Long Post: The Ssum Review (After 2 days of game play!)
Okay so, The Ssum. I'd say my enjoyment of it is around 50%.
The thing I'm enjoying most is incubating emotions! It's fun to see what each one will result in, even though it's boredom most of the time right now lol. I DO have the subscription, which is making things more... enjoyable. Wait times are cut in half and the chance of getting a varied pool of frequencies, emotions, and gifts are increased. I'm not sure if I would enjoy it as much without the subscription, so 1 point for that. I feel like more ways to get emotions for the incubators would be good though.
Teo's personality is nice overall! I also like his voice. He also sends a lot of pictures which is also nice 🤭
Sunshine Shelter!!! The creatures are adooooorable and although you have to buy more creatures (for me at least, thus far) I don't think $1.99 is too steep of a price. It’s also so cute seeing the creatures at the bottom of the screen pls I will die of cuteness overload!!
The galaxy/planet place (lmao). Really cool concept! It's like our own little universe inside the app. The planets are really pretty and well designed, and the different themes are awesome.
Chatting with Teo is super limited. I bought the subscription, which includes free calls, but it seems (so far), that calls are also very limited. I'm not sure if the price of the subscription is worth free calls when those free calls end up in constant voicemails. It's also a bit jarring to go from being able to chat and call multiple times a day (Mystic Messenger) to only 2-4 times a day. It makes sense since there is only one person but still. I'm a bit miffed.
The private account. Again, a part of the paid subscription but he doesn't use it every time you communicate. I'm aware it depends on your choices whether he writes something or not, but still, I'm paying a large amount soooo I feel like it should be used more frequently. It shouldn't be dependent on your choices.
The choices. Some choices are highlighted because they lead to a specific response (I think?), but not everyone will want to choose those (it isn't their personality, they like a different choice better, etc), so that kind of sucks. Also, choosing the highlighted choice doesn't guarantee said specific outcome. I chose one with a phonecall sign on it but there was no phone call. I did call him though and he answered, so maybe that's what it meant! If so, the first thing still applies.
The chatrooms/forums. They're nice but I don't really have an opinion of them. There're TONS of posts so it can be overwhelming, but they're relatively easy to use. To post or not to post? That is completely up to you! Lol, although posting does give rewards.
The interface. It was confusing at first but you get used to it after a while. I don't hate it but I don't love it. There's a lot on there and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing just yet.
The Subscription. Okay, I have the aurora subscription. It's $24.99 plus tax. A lot. Is it worth it??? I'm not sure yet. The boost in manufacturing emotions and stuff is VERY useful. So far though, that is the ONLY thing I'm enjoying. Its use for Teo has been extremely limited. As mentioned before, the extra $6 from the evolution package is Teo's secret account and there isn't a guarantee he'll use it often. The free calls have also been pretty useless (for me!). It's been pretty disappointing overall. It's only been 2 days so things could definitely change though!
So! Those are my thoughts right now, at the end of day 2. The Ssum has been okay, average. Here's to hoping things get better bc I absolutely won't be doing 200 days of this if it doesn't. I’ll do another one maybe in a couple of weeks. Thanks!
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