VN Ren'Py Completed Chasing Sunsets [v1.10a] [Stone Fox Studios]

[Zorro#34]

Irrespective of anything else, I will absolutely be romancing Lisa in Firebreak! (That was nearly "Firebread" for a moment...). I don't get the whole "NTR across games" thing, to be honest.

I wouldn't call it NTR, as I wouldn't feel ntr-d as the new MC (who cares what was before he knew her?) while Alex obviously doesn't care anymore, but still, it's like… dating your brother's ex, I guess? I'm too used to thinking of her in a certain way, and I'd rather try new girls than make an effort to change my perception of Lisa, even if I don't think anyone gets ntr-d here.

No, she doesn't because endings involving main/side girls mean exactly that: the mc with the girl.

It's what the devs wrote so...

Bad endings exist too, you know. It's just that Lisa doesn't have a good one.
And I accept the devs' rights to write flawed characters.

 

[GarudoSCHE]

No but it is misleading when you see:

which says single path or Lisa path which turned out to be the same...


No, she doesn't because endings involving main/side girls mean exactly that: the mc with the girl.

It's what the devs wrote so...

I agree that it's better for devs to mention the difference in content for Mg/sg's in advance. For example, simply stating that there will be one ending for SG's and several endings for MG's depending on the player's decisions.

 

[Justaphase]

After all, LI in games don't always have to be a virgins.

How long have you been around these forums? Many guys hate for an LI to have any kind of sexual history before the MC, least of all to be able to see it. I've even some complain that the Mom character in an incest VN isn't a virgin.

 

[Pl@y3r]

Bad endings exist too, you know. It's just that Lisa doesn't have a good one.

Weird how from that list only Lisa got "the bad ending". The devs might as well have added all the other side girls to that list 'cause their "paths" end the same way as Lisa's. Either that or not add Lisa to that list and leave only the single path alongside the real endings.

 

[Elduriel]

How long have you been around these forums? Many guys hate for an LI to have any kind of sexual history before the MC, least of all to be able to see it. I've even some complain that the Mom character in an incest VN isn't a virgin.

don't remember which games it was (no incest even) where mom (surprisingly) had a good relationship with the dad and even that pissed some people off

 

[GarudoSCHE]

How long have you been around these forums? Many guys hate for an LI to have any kind of sexual history before the MC, least of all to be able to see it. I've even some complain that the Mom character in an incest VN isn't a virgin.

I already understood that . About the content with moms, yes, that's really very strange. Personally, I don't care if LI isn't a virgin, but if the game has NTR/Swinging tags, well:

 

[GarudoSCHE]

don't remember which games it was (no incest even) where mom (surprisingly) had a good relationship with the dad and even that pissed some people off

This is a very rare occurrence. Usually, fathers are either dead or jerks who have committed something akin to genocide.

 

[Elduriel]

but if the game has NTR/Swinging tags, well:
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that's like the best part

 

[LSC82]

That scene with Bianca at the house scared me, i thought i was heading for a bad ending.

 

[GarudoSCHE]

that's like the best part

Apparently, we have different meanings for this word .

 

[Rehwyn]

that's like the best part

I'll agree on the swinging in my case, but not so much the NTR (assuming it's actual NTR ).

 

[PaxHadrian17]

No but it is misleading when you see:

which says single path or Lisa path which turned out to be the same...

...

The single path and Lisa path Were different.

In the single path, Alex has a wanderlust that prevents him from settling down with Any woman.

We see sex with a number of the women from CS but, on this path, none of them are 'enough' for him to commit to them and rein his wanderlust.

With Lisa, we get a relationship that has a lot of sex in it but, IMO - not enough of a foundation on which to build more - Given the story.

Her story ends in a breakup - I see it as Alex is not the right man at the right time for her (my take - others can certainly feel differently).

I was one who hoped for more Tara time with Alex and Jaye (not a specific ending in any dev log), but I did not see what I hoped for.

It hardly ruins the story for me though.

As I said in my initial post about this release - the devs Cannot cover all the possibilities that everyone hoped for.

The devs created a story that did Such a good job with the different women that many of us wanted more options to be with more of the women.

I see this as a tribute to the characters created, not a disservice to fans.

I choose to view the various endings with Chasing Sunsets as a cup more than half full versus focusing on what is missing.

GL as you look for other AVNs that better meet your expectations!

Cheers!!

 

[shamtiiomi]

so i run my last walkt and was fine till after the cincert and then y have 3 choices,...what i did to dont have the choice to be with the 2 of them ? where the path split? i want the jaye\mal path but dont know what i did wrong?

 

[Rehwyn]

so i run my last walkt and was fine till after the cincert and then y have 3 choices,...what i did to dont have the choice to be with the 2 of them ? where the path split? i want the jaye\mal path but dont know what i did wrong?

If you want to be with both, you'll be going back to Chapter 6 most likely (when you have the relationship talks with both of them). Being in an open relationship with them doesn't lead to polyamory.

My earlier tips/guide to get the poly ending is below.

Also, I think it's been answered well already, but I'll repost my Jaye/Mal poly tips just in case. (Also, here's some search terms to help others maybe find this later: Blended Family, both Jaye and Mallory, polyamorous relationship, throuple)

Spoiler: Jaye/Mal Poly Tips

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[alain8891]

So, I played the update. Somehow, the choices from my save weren't recognized by the update, and I was instead offered a selection of outcomes. I used this opportunity to make a Jaye & Mal save for research purposes, then found the bug (a rookie mistake, experienced devs such as these wouldn't make it, pretty sure it was intentional to provide testers with easy access to the selection) and fixed the game to recognize my choices correctly.

No it wasn't intentional, of course not. Just something Stoya, myself and the other beta testers failed to detect when doing the final beta (it had been rewritten for the final release candidate). Blame it on the 3 or 4 hours of sleep each of us managed to get every 24 hrs for a whole week, including yesterday...
The selection menu you were offered is a "fail-safe", making sure that if the path couldn't be automatically detected, the game would not fail on you. But we were not even sure players would be presented with it...turns out we were glad it was in there.
By the way that bug (and a couple of missed typos) were silently fixed on Steam earlier today.

 

[SlowGoesSlow]

On Lisa controversy: I think the devs paid her all due respects, effectively making her a MSG of sorts

I always knew Lisa was salty.

 

[alain8891]

so i run my last walkt and was fine till after the cincert and then y have 3 choices,...what i did to dont have the choice to be with the 2 of them ? where the path split? i want the jaye\mal path but dont know what i did wrong?

You did nothing wrong. You can't continue that particular '"open relationship" path. How would two girls feel in real-life if you somehow wanted an open relationship, but they didn't, and felt more and more uncomfortable with it? They would split, eventually...

 

[Rehwyn]

You did nothing wrong. You can't continue that particular '"open relationship" path. How would two girls feel in real-life if you somehow wanted an open relationship, but they didn't, and felt more and more uncomfortable with it? They would split, eventually...

I will say that open relationships can realistically lead to polyamorous ones, but that's really only going to happen if everyone involved is mostly happy with the open relationship but wants to make things a little more committed and exclusive. From a narrative and character perspective in CS though, it makes sense to me that isn't the case.

 

[alain8891]

I will say that open relationships can realistically lead to polyamorous ones, but that's really only going to happen if everyone involved is overall happy with the open relationship but wants to make things a little more serious and exclusive. From a narrative and character perspective in CS though, it makes sense to me that isn't the case.

Exactly. Some people have been angry that they wouldn't be able to continue that open relationship path all the way, but come on, game narration made it pretty clear, very early on while still in Tonalu, that both girls were unhappy with it. It was bound to fail eventually.
The same players would also complain that the polyamorous path that opens up at the end of Chapter 9 is a complicated one. It really isn't. It makes perfect sense too...only when Jaye is so in love with you, so confortable around Mal, recognizes the attraction you have for her, can she be the one to suggest it. It had to come from her, not from you.

 

[GarudoSCHE]

Exactly. Some people have been angry that they wouldn't be able to continue that open relationship path all the way, but come on, game narration made it pretty clear, very early on while still in Tonalu, that both girls were unhappy with it. It was bound to fail eventually.
The same players would also complain that the polyamorous path that opens up at the end of Chapter 9 is a complicated one. It really isn't. It makes perfect sense too...only when Jaye is so in love with you, so confortable around Mal, recognizes the attraction you have for her, can she be the one to suggest it. It had to come from her, not from you.

The developers did a good job. However, the number of points required to reach this ending could have been less demanding... But the ending was definitely worth it.