Incredible update yet again!
Tons of content. few typos.
Music was a little underwhelming this time, though, compared to all the last few updates that had great tracks and songs.
instant sub from me, especially because of the early leak.
Dalia in the dress and hairstyle that were used for the progress tracker was nowhere to be seen !
The groundhog day/stanley parable scene was a nice surprise in an AVN.
and the mouse lock on some of the choices was funny as hell.
Jerry
finally got a bit of a break and that NTR bait was hilarious.
Dalia's frustrated unsatisfying disappointment got justice in the same update, thankfully
The first
threesome was a little tame, but it was understandable as it is essentially Nova's second time
Nancy being the one pushing for the harem was foreshadowed, and it's the logical choice, but it might have happened a bit too early. was it a consequence of the post traumatic shock of having almost lost MC just a few hours ago?
Though the resolution of the previous cliffhanger
felt a bit like a cop out. there was no drama at all. none of the girls seemed to have reacted to having almost lost their loved one.
It is only MC that gets his epiphany. Was it just to push MC to realize that he loves them and has to start making decisions now ? just so he would value his relationships more than the gems and his quest ?
I would think the girls would be very shocked and worried after learning about it. especially when on their paths. we could argue that their love confession coming so quickly afterwards is an indirect reaction to it, but it's not explicit. even more so for Nova as she learns about it just after it happened and reacts more about being transported to Eternum and other unlikely hypotheticals than almost losing the love of her life that she just finally got a second ago. I get it was for the comedic effect, but it felt out of character that she wouldn't even register it. Nancy also seemed far too calm about it. the other girls might have reacted off screen, but no trace is left in their behavior.
Annie
's date was huge. so many opportunities to hurt her... though there is no variable to save the absolute best version of the date with the love confession at the end and Annie's real sexual awakening. Seems like an oversight because all the other girls that got their solo confession do have their specific variable.
Luna's vision with Annie is supposed to happen only if MC is on both of their paths, but here it seems to only require Annie's path. Did Caribdis forget to branch that scene out ?
Annie finally got to show her true power it's been a long time coming.
That millionaire question was just so well timed and executed. almost pissed myself.
Alex
's quickie turning into her most romantic scene was so good... masterpiece.
and it baited us even more into a threesome with Dalia several times for the next updates.
Nova
seems to be setup as the future threesome queen at least, she looks like she wants to try with Annie, Penny and Alex ?
Ending was
predictable because Calypso's realm has been constantly brought up and their bond is now strong enough. still, the two scenes were great.
though, now we can wonder if MC's new power was only because Calypso was conscious ? and he only got it because she is his weapon ? or is he a descendant of Anima or the guy that enslaved her ?
at least
with threesomes (foursomes ?) in the mix, it will be far more difficult to predict the next lewd scenes instead of just a standard rotation of LIs
Only Luna remaining for her first time now.
at the start of the game, Annie, Dalia, Luna and Nova were virgins for sure. Nancy was not for sure. but Alex and Penny are not really explicitly confirmed, Calypso either. even if the anti-NTR crowd might faint at this, it would have been interesting to have a bit of backstory about the past love/sex life of the girls be brought up. Especially during lewd scene, comparing what they had to MC could add to the reasons they would agree to a harem. Nancy seems to have dated a bit since her ex, but it's not clear if she had actual sex with someone all those years. Alex might have just slept with guys just to piss off her father, especially after her grandmother died and she would lose faith in the "prince" advice she got. Penny might have only got guys interested in her boobs or her body, and deceived her a bit about their real intentions. we only got to see the creeps in her DMs, but real life could be just as bad. Calypso might have some experience, but it might just be what she heard from her maids, as she seemed quite innocent.
Now that MC
can go back and forth and bring items into and from Eternum, he could become rich really fast by selling items. Though, it would be tough to keep his power a secret for long if he tries
we get two per year right now. though, dev time seems to slowly creep to one per year.
no, MC
teleported to her, and she healed him there. she didn't open a portal to Earth. it's even worse but yeah, no consequence sucks.
8 timing even if you count Calypso. but it's a harem game, so it would always have worked out for him. but some drama would be interesting. everything just works out for him once he decides he wants it.
Nancy did say she is open to sharing him with anyone,
so when she finds out it will be with the girls she loves/likes, then she would "naturally" make moves to make it happen herself and maybe even try to limit it later to those girls only. Alex also said jokingly that she is open to sharing with Dalia, but seemed serious about it.
she now seems to actively make it happen, even. Luna saw the vision, so she got the idea put in her mind, as an unavoidable future, she got corrupted
Penny also said she would share with Nova, even if she pretended to be joking, and that put the idea in Nova's mind, and
Nancy ended up capitalizing on it without knowing. Annie is not dumb,
she knew and could only watch it happen, and had to accept it if she wanted to be with him, though she doesn't want anyone else outside of the inner circle. only Dalia didn't say anything but now,
she is a sex freak, so she might be open to some fun with her best friend, and it would open the sharing route in her mind.
Though it could be a side effect of MC's near death.
they don't react at all on screen, but maybe they spent days thinking about it and decided that they want him despite of having to share.
his biggest flaw since the beginning is being super dumb and oblivious to the most obvious things
but now, with his new development,
it created a huge weakness for him: the girls. what would he do, what would he sacrifice just to protect them ? he can't be with them all 24/7, one is bound to be in danger or kidnapped at some point. would he give up the gems and his powers and the fate of the world just to keep one safe ?
Caribdis isn't big on heavy drama. since the first game already. the drama is light, comedy coated even, and gets resolved instantly. the heaviest drama is breaking up with a girl or failing to stay on her route. if we want drama and consequences, this is not the game
I think
she actually is, and just couldn't deal with MC's reaction in the moment and backed out. she said she would have dealt with it herself. implying aborting alone. so maybe now, she needs to re-evaluate her decision depending on how MC chose to react. she has her swimming career to consider too, with the national selection just around the corner.
that would be too heavy for this kind of game and story. though, I would find it interesting to read.
there was. it's just not the plot development you expected and wanted. don't forget it's still an AVN, and the girls are very important. the relationships with the girls are very important plot threads that have to be developed properly. it could be argued that for these games, it's the most important to be developped
and in this update, we got plenty of that.
Harem kickstart, love confessions from everyone present, defloration for two...
it was
a nightmare focused on MC's worst fears. of course it was fake...
I think it has a purpose.
it shows MC's subconscious development about his new priorities after his near death. he didn't have time to deal with it consciously until then.
because saves can be exploited to fuck your game and device... so it is very discouraged here to ask and accept saves from strangers... just so you could save 10 minutes rushing through the game. and you don't even save that time since you have to wait for someone to send a save...
there is already a ton of foreshadowing and setup. Alex and Dalia. Penny and Nova. Nova with Annie and Alex too. Nancy with everyone except her daughters... Luna, it's ambiguous though. she had the vision, and most people think she saw a threesome with Annie, so that would be one option. but she might have seen the whole harem, or even an orgy of any number of combinations that include Annie and herself, not just a threesome.
She is thinking of trying to distance herself from them but then reconsiders as she would end up alone again, so "them" could easily mean the whole group, not just Annie and MC.
Nancy never let MC cum inside her real body, yet...
yes
, it's the same if you disable pregnancy, at this point. and it didn't feel like a joke at all. just that she couldn't deal with MC's reaction, like I said just above.
Or more like she foresaw MC's defeat like in previous attempts and came to set different things in motion.
Not sure it would work at this point. they don't interact at all. and they seem to be into different kinds of domination. But I'm open to enjoy it if it happens
maybe Caribdis knew you don't have any hair left to pull
she could get an abortion. she would have to consider both her career and her relationship, as the national selection for the olympics are coming. her coach would hate MC for that if she finds out
but she wouldn't need to be sideline. first because it wouldn't show for a few more weeks. and most importantly because she would go in Eternum with an astral body, not her real body. would the neural implant make a copy of the foetus ? I don't think so.
and honestly, she is currently sidelined.
she works too much, on top of school and training. she didn't seem to have played and spent time with MC and the other girls since she was disowned.
yeah, that was weird. but it's not the first super dumb thing MC does without thinking about consequences. he is on a happy go lucky trend since the beginning.
and, yes, the worst is Nova who just a second before was panicking about it, and Nancy who is supposed to be the smartest. just yoga made it all go away
agreed.
She already fell for him before. maybe she knew before coming in that scene and didn't want to admit it. but she ended up admitting it during their talk when he accepted the pregnancy after calling her his princess. circling back to her talk with her grandmother. but what we are missing is her reaction to the news that MC almost died. that might have a huge influence on that decision too. on top of missing him because they couldn't meet for a few weeks. thinking about having to deal with losing him without having confessed might have triggered something.
MC is all she has left besides Dalia.
Actually, it's talked about a bit
with Dalia. not really explicitly, but they just say that the only difference is the knowledge that it is actually real with actual consequences and that would trigger real adrenaline responses. might mean that sex would feel the same physically, but the mind knowing it's actually real with real bodies might add to the experience in the same manner.
Personally, I liked that scene
it's a nice change of pace in an AVN. but you're right that it might have been placed in the wrong spot. but I interpreted it as MC's mind finally beginning to deal and process his near death and showing him his new priorities and what really matters to him now. so it does have a purpose. he didn't have and take the time to stop and consider what happened to him before. the flow was already kinda slow before the scene, so it's just the whole environment change and context and meaning of the scene that you might have disliked.
that scene is actually a very common storytelling type of scene
. it adds a lot to the world building and the immersion. breaking the pace there is not a bad thing after that kind of big event that happened just before. and it also works as a good reintroduction and ease into the world of the game for people that jumped straight into the update instead of replaying from the start.
you have so much faith and optimism there
it would be really easy for Caribdis to troll everyone and just make MC and Calypos teleport back to Ekabar or Earth when she wakes up just seconds after the next update begins, out of nowhere, just like they were teleported in out of nowhere. and make the whole update about the team trying to get back to her realm after confirming it does exist
though, does it mean that MC teleports spontaneously when he is dying ?