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Just got through a decent chunk of the current version here on itch.io.

PC and Android work well.

No game breaking stuff yet and it seems easy enough to traverse areas.

The game is playable and interesting, but as a returning player from the original, this game is definitely not the same.

From the game mechanics to the world itself they are different. The artstyle change really is distracting and not in good way. The old game was easier on the eyes and simpler to me in several ways that made it easier to play.

Unlike in the original where you are presented choices to traverse the world, this game gives a different kind of map where you spend points for food to travel. The world is very different as people are more aware of the supernatural, unlike the original where no one had any real clue, that and the original had more secrets to uncover because the world was so in the dark which definitely made it feel like you were really going into the unknown.

The one plot line stemming from your character returning to get revenge or seek justice, or the new option seeking the truth, is really the only thing that seems the same so far.

Most of everything else is different, which makes this more like a FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE though not as playable. Emma works at a resort you are staying at as a cleaner which is not how we originally met, Jessica is trying to distance herself from the Institute before we are even involved, the Institute is now in open view of the public as diplomats for humanity, so much is different now that any experiences you like about the old game are mostly gone. This version honestly feels like a warped reality based on things from the original.

I honestly understand that when code gets messy you need to start over to make it work, but the whole game feels and looks different to the point that the two are not the same. I can't even look at some of these characters because of the change in their looks, their faces especially. The noses, god, the noses, your character waking up to see directly in front of you a wierd looking nose staring you in the face, not as funny as you think.

I still have the old game with saves for every plot point and hidden encounters. Way to much feels different and instead of it feeling like this new version is adding on, it just seems to shove aside everything to replace it entirely with things that I don't recognize.

This version currently, CKv0.2.1, is not the Corrupted Kingdoms I enjoyed so much and waited to see get a continuation. Way to much has changed for it to be the same at all.

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I agree with a lot of what was said here, while I don't mind implementing different and forms of gameplay with like the exploration part, I don't like the changes made to the story structure (how the MC gets to the resort), the world (how people are already aware of the fey and the organization), the change to the character introductions (specially with Emma, I loved her original story) and some of the character redesigns (Emma specially and while I don't mind Pixie's as much, she definitely needs to appear smaller, she's way too big for how she was previously).

I can understand that the game might have needed to be redone because of the code, I'm also a programmer, but the overall story and the world-building  was really good from the start so I don't understand the need to change it. I can see you redoing some scenes from the original to make the overall story feel more connected and fixing some pacing issues there might have been but to change so much from the beginning section where there really weren't any issues is kinda unnecessary. You already have a strong hook with the Morgana and the Eldritch .

I hope you are able to take all of this criticism in a way to help you improve on what was an amazing game and realign it for us who have followed and supported the game. I really like what you built before and hope you can follow through with this remake to make it better.

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My biggest problem with it is the characters faces and like you said Pixies size. The drastic change in setting for the world is also seriously going to effect the story. Like how people act and how the character would make an impact later. If certain mechanics or the powers are gone or not the same, then this really isn't the same story, since they were so relevant to the original plot. Since some relationships don't happen without the control or break powers. Later on they had relevant use outside relationships such as interrogation and dealing with enemies.

Based on this version CK v0.2.1, the world and therefore the story is way too different from the original. We originally arrived by train at the city station inside the city with the concept of Fey or other creatures being fantasy and not real, and met up with Jessica then got a room or apartment and meet Emma that way as our neighbor. Not something grand like a resort where Jess is the owner and Emma is cleaner. Way too much has changed right from the get go.

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The powers will be added back they are just temporary gone as arc was leading towards the automatic powers with hidden voices plus they were definitely super buggy

Alright, thats good to know. I remember the hidden voices thing, sometimes you could turn it on and other times it was just there, I think. Hidden Voices was a Power that just sort of blended together for me when playing.