As the resident most grumpy garbage can dweller here is my rebuttal:
I know this is terrible but if the choice is work with Vulvamort OR let Koko die then I would let Koko die. Or "Die" really because Koko is not a living being and there's no guarantee that the MC, June, and Kindra couldn't figure out the formula when NOT on a time crunch. Kindra actually has the formula but KAI is being a bitch and not finding it via voice activation (I'm sure anyone who uses voice activation irl has encountered the same type of issue when in a hurry). Koko is a robotic animal that could be shut down until they can power her up again. No reason to work for the most evil human being in the entire story/game. AND the formula is a proprietary recipe that Kindra's parents created, right? So how is Vulvamort going to do anything to help? They would have to give HER the formula or access to the fluid in Koko to be able to create. Which means that it would be out there to be exploited by TWRR.
Pretty much this. Koko is the goodest of girls and all, but you can't trust Cassandra with ANYTHING. In fact I'm sure given the choice Koko would self-terminate rather than allow Cassandra to have anything over KK or the MC.
Pretty much this. Koko is the goodest of girls and all, but you can't trust Cassandra with ANYTHING. In fact I'm sure given the choice Koko would self-terminate rather than allow Cassandra to have anything over KK or the MC.
I like this project a lot. Although I have a soft spot for sci-fi, it's really the chemistry between the MC and some of the characters and the humour that really shine. On the former, even the banter between the MC and DK, who's clearly lacking in screen time so far, is great; whereas on the latter, you get both visual gags (insert pic of MC having doors repeatedly shut on his face or Murder-Birb) and written jokes, situational or otherwise (special shout-out to the cameraman who went to highschool with everybody) keep you chuckling throughout. Better still, the humour doesn't undermine the more dramatic moments and it's cool to have a choice in some of these moments to have the MC lighten the mood with a quick gag.
And the sci-fi portion, however unoriginal, seems mostly sound- the writer does a good enough job of flinging enough jargon at you to make it seem like it's a subject he cares or has researched but not enough to drown out the plot or bore you with details. Admittedly, you almost always need some suspension of disbelief for sci-fi but the hardest part in this isn't even related to the tech (although the power sources in this universe are really sus), it's to do with the Kapulettis, which are a family entirely comprised of Tony Starks, apparently, and whose wunderkind has accomplished in her 25 years of age something that would take someone maybe 2 lifetimes. And that would be kinda shitty if it weren't for the fact that the wunderkind is Kindra.
Kindra is basically the combination of the strengths of the VN, the sci-fi, comedy and chemistry in dialogue aspects into one tiny package. Forget best girl, she's basically the GOAT. Like, no other characters needed-type GOAT.
The presentation is really strong, too, maybe among the best for this type of game. Especially the animations and not just during sex, like the tiny ones that are part of HUDs. They give the whole thing a really pro look.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows, though.
The story structure is far from ideal for a sex game. Frankly, if the world/characters/plot are interesting enough to carry this on its own, the people complaining about lack of sex still have a point- most of us picked it up because it's a porno. Even if we do think the sex for just its own sake would ruin it. But again, that's because of the structure: You have 3 main LIs (?) (please don't make it 4. Vulvamort needs to be thrown out the airlock as a LI. Good villain tho.), and a house full of side-pieces. Putting aside how questionable it is to involve a sorority in the story (especially, as some pointed out, a sorority full of girls that are precisely the type of people whose roles you'd need to fill in a start-up company AND who conveniently already work together in a company that's going through a rough patch*), the fact that you have 3 girls who have history with the MC automatically decreases the LI value of the others while at the same time, their unequal value to the plot tends to play favourites when you'd ideally leave that choice to the player. Say for instance, you want DK who's relevant to the MC's past but sort of tangential to his present- Well, you're out of luck. Or say you don't want KK, who's the main driving force of the plot- Well, you're a terrible person and should k- I mean, should probably play something else. All of this can, of course, be fixed by improving the characters' relevance to the plot but it's going to be hard work.
Some of the models for the girls (guys look ok, somehow) are really jank. Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder but there's like 3 attractive girls in this and the most attractive is THE MOM. The DEAD mom, ffs. Personal preference from someone who already thinks 3D models in these games look uncanny so, whatever.
There's also a few technical problems, such as the sound volume that people already mentioned; my biggest ones are that some of the renders in C1 are really grainy and some of the images (also in C1) have artifacts that make them look like very compressed jpgs. That and the sheer amount of typos in C3 on release really impact the sleek look of the project as a whole. But then, those can be fixed at any time at no great cost.
When you go on a date with Zelda at the end of ch. 2, Paige asks you about the video she send you. Same question comes up at the end of the basketball scene when following condition is met: "if not ch2_paigeviddellie:". To work properly it has to be: "if not (ch2_paigeviddellie or ch2_paigeviddel or ch2_paigevidtruth):"
Thanks mate. I'm using scrappy's mod to pick up from the end of chapter 2. The first two decisions of Chapter 3 have no green text and the unlock isn't working. I'm fairly certain I've successfully managed to drop the "game" folder in the right place lol, no idea what is wrong.
Game hasn't even started and you've met with 3 uncanny malnourished incest victims. View attachment 1617906
What's so unappealing about how humans look like?
There's nothing unappealing about how humans look like, just not all VN girls have to be Kardashian-assed, cartoon-balloon titted chubsters. Those women are normal, healthy, women; I know women who look like that. The "reverse body shaming" that's going on today that says women can't be slender and athletic is ridiculous.
Say whatever you want about the INK Girls, Kindra is the love of my life. That girl is just everything I love, all rolled into a super cute and sexy package.
There's nothing unappealing about how humans look like, just not all VN girls have to be Kardashian-assed, cartoon-balloon titted chubsters. Those women are normal, healthy, women; I know women who look like that. The "reverse body shaming" that's going on today that says women can't be slender and athletic is ridiculous.
I love this story! I was in shitty mood yesterday: snow, traffic, work. I sat down and started this game. The opening was a bit rough but pretty soon I was chuckling along at the dialogue and interplay between characters. The longer it went, the more I was smiling. So, thanks digi.B. I appreciate the effort you've gone to in order to make this enjoyable.
Game hasn't even started and you've met with 3 uncanny malnourished incest victims. View attachment 1617906
What's so unappealing about how humans look like?
1. The download is missing the _Artemis.sh file that Linux users need to start the game normaly
2. The game freezes after V´s cam show, but that could be the hack I had to use because of 1.
