Seismic Stan
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Posted - 2013.10.23 20:39:00 -
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I've just been playing with ISIS on the latest build and I am very much enjoying browsing it. I thought I'd leave some initial feedback.
PresentationFrom a presentation perspective, it looks glorious and has lots of appealing visual touches. The visual flair really shows up the old ship information panes - it'd be great (and a logical progression) if those were updated to integrate more seamlessly into ISIS.
Whilst I enjoy the full screen spread and the ability ot overlay other windows on top, it is a little pervasive in certain use cases. It'd be nice to also have a windowed mode (or even better, a window that could detached from the client onto a second screen, but I won't hold my breath on that).
The language used to describe the military traits of each faction is a little clunky. I'm not a fan of "backed up with drones." It makes it sound as if the plumbing is clogged.
InteractionI hope this will get some more attention, it all feels a little off at the moment. The two-step mouse-wheel zoom feels disconnected and laggy, with the location of the mouse pointer having little or no bearing on the focus of the zoom. Can this not be a more analogue zoom?
Click-dragging suffers from the same disconnect the PI interface does, wherein the mouse cursor can move the entire width of the screen, but the object being dragged (in this case the entire Ship Tree) does not move the corresponding amount. It feels like trying to write whilst wearing over gloves.
FunctionalityI'm not entirely certain of the purpose of ISIS at present, but I really like it and hope that it finds a use. Is any interactivity planned such as a search function or customisable display criteria? eg. Highlighting particular ships or groups (missile/shield tank/Mastery lvl II+ etc.).
What about some kind of achievement-based function such as showing number of hours flown in a particular ship or number of losses/kills of a particular ship (link to Kill Reports)?
OverallISIS is strangely hypnotic and fascinating, but frustratingly empty. I want it to do more than it does. It feels like it doesn't quite show what I want to see. I look forward to seeing it fully realised with whatever functionality that will go along with it.
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