I guess I didn't really manage to explain myself properly...It just felt dissapointing,especially since mentioning ToT you can replay fights,have dominas comment stats about how much you've lost etc and I mean what was that memory crystal for anyhow that we picked up from Rosita ? Isn't that the whole point of it like ??? Ok I can accept my actions being irreversable althoughts its a loophole since I can't die and all the domes hint at getting their power back from the get go despite destroying their seals,not to mention Raa whether deliberatly missleading or actually stating truth said that the invasion had begun which is odd since at this point we've hindered 8 but ok,also correct me if i am wrong but weren't there supposed to be 13 bosses (14 if the Angel actually turns out to be the one behind all of this not that the dev would actually care to build a coherent story despite the game being in a perfect spot for it without getting convoluted,and I can bet you that we won't see any more corruption skills or those which we have (I've basically gone full unhinged and corrupted) having any real impact on a "potential ending"since i can almost certainly say that it's going to be a rushed,convoluted pat on the back and the Grim Reaper is actually "God" incarnate since yk,he just keeps bringing you back and buffing you,even breaking you out of Raa's dungeon for "one last fight" which AHAHAHAHAHAHH if Hora is the end boss it's a great way to further destroy what for the first 4 chapters was an amazing game.I am honestly considering either living out my days with Madeline or just chillin with the Reaper for eternity.If this seems like a long rant I am sorry and you can skip over what I've written but so far its one of the few games besides ToT and CoC to stick with me.As to what I was meaning to say by design was that Katrina was the hurt type projecting her anger onto the world,her dialogue was fun,the art is pretty good and so was the fight,losing or submitting to her isn't all that bad either.She is also tough to fight early on (for a first playthrough at least) and beating her gave you a sense of accomplishment ?? Then you have Madeline,no real physical damage but the psychological games are hella fun,not to mention her art,I didn't submit to her on my first playtrough but I will do one just to see how far the rabbit hole goes.I went for Mary out of idk,I just like her a lot,which obv everyone will have preferences towards diff dominas.Anyhow I didn't mind the losing process so much but I was a bit shocked the way things turned out with the Angel,especially since i couldn't find a walkthrough (since it just kept on telling me to keep on losing and I wanted to know why) and alas I did.What I didn't know was that you'd have 2 undesirable outcomes,either full submission a.k.a game over or avenging angel,still boggles my mind that the 4th door is open and clearly you can rearrange the teleporter even if the combination is changed,the fucking pentagram works like bro what ?? Not to mention you have Angelic powers and can just zoom into the dungeon,carrying the seals of 8 demi-gods..Dominas I mean and being corrupted which in theory should mean you can decipher shit like that,even Ctulhu games as horrible as they are get that part right,granted you go insane but it's a small price to pay..,its funny to read the patreon describe it as a "souls-like" except it took all the wrong parts from it,broken builds,broken UI etc and implemented its own in broken RNG,you have no idea when you will crit or not even tho its just a simple stat percentage but ok...At least they could have added scythes to the game DS3 has em ffs.Anyway I've gone wayyy off topic,point was the stark contrast and interest they spark,granted I do think the more you suffer the more fucked up and resilient you become which can change or develop traits but I think I am asking too much of a dev that needed 8 months to bring a 1 min fight into the game,I guess you do what you gotta do to pay the bills.To wrap this up and why I think the first 4 at least for me is the complete package (excluding the twins here since I've already wrote a novel).The 3rd one is batshit insane and nasty,which the 6th is a copy of with alterations to her of albeit slightly more graphic,granted I enjoyed her personality but the arena was trash.So we come to Mary,a self-loving/hating dictator with a ton of hidden and some glaring mental and control issues.I think you see my point now and why I think that was the concusion and if the dev was smart he would have ended it there with you having a couple of endings depending on previous choices and current status plus obv saving the angel,surrendering or joining the Reaper to name a few and that would scale with corruption for example,having given yourself over to a domina and the likes.I don't even know if it was ambition,arrogance,an attempt to copy ToT in scale and complexity (of interactions) or just a good steady cash flow,but for me after that point not only did the Dominas change drastically both in artistic (again excluding the twins) but also in complexity both in fight (albeit that's mostly due to broken mechanics) and dialogue interaction.While the transition from Kat to Madeline was smooth,you felt reprieve for a brief moment but also intrigue from the get go.My expectation after Mary was that the next Domina would be either someone again manipulative and intriguing or a down-right sadistic destroyer,not....well what we got.I know I am new on this train and I can only emphatize with all of you who have supported this project both with heart but also money just to see it become...whatever this is...
If you had read this far I honestly salute you,I am writting this out of passion and frustration which I guess is pretty clear,and to the dev if you are reading this by some miniscule chance,you've done fucked up but give props to your artist and whoever wrote the dialogue for the first 4.Also dead giveaway you aren't going to stick to your project if you leave Domina on 80% complete,meaning there will be only 10 bosses instead of 13 (14).You aren't the brighest of the bunch but I also can't say that your patrons are either,I'd say you are a dead giveaway to how your future projects would also be conducted but then again if you are getting paid for it you are doing something right.