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A lot of good scenic views in this update
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EVERYTHING.Okay, so I've heard about this game before, but the reviews are the most generic 5 star reviews with nonspecific "ohhh the story was soo good blah blah" that It reads like Chat GPT wrote them.....
What makes this game good.... SPECIFICALLY.I'm not trying to bait.
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Good humor, interesting story to follow, characters that have personalities(albeit sometimes kinda cartoony). Oh, and some of the hottest sex scenes in AVNs right now. Also the dev actually finishes his games which is more than most can say.Okay, so I've heard about this game before, but the reviews are the most generic 5 star reviews with nonspecific "ohhh the story was soo good blah blah" that It reads like Chat GPT wrote them.....
What makes this game good.... SPECIFICALLY.
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On the surface, it's a Mystery-Adventure Harem AVN that looks like a parody to 'Ready Player One' or just about any story where playing and progressing through a VRMMO is a major focus.Okay, so I've heard about this game before, but the reviews are the most generic 5 star reviews with nonspecific "ohhh the story was soo good blah blah" that It reads like Chat GPT wrote them.....
What makes this game good.... SPECIFICALLY.
Dive a little deep, and it's actually an AVN that hearkens back to the kind of storytelling that you usually see in Old School Eroges where the character building, worldbuilding, and a plot that does not completely center around banging women are given more focus (which makes it stand out a bit from the rest of the competition that feels like they have a same-y premise). The plot certainly isn't original, but it's good enough for people to be invested in it.
It also happens to be the dev's second game, where he fundamentally improves upon every aspect that the first game was sorely lacking (i.e. better music, a somewhat more focused narrative, better development amongst the LIs, better cinematography, etc). Speaking of the dev, he is also loved for having a somewhat speedier release schedule which he sticks to for the most part, which is a breath of fresh air in a scene that is notorious for having devs that have very drawn out release schedules and a high attrition rate.
Of course, it's not without faults. Branching paths don't fully exist in this game (which is prevalent in some eroges where there is only one correct choice and the rest lead to losing an LIs path or a bad end), though on a positive side that allows the dev to just hammer through updates without having to worry about making completely unique paths depending on player choices (which leads to longer dev time). The humor can be a hit or miss, probably more so than the first game where the humor there feels like it's dialed up to 11 (whereas the humor here sometimes doesn't hit well due to the more serious nature/tone of the story). And the visual style can be a turn-off to some people who may not like the somewhat "JRPG-ish"/"Anime-ish" style.
Still, overall, people like it because it's a fun ride and has aspects that a lot of people find endearing - whether it be the characters, the humor, the music, the plot which encourages them to theorize what will happen next. That's pretty much it.
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Unfortunately, this game and Artemis were my first VNs, imagine my surprise when I found out that i the vn scape it like I got to learn learn to drive in ferraris and had to deal with some great other little cars, but not this standard. Games like Eternum, sicae, my bully is my lover deal with music cues and camera work as well as humor, levity as well as drama like no other. Bravo and keep it coming
Thanks for the breakdown. Not a fan of linear-ish harem games, but sounds like the dev actually puts time into making the games. Which I do like a lot.
Admittedly Ready Player One was kinda average as a book (never saw the movie), so if it's just doing the VRMMO thing rather than trying to imitate it, it sounds pretty solid. I don't mind more "realistic" visuals any more or less than anime style ones.
If dev is focusing on completing his game, they could always go back to expand on characters and branching decisions/different content/etc in a post 1.0 to flesh out the game imo. Which I wish more devs would do vs trying to complete the entire game completely and taking... years longer than it could.
Will give it a look. I'm getting the "yOu jUsT hAvE tO pLaY iT fOr yOuRsElF" vibes from everyone about this game tbh, which is...
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She saw us having a threesome didn't she Lol
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I don't know about that. He's been very vocal on Discord that he plans to jump to a new game once he finishes this one (which he has estimated to be about 12-14 updates in total length, meaning we still have 5-7 updates left before the story ends). He also dislikes remakes/remasters, believing them to be a bad trap for devs to fall into, and that he'd rather "make new stuff."
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Almost guaranteed she saw that. Or a much wider assembly.
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i am inclined to believe thats the case because she has different dialogue if you are on her solo playthrough.
i believe if she is only LI with open path at this point she says something among lines of "we are more than ok" (as response to Annie's question "are you ok") and Orion thinks to himself "we?"
I guess that would have been better if you think it like that. But since all the development we had was after him meeting Penelope after growing up and no mention of any feelings when they were young, your hypothetical situation is just not true. If anything, the very first time we met Penelope she was very much anti MC and I honestly wanted to chose options to just shut her up(but i didn't because I think thought the path might close), but then suddenly she started changing to be pro MC without any significant developments. You might say the first photoshoot was a development point, but she already had opened up to MC before the prick showed up at the photoshoot and degraded Penelope.
Similar to how Alex was anti MC at start, but change of her stance towards MC was shown with quite a pivotal scene of when MC went to her home and saw the whole family drama and supported her.
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well i am confused because i fail to see the "anti mc" tendencies from Penelope... at very least in the context you are describing it. What part of Penny was "anti MC" at beginning? the part where she does not simply drop all the plans and dedicate her whole existence to Orion at the first sight or his whim? Or is it the part where she does not appreciate when first thing Orion says to her next morning is that he was talking about her body behind her back before he even got a chance to say a word to her?
Also you are shutting down my "hypothetical" in spite of it being backed up by common sense AND the scene from her past memory, but hate the outcome of your own decision, because reasons you dont like penny is backed up by denial of well lets just call it my hypothetical. Penny cared for Orion enough to skip the party in order to spend time with them when Nancy couldnt babysit so she had liking to him in the past. If you ignore that then that is your prerogative and your right but it is kind of unfair to ignore parts of character and also hate character cause it make less sense with said parts of character being ignored.
I absolutely agree with you that if Penny acts out the way she does and the sudden change in her behavior comes out of nowhere instead of it being backed up by their pre-existing relationship it would make no sense. I am also going to double down and mention once again that i am not a fan of how 0.7 plays out regardless of your choice in reginas bedroom, making any atempt to shape orion relationship with penny futile... so you are not completely wrong, i just think its undair to say she was anti MC when she really wasnt, and i also dont think her likeness of MC is unfounded either
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PENNY SCENES IN THIS UPDATE IS WILD
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