[Artaud]

I seem to recall that a great deal was said about SE5's appeal (for some) and lack of appeal (for others) around the time of its release. There were a lot of specifics back then.

SE5 is just a very different game with a very different feel.

This past weekend I almost downloaded the demo (again) with the idea of doing exactly what you suggest--coming up with a bunch of specifics. But I looked again at the screenshots and that was as far as it went.

With all due respect, I doubt that anything I personally could say would have any impact on any further development of SE5. I'm not an "insider." I was not a playtester. I've never created a mod for SE4. I *helped* create a race, and I've written some conversation and design name files, but that's it.

My assumption about SE5 when it came out and I played the demo was that Aaron just decided to take his game in a direction that I did not want to go. It's his product. He has the right to aim it at whatever section of the market he wants to.

I suggested features way back *before* SE5 came out. I was suggesting features for years. None of the things I wanted to see most in SE5 are there. Fair enough.

It may not be constructive to just say that the game is simply "unappealing." But who really--especially among us who were *not* playtesters to begin with--has the free time and the energy and the inclination to put together a detailed analysis of SE5 this far down the road?

What I would *love* to do is contribute toward the further development of some of the great mods for SE4.