Did the greed system "spoil looting" as some were concerned in that thread?
No, from what I noticed, players who play the game love to loot. There is a daily (and non-sponsored) vid on YouTube from some influencer who also plays Pathfinder but enjoys Black Geyser a lot. He loots really a lot of loot (no pun intended).
I find way more disgusting people trying to convince others to spend their money on something that's not worth it. More than disgusting, it's despicable. You know who else tries to convince people to spend money on things that are not worth it? Scammers and con-men. Luckily everyone is already aware of it, seeing the number of players this game has on Steam.
If you don't have the means or the tools to make a good game, then don't try to make it anyway and then look up with big puppy eyes begging for tips because what you made is objectively awful. Especially when you are not even trying to make anything of your own, just copying a successful formula with the same "BG" acronym, and piggybacking on the recent trend created by other companies like Obsidian or Larian. Zero creativity, zero talent, zero expertise. You will find no sympathy from me.
First of all, no one wants to convince others to buy a game. Also, genuine criticism (and there is plenty, rightfully!) is fine about Black Geyser. But criticism doesn't mean you should harm the efforts of indie by toxic malicious comments - also by actually trying to convince people NOT to buy the game even when they haven't yet tried themselves. That's call an unholy crusade. Malice. Genuine criticism is something else.
Also, just noticed some posts here attack the PERSON of lackblogger, i.e. trying to discredit lackblogger as a reviewer (saying there isn't enough experience, standards etc.) Well, now this is a common and malicious method to nullify a point. INSTEAD of criticizing the CLAIMS lackblogger wrote in the review, they attack lackblogger's person. Lackblogger, I think these two ladies just don't like the game based on emotional basis, and confuse that with actual rational, logical arguments. There is no reason to argue with them any more. @bkrueger; noticed this as well.
That was my main thought as I read their post. In my opinion, they're selling indie studios short. There are lots of really brilliant games out there that were made by small teams with small budgets.
This is a very common misbelief by those who don't really understand the depths of game industry. Different games require different budgets, regardless what team creates them. Do you think an RTwP RPG such as Black Geyser or Pillars of Eternity requires the same amount of coding as (your example) Vagrus which is basically a 2D game with lot of 2D drawing? But this is engineering-coding question, I don't expect you to know about it. I have Software Programmer / Engineer friends so I know what I'm talking about.
That's one hell of a generalisation.
Just because I have harsh opinion on 1 game, apparently I have no sympathy and empathy and killing indie games.
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You are certainly entitled to your opinion and it sounds like you are upset someone doesn't support 1 indie game but don't go around making absurd generalisation because that's toxic.
Your answer completely confirmed my suspicion. Exactly because you haven't disproved my original, main claim, which wasn't a generalization: that you said you don't care that Black Geyser has much less smaller resources because there is market competition and Pillars of Eternity is its direct competitor so there is no reason to be forgiving. Oh, sorry, you actually just explained this by saying you didn't like Black Geyser. That is, emotional approach… for a rational opinion. Too bad there is no logic here. I mean: "I have a harsh option on this particular indie" ---> "this indie should not get any forgiving/realistic understanding when comparing to Pillars of Eternity despite the fact the latter project had 10x more resources, because there is market competition". Got it. You feel entitled to approach the game unfairly because you don't like it. That's logic indeed.
Also, Nereida wasn't telling correct information yesterday about Black Geyser Steam reviews (I'm saying this carefully, with the assumption it wasn't deliberate - which is almost as bad as the other scenario, since it means Nereida forms an opinion about something without actually checking the facts). As a close follower (and regular bug reporter), I can confirm Black Geyser never ever had an overall Steam rating 54% review score or even anything near to it. It has been constantly between 69% and 82% since its Early Access release. It's currently 69-70%, so just 1% away from Mostly Positive (last week, it was Mostly Positive). UPDATE: I see Nereida updated the numbers today. Which are still not true. The game is on 69% on Steam. The daily "Most recent" reviews change often, because it shows the last 30 days so if the game has received 4 positive or 4 negative revewis 31 days ago, this value can jump anywhere between 50 - 80%, so it isn't a reliable metric.
Also, Pathfinder's most recent DLC is at 37%. Is Pathfinder WoTR a great game? It is. So, Steam rating is a changing thing. Lackblogger had a valid review, where Lackblogger's taste was also present (as in every review). No one, again, no one criticizes the POINTS raised in the review. They attach the person, or refer to (volatile) Steam ratings. Emotions…