Hello,
This past Saturday, I streamed your game. Overall, this game didn't really click with me too much.
The reason I decided to stream this game was because I was really impressed with the writing and mapping in your IGMC game, Faded Blue. I recently was editing my stream where I had played it, and out of curiosity I wanted to see if you had made any more progress on Faded Blue since there. I was disappointed 😢 So instead, I wanted to see what you had done in the past.
Heartland struck me with it's astounding mapping work, once again proving that you know how to make a good looking map! However, the writing was vague making it alienating to me. It felt like a story was being told but I wasn't allowed to be involved with it. The use of old English mixed with modern English only served to make the story even more unapproachable.
I can't pass much judgement on the combat itself, as I set the combat difficult to be the easiest difficulty, which I think during my playthrough unfortunately skewed my perspective on the game's balancing.
I think this is a difficult game to enjoy. The best part is the mapping and I suppose a small part the music. I'm glad to see the improvements the dev has made in quality since the release of this game. I hope you'll continue working on Faded Blue!
If you'd like to watch my experience with your game, I've linked the archive below. You can click the timestamps to jump to when I start playing your game.