Phase_01

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wtf, what was the point of that :KEK: feel like its some tax evasion shit going on, or parent company didn't want to be associated with eroge anymore

tho I do like the artstyle for this next game, hopefully it'll have the same level of modding HS1/2 and Koikatsu have, and we'll see new adult games made with it

Though I am interested to see what a "Honey Select 3" will look like, with a different name of course :WeSmart:
 
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wtf, what was the point of that :KEK: feel like its some tax evasion shit going on

tho I do like the artstyle for this next game, hopefully it'll have the same level of modding HS1/2 and Koikatsu have, and we'll see new adult games made with it

Though I am interested to see what a "Honey Select 3" will look like, with a different name of course :WeSmart:
If it ends up being like Room Girl (which was a bitch to mod and contributed to its stagnant sales) then the new game and the rebrand could be dead on arrival.

Edit: Regardless, likely doesn't matter to Cari as he'll continue using HS2 until something similar comes along (hopefully from a dev that actually gives a damn about ease-of-use and modding and optimizing their games and isn't blind to the potential of their software as an AVN-making machine)
 
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Though I am interested to see what a "Honey Select 3" will look like, with a different name of course :WeSmart:
If they decide to do a THIRD HS retool, they're going to get a brand backlash and flat out rejection due to how they've split their base into HS1, HS2 and then an HS3.

You see this occur with all the Call of Duty games where they force the servers to die to get people to play the new ones or even old Need for Speed games which do the same thing.

Eventually, if they don't get their act together, people will find something that supports all that and then some while their shenanigans just run them into the ground.
 
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Phase_01

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If it ends up being like Room Girl (which was a bitch to mod and contributed to its stagnant sales) then the new game and the rebrand could be dead on arrival.
Man I hope not, I quite like the style
Poor sales for their "first game" would not look great for the company's prospects
 

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I can understand not playing a game 'cause you're not interested in enough of the girls, assuming the story alone isn't enough to capture your attention.

I will never understand asking if the ONE GIRL you were interested in when you checked out the game "a long time ago" has enough scenes to bring you back to the game. If that's all you want, you might as well just ask for a current "complete" save and go have at it. That, at least, makes some sense to me.
 
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1tomadeira

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What's this about a rebranding if I may ask? I heard the company was closing down :unsure: was this just a marketing ploy/plan to "cleanse" themselves of the lewd game brand?
A note aside, I may be a bit oblivious in these kind of business, but wouldn't allowing devs to use their machine (as long it is mentioned of course) give notoriety to their brand as well? I understand they wanted to protect their product, but it is hard to see this policy isn't good in the long term (like Eternum not possible to be on Steam). It doesn't seem a complete shutdown of the business, more like a rebranding (maybe to erase the company's image away from RapeLay), but still makes people to make more effort to piracy stuff.

It's like EA, I recall to fucking Sim City, yet they released a shitty game (and with DRM), and made me hate the company ever since. Many changed to Cities Skylines because of that. Same for Sega, I fucking love Sonic, but Sonic Mania release had Denuvo, only ended up buying it after they removed it. But it's hilarious how that was cracked in 2 days, and even worked better than the version with Denuvo.

Again, I understand a company needs to protect it's assets to survive, but sometimes some "eyes closed" can be beneficial as well, it's the principle of harm reduction. Just let's hope this rework won't bring harm to HS modding.

Here's a glimpse of Caribdis developing the game after he saw the news:

 
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ArDZer

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On a side note, thank you Jerry for that wonderful speech.

And blowing yourself up and erasing yourself for the rest of the update right at the beginning.

You did the entire fanbase a favor.
If only that happened permanently. Poor guy (not) :giggle::devilish:
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Anne, you sweet cinnamon roll...

You will NEVER be as useless as Jerry. Not even close.
 

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A note aside, I may be a bit oblivious in these kind of business, but wouldn't allowing devs to use their machine (as long it is mentioned of course) give notoriety to their brand as well? I understand they wanted to protect their product, but it is hard to see this policy isn't good in the long term (like Eternum not possible to be on Steam). It doesn't seem a complete shutdown of the business, more like a rebranding (maybe to erase the company's image away from RapeLay), but still makes people to make more effort to piracy stuff.
That would've been a good business strat, like what Daz3D does.
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So much for "trying to start fresh," lol.

Here's a glimpse of Caribdis developing the game after he saw the news:

That's Cari realizing the workload that's in store for him when he promised to do 3 0.6 Alex-tier scenes for the next update. :KEK:
 
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Is it even an update if Jerry doesn't get merked? :sneaky:
So far Jerry's died about 4 times in Eternum. The 3 other times were here:
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ArDZer

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Ohhhhh... So THAT'S why Anne looks so cute and angry while pouting about the explosion...
You have to agree with Nancy. Annie did looked cute, but if she doesn't get to show her amazingly magical prowess to the protagonist or something like that arty strike (courtesy of Nancy's 2-IC Maximus) ruins her big moment, she might go ballistic next time:
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You have to agree with Nancy. Annie did looked cute, but if she doesn't get to show her amazingly magical prowess to the protagonist or something like that arty strike (courtesy of Nancy's 2-IC Maximus) ruins her big moment, she might go ballistic next time:
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You deserve this gif :love:
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...I seem to recall that that discussion happened because people were in disbelief that Annie was already doing gigs just so she could buy the Nerve Implant when she was likely still a kid around the time of the announcement. And given that that line hasn't been changed until now, it could be intentional on Cari's part (though there's still the possibility that he could change it in the full release, but until then we'll just have to assume that Annie really sold a lot of cookies and lemonade and just to get her hands on that implant, which she could've purchased by the time she was on her early-to-mid teens).
This makes me wonder just how old Jerry is. When he was talking to the MC in Ekabar he said that he's been playing the game since it was released. So he's either older than most of the main characters, which just makes his obsession with Dalia even creepier, or he started playing as just a child.
 

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I just finished the Andromeda part. I have some questions. I'm following the walkthrough, and it said choose the one you want and that it hasn't been determined which choice is the better one at the moment.
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