Thank you for your feedback! All of it is appreciated and pushes decisions on some things along.

We are still working on the specifics to balance keeping a central location and including some of the open-world aspect in later seasons. Part of the revision of the metaplot and background meta are/will be dedicated to that, but whatever the solution is, it will definitely be different from the original run.

At this point, the question is more about the location of "Locke City" (which would of course have a different name). We are strongly considering not placing it in America, but would like feedback on what potential players think on that matter.

Yeah, I agree that the fun-filled, wacky tone was better. We will try to adjust the metaplot so that it can be maintained better this time around. One factor, I think, was the numbered going public - fun at the time, but going public typically turns things more serious and grim in the long run. We would try to delay that and make it happen in a way that upsets normal numbered life less.

If you could offer any observations as to what else you think might have changed the tone, we would appreciate it!