- Jun 23, 2018
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The story IS Haley was the victim of statutory rape. The next several (yes several) updates will be about her coming to terms with that fact. Hopefully it just happened once, but I don't know.
It seems to me that whenever a developer has a story that has a slow building relationship like this one, they don't know what to do next once the characters actually have sex. It's like, now what? Either the story turns into wake up and have sex, go somewhere and have sex, come home and have sex, repeat; or they introduce some drama which never seems to work. I can't say anything good about this update. I know that Ptolemy was on vacation when it came out. Perhaps it was just put together in a hurry to meet the self imposed deadline and did not get the kind of attention that the updates normally get. The quality is just not the same as other updates even if you take the Klaus confession out of it. Even from the beginning, Mom calls to make sure the kids are coming and as soon as the kids arrive, the parents leave to go out with friends (I just mention that one because I don't think anyone else has pointed that out yet.)
The Klaus confession was cheap theatrics. The developers knew that this would get people riled up. If they had wanted real drama that could have had Mom reveal that she had cancer, or Dad could have had a heart attack. It would have added drama that was more relatable to the audience. It would have also allowed for an examination of the family dynamics that helped to form Haley's feelings for her brother. They could not kill Haley, they could not have Haley break up with MC; it would have ended the story. So I guess it's a small blessing that they chose this rather than have Haley raped in present day. I understand developers wanting to stretch their creative muscles. Steven Speilberg made Schindler's List. He did not, however, midway through Raiders of the Lost Ark turn it into Schindler's List. If these developers wanted a drama, make a drama. I liked the story the way it was as a romantic comedy. I don't see how the developers keep up the charming banter between MC and Haley while this story line continues. This story always made my day a little better when the update came out. The last update was the first time a felt worse. I think that the next updates are going to be a lot of feeling worse.
I discontinued my support of this project. At first I thought I might have been hasty, but not now. It's odd to me that when you go to any developers Patreon page that all they get are positive comments. Even after this update I was the only one to make a negative comment. Viitgames told me that he does not read the posts here. Perhaps that is why developers screw up their own stories. They just get constant positive comments on their Patreon pages. I wonder if some developer could make a good living by just modifying stories that have been ruined by the original creator. My emotions vary on Haley's Story. Sometimes I'm still a little angry and a little saddened that this story that I really did enjoy will never be the same. Sometimes I think it is unfair to expect so much from the two developers who seem to be just two ordinary guys with outside jobs and do this part time, they are after all not Steven Speilberg (and even Speilberg had quite a few clunkers.) Sometimes I just don't care. I guess what bothers me the most is when I come back to this discussion page and I read how this update has affected their fans.
It seems to me that whenever a developer has a story that has a slow building relationship like this one, they don't know what to do next once the characters actually have sex. It's like, now what? Either the story turns into wake up and have sex, go somewhere and have sex, come home and have sex, repeat; or they introduce some drama which never seems to work. I can't say anything good about this update. I know that Ptolemy was on vacation when it came out. Perhaps it was just put together in a hurry to meet the self imposed deadline and did not get the kind of attention that the updates normally get. The quality is just not the same as other updates even if you take the Klaus confession out of it. Even from the beginning, Mom calls to make sure the kids are coming and as soon as the kids arrive, the parents leave to go out with friends (I just mention that one because I don't think anyone else has pointed that out yet.)
The Klaus confession was cheap theatrics. The developers knew that this would get people riled up. If they had wanted real drama that could have had Mom reveal that she had cancer, or Dad could have had a heart attack. It would have added drama that was more relatable to the audience. It would have also allowed for an examination of the family dynamics that helped to form Haley's feelings for her brother. They could not kill Haley, they could not have Haley break up with MC; it would have ended the story. So I guess it's a small blessing that they chose this rather than have Haley raped in present day. I understand developers wanting to stretch their creative muscles. Steven Speilberg made Schindler's List. He did not, however, midway through Raiders of the Lost Ark turn it into Schindler's List. If these developers wanted a drama, make a drama. I liked the story the way it was as a romantic comedy. I don't see how the developers keep up the charming banter between MC and Haley while this story line continues. This story always made my day a little better when the update came out. The last update was the first time a felt worse. I think that the next updates are going to be a lot of feeling worse.
I discontinued my support of this project. At first I thought I might have been hasty, but not now. It's odd to me that when you go to any developers Patreon page that all they get are positive comments. Even after this update I was the only one to make a negative comment. Viitgames told me that he does not read the posts here. Perhaps that is why developers screw up their own stories. They just get constant positive comments on their Patreon pages. I wonder if some developer could make a good living by just modifying stories that have been ruined by the original creator. My emotions vary on Haley's Story. Sometimes I'm still a little angry and a little saddened that this story that I really did enjoy will never be the same. Sometimes I think it is unfair to expect so much from the two developers who seem to be just two ordinary guys with outside jobs and do this part time, they are after all not Steven Speilberg (and even Speilberg had quite a few clunkers.) Sometimes I just don't care. I guess what bothers me the most is when I come back to this discussion page and I read how this update has affected their fans.
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