Talk:Gnosis/@comment-185.28.193.95-20160520023834

I wanted to like this game so so bad (I love the artist and his work a lot) but it's really obvious that it's unfinished. Considering he doesn't plan to work on it anytime soon, I don't know if I would really recommend this.

One of the major problems, maybe this is on my end, but some game files are either missing or have issues with filenames. I tried to extract with Spanish locale, English locale, Japanese locale, even Korean locale, but still when loading some locations or events the game will just crash (granted it's only a few very obscure events). Also the sound mixing is pretty horrible. Crow effect, for example, is louder than the footstep SFX which is already really loud. Doesn't help that the footstep SFX and Crow SFX play at the same time if the effect is equipped and drown out music in quiet areas. Some locations will have very soft music and then suddenly in another location you will be assaulted with people screaming at 150% volume, sucks when you have headphones on. .flow, 2kki, LcdDem all gave great atmospheric sound for example.

Two big gamebreaking glitches; I was trying to see if some effects could be combined and somehow some combination glitched the game out. With no effects equipped, Doug went x4 as fast, which is way too fast to control. This wouldn't go away no matter how many times I equipped effects or woke up so I had to start over after playing for 40+ hours. Another time in a cutscene Doug is scripted to have a slower walking speed. I had the Crow effect equipped and for some reason the game glitched out again- when it was unequipped he walked x2 slower! With the Crow effect it was barely at his regular walking speed. Again, had to restart the game.

I didn't mention the gag effects that totally break the mood. Like I think half of the effects are joke effects, they aren't up on this wiki but they are just cosmetic and internet memes/jokes. Considering the game is about murder/child abuse/death...obviously the creator likes memes but it felt out of place to get Chuck Norris costume after a guy has his face smashed to a pulp. And be prepared to wander around for hours in the same 2 main looping maps if you want to see the entire story and side characters (Soraya, Marino's ending).

This is really long and I tried to be constructive instead of just negative, honestly the story is wonderful...the art is amazing, the music choice is fantastic. Unfortunately as a game it doesn't play well.


 * I played the English translation that was provided here so maybe some issues aren't present in the original Spanish files**