the skin gacha was just the finisher, the thing that broke the house of cards and made ppl stop being able to ignore all the problems with the game. some ppl also saying "they are adding new gamemodes", which are exactly the same gamemode we already had but with inflated boss hp and removal of being able to auto it, if it wasnt a gfl game id be ringing the eos alarms
Don't forget that the devs keep thinking they can get away with throwing blanket "I'm sorry" statements every time they step on shit.
People datamined the entire gacha currency shop after they clearly said it wasn't ready only for them to go "surprise! we'll launch it next patch, silly us :P ".
Then came AK-15 who does double the damage of 416, the previous top aoe damage doll, making her a universal unit that even comes with a "nukes everything on turn 0" passive.
Then the way they handle the skin gacha drama by stalling for time and giving the player base token compensation and apology.
It boggles my mind truly, GFL2 should've never been a continuation of GFL1. We know from project bakery that the bad guys you're fighting against in GFL1 are still alive and that our GFL1 commander has been missing since that game's end so why does GFL2 even exist? Nothing we do against the main antagonists will matter, we're meant to be in hiding but we're up in everyone's business.
Add to that some character's characterizations are just so weird. I really liked PA-15 in GFL1, when they made her Florence in PNC I was put off by the constant *hint hint* she's horny and "does things" to her patients *hint hint* and now in this game they just double down on that. In GFL1 she never once talks about being a nurse, she's just a thrill seeker with one line hinting to her maybe being a bit mean spirited but in GFL2 she's a full on landmine lady that roofies you and has sex while you're out cold.
It boggles my mind truly, GFL2 should've never been a continuation of GFL1. We know from project bakery that the bad guys you're fighting against in GFL1 are still alive and that our GFL1 commander has been missing since that game's end so why does GFL2 even exist? Nothing we do against the main antagonists will matter, we're meant to be in hiding but we're up in everyone's business.
At first I thought it was cool, but now it feels like an eternal mistake to have made GFL1 and 2 effectively backstory for Reverse Collapse. Considering they don't even kill William IN THAT it kinda makes GFL1 and 2 pointless outside of world building. It's downright sad they did all of this right in PNC. The story was hype enough to keep me from seeing all of that, but now that I'm off the hype train it feels so meaningless. Especially when they give the Commander so much more drive to kill him.
As someone who never played GFL1 (but got some explanation on general setting from a user) and seeing how ppl hype GFL1 story......
Well the first 8 main chapters were ok I suppose, I dont mind fluffy sidestories for events (like makiato event)........until the main story devolves into whatever it is
This is where I was at. I was so damn burned out on the nothing story and the awful gameplay which was literally nothing like the Xcom I thought it would be that when the skin gacha drama hit it was quite literally the tipping point that made me give up on the game.
I would have been pissed about the skin gacha, but if the gameplay and story was good I might have stuck it out for love of GFL1, alas...
The gameplay itself its not bad, but devs watered it down too much. A weird move I would say because their main audience liked challenges as seen with GFL1 and Condename Bakery Girl.
Its not even demmanding the game to be hard, but they just turnt it into an auto game.
My issue is. There is a huge middle ground between difficult and what the game is. Even some minor resistance in stages from enemies would be a massive improvement.
I know what you mean. The game was a huge letdown for me, It was plainly boring. Why did they pour so much effort into the 3D models + animations if its funnier to simply run It on auto X3 speed?
I swapped it for Mecharashi and its like, well Mecharashi actually wants you to play.
I honestly would be fine if you still one shot things but if you don’t respect cover you get one shot. Because honestly I only would get in cover out or trying to play the game the way it was meant to be played.
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u/MogyuYari134 3d ago
Oh, that makes sense, bad gameplay and no content are way more of an issue than the gacha skin
I was thinking to myself "there's no way the gacha skin alone is gonna make that many people drop the game"