Sorry, @Shoelip, if I came across as disparaging your negative reviews. By including them under the heading of “bashing” I didn’t mean to imply they were either simple or unconstructive, just that you weren’t shy about expressing your distaste for HR. I’d naturally describe both you and @MeltingPenguins as bashers of HR who’ve got thought-through reasons for disliking the game. Apologies if “bashing” wasn’t the best word for that!
@MeltingPenguins, yes, way back at beta I’d suggested changing the male-gaziness of HR 1. On the other hand, the wish fulfillment of writing a world in which people either worship you or are douches because they don’t… that doesn’t strike me as a story that could only be written by or for the privileged. Part of the CoG vision has always been to open up genres that tend toward escapism and power fantasy to readers other than the standard SWM protag, and I think Sergi does that in HR.