Would be interesting to read why last update sucks from your point of view.
OK, thought you were gone. Cool to see you back taking feedback. Was not expecting it. Not going to take back the insults that were thrown because I figured you weren't here. So I will apologize on the rants aspect of it. Nothing personal. I'll try to be less of a dick while you're around. Internet is what it is though.
So look, the crux of the problem with the last update was what I see as Max once again losing any sort of agency at all. Every time in the game it seems like Max is able to do something on his own initiative, it gets taken over by someone else. It's a pattern in the game, and this last turnabout, with Alice was a giant kick in the dick.
For about the first half of the new update I absolutely HATED Alice, she was never my favorite, (Lisa is) but I enjoyed her as best I could. But she comes in like a Hurricane, pretty much removes all control Max had over anything, acts like a total thundercunt, and decides that she is now in charge of Max and Lisa's sex life. There is no way around it. Period. I think had Alice cut off access to herself, and doing sexy shit with her and Kate, or the blog post, I don't think people would have been as pissed. I know I wouldn't have been. THat's not how it went down, so you're forced to deal with someone who is just fucking with you to be malicious
Then around halfway through she begins to shift back and forth between her new uber bitch persona, and the lusty Alice we've known for ages. Sometimes she seems like she's even slightly remorseful for the situation. You never know what you're getting. (ANd personally, losing the ability to punish her with Kate around irks me.)
As for Lisa, ever since her story seemed to change in .10 she just feels wrong in certain scenes. The webcam stuff was hot, but it felt a little fast to be quite honest. And speaking for myself, and others, the drawing out of the virginity storyline is getting frustrating as hell. It's been a plot point since 0.6 I think? And it keeps getting dangled in front of us.
Also not particularly excited about MORE sex ed with Lisa, now with Ann. It seems like she and Max should be far beyond that point by now. There should be a lot more development between just her and Max, like there has been for Alice and Ann.
The Kate inconsistency was pretty awful too, acting as if she's never had sex with Max when she has been (optionally) fucking him regularly for months.
Anyhow here are a few of the posts I made since 0.11 which go into more detail. Hell you can probably just seach my name and look up the posts in this thread over the last couple of days, I talk about them a lot. Fair warning I am an ass, in a few of them.
First impression post:
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Alice is a bitch :
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Talk about Alice coming around a bit later, and being less of a bitch:
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More talk on how bad the beginning with Alice is:
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Another one on Lisa's virginity, and the Alice storyline:
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Why I think this update didn't work for a lot of people specifically most men not liking being sumbissive:
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That covers the basics I think. Man, I really have written a lot on this game. The frustration is real.
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