Holidays are over, time to get back to work
.I was able to check a bit previous beta versions, but did not have time to prepare any post ...too much on my head lately
.Anyway, thoughts, issues, etc:
+ I am impressed by the changes and I like the direction the game is going to;
+ Bugs are getting fixed
;+ New menus;
+ Unit pathing looks cool
;+ Graphical improvements on maps;
- Balance between units, diversification needed badly; I will try to create some evaluation soon;
- I feel that music is somewhat lacking something (this thought appeared in earlier versions);
More tracks needed - it would be good to hear something not only with German, but also Russian, British, Yankee theme. Would be nice if a player could choose tracks to play via menu.
- Tutorial messages do not work ?! In one of previous BETA I saw them during one of USA scenarios; Now they don't appear in Tutorial - even if the option is selected in menu;
- We need more information on battle log window; e.g. we all (?) know that higher initiative does not mean that one the unit would fight first - it just tells how big is the part that will shot first; this info should be included into battle log; moreover - every kind of such "invisible" information that affects battle should be included into log;
There should be battle log kept for entire scenario (maybe even campaign): each turn, each battle that was there; it is quite bad that I cannot check why my unit got so much damage the previous turn;
- The feature mentioned in previous point can be called "Log/Replay" and should be available as one of buttons;
- Units should have all of their special "features" visible on main screen and in Purchase menu;
- Backspace does not undo unit move ?!;
- Disband unit button ... should not it be somewhere ?
- Some graphical issues:
You can do it better.
- Also, I noticed one strange thing:
In Purchase menu, when I move mouse over some icon or text, the text ("Infantry", "Tank", etc) goes darker. The change is quite hard to be noticed, but it is visible. The delay between normal text and "slightly darker" is about 1-1.5 sec.
Imho the text should go much lighter instead, and also change instantly (similar to the hints over buttons).
Another strange thing is also connected to those buttons in Purchase window. If I give enough delay to them (they go "slightly darker"), I can click without problems. But if I click them with less delay, sometimes they do not seem to work (more clicks needed). They do not feel reliable - something wrong is there :/ .
Quite short today, more to come
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