I don't have too much to say in response but I do really appreciate the reply!
The English problems are throughout the game. They aren't a big problem but they do make the text/story feel like it was typed quickly with no proofreading. It just looks sloppy when a little bit of playtesting and proofreading would have fixed the issues. They are too numerous to try and list them all. The list would be too long.
If the skills are all removed, what will you fill all the empty time with? Activities such as stretching, showering, swimming, tanning, and running will provide nothing aside from a couple of story events attached to them. All those extra days you've added to slow the game pace down will be for nothing (nothing productive to do). I would take the opposite approach and add a lot more skill checks to the game so the skills have more meaning. Yes, that would add a lot more very small branches to the story. If you do what you are suggesting, the visual novel won't stand out as much since all the RPG elements will be removed. That would put the game back down to three stars for me (currently four).
I know we disagree on some of it and that is OK. It is your game.
Nat is a super agent, super hot, and super fit, yet she has such a low self esteem of herself that she has absolutely no standards when it comes to men. There is a reason why the average joe can't hook up with celebrities and victoria secret models. They won't even consider someone who they don't feel is their equal (not always but generally speaking). Nat acts like some ugly fat chick who throws herself at any man with a heartbeat. It just seems like a conflict of personality or a conflict of interest. Look at how Black Widow is portrayed in all the Marvel movies. It's the opposite personality (when it comes to men) that nat is portrayed in this game. I don't mind nat being a slut or a nympho as long as she has some standards. A celebrity or victoria's secret model going around being slutty with lowlifes is just too much for my imagination. This part of nats personality really isn't believable in my opinion. I feel that this is the main weakness of the story.
Thank you for a great game! I really enjoyed it! The bulk of the game is very good.
I can take those since they are more AoH specific and less Bewilder-ish.
As spook said, skills are still on the table of things to think about before final release. The parasite ones (back side stats) will most definitely go away but we are still deciding what we do with the standard stats. Checks can be added easily around the game but we don't want to block progress behind a grind wall but instead make it look rewarding for those who do enjoy certain activities. So far its a progress and go style with 3 main paths and several small activities working the same way; but well see.
About Nat; i dont see her the way you see her and its portrayed in the first few scenes of the game. Shes a tough girl that doesnt take shit from anyone (not even her boss).
She gets then infected by a virus designed by non other than poison Ivy herself and no wonder why that sluts her up
3 nats respond to it in different ways;
slut nat (the one you refer to) is Corrupt Nat, which tries to fight it and fails miserably; succumbing to it.
Bad Nat embraces it and adds to her character; using sex as part of her arsenal from then on and abusing men left, right and center for her own benefit.
Good Nat eventually overpowers it and its capable of having some self control even in the most heated moments (scout scene) but that doesnt mean she shouldnt be affected at all.
Im quite happy of how those 3 nats are portrayed and how "believable" those outcomes are for being (after all) a game for adults. Sure we have places to improve, probably the secondary scenes is where all thse nats become more blurry and it just feels like a slut Nat all the time but im quite proud of how the story is told from each different Nat point of view.
To sum it up; i think our biggest issues lie in the secondary stuff; stats; different nats blurring together and nat being less herself and more "infected nat" all the time. Is that possibly how you feel?
