VN Ren'Py College Kings [Act 2 v5.2.7] [Undergrad Steve]

[Regularus]

Yes, and i think the game would have gained a lot more consistency in having some story routes opening -and- closing depending on your decisions like it happens in Being a DIK (that is the obvious inspiration for CK).

In CK1 all the routes are always being open at all the time regardless of your decisions and never close, so it will always lead in that type of character interactions problems with the MC having positive or negative relations with some people making no sense in relation to the choices you made.

 

[JustAlexKing]

Yes, and i think the game would have gained a lot more consistency in having some story routes opening -and- closing depending on your decisions like it happens in Being a DIK (that is the obvious inspiration for CK).

In CK1 all the routes are always being open at all the time regardless of your decisions and never close, so it will always lead in that type of character interactions problems with the MC having positive or negative relations with some people making no sense in relation to the choices you made.

Technically there are routes being close, like Samantha route is Ape exclusive and Ms Rose route is Wolf exclusive, but yeah ofc it lacks variety, also i really dont like how im being force into certain path like Autumn + Lauren, i dont like em, plain and simple, but then i have to attend nearly everything they ask me to join, and it feel force, should have relationship option like Acquaintance, like if they throw a party, like the mud wrestling event in CK1 before the trip or the Halloween party early on in CK2 , with a lot of ppl joining, then sure, i will come and hang out, but i dont want to go to Autumn pet shop re opening or getting close with Lauren when it just the MC and her.

 

[Regularus]

Mentionning Lauren, it reminds me on a CK1 playthrough i tried to go with a MC and Lauren loyal route, no cheating or outside flirt to see how the game would manage that (as the game push every women to the MC constantly).

During the Europe trip, once in Holland there's an event in which the MC is sitting along the canal with Amber and Lauren with Amber basically peer pressuring Lauren to give a shot at smoking marijuana, as a result Lauren gets hit hard from the smoking and fall unconscious .
She ends the night at the hospital with Amber convincing the MC that she being responsible should be watching over her instead of the MC despite being the boyfriend.
So far it all makes sense and fit the story somehow.

But the next day, the MC after waking up decided to go visit other women (i don't remember if it was on his own or after being called) and put the believability into the bin ... because honestly what the hell is the storytelling there ?
I mean how is it making any sense that the MC would rush to visit other women instead of rushing as soon as he's awake to the hospital to see how his girlfriend is after her night at the hospital ?

It's this kind of lack of coherency that really bring down the game to me, it's sad because it had huge potential with the characters being interesting and the atmosphere being well made despite some fail (like the lack of fraternities life or some characters being completely forgotten once you move mid-game) .
It feels events and story points are being played one after another without any care for the characters relationships current status, resulting in situations making unfortunately regularly no sense in regards to the characters involved.

 

[Abhai]

Dear I.S H,
this has to be the most bs review i have ever read...as no LOL reactions are allowed in the reviews section, had to put it here.

apart from false ratings, the most laughable is that the main part of the "review" is calculation of how many sex scenes an average strory driven avn should have - per GB of size

and then there goes comparison with some totally diff game/genre...to brag a bit more about frogs and nannies (a saying from my country when one doesnt know exactly wtf he is talking about, yet he continues nevertheless)

i do wish for a feature to rate/review reviews on this site...there would be so much fun, even more than in those games them selves....just imagine following "model" - this review has 2144 words and 13987 letters, yet it has only 15 mentions of sex or fuck, and only 5 "ž" letters. due to that i cant rate this review higher than one star!

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[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Dear I.S H,
this has to be the most bs review i have ever read...as no LOL reactions are allowed in the reviews section, had to put it here.

apart from false ratings, the most laughable is that the main part of the "review" is calculation of how many sex scenes an average strory driven avn should have - per GB of size

and then there goes comparison with some totally diff game/genre...to brag a bit more about frogs and nannies (a saying from my country when one doesnt know exactly wtf he is talking about, yet he continues nevertheless)

i do wish for a feature to rate/review reviews on this site...there would be so much fun, even more than in those games them selves....just imagine following "model" - this review has 2144 words and 13987 letters, yet it has only 15 mentions of sex or fuck, and only 5 "ž" letters. due to that i cant rate this review higher than one star!

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that is kinda a weird review...... I mean he's not neccesarily wrong, but it's curiously selective. You could write the EXACT SAME review on Eternum, literally the highest rated game on the site.

I would love a system where reviewers were given ratings as a function of how objective/thorough their reviews were, unfortunately I cant think of anyway how this could be implemented without tons of abuse.

 

[Orgitas]

that is kinda a weird review...... I mean he's not neccesarily wrong, but it's curiously selective. You could write the EXACT SAME review on Eternum, literally the highest rated game on the site.

I would love a system where reviewers were given ratings as a function of how objective/thorough their reviews were, unfortunately I cant think of anyway how this could be implemented without tons of abuse.

Well, at a first guess I would say have the system reviewing the reviewers set up so that you need to have reviewed x amount of games and have received x amount of likes ( on your reviews) to be eligible to assess the review. That way you cut out the trolls and review bombers because, statistically, they won't put in the effort to get to that point and once they have it - They won't want to lose it.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Well, at a first guess I would say have the system reviewing the reviewers set up so that you need to have reviewed x amount of games and have received x amount of likes ( on your reviews) to be eligible to assess the review. That way you cut out the trolls and review bombers because, statistically, they won't put in the effort to get to that point and once they have it - They won't want to lose it.

Unfortunately tho while cutting those out it would be rife with overinflations from the opposite of review bombers - review pumpers - ala games where many toss out 5 stars lilberally and get cheered on by the sycophants.

I can't think of a way that would judge a reviewer's past while excluding both kinds of reviews; underinflated and overinflated.

 

[Crusader of Romance]

A friendly reminder: The reworked Episode 2 will be released September 26th on Steam! So if anybody hasn't played the old version of Episode 2 and are curious to why people hate it so much, this is your last chance to try it before it's gone!

 

[dudeipoop]

A friendly reminder: The reworked Episode 2 will be released September 26th on Steam! So if anybody hasn't played the old version of Episode 2 and are curious to why people hate it so much, this is your last chance to try it before it's gone!

how much will it be reworked?

 

[Crusader of Romance]

how much will it be reworked?

Most of it. Dialogue, scenes will be cut out and new ones added, new sex scenes.

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[Jack Townsend]

Forget impressing Mr. Rose. I wanna know what Ms. Rose will think when she finds your dating Nora.

 

[Regularus]

good the dev have not removed the Amber detective event about the finding Nora in the cabin case, there were some really hilarious dialogues and situations depending on the detective set you choose.
the other detective events were nowhere as funny so them getting axed or replaced are not a loss

 

[bratkoratko]

can someone tell me the current state of the game?never played it but heard from others that ck used to be great but eventually quality went down the toilet so now dev is reworking stuff
So what has been reworked and are rework near the end, should i wait until i play this or not
any input would be appreciated

 

[Bloodguard]

can someone tell me the current state of the game?never played it but heard from others that ck used to be great but eventually quality went down the toilet so now dev is reworking stuff
So what has been reworked and are rework near the end, should i wait until i play this or not
any input would be appreciated

Try part one. It's free on steam. If you like it, you may enjoy the rest, but as of right now, part one is definitely higher quality than anything you will find in part 2.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Try part one. It's free on steam. If you like it, you may enjoy the rest, but as of right now, part one is definitely higher quality than anything you will find in part 2.

Hey i like my little boat murder mystery!

 

[Bloodguard]

Hey i like my little boat murder mystery!

The boat murder mystery is included in part 1. Sorry, I meant CK 1 on Steam which is all of act 1 here. It ends with the return from Europe. I think the Europe trip is pretty fun, other than not spending much time with your GF if you have one, and not nearly enough sex scenes.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

The boat murder mystery is included in part 1. Sorry, I meant CK 1 on Steam which is all of act 1 here. It ends with the return from Europe. I think the Europe trip is pretty fun, other than not spending much time with your GF if you have one, and not nearly enough sex scenes.

Oh yeah, I forgot, the original part 1 didnt even end promptly after the europe trip - it went far further until you have the fight with tom on the rainy night.

While I enjoyed the subsequent parts, I think you and others would agree they started to feel more like a series of vignettes, instead of an overarching story (e.g. Joining the frats, going to europe, etcetc)

 

[Joshy92]

Yeah, it isn't perfect
But I think we call all agree it's still a kick arse game

 

[Bloodguard]

Yeah, it isn't perfect
But I think we call all agree it's still a kick arse game

I can't really agree to that, though it certainly could have been one. All I feel is frustration, that it never quite became what it should have been. I suppose it might eventually get back on track, but after all this time, that's becoming more and more unlikely.

 

[Crusader of Romance]

can someone tell me the current state of the game?never played it but heard from others that ck used to be great but eventually quality went down the toilet so now dev is reworking stuff
So what has been reworked and are rework near the end, should i wait until i play this or not
any input would be appreciated

Ask again in a week after the revamp of College Kings 2 (called Act 2 here) Episode 2 is released. As it is now, College Kings 2 have been a mess. CK2 Episode 1 was good (some didn't like changes done to a couple of characters) but Episode 2 had new writers and was a disaster. That's why they have rewritten it and made new scenes for it while deleting some stuff that didn't work. When it comes to Episode 3, many skipped it because of Episode 2 but it's supposed to be much better. It will not be revamped.
College Kings 1 (called Act 1 here) is a solid experience and I recommend you try it. It's free on Steam. If you like it, try College Kings 2 after the revamp that will be released on September 26.