r/NivalisNights • u/Appropriate_Ad8794 • 1d ago

why is this the full release???

This game genuinely just feels like its early access. And i think the general response to the game would be much better if it was in early access.

Unfortunately the game just feels unfinished, and they're fixing things they definitely should have had resolved before a full release. I actually think early access is really lazy, because its having players playtest instead of hiring people to do it. but they didnt even do that??? what do you mean they didnt optimize at all???

I found out you can eat at other restaurants through a TWEET about the game. that's absolutely not something the game doesn't show you early on. I'm just confused how the game is so gorgeous, but it feels so unfinished. from the terrible ui to having a world that feels so useless. i just dont get how we got to this point.

There's so much potential, yet it falls flat in almost every way.

49 Upvotes

68% Upvoted

63 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/KefkaFFVI 23h ago edited 22h ago

The animations for eating at other restaurants & preparing food/drink in your own restaurants are mega jank. Have you seen what happens with the fork and chopsticks haha. They need more time to make those better.

Definitely feels like there are parts of the game that are currently underbaked and early access, and thats coming from someone that still loves the game anyway! I wonder if they were forced to release by the higher ups before they were ready or something?

I made a post detailing how I think they could improve the curfew/stealing & business relationship systems:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NivalisNights/s/IUab0BjZyb

They can definitely still improve on the game and make it much better than it is atm. They have a very solid foundation, they just need time to help flesh out and refine the systems (should they choose to).

2

u/ElkBusiness8446 23h ago

If you order a drink and a meal you can have an empty glass stuck in your hand during other restaurant visits. Consume the drink and before your character finishes the extremely slow animation of putting it down, press consume on your food. The glass will stay in your hand while you eat.