5 days ago

Ranting with a Hippo: Refreshed 1.6 (by @Pyturret ) MORE thoughts

This time with your observations too!


That's RIGHT! You heard it right! If you've interacted with me (or even in the community) in the last 24h, it's very likely that you've made some really good observations about stuff that is either broken or downgraded in Refreshed 1.6!

In fact, the amount of stuff that was pointed out is so much that heck, I decided that a second post could cover it easily! Because why not, right? Where else are you going to get so many criticisms of Refreshed on GameJolt with the minimum amount of compliments given?

But seriously, more issues came up. So why not discuss about them like civil Animatronica citizens? After all, discussing stuff like this is quite fun for me (and hopefully for you too! ^^).

So with that out of the way, let us begin!


The skins: the revenge

Heck yeah, we're back to the main topic! I made my case last time about why I don't really like the distribution of skins, but I really want to concentrate on a set of skins I have close at heart.

I love FNaF 1 Remake! Incredible character designs that are actually unsettling no matter how cute you try to make them! I was still back in the server when this was proposed and heck, it looked like a proposal that could take off! And it did! And I'm glad-

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Hmmmm. Wait, strikethrough the glad for a second. They look like they committed war crimes in Vietnam.

Fun Bear looks like Munch's creation, Bonny has planned your murder with a Plan A through Z, Oxy Pirate looks... eh, but Chick (also spelled wrong in the menu but moving on).

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Moving on.


The game-play is vaguely broken

*Gasp*, I skipped the new models as an argument! Well, to be honest, I don't really have to add much on that front, except for I should've chosen Withered Foxy to make my point better and pointed out that the heads are the more chubby part of the character (even because body-wise they look practically the same-).

So it's back to the content mine that is the GAME-PLAY HOORAY-

  • The difficulty is too damned easy. Even on Hard Mode, with the wrong chips of all things and a pretty damn stupid team, you can trudge through it very easily. Don't ask me, ask @NiePamietam12345415 , who also had Find Characters equipped (oh hey, an auto-clicker! Not a bad idea!):

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  • But let's say that nah, you're having trouble. You look at the mirror and start thinking: "Is this a skill issue of mine? No, the game must be actually hard... right?" Well, stop your worrying. There's a very simple solution to this indeed (thanks @BreadForBrains )! Migration glitch:

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  • "But it just released! Give it some time, Migration Glitch will surely get fixed!" you might think. But it will never be fixed. Fix your expectations (thanks @FnafTheVendorTrio for asking in the server):

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Fight too hard? Struggling to kill Bouncepot, the one who committed the Bite of '87? WORRY NOT! Your struggles are meaningless! Take the easy path and call for a million birds to aid you-


The mines

And what do you know, of course a comment on the mine system being more open is necessary. You get access to areas you really shouldn't, meaning chips you really shouldn't and the ICE CAVES-

But that's ok, no? That's why bosses are present. To keep you from breaking the game like this!

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Bosses don't have enough HP to be challenging

DANG IT! Why is it that every time we have a problem there's another bigger one lurking in the shadows? That's right, after beating wave after wave of enemies with minimum 2k HP, you get the chance to defeat an Eyesore with... 2K HP.

But why? Why would you do that? This is exactly what I meant when saying there is absolutely zero balancing made. There is absolutely no care put in attempting to actually fix the game... as a freaking game.

This is just my opinion, but perhaps some time would be better spent with actually adjusting the difficulty of enemies for a fair fight and making various, less eye-catching QoL improvements to the game? Just my thoughts, of course.


Shopkeepers are too cracked

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Case in point.


UI got downgraded

And as a final point of discussion for today, the new UI is an unnecessary change which just makes it look worse overall. The idea of having characters on your screen made the whole visuals more fun to look at! Now it's just businessman graphics. Just what needs to be put. A moment of silence for what we lost:

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That's about it! For now, at least. Hopefully this is the final post I have covering Refreshed 1.6, otherwise I feel like I'll get a skin, when Mr. Hippo comes, that makes a direct mockery of these rants .

So... what do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Any other observations? I'd love to know!



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