VN Ren'Py Completed Chasing Sunsets [v1.01] [Stone Fox Studios]

[TonyMurray]

But i mean even the game over doesnt really work, why was the mc sitting smug in a bar telling the story of jaye's death in a rather good mood lol?

Im pretty sure you can die if you skip the tanaka fighting lessons and it leads to a game over too if im not confusing stuff

I guess such bad endings are just that - you don't get back to the bar so it's just saying that's it, there's no more content for you, you strayed too far off the path. It's something it's probably best not to overthink.

 

[Hello231]

It was on Steam before and the game isn't complete. The tag is just wrong.

oh,as i play completed ones and saw this is labeled as completed,so downloaded this and played almost half of the chapter ...think have try later when it will really be completed...any guess on how many times needed to be completed?

 

[MiltonPowers]

oh,as i play completed ones and saw this is labeled as completed,so downloaded this and played almost half of the chapter ...think have try later when it will really be completed...any guess on how many times needed to be completed?

It will have all the endings in the next update.

 

[mruggeri2]

Do we have any ETA on when the Epilogue is supposed to release?

 

[Bootyman92]

Do we have any ETA on when the Epilogue is supposed to release?

No official ETA as of yet, but the last update said the epilogue's just about to enter beta testing

I personally think it'll be a end of June/beginning of July release depending on how long the testing and polishing takes

 

[lalarpzd]

kindof easygoing game tried a few times had couple different endings. kinda disapointing that MC does not have ending with both LI since they had chemistry the whole game and Jaye was not a jealous type. but still glad that the main ending invlovles Jaye being with MC at the end and enters the bar. donno if there will be any update with different endings

 

[MiltonPowers]

kindof easygoing game tried a few times had couple different endings. kinda disapointing that MC does not have ending with both LI since they had chemistry the whole game and Jaye was not a jealous type. but still glad that the main ending invlovles Jaye being with MC at the end and enters the bar. donno if there will be any update with different endings

Endings, epilogues are still coming and there is a Jaye/Mallory Poly ending. It's kind of hard to get, but there is a heap of information in the thread about how to get it.


Basic steps are

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[hitman2511]

kindof easygoing game tried a few times had couple different endings. kinda disapointing that MC does not have ending with both LI since they had chemistry the whole game and Jaye was not a jealous type. but still glad that the main ending invlovles Jaye being with MC at the end and enters the bar. donno if there will be any update with different endings

You can have both but it is not so easy to get.

 

[BeingADikDik]

Endings, epilogues are still coming and there is a Jaye/Mallory Poly ending. It's kind of hard to get, but there is a heap of information in the thread about how to get it.


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super ultra mega lame
hoping for a 'non-canon' ending to make up for how bad this story-telling approach is, and how we were misled throughout the game not only with an open path but also with in-game advice about being honest which didn't pan out.

 

[Justaphase]

Endings, epilogues are still coming and there is a Jaye/Mallory Poly ending. It's kind of hard to get, but there is a heap of information in the thread about how to get it.


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Jesus christ I thought it would look less silly and contrived 9 months later, but if anything it looks even worse. I'm glad that I already have my poly save so won't have to jump through those hoops again.

 

[lalarpzd]

You can have both but it is not so easy to get.

ok, gonna try later on. it was hard to get both of them point up

 

[MiltonPowers]

Jesus christ I thought it would look less silly and contrived 9 months later, but if anything it looks even worse. I'm glad that I already have my poly save so won't have to jump through those hoops again.

I'm still confuddled that you have to tell Mal you don't like her and it's just helping her, to actually get her at the end.

 

[Rehwyn]

super ultra mega lame
hoping for a 'non-canon' ending to make up for how bad this story-telling approach is, and how we were misled throughout the game not only with an open path but also with in-game advice about being honest which didn't pan out.

I'm still confuddled that you have to tell Mal you don't like her and it's just helping her, to actually get her at the end.

Honestly, from a character perspective, this path to Jaye proposing poly makes sense to me. Jaye has a lot of insecurities about MC actually loving her, so I can understand her being more comfortable proposing poly when she's very confident that MC loves her and wants to commit to a long-term relationship with her. A committed couple opening their relationship to a third person is a pretty common way for poly to occur in real life. Don't get me wrong, open relationships of 3+ people deciding to commit to each other is another common way for poly to form, but for Jaye specifically I can see why an open relationship might not be a good fit for her.

From a gameplay and player experience perspective though, it's a very different story. If they wanted to make committing to Jaye a prerequisite, I'd have preferred a way to do that while still being honest upfront that I was committing to Jaye, but had feelings for Mal rather than essentially pretending that attraction wasn't there.

 

[Justaphase]

I'm still confuddled that you have to tell Mal you don't like her and it's just helping her, to actually get her at the end.

Yeah it's completely nonsensical. The worse part is that it makes something that should have felt fun and amazing, just be a complete let down. Hopefully they will make up for it with the epilogue but I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

[BeingADikDik]

Honestly, from a character perspective, this path to Jaye proposing poly makes sense to me. Jaye has a lot of insecurities about MC actually loving her, so I can understand her being more comfortable proposing poly when she's very confident that MC loves her and wants to commit to a long-term relationship with her. A committed couple opening their relationship to a third person is a pretty common way for poly to occur in real life. Don't get me wrong, open relationships of 3+ people deciding to commit to each other is another common way for poly to form, but for Jaye specifically I can see why an open relationship might not be a good fit for her.

From a gameplay and player experience perspective though, it's a very different story. If they wanted to make committing to Jaye a prerequisite, I'd have preferred a way to do that while still being honest upfront that I was committing to Jaye, but had feelings for Mal rather than essentially pretending that attraction wasn't there.

True. However, Jaye and MC are not-step-siblings and Mal is their not-mother-clone. They have a unique relationship as a result of their upbringing and shared history that transcends the ordinary forming of a throuple from three strangers. If devs wanted to capture the emotional intricacies of intimacy in a throuple to make it grounded in reality, then I feel like they could have chosen a vehicle with less fantastical elements and characters that were not so over-the-top extraordinary (rich/talented/perfect physiques/life-saving heroics/etc.). Given the story context and character decisions, I feel like 'MC gets the girls' so long as he follows the in-game advice about being honest should bear out.

 

[MiltonPowers]

Yeah it's completely nonsensical. The worse part is that it makes something that should have felt fun and amazing, just be a complete let down. Hopefully they will make up for it with the epilogue but I'm not going to hold my breath.

If Jaye had laid down an ultimatum at that point, something like 'if you want to be with me, then you have to not be with anyone else', and MC/Player was able to make a choice like 'I really like Mal, but I can't mess up what I have with Jaye'.

Then, the whole Jaye changing her mind and be willing to accept a poly relationship at the end would have made a lot more sense to me.

 

[MagicMan753]

Yeah it's completely nonsensical. The worse part is that it makes something that should have felt fun and amazing, just be a complete let down. Hopefully they will make up for it with the epilogue but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Yeah, this was a top 15-20 avn for me, but how they did the throuple path is just so dumb. Just tell the girl you don't like or care for her, then ignore her romance for like the last 3 chapters, to get the throuple.

I just don't know how the devs could make a stupid convoluted, brain dead decision like this. And yeah, the epilogue may be fine, but the method to get there will always leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I still plan on checking out their new game, but I wonder how they will ruin that too, after this game.

 

[Justaphase]

If Jaye had laid down an ultimatum at that point, something like 'if you want to be with me, then you have to not be with anyone else', and MC/Player was able to make a choice like 'I really like Mal, but I can't mess up what I have with Jaye'.

Then, the whole Jaye changing her mind and be willing to accept a poly relationship at the end would have made a lot more sense to me.

From what I remember he starts getting intimate with Mallory, much sooner than he does with Jaye. Him and Jaye are still very confused about their feelings at that point when you're expected to full on reject Mallory to get a poly path.
It's also kinda brutal for Mallory IMO, they are laying in each other's arms after sex and you're just expected to be like "Nah sorry not interested." I always thought that the "open" path had alot of promise with both but all there was was disappointment.

Also I could accept Jaye wanting a poly relationship instead of a throuple if we hadn't already seen Jaye and Tara together. That's another disappointment and almost a crime, no Jaye and Tara threesome...anyway I disgress..

 

[Rehwyn]

True. However, Jaye and MC are not-step-siblings and Mal is their not-mother-clone. They have a unique relationship as a result of their upbringing and shared history that transcends the ordinary forming of a throuple from three strangers. If devs wanted to capture the emotional intricacies of intimacy in a throuple to make it grounded in reality, then I feel like they could have chosen a vehicle with less fantastical elements and characters that were not so over-the-top extraordinary (rich/talented/perfect physiques/life-saving heroics/etc.). Given the story context and character decisions, I feel like 'MC gets the girls' so long as he follows the in-game advice about being honest should bear out.

Yeah, like I said, from a gameplay and player experience perspective it's not great.

It's speculation on my part, but it feels a bit like they didn't originally plan a poly ending, but as the story and characters developed (and since this was a multi-year process, as poly and CNM became more culturally mainstream in general) decided that it could work for the characters that had developed. But if it was added later in the dev process, some of the "in-between" dialogue and whatnot that would have bridged the gap (particularly in regards to Mel) might be lacking.

Again, just speculation on my part, and it's not unusual for writers to have parts of the story "reveal themselves" later on. It's just that for many other mediums, the author would have the chance to go back and fill in those gaps before releasing the novel, TV show, movie, or whatever. That's not something that can be done in an AVN released in parts like this without requiring people to start new games from scratch and/or getting stuck in "remaster" Hell.

Ah well. Still quite enjoyed the game, just makes my overall rating of it a little bit lower.

 

[MiltonPowers]

From what I remember he starts getting intimate with Mallory, much sooner than he does with Jaye. Him and Jaye are still very confused about their feelings at that point when you're expected to full on reject Mallory to get a poly path.
It's also kinda brutal for Mallory IMO, they are laying in each other's arms after sex and you're just expected to be like "Nah sorry not interested." I always thought that the "open" path had alot of promise with both but all there was was disappointment.

Also I could accept Jaye wanting a poly relationship instead of a throuple if we hadn't already seen Jaye and Tara together. That's another disappointment and almost a crime, no Jaye and Tara threesome...anyway I disgress..

If we could have had Tara, I would ditched Jaye in a heartbeat, if we had to choose.