Yes you're right. The main reason was lack of timeCarnwulf wrote:And there again Fost didn´t have this nice Details or new perspective around him, so he stayed one-Dimensional. No question about him or his minions where clear. If they were i didn´t catch it. Why did Grob and Jul follow him? What is his goal? How can he get the support of all this demons? Are some kind of dark gods backing him up? Are the gods who send the Hawk/Ember Blade to the hero some kind of godly enemies of Fosts dark gods? I could go on with this for hours, but i think the point is clear. If its a clischee, it has to has at least a solid background, with questions who will be answered over time, piece by piece, to make the player enjoying puzzling everything together.
the game final word count is 250,000 words, and still we could have added more stuff like a codex (what Aleema is doing on Planet Stronghold 2 for example). Always hard to balance the amount of time needed to make the game while looking outside the window and see crowd of people with pitchfork demanding the game to be out soon 
But in the sequel beside the fact that Jul will be a playable character, even the other "evil" character will show better their motivations, having more character development than the first game for sure
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