Planetary Annihilation: Y U SO UNDERATED

squishypon3 · December 12, 2014

Matster said: ↑

kaminfreunde said: ↑

So it fine that you agree with my three main requests @cola_colin. My post is about the prioritization of them compared to the overall pressure on balance and the 1vs1 scene introduced by the "uber forum lobby" here. Just browse the forum here and hop over to steam, these are two totally different worlds. Also we already had several updates since the release, but none of them addressed single player, tutorials/introductions or save options and probably other points you would only find digging through rage/complaint posts or negative reviews on steam. For me it's the point why many people leave PA behind just after short time of playing. Which is also not good for any kind of player.
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You forgot the UI design that basically shows away every user that is used to standard RTS left side or right side panels that usually hold all the data you need which this game does not have. There are tons of things that might seem unimportant to the development team but are very important for non competitive and casual (the biggest number) users. Basically as long as the games does not provide all the data mainstream users need without them having to think about like: where can I find this thing - that long the game will have problems attracting people. For example in the beginning I had issues to finding the minimap and I even thought that the game didn't have one cause it wasn't maximized or fixed in size on start as its normal in every other RTS. And I agree the reviews on steam are realistic for normal users that have other needs then the pros.
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I actually enjoy PA's UI a lot, I like it more than other games I've played, at least the build bar.

Matster · December 12, 2014

squishypon3 said: ↑

Matster said: ↑

kaminfreunde said: ↑

So it fine that you agree with my three main requests @cola_colin. My post is about the prioritization of them compared to the overall pressure on balance and the 1vs1 scene introduced by the "uber forum lobby" here. Just browse the forum here and hop over to steam, these are two totally different worlds. Also we already had several updates since the release, but none of them addressed single player, tutorials/introductions or save options and probably other points you would only find digging through rage/complaint posts or negative reviews on steam. For me it's the point why many people leave PA behind just after short time of playing. Which is also not good for any kind of player.
Click to expand...

You forgot the UI design that basically shows away every user that is used to standard RTS left side or right side panels that usually hold all the data you need which this game does not have. There are tons of things that might seem unimportant to the development team but are very important for non competitive and casual (the biggest number) users. Basically as long as the games does not provide all the data mainstream users need without them having to think about like: where can I find this thing - that long the game will have problems attracting people. For example in the beginning I had issues to finding the minimap and I even thought that the game didn't have one cause it wasn't maximized or fixed in size on start as its normal in every other RTS. And I agree the reviews on steam are realistic for normal users that have other needs then the pros.
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I actually enjoy PA's UI a lot, I like it more than other games I've played, at least the build bar.
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Well the UI gets ok after time but it still isn't very intuitive for me and I always have to think what stuff does - especially that part where chrono cam and all those buttons are. Tooltips would really help to alleviate the issue and improve the UI.

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