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Why would / should it? It has that dev's blessing.
Wow! Just finished, and I'm blown away!
First off, the dialogue is some of the funniest I've seen in much of any fiction I've read in a while, let alone the VNs I've played. Found myself laughing out loud many times. And a lot of the more serous scenes I felt were not overly melodramatic, and often touching without being cheesy.
Secondly, the graphics were easily some of the best I've seen. The characters were very well designed and, for the most part, realistic. Sure, there were a lot of common features, and (maybe I've just never noticed) most women don't have eyes that bright, but they were all very nice to look at. While there were some scenes I wish had been animated that weren't, I never really felt they were diminished greatly by being static. Plus, the animations I did see were much better than almost any other VN I've seen, often longer and more fluid. The only real down-note was one scene with MC and Jaye where the back of her head looked like she was suffering from nuclear fallout, or had shaved everything on the back of her head but the top.
Next is the music: where do you guys find this stuff? Almost every track really amplified the scene it played in, and in a few scenes I caught myself tearing up. I also found myself SHAZAMing over half of it. I'd love a "Chasing Sunsets: The Soundtrack!"
Lastly, I thought the story was pretty well-written. There were a few snags where I felt things didn't really make sense or feel realistic, especially dealing with MC and Jaye's relationship in the past, especially with discovering their parents already knew how they felt, but I became heavily invested in MC and Jaye's relationship after they reunited. By Chapter 4 or 5, I was Jaye all the way.
I know from reading comments here and there that many people will disagree with me on everything I just wrote, and in no way am I saying any of their opinions are not valid from their own perspective. This is just mine. But "Chasing Sunsets" is, hands down, the best VN I've had the pleasure of experiencing! Thank you guys so much for all of the hard work you put into creating this story! It was an amazing job!
First off, the dialogue is some of the funniest I've seen in much of any fiction I've read in a while, let alone the VNs I've played. Found myself laughing out loud many times. And a lot of the more serous scenes I felt were not overly melodramatic, and often touching without being cheesy.
Secondly, the graphics were easily some of the best I've seen. The characters were very well designed and, for the most part, realistic. Sure, there were a lot of common features, and (maybe I've just never noticed) most women don't have eyes that bright, but they were all very nice to look at. While there were some scenes I wish had been animated that weren't, I never really felt they were diminished greatly by being static. Plus, the animations I did see were much better than almost any other VN I've seen, often longer and more fluid. The only real down-note was one scene with MC and Jaye where the back of her head looked like she was suffering from nuclear fallout, or had shaved everything on the back of her head but the top.
Next is the music: where do you guys find this stuff? Almost every track really amplified the scene it played in, and in a few scenes I caught myself tearing up. I also found myself SHAZAMing over half of it. I'd love a "Chasing Sunsets: The Soundtrack!"
Lastly, I thought the story was pretty well-written. There were a few snags where I felt things didn't really make sense or feel realistic, especially dealing with MC and Jaye's relationship in the past, especially with discovering their parents already knew how they felt, but I became heavily invested in MC and Jaye's relationship after they reunited. By Chapter 4 or 5, I was Jaye all the way.
I know from reading comments here and there that many people will disagree with me on everything I just wrote, and in no way am I saying any of their opinions are not valid from their own perspective. This is just mine. But "Chasing Sunsets" is, hands down, the best VN I've had the pleasure of experiencing! Thank you guys so much for all of the hard work you put into creating this story! It was an amazing job!
alain8891
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The devs are not very much present here to read your comments, I'd suggest you head over to their Discord if you want to congratulate them. Agree with most of your comments by the way...
Walter Victor
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Developers are like a guild. They often converse with each other asking for or swapping information. Sometimes they will cross-promote on their subscription sites. Another thing that they do is ask if they can use each other's renders in their own games. It happens all the time. A few games have many references to other games. It's all consensual. Very few successful developers live in a vacuum.
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Well, luckily for you, and luckily for me, I don't have a problem with that shit homie xD
For me, I didn't mind Jaye going around prior to meeting Alex again, felt more realistic imo.
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I have to agree with the user (bamdaddy33) .above in that this is one of the VNs with the best story that I have played so far, despite the fact of one having only two LIs to pursue. Fair enough I would say since I wasn`t looking for a harem title or similar BUT, I would like to point out one thing in the story that really irked me.
First, the first run I did blindly (without any mod) I ended in the Solo ending. If you have done that one you will remember that in some of the concluding scenes, MC goes to have relationships with Lisa (ended by her), with Bianca (ended by both -FWB afterwards), and Rikki (Erica from Aspen), but those didn`t last, hence the solo ending.
My favourite of all these ladies was Bianca (incl. the MGs) but in that one last scene mentioned above, his reason to end things with Bianca was that she wanted to have a baby - she also mentioned this when she moved to Boston-- but MC did not want to have a kid. And here is my thorn on the foot: he didn`t want a kid with Bianca BUT in the runs with the MGs they both got pregnant afterwards and he was so happy. BS if you ask me !!
Second, the shout out to other games, also mentioned like Artemis, Eternum and Leap of Faith were also great (especially Steph as the federal agent arresting the bad guy as also she is one in LoF) , those are the ones I recognized since I think there may be more.
First, the first run I did blindly (without any mod) I ended in the Solo ending. If you have done that one you will remember that in some of the concluding scenes, MC goes to have relationships with Lisa (ended by her), with Bianca (ended by both -FWB afterwards), and Rikki (Erica from Aspen), but those didn`t last, hence the solo ending.
My favourite of all these ladies was Bianca (incl. the MGs) but in that one last scene mentioned above, his reason to end things with Bianca was that she wanted to have a baby - she also mentioned this when she moved to Boston-- but MC did not want to have a kid. And here is my thorn on the foot: he didn`t want a kid with Bianca BUT in the runs with the MGs they both got pregnant afterwards and he was so happy. BS if you ask me !!
Second, the shout out to other games, also mentioned like Artemis, Eternum and Leap of Faith were also great (especially Steph as the federal agent arresting the bad guy as also she is one in LoF) , those are the ones I recognized since I think there may be more.
Walter Victor
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Why is this strange?
The MC is shaped by the choices that we as players make. There happen to be a lot of choices in this game. So, it's completely understandable that one MC might not want kids in one playthrough and welcome them in another. Just like he would fall in love with one of the main girls or the other one, or even neither of them, depending on those same choices.
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It's strange because the game is arbitrarily conflating different things without giving the player any choice in the matter. There's no particular reason why choosing not to start a relationship with Jaye would force the MC to also not want kids, the devs only did that to "justify" the eventual breakup with Bianca.
If the devs were dead set against the MC ending up with one of the side girls they should never have teased the possibility to begin with. No one forced them them to let the MC date Bianca (et al) in the first place, they added that option on their own - only to immediately invalidate it by saying the relationship was doomed and the MC is still pining for a *real* ending. It was a dumb decision.
Walter Victor
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Yeah, I get it. You hate this game, so naturally anything the developers do is dumb.
But, I'm tired of you doing this in every game you play. It's always something that pisses you off. Well, I'm not going to read your rants anymore. Bye!
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getting upset over a side girl
It's in the fucking name. And we all knew from the start she (and others) will be nothing more than a momentary distraction.
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Wow, some people really get reved up by the tiniest things....
Back to my comment, this is how I see. Yes, you might think that the MC and the player choices will result in that he did not want to have kids with oone and to have with other girls. But if as a player you are the one making the decisions, then it should be consistent with what you have chosen previously as you are playing as the MC. Is all I wanted to say, to be consistent, they probably (the devs) should have chosen another bulsshit excuse but the one of pregnancy being a dela breaker totally upset me, and that is all. And yes, I also hate contractions !!
On an additional Note: in the last chapter there is a text exchange with Peanut (Amanda) in which she has hacked your phone and has all your photos and in excange she offers you photos of anybody in your contact list. If you accept there is a Link on the phone screen to Download the photos. Later a message appears on the game screen saying "Peanut Gallery Unlocked". Where is this Gallery ?? I cannot see it on the preferences or the Gallery or at least no additional photo has been added on my gallery.
Back to my comment, this is how I see. Yes, you might think that the MC and the player choices will result in that he did not want to have kids with oone and to have with other girls. But if as a player you are the one making the decisions, then it should be consistent with what you have chosen previously as you are playing as the MC. Is all I wanted to say, to be consistent, they probably (the devs) should have chosen another bulsshit excuse but the one of pregnancy being a dela breaker totally upset me, and that is all. And yes, I also hate contractions !!
On an additional Note: in the last chapter there is a text exchange with Peanut (Amanda) in which she has hacked your phone and has all your photos and in excange she offers you photos of anybody in your contact list. If you accept there is a Link on the phone screen to Download the photos. Later a message appears on the game screen saying "Peanut Gallery Unlocked". Where is this Gallery ?? I cannot see it on the preferences or the Gallery or at least no additional photo has been added on my gallery.
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Walter Victor
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In a lot of games there are completely contradictory paths for a player to go down for the MC. As just one example, look at all the games where the MC can be either dominant or submissive based on choices. That is a complete psychological contradiction. Not only that, but the player can choose to select one way and then the other way on the next choice, creating a dual-personality MC.
In this game, what are the choices that you can make that show the MC's mindset about having children?
The way I can explain the decisions is that the MC initially doesn't want kids. And if he stays on the solo route, that will remain his decision. However, if he falls madly in love with one of the two main LIs, then he comes to realize that having a child with the love of his life is a good thing. I also believe that in real life, this is often exactly how it works.
alain8891
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The Peanut Gallery is accessible from the main menu. If it doesn't show up even though you've enabled it in-game, you have a mod installed that breaks the thing...
Man just finished this game and what to say. masterpiece just amazing.
Storyline was fab, characters felt real, been a long time since I played a game of this caliber
Although I really wanted to see a bit more of their parents' adventures. In the game, it is mentioned that they often travelled places with each other and other friends (like George, Bianca, Sophie, and her captain husband). would have loved to see their perspectives as well.
Also, the photo Sophie showed of her and Sarah topless on the yacht with the other dudes kind of made me feel like they had their fair share of fun on the MV Sunset. (if you know what I mean.
I mean, with a dick like George, it'd be hard for the ladies to control themselves. That topless photo don't know why it sparked these types of scenarios in my mind.
would love to see the individual stories of these characters. How the mcs parents went on vacation and had fun
about how Sophie and the captain met and fell in love,
how George used that humongous tool of his.
a little about Bianca as well,
and finally, how these guys met on the yacht and had some real adult fun(maybe?).
Now this is all made up in my mind, but I am posting it here to see if any of you guys share my vision as well.
would love to know your theories as well.
and who knows? Maybe the dev will actually make a spinoff/follow-up based on this story?(That seems highly unlikely because he is working on his new game, but a guy can dream, can't he
Storyline was fab, characters felt real, been a long time since I played a game of this caliber
Although I really wanted to see a bit more of their parents' adventures. In the game, it is mentioned that they often travelled places with each other and other friends (like George, Bianca, Sophie, and her captain husband). would have loved to see their perspectives as well.
Also, the photo Sophie showed of her and Sarah topless on the yacht with the other dudes kind of made me feel like they had their fair share of fun on the MV Sunset. (if you know what I mean
. I mean, with a dick like George, it'd be hard for the ladies to control themselves. That topless photo don't know why it sparked these types of scenarios in my mind.
would love to see the individual stories of these characters. How the mcs parents went on vacation and had fun
about how Sophie and the captain met and fell in love,
how George used that humongous tool of his.
a little about Bianca as well,
and finally, how these guys met on the yacht and had some real adult fun(maybe?).
Now this is all made up in my mind, but I am posting it here to see if any of you guys share my vision as well.
would love to know your theories as well.
and who knows? Maybe the dev will actually make a spinoff/follow-up based on this story?(That seems highly unlikely because he is working on his new game, but a guy can dream, can't he
I played the game a few years ago up to the first scene with Jaye and I think it was possible to pursue both main LIs on the same path. Is it still possible? I read this thread and it seems like some people were not happy with that particular path and it was supposed to be fixed in the last update, but I can't find a post that describe what was wrong with MC pursuing both LI (and I’m unsure what to search for), can anyone enlighten me please? I don't mind spoilers.
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You can pursue both, yes, but you have to navigate the choices carefully in order to be successful to the end. There's a "Jaye/Mal Poly Guide" in the OP that takes you through the key steps of it.
The "issue" was that (at least) one of the girls didn't want to be part of a throuple, as she had no interest in being in a relationship with another woman, or indeed with anyone other than the MC. I guess a lot of people didn't like that because she had already shared intimacy with another woman in the past; because they wanted it and played to that end, and so that should be the most important part; or because of the decision Jaye came to on this route at the end of the Ep9 update.
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It is possible to end up with both, I say end up with, cause the path itself is atrocious dogwater bad.
The throuple path is basically, a solo Jaye path, that disregards anything Mallory, her feelings, story and everything till the very end. You don't even profess your feelings to Mal, you tell her, its just to help her, then basically break up for the last 3 chapters, then magically everything worked out, like a fairy tale when Jaye suddenly out of nowhere will just accept Mal now.
Really great story writing
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Thanks to both of you.It is possible to end up with both, I say end up with, cause the path itself is atrocious dogwater bad.
The throuple path is basically, a solo Jaye path, that disregards anything Mallory, her feelings, story and everything till the very end. You don't even profess your feelings to Mal, you tell her, its just to help her, then basically break up for the last 3 chapters, then magically everything worked out, like a fairy tale when Jaye suddenly out of nowhere will just accept Mal now.
Really great story writing
This path must be a pain if it's need a special guide to get it.
I remember this game portraying "realistic" relations so I guess poly would be hard to bring to life and make it feel real.