That's like awarding someone a national medal for showing up to work late.

As we know political gameplay is going to be a big part of this game with careers in law and order, journalism and writing, gangs and crime, and government. I am curious to know where everyone aligns on the political spectrum, or if not at all. And more importantly, what we're going to be aligning our roleplay with. This should be an especially fun thread for those of us who plan to dabble in the political part of the game. I know that political discussions can get heated, so maybe save debating for another thread, the main purpose of this thread is to gather some fun and potentially useful information, and to have a good discussion and share stuff about ourselves with each other. Sorry if I forgot anything, I have done my best, feel free to expand in the posts of the thread! For the record, I will be voting (classical liberal, libertarian left, and centrist). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need help finding out what certain terms mean or where you align, these resources might do the trick: Political compass test to see where you align: https://www.politicalcompass.org/ Left/right wing politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States) Socialism / Demo-socialism / comunism / marxism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism Classical liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism Alt-Right https://www.conservapedia.com/Alt-right Anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_schools_of_thought Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

I know everyone is saying you are late, but others are too. First I heard of it, I don't really care about the goss, but thanks for sharing!

To play the devil's advocate, it isn't like the Devs haven't given people a lot to worry about and haven't warranted mistrust. I feel like most people will come around; including myself when I see people playing TS and seeing what they deliver. I still hope for the best for the game and the team behind it, however. I've just seen super ambitious games fail, and devs behind those games lie too much to not be a little suspicious.

I love the weird logical fallacies some people come up with "you joined this year; therefore your opinion is invalid" yeah... okay...

This is a public work, and as it is especially being backed by the public, is game for criticization. I am sure the developers are fine with being criticized if they are serious about their work. They should know that the critics are A. Wrong, and will be proven wrong in due time. or B. Have a point and they should take some of the criticism on board and do better. Also, the people who are criticizing Identity and the development(or lack of, depending on who you ask) of the game aren't doing so without reason. To pass it all off as bullying is nieve and misguided.

As much as I dislike pessimism, this sort of mindset isn't helped by the Devs being in hiding. They've been working on a UI problem for ages now, it's the last module, the prices go up and no one knows what's happening with the game. If people were about to see or do something tangible to do with the game, like actually try this module that has been coming out for a long time, then people would probably be a lot more comfortable waiting.

That's a good question, I can't imagine it being in the game, or how it would work, but they could be NPC's etc, maybe you can make a thread and ask this, would be cool to see the Devs answer.

You have a good point with GTA. I probably got some things wrong or have an outdated view on the rules of releasing on consoles. And I'm sure there will be private servers for that sort of roleplay. Not to mention the distant plan of mod support, god knows what people will cook up, just look at the very explicit Sims 4 Mod 'WickedWhims', the imaginations of slightly perverted nerds is endless. One of the wonderful marvels of this universe.

Watch out for all the refugees invading your server

I appreciate your optimism, it is quite refreshing. However, I can understand the other side. Yes, you shouldn't complain, and whine, and pester developers of any game to hurry it along. But most of these people are investors, not just fans. And they deserve to know exactly how the project is going, they have stakes in it after all. But, I also believe that once you give someone money, it is out of your hand and you already made the decision, now it is time to wait and see what comes of it. I think it would help if there wasn't so much radio silence from the devs and mods most of the time. I don't think a forum for an up-and-coming game, especially one that is as ambitious as this, should ever feel like a ghost town. There should always be something to talk about. I think the next few weeks will be a crucial time for Identity. I sincerely hope they can deliver

You could be right, I guess it's explicit sex, so nudity would probably have to be limited to breasts if your game isn't going to be considered porn. I'm not sure of the exact rules. I'd have to check back up on it, but I see your point with the Witcher.

You clearly don't live in Australia, you'd think you're trying to buy cigarettes trying to buy an MA or R rated game here as a young teen. I remember when I tried to buy one of the an MA+ game, I think it was when I was like 16 and I had to get my mother to buy it -.-' And that was from EB, our equiv of GameStop.

Another little thing, I don't think that you can release a game on the PlayStation 4, Switch or 360 with graphical sex, which is why most eroge genre games have to be censored to be released on those consoles, etc.

If the Devs were concerned about negative posts every week, they could make a postive one or two a week, instead of radio silence all the time. Would it hurt to release more clips/screenshots/etc?