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It's fine, just don't buy me the Collector's Edition of Episode 10 next year.I didnt expect to be called out reading this review
It's fine, just don't buy me the Collector's Edition of Episode 10 next year.I didnt expect to be called out reading this review
Now this is what I call an in depth analysis, kudos mate.Well, I've played through a substantial portion of Episode 9, and I'm sorry to say I didn't like it much.
If I'm being subjective, it was more or less everything I feared: one excuse after another to stall the relationships with the chosen LI, with a *massively* overblown party to distract us from everything else. If I'm trying to be objective things are better: there's still a lot of sharp dialog, goofy fun and (of course) sex to enjoy. But even then, I think the structure of this episode is very badly conceived. The Halloween party goes on way too long, the vaunted branching actually feels less distinct that the old paths did, and there's a real disconnect between DPC's obsession with consequences and the frankly moronic shit he makes the characters do to keep things on his preferred rails.
IMHO as Christmas gifts go, Episode 9 was the relative who spends an obscene amount of money on trendy, high-priced junk to make up for the fact they didn't pay enough attention during the year to know what you actually want. On the one hand, it's comforting to know that they really do care, but on the other hand it's hard not to be a little disturbed at how much they wasted on stuff you're never going to use.
Episode 9 didn't give me the stronger romantic connections I was looking for in the wake of the crossroads, and it certainly didn't do much to advance the plot. It did deliver a lot of sex scenes, but you sure have to slog through a lot to get them. The high water mark is probably some nice work with the side girls on the Others branch (particularly for Quinn, Riona and Zoey), but that just deepens my suspicions that Season 3 will be all about stalling the LI branches while the new girls play catch up. I'm not waiting 2-3 years for that.
We'll dive into the nitty gritty of the Episode then call it a wrap, which will obviously involve spoilers. But first, a quick note to a certain member of the audience:
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So that's my take on Episode 9. IMHO it was not the episode we needed at this point. But it's pretty clear it wasn't a mistake, so we might as well accept it or move on.
tl;dr An overgrown free-roam that slows down the LIs, speeds up the side-girls, delivers plenty of spectacle and ends on yet another cliffhanger, all without actually advancing the story.
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I am not religious and don't accept nor support willingly fanatics praying since 2000 years to bath Jesus Christ in his own excreta.
Stop this disrespectful bullshit
They seem to know someone was in and they were waiting for her.Anyone else find it laughable that the DIKs would be awake and assembled on the balcony for the walk of shame tradition the morning after this huge party? They'd more likely be exhausted and wasted.
Plus, what also seems odd to me is that anyone walking across the main hall from downstairs where MC's room is located is NOT NECESSARILY COMING FROM MC'S ROOM! They could have been asleep in the theater, etc. so I do not understand why it should add drama when it can so easily be attributed to something other than sleeping with MC.
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Wait for it to be Jacob's. The worst part is that eight months in this game would be endgame already.Having played all routes but the Sage's I have to say this was a great episode. I loved the scene waking up with Nicole. Beautiful. Some of the minigames were pretty hard to do, especially on a very old computer. But I'm looking forward to where this will go in the future. Funny I was right assuming Arieth would be the pregnant girl. I guess some DIKs and jocks will be wondering if they are the father. I'm somewhat surprised DPC sort of opened a path for the red headed friend of Jill's by having her boyfriend getting caught cheating on her with the blondie. I thought the fanfare for her was mostly memes and not really on the cards, but maybe DPC reads what players write or simply has the same ideas. So maybe the Jill path will have some interesting twists after all.
If the MC doesn't date someone, you also miss out on relationship-gated content. It's a trade-off.If MC dates someone, you miss out so much in the game.
i posted this waaay earlier in the thread, but it was probably too early and was washed away by endless crashing and looping complaints:If MC dates someone, you miss out so much in the game.
I saw it, but it's somewhat different beast at this point of the game. For characters who aren't in relationship with MC you don't lose just some vague "dating" content. You lose access to pretty much all of it other than casual interactions, including what up to this point was provided as simple hook ups.i posted this waaay earlier in the thread, but it was probably too early and was washed away by endless crashing and looping complaints:
Can we hope to get an update for version 09 soon?The complete official guide - Season 1 - Ep 1-4
Mega
https://attachments.f95zone.to/2022/06/1904449_Official_Walkthrough_-_Season_1_-_Ep_1-4.pdf
The complete official guide - Season 2 - Ep 5-8
Mega
https://attachments.f95zone.to/2022/06/1904362_Official_Walkthrough_-_Season_2_-_Ep_5-8.pdf
Enjoy
I'm in the same boat as you in the sense that I think I'll only be playing my main Bella save from now on. Although I didn't particularly enjoy it, I do appreciate the effort DPC made with the haunted mansion and planning mini-game, but the freeroams completely broke me, I was never a hater before but by the middle of this episode I felt like I was doing a chore...Well, I've played through a substantial portion of Episode 9, and I'm sorry to say I didn't like it much.
If I'm being subjective, it was more or less everything I feared: one excuse after another to stall the relationships with the chosen LI, with a *massively* overblown party to distract us from everything else. If I'm trying to be objective things are better: there's still a lot of sharp dialog, goofy fun and (of course) sex to enjoy. But even then, I think the structure of this episode is very badly conceived. The Halloween party goes on way too long, the vaunted branching actually feels less distinct that the old paths did, and there's a real disconnect between DPC's obsession with consequences and the frankly moronic shit he makes the characters do to keep things on his preferred rails.
IMHO as Christmas gifts go, Episode 9 was the relative who spends an obscene amount of money on trendy, high-priced junk to make up for the fact they didn't pay enough attention during the year to know what you actually want. On the one hand, it's comforting to know that they really do care, but on the other hand it's hard not to be a little disturbed at how much they wasted on stuff you're never going to use.
Episode 9 didn't give me the stronger romantic connections I was looking for in the wake of the crossroads, and it certainly didn't do much to advance the plot. It did deliver a lot of sex scenes, but you sure have to slog through a lot to get them. The high water mark is probably some nice work with the side girls on the Others branch (particularly for Quinn, Riona and Zoey), but that just deepens my suspicions that Season 3 will be all about stalling the LI branches while the new girls play catch up. I'm not waiting 2-3 years for that.
We'll dive into the nitty gritty of the Episode then call it a wrap, which will obviously involve spoilers. But first, a quick note to a certain member of the audience:
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So that's my take on Episode 9. IMHO it was not the episode we needed at this point. But it's pretty clear it wasn't a mistake, so we might as well accept it or move on.
tl;dr An overgrown free-roam that slows down the LIs, speeds up the side-girls, delivers plenty of spectacle and ends on yet another cliffhanger, all without actually advancing the story.