Ha ha, was mainly talking about the background and graphic stuff. Find those more distracting then pretty, but I guess I'll talk about the stats thing.
CoG makes a big deal about stats and backstory and such. Like, you get to choose everything (as literal as possible) about your character, making it your story. And people certainly seem to love that concept (I mean, they pay real money to do that, so obviously they really like it), so obviously this isn't a black and white This is Good, This is Bad according to everyone thing. Just opinions.
But I dont really like the idea of the character being a blank slate to fit into. Because, from what Ive read, it limits the author proportionally to how much it frees the reader. Scenes arent as personal because the city looks different to a city boy then to a country girl, and it's too much work to write the story for each possible backstory/personality. I mean, look at Eternal or Necromancer or Death Song. Their atmospheres are amazing, and each draw you in. But they wouldnt work if you could play a different personality, and who they are. But it still draws you in, and makes you think that you're the protaganist.
But if your character can be a happy go lucky, black lesbian transexual or a brooding asian hetrosexual female, then youre gonna get into problems with the atmosphere, the writing, with everything.
But I dunno if my opinion is in the majority, and even if ut's not, I'm sure you can write something epic. So dont take this as a discouragement. If you slogged through the stats, and figured out the scripting, then Im sure you have enough conviction to write something great. It's just may not be my kind of great. But hopefully it'll be great nonetheless.
