VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.9.4] [Caribdis]

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KanyeT

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cayseron said:
but none of this means the ending is rushed, it just means you have criticism based on your preferences.
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No, I disagree, sorry. I think if the story is forgetting subplots and leaving questions unanswered, that is not a preference. I think it is charitable to call it incomplete, which tends to happen when the story is rushed, and it is completely worthy of fair criticism.

This also goes back to a point I made earlier regarding the story feeling directionless. All these subplots and questions keep getting added in each update, but none of them ever get completed or answered. Eventually, you'll reach a point where six years of development and 13 updates get wrapped up in one update you can play in one sitting, which makes it feel rushed.

It's an issue with the medium of AVN production, but not unavoidable. Spreading it out more would help with pacing, for example, if Cari were to have a steady flow of subplots finishing constantly, or to start closing plotlines from update 12 onwards.
 
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KanyeT said:
No, I disagree, sorry. I think if the story is forgetting subplots and leaving questions unanswered, that is not a preference. I think it is charitable to call it incomplete, which tends to happen when the story is rushed, and it is completely worthy of fair criticism.

This also goes back to a point I made earlier regarding the story feeling directionless. All these subplots and questions keep getting added in each update, but none of them ever get completed or answered. Eventually, you'll reach a point where six years of development and 13 updates get wrapped up in one update, which makes it feel rushed.

It's an issue with the medium, but not unavoidable. Spreading it out more would help with pacing, for example, if Cari were to have a steady flow of subplots finishing, or start closing plotlines from update 12 onwards.
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agree to disagree then. i dont think its wrong to feel the way you do, that everything needs an answer, everything needs resolution... so i am not gonna argue against it. But i will point out that adding stuff to story to give the feeling of life going on and exist outside MCs inner group and showing that life does not gravitate around MC and peoples lives continue with or without mc's involvement is also a proper writing technique.
 
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This game should never end, its so fucking good. I gave up 2 months ago thinking that i can control not playing it till game fully ends. But caved in 4 days ago and finally finished it. Even playing other games in meanwhile didn't help, the pull this game has over me is unmatchable. I'm glad I played Once in a Lifetime before this, references are spot on. Just like a lot of IRL movies and TV series.
It would be too hard to survive till next update.. <3
 
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cayseron said:
agree to disagree then. i dont think its wrong to feel the way you do, that everything needs an answer, everything needs resolution... so i am not gonna argue against it. But i will point out that adding stuff to story to give the feeling of life going on and exist outside MCs inner group and showing that life does not gravitate around MC and peoples lives continue with or without mc's involvement is also a proper writing technique.
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Yes, I agree with that assessment. I am more than happy for worldbuilding to occur, but I guess it depends on how it is being used. It depends on whether you are merely adding stuff or asking questions.

For example, if the Alien invasion was merely used as a catalyst for MC's subplots to occur (the date with Annie, the killing contest, the rescue with Dalia, etc.) and remained as an unanswered phenomenon, that would be more than fine so long as it was treated as such. On the other hand, if the questions of how it is started have already begun being explored, as it has done with figures like Hassler and Dr Mercer, then they should be answered by the end - especially if it gives the MC choices to make (like choosing to kill Dr Mercer in 0.8).

If the questions you are asking are used in such a way that leave people wanting answers, then they should have answers.

If, by the end of the story, Cari doesn't tell us who Idriel is, that the Gems of Doom do, how Thanatos lives in Eternum despite being dead and not realising, then I would fairly consider that incomplete. If he doesn't give us a backstory on Chop-Cop and explain how he always runs into MC on every server, that is fine because worldbuilding is designed to be a mystery.

Either way, I think the feelings of a rushed finale have more to do with the format of AVNs than not closing plot points. Leaving everything to the final update to be resolved is what gives a rushed feeling when the production schedule is spread out over many years.
 
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So I just met nova . I generally only care about sex scenes , and i do feel the lack of it in this game . But holy shit , the story is so interesting . I love each girl so far , like everyone is likeable . Specially Luna and Annie . Also i would have liked if my choices had consequences . like if i failed to attack when dalia was paralysed , She could have died . ( Stuff like this happens in desert stalker) .
 
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DETROIT123_io said:
So I just met nova . I generally only care about sex scenes , and i do feel the lack of it in this game . But holy shit , the story is so interesting . I love each girl so far , like everyone is likeable . Specially Luna and Annie . Also i would have liked if my choices had consequences . like if i failed to attack when dalia was paralysed , She could have died . ( Stuff like this happens in desert stalker) .
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If you only care about sex scenes, boy did you come to the right game. Make sure you stay on every girls path, otherwise you won´t get the harem ending.
 
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