This can't happen again.
Added 2019-12-02 17:01:01 +0000 UTCI'm in quite the pickle. It's no one's fault really, but I need to guard against it happening again.
My Dawn of Madness review is going to be difficult. Not because I'm conflicted or anything like that, you guys know me, I tend to have a pretty definite opinion about most things. Instead it'll be difficult to word.
Again, not because I'm afraid of saying anything negative, but instead because I want to ensure I communicate things properly. So often even if I say something, viewers will latch onto only part of what I say and disregard or forget the rest.
See, I "played" Dawn of Madness but I didn't really "play" it. The prototype, as it is right now, is half baked. There's so much missing it ended up being a convoluted mess with every system gimped from the full experience.
This is my most requested review so far both by vote and by comment. And yet here I am uncomfortable in how to express the mechanics because I don't feel confident in them. Not that their bad, but because my experience with them is not an accurate representation of the game.
I'll figure it out, at least I'll try to by being as clear as I can with in the video, but it's made me decide to always ensure the game is mostly complete and playable before I accept a preview copy. I'm sure many reviewers wouldn't mind but I like to be pretty confident in my stance before turning on the camera and telling you guys about it.
Of course that's not all that's going on. I've also started to plan my next miniature painting video! I got Fade from Kingdom Death: Monster for my wife as a Christmas present last year since her name on Discord is named after her. Sadly she has remained unpainted a year later but I'm about to change that.
Along with painting her I'll be using a new set of brushes and a wet palette and will definitely let you guys know what I think of them afterward.
Other than that it's just been boring stuff like emailing a lot of companies to get more info for my big Upcoming 2020 Kickstarters video.
Oh! I'm doing a Dawn of Madness giveaway. Be sure to watch my new December KS video for more info on that :) Also expect an upcoming vote here on Patreon for use in a video later this month!
As the weather gets colder be sure to travel safe guys!
Comments
85-90% of the mechanics were there, but only partially implemented. Like inner strength was there, but only for one character. The Malformation stories were there, but only 1 per type and they were mixed up. When you see the video I think you'll be happy about how I handled it. At least I hope so :P There's certainly enough for me to form some basic opinions on, but I don't not give it a fake rating and am not calling it a Review either. It's more of a "here's my thoughts based on what I could experience." But yeah, not kidding about how people often are just searching to reinforce their own bias.
The King of Average
2019-12-05 02:29:41 +0000 UTCKOA...Is the game developer asking you to provide a review of the game, or is it just Patreon folks asking you to do it? You're correct that folks will latch on to whatever you say that confirms their expectations. if they want it to be awesome, your review will confirm it is indeed an incredible game. If they hate the developer and have some negative bias, it will confirm in their minds that the developer should jump off a cliff. I'd rather see you stick to your core values and only review a game that is complete and available to the masses. If you want to review something that is still in the draft stages, then maybe just provide a sneak peak of the game components, initial story, types of tactics used, format, etc without going into detail about the rules or actual gameplay since that's just speculation at this point it sounds like.
2019-12-05 00:02:05 +0000 UTCYeah I made a YouTube Community post about it :) Stayed up until 3am last night trying to get it all edited but ended up going to bed. It'll be up tomorrow!
The King of Average
2019-12-04 19:35:24 +0000 UTCAny news on when you decisive video on Dawn of Madness will go up?
2019-12-04 13:15:01 +0000 UTCThat's a really good point!
The King of Average
2019-12-03 04:13:49 +0000 UTCActually they did ask for feedback on how to make the game better and I do plan on giving them some :P
The King of Average
2019-12-03 04:13:29 +0000 UTCHah! Well you know me :D
The King of Average
2019-12-03 04:12:52 +0000 UTCYeah what to call it is even weird. I always put the "Preview" before Review, and think I still might title it that to not be confusing, and then explain the situation in my intro.
The King of Average
2019-12-03 04:12:30 +0000 UTCYeah the game is all there rules wise I feel, but I was missing quite a few cards and written portions which as you know is a bit part of the game. Whether that just wasn't sent or wasn't ready I don't know.
The King of Average
2019-12-03 03:46:14 +0000 UTCIt was mostly playable. I cannot tell what part they just didn't send and what parts aren't actually done. I'll have to explain more in the video.
The King of Average
2019-12-03 03:42:30 +0000 UTC
