Finally managed to finish playing this update, nice amount of new content despite the main story itself not actually advancing hahaha. Good to see you guys put in something to keep track of the buffs/debuffs, that helped a lot in the fight against the snake. The fights are pretty brutal and slower now, but it's a refreshing change compared to the breeze that was the older system where I could even beat the supposedly unwinnable fights with the right setup (believe me I tried to beat the first Ember fight now, managed to last until turn 28 or so but still failed, in the old battle system I could finish her in 3 lol) , and the orgone boost actually makes sense plotwise instead of being an optional single use double power attack. Being able to re-spec the build is a neat addition too, and people really should read the tutorial that tells you that when an enemy heals itself, you should brace for a power attack (maybe make that obligatory reading in the future versions?).
Gotta agree with the other people in a few points though, some enemies like Desiree use their super attacks more than once with a single charge, or the "charge" animation lingers and you think they will use it again but they do something else, sometimes it can cost a fight to take a laser to the face or waste a move. Also, as I said in a previous post, the focused laser is kinda useless with it's low power + ludicrous energy cost, the spread laser is simply superior because at least it can become a multi attack in the right fights like in the Star path.
Enjoyed the Desiree path a lot, she had tons of development here so I was a bit disappointed that her scene with Ember later stays the same despite if you asked her for the Orgone or not. Star was okay because it's pretty what you would expect of her, she showed at least a minuscule amount of empathy and concern so... it's progress I guess? Paulina kinda of seems that goes backwards if you go for her, she treats you as a tool just to get the tests answers and give your "reward" like it was just business, seems that the post-dance intimacy is gone somehow, but maybe I'm overthinking it. Also, why does all the paths assume that you took the girl you choose to get Orgone from to the dance?
Anyway, good work on the update!
