all the other pacing issues, but the text popping up instantly would be a huge improvement.
I loved that game and I love the setting and art, but it's soooo much reading. And I love reading, I really do! But it began to wear me down near the end.
I have very mixed feelings about it. I also adored the art and setting, and I really appreciate the historical research that has gone into making it. And there were some well written characters in there.
But man, the game is sloooooow. The last act in particular was like pulling teeth. Reading is fine when what you're reading about is interesting. There were so many banal, shallow and uninteresting conversations in there that really tested my patience.