VN Ren'Py Completed Depth's Revival [Extended Harem finale] [Seacth]

[indio68]

damn i had forgotten of this game....thought it was already complete...now i think i don't even bother to download this update..reading how bad the ending is.-..i don't recall this.. i've read that sarah mother shoot in the head...but don't really rememeber who was sarah..i think she was the red head girl, but why the hell her mother want to kill MC?? if i remember correctly she wen to the mountain house too and nothing bad happened that time...and loosing the first girl (even if a subconscious one) you met it's really weird...

 

[Jnx]

"Boo hoo a figment of MC's imagination is dead"
A story ended and it was a fine ending

It's about MC not NEEDING Serena anymore. She wasn't even real and he's already gotten his better life. There are 34560798 games on here that will never end and facilitate you better if that's what you're after.

 

[TigerWolfe]

I'm sorry, but are you telling me what I can or can't do in my own fucking game? If you don't like it, you can just go jerk off on some other game. Quit your whining and move on.

I may not be pleased with the reports of the ending (mostly cause it seems girls were left on the wayside) but this is how every dev should respond, the games as a whole would be much better, design by committee is a terrible idea... And it's even worse when the committee is an unwashed horde of depraved internet perverts.

 

[Avaron1974]

Why even call it Depth's Revival 2 and have scenes in this game that seemingly hint at the MC having a sexual relationship with his daughters (a flash forward if I remember correctly),

It was a flash forward scene but there was no hint of a sexual relationship with any of his daughters.

Dev has outright admitted that father/daughter incest is not his thing and he won't do it.

"Boo hoo a figment of MC's imagination is dead"
A story ended and it was a fine ending

It's about MC not NEEDING Serena anymore. She wasn't even real and he's already gotten his better life. There are 34560798 games on here that will never end and facilitate you better if that's what you're after.

The point ---->


Your head---->

If you read through the complaints, very few mention Serena. Most of us knew she was not going to be around forever. She was there to help him, he got his family and didn't need her anymore so it was time to write her out.

What people are annoyed with is the shooting and the whole load of BS around that. One minute they have a conversation and seemingly all is well, next he's shot in the head.

It was a tonal shift that, if absolutely needed for the story, should have been in the penultimate update not the finale. It takes people out of the setting when something that drastic happens and it didn't land with a lot of the audience.

Comments like yours aren't going to make people suddenly think it's a great ending.

 

[Deleted member 5736984]

Tragedy, oh what a shame. Always have to throw in ‘artistic’ (autistic) endings. We just can’t have nice things. Should’ve added a boat load of NTR as well.

 

[Seacth]

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This is the final image of that 'sad, awful' ending. Look at them guys, they're crying :,(

 

[XanusR]

I'm sorry, but are you telling me what I can or can't do in my own fucking game? If you don't like it, you can just go jerk off on some other game. Quit your whining and move on.

I get you're prideful about the ending despite your fanbase's overwhelming negative reception, but this is not how to handle the situation. Telling members of your fan base to effectively go fuck themselves for picking out plot holes and being confused is the complete opposite of what you should do; it shows more care for your ego over those who may pay you every month to support you and your game(s), and THAT is precisely how you lose that support. Instead, it would be best if you were taking their criticism constructively; this doesn't mean bending over backwards for them, nor does it mean changing everything to suit what they want (which is a terrible idea; games have always suffered from being community-developed over being developed with one or two dedicated ideas). It means seeing that people don't like this or that, taking that on board and giving it some proper thought rather than dismissing it all outright because you think it's perfect (it categorically isn't perfect, as nothing is).

Especially when a community that has followed you and your development of this game suddenly has an overwhelmingly negative view of your latest update, you need to take a step back and change your mindset from "this is perfect, so I don't care" (which you portray right now) to an open mind and give the ending another read, take on board the criticism and at the very least try to understand where your fanbase thinks you've gotten muddled up so you can try to respond appropriately rather than with the egotistical "It's perfect, so fuck you all" response you've gone with so far.

 

[Noneless]

You guys are literally unable to read?
The whole point with Serena is that SHE ISNT EVEN REAL

What the fuck did you expected? To marry your imaginary friend? Somehow create a machine to make her real?
Of course she was going to dissapear eventually, nobody want to live with a fucking imaginary friend, as hot as you can consider her

 

[Vax Morale]

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This is the final image of that 'sad, awful' ending. Look at them guys, they're crying :,(

This doesn't mean the ending wasn't bad

 

[Ozygator]

Tragedy, oh what a shame. Always have to throw in ‘artistic’ (autistic) endings. We just can’t have nice things. Should’ve added a boat load of NTR as well.

You got the game for free, so wth are you bitching about anyway? If you don't like the story then mtfo *quietly*, or do a BETTER game/story that you feel does a better job.

 

[Arabi1]

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This is the final image of that 'sad, awful' ending. Look at them guys, they're crying :,(

So this is the scene after the coma? Not bad.

 

[TigerWolfe]

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This is the final image of that 'sad, awful' ending. Look at them guys, they're crying :,(

Look at all those thermoses

 

[Ozygator]

I get you're prideful about the ending despite your fanbase's overwhelming negative reception, but this is not how to handle the situation. Telling members of your fan base to effectively go fuck themselves for picking out plot holes and being confused is the complete opposite of what you should do; it shows more care for your ego over those who may pay you every month to support you and your game(s), and THAT is precisely how you lose that support. Instead, it would be best if you were taking their criticism constructively; this doesn't mean bending over backwards for them, nor does it mean changing everything to suit what they want (which is a terrible idea; games have always suffered from being community-developed over being developed with one or two dedicated ideas). It means seeing that people don't like this or that, taking that on board and giving it some proper thought rather than dismissing it all outright because you think it's perfect (it categorically isn't perfect, as nothing is).

Especially when a community that has followed you and your development of this game suddenly has an overwhelmingly negative view of your latest update, you need to take a step back and change your mindset from "this is perfect, so I don't care" (which you portray right now) to an open mind and give the ending another read, take on board the criticism and at the very least try to understand where your fanbase thinks you've gotten muddled up so you can try to respond appropriately rather than with the egotistical "It's perfect, so fuck you all" response you've gone with so far.

Eh, nah.

Go back and actually read the feedback. Was it constructive? Was it impartial? or was it a bunch of whining ass adult-children who were upset because the story didn't go they way THEY WANTED IT?

The writer has 100% full control and say in all of how their story goes. An author who caves in to their fan base, as you apparently think is ok to do, is an author that many of us *wouldn't* support since it shows they have no courage and no backbone to tell the story they want to tell.

Let's put this another way.. Would *you* accept some schmuck coming in off the street into your home or place of work and telling you "you're doing it wrong, do this instead"? Probably not, the vast majority of us would tell that person to go fuck off somewhere, but that's basically what all this whining feedback is. The character WASN'T EVEN REAL.

 

[linkinn]

 

[Jnx]

It was a flash forward scene but there was no hint of a sexual relationship with any of his daughters.

Dev has outright admitted that father/daughter incest is not his thing and he won't do it.



The point ---->


Your head---->

If you read through the complaints, very few mention Serena. Most of us knew she was not going to be around forever. She was there to help him, he got his family and didn't need her anymore so it was time to write her out.

What people are annoyed with is the shooting and the whole load of BS around that. One minute they have a conversation and seemingly all is well, next he's shot in the head.

It was a tonal shift that, if absolutely needed for the story, should have been in the penultimate update not the finale. It takes people out of the setting when something that drastic happens and it didn't land with a lot of the audience.

Comments like yours aren't going to make people suddenly think it's a great ending.

I said it was a fine, not good, ending. And I talked AT LENGTH with Seacth about this ending. My FIRST issue was how abrupt it was. I think this needed to be addressed WAY BACK when MC first met Sarahs mom. It all comes out of nowhere. And that will never change. But it's also his game. If you didn't pay for it or make it, don't complain. That's the BS you guys all feed me when I say something negative about games, right? Hell, I'm one of this games BIGGEST critics. I don't even like most of it. I will, however, respect a devs choice in how they go about their game.

And I am STILL talking to him about his choice to do what he did. Was it rushed? Yeah. But I can say what he has on the horizon is already MILES better than this and it's not up to anyone but him to write the story he wants.

If nothing else, I thought the ending was hilarious. I hated the MC and thought he needed to get the shit kicked out of him day one. But a drunken stupor putting him in a coma is funny enough. It's just a porn game, chill.

 

[Seacth]

I get you're prideful about the ending despite your fanbase's overwhelming negative reception, but this is not how to handle the situation. Telling members of your fan base to effectively go fuck themselves for picking out plot holes and being confused is the complete opposite of what you should do; it shows more care for your ego over those who may pay you every month to support you and your game(s), and THAT is precisely how you lose that support. Instead, it would be best if you were taking their criticism constructively; this doesn't mean bending over backwards for them, nor does it mean changing everything to suit what they want (which is a terrible idea; games have always suffered from being community-developed over being developed with one or two dedicated ideas). It means seeing that people don't like this or that, taking that on board and giving it some proper thought rather than dismissing it all outright because you think it's perfect (it categorically isn't perfect, as nothing is).

Especially when a community that has followed you and your development of this game suddenly has an overwhelmingly negative view of your latest update, you need to take a step back and change your mindset from "this is perfect, so I don't care" (which you portray right now) to an open mind and give the ending another read, take on board the criticism and at the very least try to understand where your fanbase thinks you've gotten muddled up so you can try to respond appropriately rather than with the egotistical "It's perfect, so fuck you all" response you've gone with so far.

Supporters? This game has been out for my supporters for 20 days and none of them told me this was a bad ending?

 

[Ozygator]

Honestly it's been one of my favorite games so far and I've always looked forward to the next update, but after reading the comments about how the dev fucked up the harem ending of this game and his weird explanation of why he did it that way ending and that it was supposedly so that there could be a sequel, which as it turns out won't even be with the same MC but a completely new one, it makes me completely reluctant to play this game any more and I'm not even going to download this latest update so as not to clutter up my hard drive.
And I must admit that I'm very disappointed that such a cool game, which was one of my favourites so far, has lost its potential with such a bad ending.

And normally I would wish dev good luck with his next projects, but as I'm terribly disappointed with him sorry I won't do it.

So RIP "Depth's Revival".

So, instead of playing a game you supposedly really liked and loved, to see the actual ending of the story yourself, you're taking the thoughts of the unwashed masses as your final thought of the game? You apparently didn't actually like the game if you're not even willing to see for yourself how the ending fit (or not fit) with the actual story and instead are swayed by the opinions of others. It must be hard to not be able to form your own opinions and just lean on the judgement of others for all decisions, good luck with that.

 

[Arabi1]

This doesn't mean the ending wasn't bad

This isn't Hollywood. Honestly, what did you expect from a single developer porn game ending? Just completing it is an accomplishment that many have failed to achieve due their endless quest for a legendary ending.

 

[Jaike]

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This is the final image of that 'sad, awful' ending. Look at them guys, they're crying :,(

Thanks for sharing that, I guess.

But this engagement with pirates right now doesn't look productive. Prolly better to take a break from this site for the day, go in a pub, meet with your partner, hang out with friends, that kind of thing. Then take a look at the response with fresh eyes in the morning (and maybe the community's response has shifted by then too).

 

[XanusR]

Eh, nah.

Go back and actually read the feedback. Was it constructive? Was it impartial? or was it a bunch of whining ass adult-children who were upset because the story didn't go they way THEY WANTED IT?

The writer has 100% full control and say in all of how their story goes. An author who caves in to their fan base, as you apparently think is ok to do, is an author that many of us *wouldn't* support since it shows they have no courage and no backbone to tell the story they want to tell.

Let's put this another way.. Would *you* accept some schmuck coming in off the street into your home or place of work and telling you "you're doing it wrong, do this instead"? Probably not, the vast majority of us would tell that person to go fuck off somewhere, but that's basically what all this whining feedback is. The character WASN'T EVEN REAL.

Ok... I'll break this down question by question.

Was it constructive?: I agree a fair amount of it wasn't constructive at all, but some did leave constructive criticism in the outrage that has been unfairly overlooked due to said outrage.

Was it impartial?: If you're a fan of a game and have been since the start of its development, regardless of genre, it'd be incredibly difficult to keep an impartial view. I personally think I have kept an impartial view, but others may disagree.

Was it a bunch of whining ass adult-children who was upset because the story didn't go the way THEY WANTED IT?: I feel I kind of addressed this in the first question.

The character WASN'T EVEN REAL: It doesn't matter. When someone gets invested in something, be it a character movie or novel like this one or similar, they're gonna be severely disappointed and fairly pissed off if the developer/film-maker then goes, "Oh whoops, there goes your favourite character" at the end, unless it is made clear long before the end that this was the direction headed, which to be fair in this case, it was clear that was the character wasn't gonna stick around. Still, the execution of it is what people are disappointed and mad about; it was a gunshot out of literally nowhere with no build-up to that gunshot or explanation of why it even happened.

Regardless, from a PR stance, you don't start having a hissy fit at disappointed fans for voicing their disappointment, regardless of how much it may hurt. It's just the wrong way of handling backlash.