Demon 2 Feedback Thread

[Jonsan]

If you played in Demon 2, please take a minute to answer the questions below. The polls are only for the 22 players of Demon 2. Anyone is welcome to post in this thread and offer opinions and insights into gameplay, game balance, etc. but please do not answer any of the poll questions unless you were actually a player.

[ballin4life]

In my opinion, the write ups are sweet. Especially for me as an observer. Please keep them!!!

[shortline99]

lol @ which role was the worst: Demons in the lead.

[wdcbooks]

I really liked the game, but I was obviously frustrated.

I will comment on some things that might be changed:

Time limits are a must. I think this is absolutely vital.

I love the spells and powers. I actually think that having more powers, including some that are less powerful would be great. I do think that maybe enumerating all powers but one for every character might be better.

The write ups were just terrific. I read them all and thought they added tremendously to the game.

The balance was off, but it is hard to tell how much is variance. I feel like most games favor the village already, so when drawing up a game I might err on the side of the wolves. I do think that it made sense, for instance, that I could use a spell on Xorbie when I was being interrogated. I think everyone wanted to see me posting as Xorbie.

Kill the Angel and don't include him in any game. I really feel like Angels encourage straight forward coming out tactics which is bad for game play. Look at how much time was spent waiting for GTIT to tell us what to do.

[Hornacek]

Lynch books

[amplify]

Best writups ever, and there have been some great ones in the past.

[Stephen H]

The one power I disliked the most was the priest's power that confirmed him as priest - this was a game where we could never trust anyone's role, and it detracted from that when we had a role we could trust from day 1. Adding the fact that I could tell the priest who I was meant there was a bit of a masonry going on.
You missed an Angel power in the write-up; I *also* knew about the priest's power of prayer. I don't think anyone but GT1T knew that, and him only because I told him.
This game was VERY lopsided, but I think varience played a huge role - and it felt like it still might come down to a tie.
This game requires a HUGE effort from the village, each and every day - much more so than a normal WW game.
I'm the lone vote that prefers no time limits. I think it's a better game without them, and I dislike end-of-day voting oddities anyways. However, I can accept that it's very draining to play this game with no time limits, and I'll play in D3 with or without them.
The writeups are a huge part of the enjoyment of Demon.

[metsandfinsfan]

i agree with stephen ... it was way too easy for Gt to come out with basically zero repurcussion

[GetThere1Time]

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Best writups ever, and there have been some great ones in the past.

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[sighing]

Writeups were great, though making the village wait 24 hours or more (twice) to find out who they lynched was NOT a good thing. Tell us the role of the lynched person immediately, and then if we have to wait for a writeup, fine.

I didn't like the hidden powers. One, there were a LOT of them, and there was little chance they'd all be used (diabolist spells, for example.. how long was the diabolist likely to stay possessed, if at all?). Two, the hidden powers all went to people with interesting roles already. Yes, this is a gripe from a perpetual "vanilla villager", but I don't see why the diabolist, priest, AH, etc. all need bonus powers? The priest's exorcism power, for example, could've gone to a new role, Exorcist. Why not spread out the interesting parts?