Judge feedback

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• Interesting mechanics, but the execution really brings down the score for me on this one. I'll just list my issues. 1. I spent about 10 minutes wondering how to move my next unit before I had to look on the submission page comments where someone explained that you have to turn on auto end turn. The game doesn't tell you this. 2. The movement mechanics are... different but they really have no reason to be. The only noticeable difference it made was making everything slower. It feels like it was changed just for the sake of being changed. 3. The dialogue is good, but doesn't make it very clear where you need to go. So I spent a lot of time backtracking, which is not very fun under this movement system. 4. The battles are pretty tedious. It's pretty much impossible to lose if you're paying any amount of attention. I got Daniel stuck in a room with 3 skeletons and he was still far from dying by the time I rescued him. The enemies are glorified walls of HP. 5. The new combat mechanics are flashy but practically pointless, as the enemies pose no threat whatsoever. 6. When I got to the final boss the game kept infinitely giving me items and essentially softlocked me. The one thing I did like about this submission was the info menu. A lot of submissions have just thrown me into the wilderness, which is better than forced info-dumping but this middleground of optional info-dumping is perfect. Anyway, credit for effort, but this submission needed a bit smarter design and more playtesting in my opinion.
• There's a lot of positive things to be said about the player unit mechanics with the stances and different approaches to magic and the turn order gives a nice feel of an open exploration while also working in combat. The character writing is a fun addition that helps break up the various stages. Being eased into how to use the characters is nice, but once you're used to them, it starts to drag on for a long time. The high numbers in hundreds and thousands feel a lot like because they could be done and they make fights drag on longer than they really need to for the most part. I'm not even sure what genre this is meant to be other than infuriating though because those ambush swarms, even when predictable where they'll be and knowing when you trigger them, are still annoying especially with how tedious they are to fight as mentioned with the dragging on of combat.
• The Resurrectionist plays like an SRPG based on SPD. The most notable thing about this particular game is how distinct are the player characters. Melee characters have Stance Switch system that lets them have additional effects after activating a certain stance, while Ranged characters are more supportive and have to replenish their stock of spells/arrows. Asi from that, certain characters have unique traits that differentiates each other, like for example the Summoner reviving skeleton minions whenever she managed to last hit with her spell. Aside from the gameplay mechanics, another thing is the neccessity of checking events to trigger enemy spawns, a bit similar to tabletop RPGs. Because that will always trigger enemies, it's advised to keep the party together to avoid nasty surprises, given the enemies will have their turn immediately after spawning. Fortunately, none of the attacks of this game will be lethal due to the huge stat inflation the game offers compared to any FE game. Also, the game displays a bunch of buffs and debuffs as well. That aside, the drawbacks on the game would be that require heavy preparation and reading character information is a must given to the unique mechanics they can bring on the table. Additionally, allied skeletons are prone to despawn whenever an event happens. A pretty good entry with some interesting mechanics that made it pretty fun and enjoyable. Would recommend. PS: Navigating is a bit of a pain in the ass, but shouldn't be a detriment. I took the north path.