Initial reactions to CC2
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I do like it, but there are some things I will have to mention.


It could have used a whole lot more polish. Choice of support functions (options/etc), having a bare-bone GUI for almost everything, a few minor bugs here and there, Scott Joplin music rather than original tunes, sound effects with unbalanced volume... I beta-tested the CC1 levelset in CC2 a week prior to release, and in fact the game did not get looping music untill just before release day!


In my opinion, the game would problably had benefited a lot from a few more testers, and quite a few more feedback sessions between the testers and Chuck. While a programmer thinks "functionality", a designer thinks "experience", and it's very easy to forget or de-prioritize the later when having to both code and design everything yourself.


When it comes to the levels, I did not like the slow phase in the first 1/3 of the game. I did neither like how diverse they were, as this makes it feel like just a bunch of random individual levels tucked together in a set.* This feeling is strengthened even more by the inclusion of a few very weak levels. Again, more testers/feedback would have benefited here.


But gameplay is what I bought this for after all, and it's amazing! It absolutely feels like the Lynx version of CC1, but just with a whole lot more.


*(I, for once, liked the homogenity of the levels in CC1. It made the game feel more consistent.)
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Initial reactions to CC2 - by M11k4 - 30-May-2015, 9:30 AM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by FelixNemis - 30-May-2015, 1:35 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by tensorpudding - 30-May-2015, 3:10 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by quiznos00 - 30-May-2015, 3:45 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Ihavenoname248 - 30-May-2015, 4:40 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Flareon350 - 30-May-2015, 9:09 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by mobius - 31-May-2015, 3:36 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Pilosus - 31-May-2015, 9:36 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by AdrenalinDragon - 01-Jun-2015, 11:51 AM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by mobius - 01-Jun-2015, 6:50 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by geodave - 02-Jun-2015, 2:32 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by FelixNemis - 02-Jun-2015, 2:37 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by geodave - 02-Jun-2015, 2:38 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by FelixNemis - 02-Jun-2015, 2:41 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Pilosus - 02-Jun-2015, 4:33 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by geodave - 03-Jun-2015, 12:00 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by CraigV - 04-Jun-2015, 2:19 AM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Pulluxx - 06-Jun-2015, 12:22 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by mobius - 06-Jun-2015, 9:49 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by Eric119 - 06-Jun-2015, 10:00 PM
Initial reactions to CC2 - by ManipulatorGeneral - 07-Jun-2015, 1:56 PM

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