Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.19.0 Beta] [Zetan]

[-FibaG-]

I have no idea how that weighted rating works. I don't want to take away from pig game, either. Perhaps it's a work of ...art? I dunno. Never played it. Or maybe there are less controversial tags...could be a number of things. But you're on the right track...I seldom write reviews anymore. DS is probably my top game and I don't think I've ever reviewed it. I should do something about that.

It's simple make multiple account and then 3 post random and you can "writte and make rating" of that game with lower than 10 post you can spamm rating 5/5 and whoala you have your favorite game in top...
When I post this issue on modderators it delete my comment...obviously f95 have big problem with rating on games...most of them are not worth it on top 50....that's why I never select the game by ratings...in that way I don't miss any good hidden games....half of this top rating games have the worst story than other with lower rating...that's explain alot of how broken rating system is in f95.

My advise for you is follow your favorite tags and also try the lower rating you will surprise how much you miss it.

 

[Machete]

wow...can't believe that pig game is above DS....but nonetheless, still a great achievement by ZetanDS and the crew helping him out (Cynical and Paz).

As Romans used to say, ubi porcus minor cessat.

 

[j01ntr0l1a]

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Desert Stalker 0.12b
Hey all!
So, the new update is here and it comes with a bit of information about the immediate future below!

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In 0.12, we're taking a step back from the depressing wastelands and focus more on the MC’s household.

How about this update?

This update is shorter than the last one, and while there are no action cutscenes in this one, there is a good amount of hot content. We progress Rabiah's family quest, Fairy's side quest will finally branch into three different outcomes, and Ain gets two more scenes. Have fun!

3 Different outcomes?!!!!!! interesting..

 

[j01ntr0l1a]

I'm really sad player's want torture instead of healing.

shes my sex slave tho.. and im fair and balanced i gave her a actual bed

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

It's simple make multiple account and then 3 post random and you can "writte and make rating" of that game with lower than 10 post you can spamm rating 5/5 and whoala you have your favorite game in top...
When I post this issue on modderators it delete my comment...obviously f95 have big problem with rating on games...most of them are not worth it on top 50....that's why I never select the game by ratings...in that way I don't miss any good hidden games....half of this top rating games have the worst story than other with lower rating...that's explain alot of how broken rating system is in f95.

My advise for you is follow your favorite tags and also try the lower rating you will surprise how much you miss it.

One thing also I've noticed is reviewers tend to come in cabals - someone mentioned earlier they tend to upvote or downvote more often than writing a review themselves, and the same seems to be true for many - on a given review page the same people will be habitually upvoting the low posts (or similiarly, the same group will be habitually upvoting the high scores).

I'm also very dubious of any multiple-account-smurf protection, sometimes I'll write a game review, then months later its review page is basically dead, no traffic, and I'll get rapid fire notifications of 3+ people liking my review one after another, makes no sense, guessing duplicates.

Final vent here - bluntly, there's way to much mod fuckery with reviews, specifically at the behest of devs. The idea that a dev (or any publisher of any media anywhere) could instruct the regulatory powers that be to go after their media critics is asinine. There are many games which have devs religiously patrolling the review pages, and your review WILL get reported and deleted if it has the slightest deviance from the rules and is a low score (the same post giving a high score will remain untouched).

 

[a1fox3]

Maybe a strange question, but where do you find that list?

Its the review level only and not really a good way to tell if its something you will like or not.
You can use the tags to get closer to what you like based on tags you use and reviews stars.
Click on the star to the right and it will bring up that list then add your tags you like down a ways and there you go.

 

[Exterant]

Just finished my first playthrough of the game, can't wait to see more. Currently going back through to determine both good and bad playthroughs for the attainment of all of the scenes. Having a bit of a moral dilemma with the Hive mission on whether to allow Mantis to stay or take her back to base. What do you think is the morally virtuous option?

 

[Fiufia]

Just finished my first playthrough of the game, can't wait to see more. Currently going back through to determine both good and bad playthroughs for the attainment of all of the scenes. Having a bit of a moral dilemma with the Hive mission on whether to allow Mantis to stay or take her back to base. What do you think is the morally virtuous option?

I don't know nor do I want to know about moralities I just don't like the idea of becoming some queen breeding toy
plus the sex scene with Mantis is better

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Just finished my first playthrough of the game, can't wait to see more. Currently going back through to determine both good and bad playthroughs for the attainment of all of the scenes. Having a bit of a moral dilemma with the Hive mission on whether to allow Mantis to stay or take her back to base. What do you think is the morally virtuous option?

Having her stay with mom. Blood is thicker than water.

 

[JohnF95zone]

It is cool and great that Desert Stalker ranked #7 by rating on this site which will hopefully boost its popularity and visibility. I am looking forward to the day that Desert Stalker appears on

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list though, well that is my wish. I know very little of the projects currently on that list but it is more shocking and bizarre than the pig game.

 

[Cynicaladm]

I've actually been considering asking the mods to remove the last review.
on one hand, it's the review that put the game in 7th place, for whatever that's worth...
on the other hand, it's written by chatgpt and is as generic as can be, on account of how gpt is sanitized from adult content, and it reads like a review for fallout, rather than DS... so... it feels a bit scummy to take it.. then again, I do believe the game is good enough for that rating, all things considered.. so.. really torn. I guess I'll just wait out a couple more reviews and then ask the mods to remove it..wherever that may land the game.

 

[ksatnod]

Having her stay with mom. Blood is thicker than water.

Taking her back to the base is the moral(she keeps her identity/individualism) and longterm strategic option, leaving there is immoral(her identity is subordinate to the hive queen) option but probably short term strategically necessary option. The hive is about as trust worthy as the decayed, less consistent in actions, and probably can quickly grow to unmanageable levels if given a steady supply of food.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Taking her back to the base is the moral(she keeps her identity/individualism) and longterm strategic option, leaving there is immoral(her identity is subordinate to the hive queen) option but probably short term strategically necessary option. The hive is about as trust worthy as the decayed, less consistent in actions, and probably can quickly grow to unmanageable levels if given a steady supply of food.

It's a values question. Which morality is more important? Individualism or collective structure?

 

[WuzzyFuzzy]

Final vent here - bluntly, there's way to much mod fuckery with reviews, specifically at the behest of devs. The idea that a dev (or any publisher of any media anywhere) could instruct the regulatory powers that be to go after their media critics is asinine. There are many games which have devs religiously patrolling the review pages, and your review WILL get reported and deleted if it has the slightest deviance from the rules and is a low score (the same post giving a high score will remain untouched).

Yes there is. I can recall having two removed. In the first instance, the dev attempt to coerce me into raising the score or he would have it removed. It was removed, I complained, it stayed removed.

In another case I wrote a comment about a fan game. There was (and is) a lot of anger about the original, so the fan game, even though mediocre at best, generated a lot of 5-star ratings. The dev had my review removed because it mentioned another game...the very game the fan game was derived from. Kind of hard to do a review of that sort and not compare it to the original.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Yes there is. I can recall having two removed. In the first instance, the dev attempt to coerce me into raising the score or he would have it removed. It was removed, I complained, it stayed removed.

In another case I wrote a comment about a fan game. There was (and is) a lot of anger about the original, so the fan game, even though mediocre at best, generated a lot of 5-star ratings. The dev had my review removed because it mentioned another game...the very game the fan game was derived from. Kind of hard to do a review of that sort and not compare it to the original.

Agreed, I understand the rationale behind not wanting mention of other games, or not wanting mention of genres/fetishes, but I think the absolute manner it's implemented/enforced in does a major disservice to review clarity. A review can provide more information to help guide potential players towards things they like or don't like; and as long as it's written in a civil tone no harm is done.

 

[HueyFreeman32]

hopefully next update we can finally get queen content

 

[DMoney1000]

I'm either dumb, stuck, or both. I finished the business with the General and the Raiders as the MC. I can only visit home and the Mutants with him. I finished the excursion to the factory with Shani and then she goes back to the bunker. With her, the only options I have are to look at the Zone Codex, play with the radio, or switch back to the MC. I've tried skipping multiple days, both at home and with the Mutants and repeatedly visiting the lab. I've read every entry in the Library. Zahra's room has no new dialogue and I can't visit Ain's at all (although I can still spend the night with her). I can't visit the Servant's Quarters or Basement. What do I do?

 

[Deleted member 313508]

I think the Queen can only give birth to the next Queen, and they're all named Merneith for some reason. So as much as Queen Shani has a nice ring to it, she's probably out of luck.

That's what coups are for . Once we have the queen where we want her, she gets overthrown and Shani takes over.

 

[Deleted member 313508]

I'm either dumb, stuck, or both. I finished the business with the General and the Raiders as the MC. I can only visit home and the Mutants with him. I finished the excursion to the factory with Shani and then she goes back to the bunker. With her, the only options I have are to look at the Zone Codex, play with the radio, or switch back to the MC. I've tried skipping multiple days, both at home and with the Mutants and repeatedly visiting the lab. I've read every entry in the Library. Zahra's room has no new dialogue and I can't visit Ain's at all (although I can still spend the night with her). I can't visit the Servant's Quarters or Basement. What do I do?

You're probably caught up on all the content at this point. But if you haven't already, skip to the next day and see if anything new pops up.

 

[DMoney1000]

You're probably caught up on all the content at this point. But if you haven't already, skip to the next day and see if anything new pops up.

Yeah, I've tried skipping days as well. I guess I just sort of assumed there would be some indicator that I was at the end of the current content. Thanks for the quick reply. Dumb it is, then!