Solomon Grundy
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I would disagree. I believe route leaves your character with less stats or "weaker" by desing. Since it leaves the player with less options going forward. You said i better yourself: " the harder route traditionally yields better reward".Im dissapointed the south path is so much worse from a gameplay perspective.
I made 2 runs maximizing possible gains (yes, i minmax even in smutty rpgs, sue me) and found that north path enables you to:
1)learn lockpicking earlier,
2)get the animal farm license
3)get infinite gold from inn, as you can loiter in town forever
4)establish history with returning characters such as beth and charlotte
5)recieve just over double the possible stat gains. (+10 vs +21)
Objectively speaking, in gameplay terms the harder route traditionally yields a better reward for completion. Risk vs reward and all that.
The south path is narratively superior and clearly more story-involved, so it baffles me that its made the decidedly worse choice, where both difficulty *and* rewards are concerned.
Its obvious that it is the more recent addition of the two, as it clearly hasnt been playtested enough.
If people are going to choose the harder routes going forward there needs to be a bigger reward. Even if it means on the harder route the reward is only more sex scenes, and better sex scenes. There's zero point in going the South Route if you're not a new player, because other than story you get nothing else out of it.I would disagree. I believe route leaves your character with less stats or "weaker" by desing. Since it leaves the player with less options going forward. You said i better yourself: " the harder route traditionally yields better reward".
I hardly believe the developers will change this aspect of the route, even with more playtesting. But the information is precious none then less.
Good to know exactly how much you will be getting in each route.
Extremely slow development time you probably haven't missed too much anyway.I haven't played this game in years. Should I just play normally or is using a walkthrough essential to not miss a bunch of scenes?
Ah ok, thanks. Might stay away then, I remember the game being pretty longExtremely slow development time you probably haven't missed too much anyway.
That makes sense, to have more sex scenes in South Route. I would agree to the aspect that if she is taking the harder path, Claire would most likely get raped more often.If people are going to choose the harder routes going forward there needs to be a bigger reward. Even if it means on the harder route the reward is only more sex scenes, and better sex scenes. There's zero point in going the South Route if you're not a new player, because other than story you get nothing else out of it.
Yes... and delay any new content for another ten years, as the existing content would require a "redo," which would require additional "work"This game is ancient, it suffers from slow development, outdated engine, poor heroine model, and bad music.
Some scenes are good, but I wonder why not switch this whole thing for newer engine, better model and fresh story.
If I remember well CQ was already remastered some years ago, before the sprites were different but I cant tell much since I started playing post upgrade. The current engine is fine, it's a bit too late now to change due to the amount of content developed and I dont think it would be easy to convert everything without expecting to bugfix a lot of issues that would definitely appear which would delay even more the release of new stuff. My only gripe is with the really small 4:3 window size, I dont expect the proportion to be changed but the devs could at least make it a bit bigger since almost everyone nowadays use a 1080p screen.This game is ancient, it suffers from slow development, outdated engine, poor heroine model, and bad music.
Some scenes are good, but I wonder why not switch this whole thing for newer engine, better model and fresh story.
You wanted to say 1440p or 2160p, 1080p screens is something of a decade long past, the majority are switching to higher resolution. The game is so tiny I can barely see it in the middle of my screen.make it a bit bigger since almost everyone nowadays use a 1080p screen.
It does not seem like this game will be finished in this year or next one, or the year after the next one. Most of the quests I did, told me that content is missing and you need to come in future updates.Yes... and delay any new content for another ten years, as the existing content would require a "redo," which would require additional "work"