VN Ren'Py Abandoned Bitch Squad [v0.4.7] [IcarusLabs]

[WastedTalent]

Here's the thing, all of those are implied and not shown. That's my main criticism that I was (ironically) trying to imply with my previous post. The game wasn't doing a good job of showing the bitches as villains.

The way I see it there are two options:

1. The bitches did all those bad things. The question is, why the implication and not just show how bad they are? We're supposed to hate them, right? Why being wishy-washy and trying the hardest to not show what they did? Why the constant "let's just move on" instead of continuing to torment MC and the gang? Why continuously trying to make peace with MC and even still interact with him? They weren't really friends, were they?

2. The bitches didn't actually do all those bad things. This would be the reason why it was only implied and not shown. Who knows, maybe Miranda is bad and MC's gang were played? She got Charlotte's mom's necklace after all, no? "Plot twist" seems to be rather obvious answer as to why the bitches were never shown to be bad.

I'm not saying one way or the other, but it's very clear that the game is trying to say the bitches are bad while contradicting itself by portraying them in no such manner. You mentioned about posting nudes of the sorority girls, but that's exactly what Amber and Tommy did (with or without MC's support) to Sarah who was just being hazed by the sorority just like all those girls. The difference between the two is that we know 100% that it was Amber/Tommy/MC who did one but we didn't know 100% it was the bitches who did the other.

I would say we do know if we go back to Kate talking to them all about her big plans and changes and how they are gonna blah blah blah the future. I think this has been planned since the start and the dev just didn't show that part or failed to convey it fully in the story. Of course that's making assumptions, but I don't think anything that's happened was an accident so it's either Kate is as bad as we all think she is or it's her father in which case why shouldn't we hate her? If it comes out how he is so corrupt and all that wouldn't the university as well as society as a whole use it against her and her friends? It would make them all look guilty by association even if they didn't actually do anything wrong but the way Kate talks about it all in the few glimpses we get I find it hard to believe she's not at the epicenter of everything Neck deep in the shit right along side daddy dearest.
Edit: I also think the dev needs to choose either the bitches aren't bitches or they are but this always making them look like they aren't that bad is getting old. Nobody not even these young women are perfect. Some real dirt or something needs to happen soon as the story is I'm really starting to lose interest if we don't see some kind of a result in the next release I don't think I will be interested in the story anymore.

 

[Skylaroo]

Of course that's making assumptions, but I don't think anything that's happened was an accident so it's either Kate is as bad as we all think she is or it's her father in which case why shouldn't we hate her?

So it's just assumptions. My point stands.

 

[WastedTalent]

So it's just assumptions. My point stands.

No it doesn't. Kate is not blameless especially if she's as smart as presented how can she not realize what her father is doing or has done? If it's her and she's just hiding it that's worse. But either way there's no way that she or her father are not to blame for all this. As has been said this is written like a bad soap opera script yet you believe or want to believe these are just some good social media warriors fighting for transparency and change lol. If I'm correct and it's her father you don't think all this goes back to the original photo leak which if the prank never happened neither would the leak so regardless of who the true antagonist is Kate and her stupid prank started it all simple as that.

 

[IcarusLabs]

I haven't been able to figure out the triggers to get the 3rd

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FYI: The game is getting to the point where the choices from way back in previous episodes are having an effect on what content is seen in this episode. It's also going to branch further from here on out. I'm going to be releasing a walkthrough at the conclusion of EP4. Here is some guidance for this episode:

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[IRedI]

WTF Ashley's personality change doesn't make sense

 

[Azsouth]

was hoping for this to be a harem game but w/ that choice with Ashley/Linda, kinda ruined that hope.

 

[Skylaroo]

No it doesn't.

My point: the game implies the things that the bitches do. The game wasn't doing a good job of showing the bitches as villains.
Your point: you're assuming the things that the bitches do because the game wasn't doing a good job of showing the bitches as villains.

My point stands.

 

[xthreshprince]

Will say with Ashley its getting borderline ntr behavior, really hope it doesn't devolve into that. :/

 

[alanbadvin]

Anyone knows how to trigger the cabin scene with Emma, I've tried a few times but I always end up going there with either Annie or Ashley

 

[Almighty]

Best update but yeah I'm getting rid of Ashley.

 

[DankCornelius]

Anyone knows how to trigger the cabin scene with Emma, I've tried a few times but I always end up going there with either Annie or Ashley

I'm pretty sure just need to take control of the situation during the Emma strip show and reject Ashley, though the dev said you also need to follow her during the sorority hazing, but I'm not sure if it's neccessary or not.

 

[Lordmoses711high]

Man, the only thing I achieve after playing every episode is More Anger... I think I'm going to shelve this one till it's completed... And it doesn't help that the hottest girl is Kate.

 

[Sylaann]

This last chapter and the way the MC treated Emma... What was the point of all the options to make peace in previous chapters.


I'm done with this game, don't forget to add the rape tag btw -_-"

 

[skullker]

This game makes my blood boil. The bitch squad really is anger inducing. I really hope we can make them suffer later on and it won`t take that much longer until the MC starts taking control.

 

[CamaroFan432]

Well, initially I thought it would be a revenge game. Instead we get the same BS shown, that the MC encountered already in high school, but instead with the addition on revenge plans, that run into the void. Then it read, at least for me, like it would turn into a harem game or at least multiple LIs simustaneously, instead we're forced to choose one LI pretty early and then fear the revenge of the rejected LIs. Then it was also implied, that the MC wouldn't stay a punching bag or playball, but instead we get a spineless idiot, that doesn't evolve at all. And none of the potential LIs are attractive anymore, you ruined them all by turning them all into backstabbing bitches. Only Linda and Sarah are somewhat salvageable, but for the rest, it's a lost cause. Yeah, don't know if I should stick around. Like some others, I'm extremly disappointed at this point and get more angry and depressed after each update. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind up and downs or a little drama, if it fits the story, but in this we get constantly only drama and downs. And if this goes on like this, I will definitly drop this game for the sake of my mental health.

 

[KoGa3]

Info: updated my Mod

 

[彡SILENT๛ONE]

I'm dropping it lol. It's going nowhere, Mc is stupid asf. Nothing satisfied happening here, he deserves to be bullied nd fucked up again nd again ... A total looser...! i will give it to author, I'm not going anywhere with these manipulation, jeez my brain with all these situations about who is fucking who, nd which hole is Li's . So yeah I'm down for a good story but not for some dumb ass shit .
Hv fun ✌:⁠-⁠D

 

[IRedI]

Ashley seems in love with the MC , 5 minutes later he reacts like a feminazi bitch and she befriends the MC's enemy hahaha.
Naive and idiot are two different things she didn't even care about the MC's opinion

 

[AL.d]

Is it too much to ask, to finally stop with the passive MC? His gf made a clear a conscious choice, despite knowing his past. All we need is a choice to break it off right there. It's not like they are childhood sweethearts, they just started. And yet just like many instances before, he refuses to react! "Oh you chose to betray me and be besties (or even drool over) my rivals? Ok. Maybe I will choose to break up with you 2-3 episodes from now even though there is no fucking reason I can't just do it now. See you later babe." That's how MC acts.

He just takes it it all with inner monologues and moves on to the next scene like nothing happened. I get that some railroading is needed you can't have choices for everything. But this game keeps making you feel like you are an observer not a player. And MC plays like a tool to move the plot, not like an actual character you can control. Almost every NPC has better characterization.

 

[FatGiant]

I want to like this story.

Each update I try to shake this feel of impending doom.

The MC is a fucking clown. His friends and co co-conspirators are useless, either too damaged, like Amber, or simply dumb as bricks, like Tommy.

It is extremely painful to roll a pusillanimous bottom like this one. He lost Annie to them, now Ashley. He doesn't react, he is simply watching, while he thinks tough thoughts (like that will save him). Miranda plays him. The Dean plays him. The Bitches play him.

And more importantly, the Dev plays us. Gives us hope that he will prevail, all the while getting everything even worse for this simp that will never amount to nothing.

I see no future in this story except for more and more humiliation, more Fem Dom and more and more betrayals and no-win situations for this stupid MC that we are stuck with. If this is the story you are trying to tell, it's ok, there are many people that enjoy being abused, humiliated and dominated. I'm not one of them. So, it would be very decent of you Dev, to come out and say so, so we can leave you guys the hell alone and not keep being played with. It's your story, do whatever you want, just be clear about it and don't keep betraying us at every update like this. Come out with it.

I am nobody, I just know what I like and what I don't like, and I don't, can't, won't play a MC like this one, he's simply ridiculous. I can understand character development, but this guy is only going DOWN.

I couldn't keep silent anymore after this update. I've tried, but I can't play this MC. I want to kill him, I want him to be trampled to dead, that's how much I "like" him.

To the Dev, when we are playing a game where we are inside the Main Character's head, we are making decisions for him. We are role-playing being him. When you, as the Dev, places us inside a unlikable character like this one, the experience is horrible. No matter how much pussy he gets as a reward for being played with by you, we get to be placed in his shoes and be railed again and again and again by everyone. You are making this purposefully unpleasant. You must have a goal with that, it is either to change the story to be one of humiliation and domination (the only one that seems probable right now) or to magically give him BALLS the size of a planet and finally prevail against these Bitches from hell (this becomes less and less probable with each update). Right now, I only hope that you write an ending where he is beaten up by all of them, dies and this torture ends, because I don't see how you can redeem him.

I played with and without the WT, it makes no difference. He's just there to be a punching bag, to be betrayed, to be taken advantage of. By HE, I mean US, you know, the players that are stuck with this simp.

I am well aware that all those that love Fem Dom and Humiliation will ::Faceplam:: me. It's OK, I don't take offense guys.

Hoping against hope that I'll get any assurances from the Dev (I don't really believe they will) but my bet is that this post may be deleted or ignored. That in itself is an answer, it will confirm that that is the way this story is going to go. Time will tell.

What a fucking waste of render time, so far.

Peace