- Aug 13, 2021
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This is among my favorites right now, but more due to the characters and sexuality. I've made my thoughts on the writing known quite a while ago: https://f95zone.to/threads/between-worlds-v0-1-6-part-i-roleplayer.129383/post-10628288Listen, while the game does have some things going for it, let's be honest... the writing is just mediocre plain and simple. The "writing style" is irrelevant. It reads like it was written by some teenager who gets all of their information and inspiration for anything erotic from reddit and your average porn videos. The character writing is especially drivel. Most of the characters radiate immaturity, and the male characters are mostly just low life creeps and scum that have zero tact. Quite a few of the characters feel like they have no purpose other than to be varying depictions of different types of creeps and dumb clichés.
As someone who reads a lot and understands good writing, I don't need to be a game designer, in an armchair or otherwise, to say any of this.
The visuals are really good, and I love the character models for the women. The dynamic between the MC and a few of the characters was nice as well, that I enjoyed. I couldn't get past the writing however, especially when it came down to any of the interactions with the other male characters, more-so the antagonistic ones. There was one male character that I didn't despise but... that's not enough to make me wanna read through it anymore.
IMO, devs should limit narration and internal monologues to 3 lines, maybe 4... a lot of narration can be replaced with visuals. Like, don't narrate to us that an LI is longing for MC's touch, show us through facial expressions and what not.
The other male characters are there for a specific purpose and it's obvious what. It would be nice if they had more character development other than, "Hi, can I watch her get naked?" These are things that could still be improved on in the future.