Bloody Ink - respectfully, I'd like to ask if you wouldn't mind explaining why you made such a drastic change to your game with this update. I added the bugfix helpfully provided, and was able to play through (the majority of) the entire game. I did BOTH paths, "add-wife" and "don't-add" paths.
Yes. It took forever lol.
First, since I'm about to offer some criticism, I'd like to say how much I've enjoyed the hard work you've put into this game. It's been a lot of fun, and you've crafted an exciting and entertaining journey through the story you came up. Kudos, sincerely!
That being said... I don't think I've ever seen a successful, content-heavy game make such a drastic turn from the path it was on. Look, I'm not one to demand realism in porn, so that's not what this is. But the 'don't-add' choice makes the entire game from then on completely illogical. Just about every scene from then on I spent scratching my head in genuine befuddlement.
Maybe I'm the only one to notice this, but the 'don't-add' branch completely destroys the story. Why? Because the MC is literally using the app to turn his son into a woman, is being told by multiple people that the app is changing his wife, and is seeing his niece and his mother drastically suffering mental alterations from the app *in real time!* And while all this is happening, while the player is watching these events play out, the MC is simultaneously dismissing the "Unknown[devs]" as fanciful conspiracy theorists.
Your premise, which was believable enough to be immersive, is completely demolished by having a scene where the MC vows to protect his niece from a mind control app followed immediately by a scene where he tells the developers of said app "there's no such thing as a mind control app, stop bothering me you lunatics!" It's... well, I don't mean this personally (as I obviously enjoyed your game to this point), but it is just really jarring and stupid.
The 'don't-add' branch also drops sooooo much content. Multiple in-game days go by with nothing happening. All the content that was pulled - Kirely/Hearth/Onlyfans/Sola - would do a lot to fill in the massive gaps of idly waiting for an event (since we don't get to see anything going on with the wife in the don't-add branch). I started to look forward to laughing at the MC's absurd forced ignorance about the app, just to have a break in the tedium.
Okay, what about the 'add-path'? A lot of the original game content is there, but again; why remove so many choices? Specific choices seem to have been taken from the player, for reasons I can't figure out. As an example, in this update: there was no option to sacrifice the MC to save the niece; no option to have an affair with Lena; no option to see Kirely again after the first encounter; no option to confront the wife about cheating with boss; no option to stop the sister from hanging with her neighbor.
It's like you decided to turn the game into a straightforward VN, with only one significant choice for the player - don't add, or add. And from then on, the game just runs off its own volition, no input required. I've never seen that happen before.
Okay. That's all off my chest, phew! I'd like to close by saying thanks for the work you put in. I actually plan on joining your patreon to download an older version of the game to keep, because it really was a massive and deep AVN like no other. I'll def be looking out for any games you put out in the future! Cheers!
Yes. It took forever lol.
First, since I'm about to offer some criticism, I'd like to say how much I've enjoyed the hard work you've put into this game. It's been a lot of fun, and you've crafted an exciting and entertaining journey through the story you came up. Kudos, sincerely!
That being said... I don't think I've ever seen a successful, content-heavy game make such a drastic turn from the path it was on. Look, I'm not one to demand realism in porn, so that's not what this is. But the 'don't-add' choice makes the entire game from then on completely illogical. Just about every scene from then on I spent scratching my head in genuine befuddlement.
Maybe I'm the only one to notice this, but the 'don't-add' branch completely destroys the story. Why? Because the MC is literally using the app to turn his son into a woman, is being told by multiple people that the app is changing his wife, and is seeing his niece and his mother drastically suffering mental alterations from the app *in real time!* And while all this is happening, while the player is watching these events play out, the MC is simultaneously dismissing the "Unknown[devs]" as fanciful conspiracy theorists.
Your premise, which was believable enough to be immersive, is completely demolished by having a scene where the MC vows to protect his niece from a mind control app followed immediately by a scene where he tells the developers of said app "there's no such thing as a mind control app, stop bothering me you lunatics!" It's... well, I don't mean this personally (as I obviously enjoyed your game to this point), but it is just really jarring and stupid.
The 'don't-add' branch also drops sooooo much content. Multiple in-game days go by with nothing happening. All the content that was pulled - Kirely/Hearth/Onlyfans/Sola - would do a lot to fill in the massive gaps of idly waiting for an event (since we don't get to see anything going on with the wife in the don't-add branch). I started to look forward to laughing at the MC's absurd forced ignorance about the app, just to have a break in the tedium.
Okay, what about the 'add-path'? A lot of the original game content is there, but again; why remove so many choices? Specific choices seem to have been taken from the player, for reasons I can't figure out. As an example, in this update: there was no option to sacrifice the MC to save the niece; no option to have an affair with Lena; no option to see Kirely again after the first encounter; no option to confront the wife about cheating with boss; no option to stop the sister from hanging with her neighbor.
It's like you decided to turn the game into a straightforward VN, with only one significant choice for the player - don't add, or add. And from then on, the game just runs off its own volition, no input required. I've never seen that happen before.
Okay. That's all off my chest, phew! I'd like to close by saying thanks for the work you put in. I actually plan on joining your patreon to download an older version of the game to keep, because it really was a massive and deep AVN like no other. I'll def be looking out for any games you put out in the future! Cheers!
