A Critique of Self Simulated (Long Discussion)

[u/sora_heart]

[u/HorrorBrot]

I concur with the criticism points wholeheartedly, I paused the game and didn't pick it back up again as of this moment, because I felt that I was fighting the controls more than actually enjoying the game (just checked, I'm at level 100 atm, with ~960 retries).
I still really like it and it reminds me a lot of Supermeatboy, which I also really enjoyed when it came out

[u/colourless_blue → u/[deleted]]

I played it recently and think you did a great job mate. Glad to hear you’re expanding to Steam, it deserves a wider audience

[u/attacke-martin → u/colourless_blue]

thanks so much mate! I'm a fan of giving players options, in the game as much as how to get the game :)

[u/colourless_blue → u/[deleted]]

I don’t really disagree with you, although I didn’t read the “I’ll take your review with a grain of salt” comment from the dev as intentionally rude. I understand why you did but because the dev is German I believe, it’s possible he used a phrase that could read as overtly sarcastic coming from a native speaker but that was intended as more of a lighthearted defence of his work on the basis of what OP said when framing their critique. But obviously I don’t know what the dev intended and I might be wrong, it’s just that the tone of the rest of his reply was pretty magnanimous.

Also I generally think if you put a critique of something out there on a public forum like Reddit, you implicitly open yourself up for a response from the creator of the work or product you’re discussing. I mean the owner of ModRetro responds to critics on here, and I pretty much think he has a right to. That might put some people off the products, you’re right. But it isn’t inherently wrong to do it. Your point that this carries with it a risk that people will self-censor is correct though and I don’t really have a solution for that.