i genuinely love the concept of this game and have followed it since day one of development. although, when i finally played it for myself with friends, there was a lot of things we experienced that could need more improvement. obviously this game is in early development, so theres gonna be issues and things that needs to be added, but i still want to say what i think this game is lacking/what it needs to be improved as a whole.

there are a lot of balancing issues present, like too many monsters spawning at once, different maps/seeds messing up coordination and making it almost impossible to escape, the jumping being really slow and somehow too long? weapons not working as well as intended, and just overall stuff that makes gameplay feel really unfair. and i dont think its a skill issue on my part, these are just some things that have stunted gameplay. me and my group were only able to complete one night and died on all the others solely because of the difficulty or inability to find our way around the map. i also think that there is a severe difficulty gap when it comes to new players and reoccurring ones; you can start off in a very hard map and die immediately and have no idea what you are doing which is what happened with me and my friends.

the game startup was also super buggy and had some issues when it came to voice chat, there should be more options in the settings to increase player volume and also have overall accessibility and graphics settings.

me and my friends also encountered this weird bug where near the end of our final run we accidentally didnt let the person into the starting train with the delivery box. we immediately lost the round and were brought into the end game screen. instead of being met with infected ponies that kill us, however, we encountered nothing. we were stuck in a limbo and softlocked ourselves in the end game screen and had to forcefully quit the game to leave. i dont know if anyone else has encountered this, but it was really weird. if people arent let into the train after it starts, they should spawn back in with either all items still in their inventories or just not allow the train to start period without everyone present inside.

i believe it would be useful to implement a sort of notebook or almanac to keep track of the infected ponies you come across. i love how you can scan for your surroundings and see what you can do to not aggravate whichever infected pony you came across, but it almost feels pointless to do so if there isnt a notebook you can look back to in the train to see which infected types youve encountered.

i also dislike how if you pick up keys around the map, they are automatically dedicated to one door instead of allowing us to unlock any locked door we come across. it becomes a wild goose chase to try and figure out which door could be opened with that one specific key and a lot of time gets lost because of it. keys should be used to unlock all locked doors, not just specific ones.

to play onto the original mlp infection idea, i think it would be awesome to have the chance to either cure infected ponies you come across/rescue, or become infected yourself when bitten or attacked by another infected pony. this idea could really flesh out the idea of a true infection spreading across the map, and if you die to an infected pony, it would be awesome if the infection overtook your body and hunted other players! this seems like a difficult concept, however, so it could take a lot of work. i just think the idea is cool and could be considered :)

it would also be fun to add personal customization options to help other players differentiate each other! either if its simply different suit colors or actual character customization, it would be useful to implement since there isnt any way to figure out who you are interacting with until you hear their voice. either that or usernames could be implemented on top of players.

despite all of the bugs and issues that can be worked around, this game has immense potential. it is genuinely scary, fun, and freaks me out to my core. the sound design is my favorite, it never fails to creep me out. i will continue to follow this game and its development because i truly feel like its potential to shine as a horror game is present. sadly, i may not recommend this game to others for the time being until it becomes more playable. until it gets updated further, i wont play the game, but i will be silently watching and testing to see if the game improves. until then, best of luck!

I bought this game for two of my friends and I after following the content for about a year. While I do recommend this game for the ambience and concept, along with varying missions, some aspects such as the creature spawn rates and map generation made these missions extremely difficult to complete. I don't believe it has $10 worth of game value, even in early access right now, but during a sale definitely.
I wish we could have a sort of "journal entry" system that keeps record of all the infected, because after a while it was confusing to decipher what mechanics you needed to use for each pony.
The idea of a rescue mission or a purification/curing mission is good in theory, but in practice as of now, not so much.
Despite this, it did give my friends and I some good scares, the atmosphere and sound design is great! I'll still be following the progress of this game, and I truly hope to see it flourish!

i want friends to play ts with im lonely