Reviews for Launch

[Rad]

I don't even know what I'm doing.

I can't appreciate the gravity of the situation or the decisions I make if I literally don't know what's going on. I listened to the three letters at the start and all I could gather from it was that I was chosen for a mission to save earth and it was only through the authors notes and the comments below that I figured out an unknown, yet malicious force was approaching earth and I had to choose between launching an ark or 20 missiles at a *thing.*

There was never any explanation about why I couldn't just launch both or if firing missiles at an unknown civilization or lifeform was even a good idea in the first place.

If this was entirely a game about choosing the people to get on-board the ark, and being torn between my family, skilled individuals, government officials, people from all walks of life each with their own stories, it would have been leagues better. But right now we can't even appreciate the severity of the situation because we don't actually know what the consequences of our actions could be.

Where is the Ark actually going to go? Just keep everyone frozen in cryo in space? Is it going to try colonizing Mars? How powerful are the missiles? If I fire all 20 of them, will there be a SECOND ominous force waiting behind the first one anyway? When I first started the game, I actually thought I was being asked to fire missiles at earth itself!

I can understand the appeal in making a "you have one chance game" the tone and setting of Launch really wants to make you think twice about your actions. But it just seems like a huge waste of time and voice acting talent if you give a new set of letters after each missile launch, yet stress that the player can launch the ark at any time, ending the game and throwing the rest of that effort right in the trash. What if a player fires a missile, then thinks they are doing the wrong thing and launches the ark? I suppose you just intended for people on YouTube to finish the game for them.

Ah well, nice game, good music, decent art, have a great one and I look forward to your next creation!

zenygweny responds:

Thank you for your review! We always appreciate reviews, especially ones with great detail! We'll take into consideration your suggestions!

[LuDiPiLoT]

Great game. One bug though. On the timer, the colon between the minutes and the seconds can be deleted and you can write anything ya want on there.

zenygweny responds:

Thank you so much for your review! We really appreciate it! Ah yes, that kind of bug can easily be fixed and we'll fix it soon! Again, thank you!

[caramida9]

Wow... what an impressing game. I really love this story based decision games and this is definitely among them. A really good way of asking the eternal question of risking all or saving a few. The voice acting was fine, the music fitting and the female protagonist made it slightly different. I also like the fact that you can't replay the game, just like in "one chance"... although it hurts replayability it gives more meaning to your choice and makes you ponder what would've happened other wise. I did encounter a bug where the "president" would keep talking after a certain missile launch. The are a few small little things, like a background story, ability to make mini-decisions(like talking with the crew or replying to emails) and an achievements system that could've really pushed this game towards a 5/5. I made a small let's play video of it right here: https://youtu.be/fokG_5qvyP8 showing my playthrough of it. I'm not going to lie... this is a really great game and I hope I see even better ones in the future.

zenygweny responds:

Thank you so much for not only playing and reviewing the game, but doing a Let's Play of it! I really appreciate your feedback and I have fixed the bug! We thank you fro continuing the game despite that and congratulations on getting one of the good endings! Again, we appreciate the review!

[erik5403]

Ugh there is a severe bug near the end! When i only have 1 missile left,i did click the launch ark button and i clicked yes but nothing happened! I couldnt click at anything in the game,and it kept running! Fix that critical bug please!

zenygweny responds:

We deeply apologize that such a bug got through our testing! We've fixed the bug and now it's guaranteed to work! Thank you for reporting the bug and thank you for reviewing the game!

[jenninexus]

What a fun game & collaboration! I'm so happy to be included in this group effort. I love the art & music, and I agree with some of the things others have said, & am stoked to see the response, that players are craving more backstory and multiple plays. btw, I found that clearing my cache and reloading the page allowed me to replay the game. Hope to work together some time! :-)