Valamyr
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Well, at least I know I'm playing something incomplete that may never be done. But hey, fun so far so I'll have fun for awhile!
Well there's some glimmer of hope for the game.
The developer recently finished their other game Overgrown: Genesis, so we know they do actually finish stuff and hopefully now have more resources for Claire's Quest.
There are also several new/unfinished levels in the game files that were added only last update so there is progress.
What's this "song of ice and fire syndrome"? Sorry, I don't know what you are referencing to.
What? 2016 was 7 years ago? But anyway, I understand your point, that's exactly why I asked Valamyr, don't expect anything becouse you can only get dissapointed. I'm not paying them so I can't demand anything, but at the same, most of the times I got really interested in a game it turned out to have a... questionable devs, that either lost their passion, try to milk their patreons or something like that. I'm not suggesting anything, just enough bad experiences made me kinda sceptical. I suggest you do the same.
One more thing, Valamyr, even if it's unfinished, it still took me 18 hours (and even more, I just don't care for futa and dislike bestiality) of objectively good game. Personally, I'm just not into most of what's shown here, neither bestiality nor rape that's so common around here, but I'm currently interested in the norse girl Aslang or something and Slayer, as I think the old couple called her... "her", you know. I like strong women (and I made Claire like that), the graphics and some kind of plot that's better than "you arrive in a town as a student, now fuck your landlady, roommate, classmates, teachers and whoever else can you find", so I'm still waiting. And well, I played one and a half hour of Overgrown: Genesis, seems really nice. Simple, but enjoyable enough, so if you are looking for next games to play after finishing Claire's Quest, I suggest you give it a go.
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'Song of Ice and Fire' is George R.R. Martin's famous saga that gave us the HBO's 'Game of Thrones'. 'Game of Thrones' is actually the first book in the series, published in... 1996. The fifth book, 'A Dance with Dragons' came out in 2011 and the sixth has been written for 10 years now. In the meanwhile, the TV series, which premiered in 2011 had its disappointing final episode broadcasted in May 2019. You can actually see the young actors playing the main parts grow from children and teenagers into young adults throughout all those 9 years and 8 seasons.
So if I understand correctly, "song of ice and fire syndrome" means needlesly large breaks between releases? Yep, would make sense then. Still, I'm about to finish Overgrown: Genesis and well, the game is simple, but enjoyable. Has some mechanics to mess with, so it's not another powerpoint presentation with illusion of choice, so I'm hoping Claire's Quest will catch up to that and make a decent game in the end. No sense in complaining or something, as I'm satisfied with previous product, all I can do from now on is to patiently wait. Thanks for the information!
Not just that, but also something I'd call 'narrative sprawl' whereby an initially focused story becomes an epic journey that takes forever to complete, with so many unfinished subplots that each upcoming update feels like yet another episode of your favourite soap opera. It not just this game's weak point, as too many lewd games available here are perpetual works in progress, but this one is actually too good to be allowed to dawdle.
hello. l found a bug. when i exit the inn i got stuck in the water. The location is narfu village. This happens every time after all quests for thieves are done
Yes, it's an annoying bug. You may use the in game cheat menu to teleport Claire to another location.
There's another bug when walking into the Inn in Valos farmlands after completed all available Sisters quests. You will not be able to exit, with the owner and his wife babbling something about not keeping Sister Rose waiting.
Yep, that's also true. Claire starts off as a poor peasant girl, my general plan when starting was to run away into safety, try to find whether my family is alive and if so, bring them to me, and make a living somehow, but instead I end up as what? Breeding ranch owner, nun, hunter, mercenary, prostitute, shield-sister (or something, I'm not sure what Aslaug called Claire), oh, exorcist for the little boy and alchemist with that gypsy girl too... What else? It's all content and it's all nice, but I also lack the "main plotline". I dislike that we are kinda pushed into being a hero, my mentality would be something like "fuck off boys, as Claire I'm a big fucking noone, don't expect wonders". You made me wonder how the ending would look like? I mean, I guess we could try and retake the continent, but once more, Claire is noone. Let me compare to the previous game as I just finished it today, Overgrown Genesis, there we at least were vaccinated against our will and had some "solid allies", but Claire is alone for the most part, really, how does she plan to wage a war? And even if, why would she be the leader or any participant?
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Since no one posted this here before.
Hello all and welcome to another concept artwork showcase!
Today, we're showing you the mummy of all dommy redheads: Chasseuse Maude!
Maude is part of the Rangers Questline, specifically the leader of the Poacher Gang that opposes the Rangers. In many ways, she is like a counterpart to Talin and co. Where the Rangers under Talin seek to maintain balance with nature, Maude is like a wrecking ball unto the forest, taking what she pleases, giving nothing back, and relishing in the thrill of the hunt and her personal gain and satisfaction above all else. Her cruel charisma has led to her gathering many like-minded brutes under her wing, and she poses a formidable challenge to the Rangers and their mission.
Maude will appear in the Rangers Questline following the "Death In The Water" quest, when the Rangers' intervention pisses her off one too many times and she decides to take a personal stake...
This piece is done by the amazing
HunterWithAPen is relatively new to the NSFW scene, but is an experienced and, as you can see, very talented artist venturing into lewds. I really liked the fanart that he came up with of Claire, and I decided to bring him on board for our concept artwork team!
(PS: High-res versions of all our concept artwork is included as part of the Art Pack rewards for patrons at Tier II or higher!)
Hello all and welcome to another concept artwork showcase!
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Hello all and welcome to another concept artwork showcase!
Today, we're showing you the mummy of all dommy redheads: Chasseuse Maude!
Maude is part of the Rangers Questline, specifically the leader of the Poacher Gang that opposes the Rangers. In many ways, she is like a counterpart to Talin and co. Where the Rangers under Talin seek to maintain balance with nature, Maude is like a wrecking ball unto the forest, taking what she pleases, giving nothing back, and relishing in the thrill of the hunt and her personal gain and satisfaction above all else. Her cruel charisma has led to her gathering many like-minded brutes under her wing, and she poses a formidable challenge to the Rangers and their mission.
Maude will appear in the Rangers Questline following the "Death In The Water" quest, when the Rangers' intervention pisses her off one too many times and she decides to take a personal stake...
This piece is done by the amazing
You must be registered to see the links
! Do check him out if you can!HunterWithAPen is relatively new to the NSFW scene, but is an experienced and, as you can see, very talented artist venturing into lewds. I really liked the fanart that he came up with of Claire, and I decided to bring him on board for our concept artwork team!
(PS: High-res versions of all our concept artwork is included as part of the Art Pack rewards for patrons at Tier II or higher!)
Hello all and welcome to another concept artwork showcase!
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I think you are confusing with the "gone gold" term used by developers to said a game is ready to be shipped and released.
Game will likely be released under the Early Acess program on Steam.
Game will likely be released under the Early Acess program on Steam.
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Personally I think this game works best if you play it the same way Skyrim works best: Sure, you *can* do everything in one playthrough, become the Archmage, the leader of the Companions, guildmaster of the Thieves' Guild, etc. But the game is much more satisfying if you choose in advance what kind of character you're going to "roleplay" and play the game only doing the content that fits the character you've chosen, dedicating a different playthrough for each archetype.
So my playing of this game is more like, one save for Beastslut Claire, one save for Prostitute Claire, etc.
You could in theory do that, but since none of the subquests are completed you will choose or happen upon more than one 'adventure' in the same playthrough, especially as they are not mutually exclusive, connect at many points and also completing tasks in one quest raises stats, which are later required to complete tasks in other quests, not to mention items found and money earned... The other way of raising stats is by using in-game cheats (which is fun-spoiling a bit for me) or using trainers, which are unlocked through.... different subquests (Defiance Trainer in Mercenary Quest; Seduction Trainer in Brothel Job; Intrigue Trainer in Scholar quest and Depravity Trainer in Ranger quest). Beastslut Claire (Ranger) needs to be thoroughly depraved for the player to get lewd scenes (+30 Depravity to wear bear outfit, for example), so she should have substantial experience in selling her body or otherwise slutting around through Sisters of Fertility questline, for instance. The Beastwife Breeder job has entry requirements so high that Claire needs to be a seasoned, filthy rich degenerate to unlock it, which I don't think is going to happen through one sub-quest only. She may buttfuck the Unpleasant Man at the Inn in Rathpike day in day out, but will only gain +1 Depravity, no more, same with any other repeatable events - there is only a once off stat bonus to them. And the cooldown periods between each of Isobelle's breaking-in sessions seem to tell the player to go out and do something else.
It appears like the devs encourage players to do everything...
I agree, that would make a lot more sense. But well, first of all nothing is stopping me and I want to be able to load back into the game in a few months, play whatever is new in 0.23 (or whatever the next version is) and go back to doing my own stuff. I also don't want to limit my save slots and memorize which one is which one, it would be lovely if I could name them, and the most I've loaded back was around 1,5 hour, as I missed my chance to get thrown into Meat Pit, so once more, if I didn't save regularily I would be kinda fucked.
And second of all, still, you are a poor peasant. I don't think Claire's home was a ranch. How did she learn how to properly take care of horses? By getting fucked by them? One lesson of lockpicking and she is a master thief? Claire becomes a mercenary before even fighting anyone, right (I know, the goblin segment is something to justify that she is able to fight back, but still)? Why is Claire, a normal girl (for the most part), a representative of all refugees, representing them in front of that crazy lady that offered apples, you know what I mean. Why is she the leader of slave rebellion? I miss some kind of explaination why is she so capable, you know?
And third of all, there isn't really any game mechanic to follow. I'm going to once again compare it to Overgrown: Genesis (sorry, but I think it's the greatest available example as it's from the same dev), there I at least had some kind of fighting and exploration system, here I'm mostly clicking through dialogue. I know, I know, there was that stealth segment with goblins, but it's not enough. Example, how different was the Mercenary job to get back the ring from changing the shipment of blacksteel? Go to a place, press the interaction button, go back. Altrough don't get me wrong, the changing shipment was at least somewhat interactive as I had a couple of ways of getting rid of the shift manager, but I miss some kind of mechanic, minigame that would make these jobs different other than the dialogue before and after it, and well, the location. Of course going back to the basic persona-like (or jrpg-like?) fighting system is boring too, but I'd love to see any mechanic.
Well, the conclusion is, I agree. But it doesn't invalidate my point about the "plot armor" and/or unjustified strength Claire has. And this game lacks some fun mechanics to make me replay it, for now I' mostly clicking through dialogue and sometimes exploring, but it all goes down to walking around and interacting once. I don't mean to insult the game now, I just hope to see my problems diminish over time, when the game gets more and more finished.
My current playthrough, which reach the end of available content has 21 opened quests/jobs: 3 main, 7 secondary, 1 minor and 10 jobs. Apart from the Prologue quests and jobs none of these have concluded and at no point I had to choose one over the other. Having 7 separate saves for these 7 subquests is pointless and counterproductive to be honest. There is no Prostitute Claire that couldn't be a Ranger Claire, a Mercenary Claire, a Sister Claire or any other Claire in the very same playthrough. There are 3 prostitution jobs available (4, if you include the prologue whoring in the toilet, but this one you lose upon completion of the Prologue) that may be taken repeatedly at any stage in the game, provided she has enough energy to perform them. Collecting cum from farm animals either by hand, mouth or any other orifice in exchange for money could also qualify as prostitution, sex work for sure.
I think you can still get the Meat Pit treatment, even if you arrived at Rathpike safely or agreed to pay off the thugs. Just explore the Rathpike's Undercity East.
Well, it's a lewd game featuring taboo fetishes first and foremost, so a healthy dose of porn logic is to be expected. Too bad that everything now seems to be heading in the beastie direction, as if the titular quest is to establish a ranch for girls who prefer furry quadrupeds over human males. This or magically growing a dick atop your vulva so you can have the best of both worlds! Your catatonic mother can wait.
It's high time I gave it another try. It may be less overgrown than Bubba's back, who knows?
Exactly. I need to say that I don't mean it as a bad thing, it just shows that the game is far from finished. I think enforcing us to chooes one way of playing over another is equally stupid (let's say, if you have 15 defiance, you can't perform any prostitution jobs), like, why? It's one of the laziest ways and cuts out content for no good reason. You put a stupid wall saying "no, you can't access content "x" becouse you already chose a different route and are accessing content "y", load a save and have n different playtroughts to access everything".
I don't want to set the requirements too high, but maybe some variety based on all the stats and our history? Some examples, for stats, let me think... Oh, Aslaug. She either threatens you and you agree or with enough defiance you talk back. But, what if we also had an option with enough seduction to flirt with her and be her... "friend" willingly? Or maybe even more, with enough seduction AND defiance, we would get into a relationship of sorts, but with Claire as the dominant one? You get what I mean?
Still, it doesn't solve the problem of taking all there is at once, but I doubt it's fixable anyhow. I think it all should have some sort of connection to put it simply, if you are a famous mercenary already, at least give me some dialogue when joining Thieves about "Well well well, the famous mercenary, a part of faction we are actively fighting against, wants to join? Hah!" and maybe additional job to prove that our loyalties lie in the Thieves? Or the other way around? Or if the dev is planning to have an "ending" for these plotlines, have a couple of them? Once more, Thieves vs Mercenaries, an ending when we begin and stay loyal to Mercenaries, where we betray them and go with Thieves, when begin and stay loyal to Thieves, when we betray them and go with Mercs, or finally if we finished both paths have something about getting a compromise between factions? Or perhaps even worse, without our support the factions get into devastating war and noone comes out on top? I'm starting to dreaming out loud, anyway, the conclusion I'm trying to make, cutting out content is stupid, but leaving it blank is just as stupid. I think the best outcome would be to have some different dialogues, options and maybe additional quests if we pursue many paths at once.
Exactly. I wanted to become friends with the enslaved girls and well, "learn a bit" about the subject becouse after all, I'm in RPG, even if the game doesn't reflect it, I'm trying to make logical choices. Unfortunately I already knocked out the guys that would throw me into the Meat Pit, so I reloaded, cheated to lower my defiance and went through that plotline.
I understand that. At the same, I dislike that, I don't enjoy rape nor bestiality, but I will just ignore that content. Personally, as I said somewhere above, I'm waiting for more Slayer content as I think it's a girl (the old couple reffered to her... "her"), Aslaug, the redhead with a kid named Leon and gypsy girl. But no, I'm not into lesbian either, it's just that I have no real other choice, what else is there? Futa? Rape by kids? Like, come on, characters that I mentioned are the only one that are consensual and have some personality attached. Anyway, as you said, our main concern currently should be helping Claire's mother, but instead we can do so many other things that don't really help in either retaking the contient or helping refugees, it's just stupid. I hope some kind of ending gets added where the factions we helped will help us in the end, you know?
I actually suggest waiting. There is a patreon post from 1st April about one last update, final polish to the game, adding some more content, but I found no more information about the release date for it.
is it possible to play only as a lesbian? without having scenes with men/demons and monsters or they are not avoidable?
If you look closely, there is not one lewd or even a chaste romantic scene involving Clare and a grown male with pure intentions who could become a love interest to her. I have my theory why that is.