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Tay623

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Oct 26, 2017
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Trust me,I think they have a fully version of the game ,but for each Research girls, they're keeping released each 1 new girl for 6 or 7 months I think so, because I knew the list of up coming next research girls are Galatea ,A.d.a and Mina , that's what I think
 

Nihil5320

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Jul 2, 2022
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So curiosity got the better of me and I downloaded the game again to see the latest changes, few notes:
  • Two new maps: some kind of dock and a highway station. Neither seem to be anything special, just look like extremely small stock asset affairs with no novel features.
  • Gallery doesn't seem to let you select the new characters, whether they're unlocked or not. UI is also the old design, even including the settings menu... I thought this was meant to have been updated?
  • There is now a "crew quarters," not sure wtf the point of it is tbh.
  • The gameplay loop is still just [log in daily and play x animations y times]. Now with affinity added to likes, ideas, NEP etc. End result is getting mildly confusing, especially given the poor ux design, but excitingly this has allowed Helius to extend the grind to include new concepts like sitting down and playing the drinking animation 3 times a day to grind affinity. Truly pushing the boundaries here.
  • There are some comical localisation errors, the hardcoded "REASEACHER" in the video that plays when unlocking blueprints is my personal favourite.
  • Blueprints now seem to sometimes unlock one animation at a time rather than three? But this appears inconsistent, I'm sure there's some logic to it but nothing obvious (again bad ux design).
  • No idea how long it would take to grind out a characters animations... extrapolating from my short dive back in my best guess is that it would be a close race between this and the Sun going red giant and sterilising Earth. Doesn't get much more sci-fi than that, well done Helius.
  • Monetisation has quietly ramped up. Now with more costumes, accessories and items to accelerate the grinds for affinity, ideas etc. All costing real money on top of the characters and base game.
  • They've also adopted that scarcity marketing tactic of having a store with rotating time-limited items, pretty sure Helius has just taken everything ever implemented in a f2p game and thrown it all at the wall to see what sticks.
In terms of the actual game there doesn't seem to be any notable progress other than a character being added, this is truly now just a vehicle for selling hats butt plugs.

Haven't tried the VR yet but I might later. I have a sneaking suspicion that I know exactly what it's going to be like though (my guess is it will be akin to the VR in 0.34 with updated ux, new characters and extremely limited animation sets).

All told this is... pretty much exactly what I expected tbh.
 

BoobsDxD

Member
Apr 11, 2018
135
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is there any way to buy the game as a one-time purchase on steam or are we forced into a patreon subscription to get the latest stuff?
Yeah, the Patreon gives you a steam key code that you use. It's one time purchase effectively if you cancel your sub soon as you get your key. Staying Subbed just means you get a monthly injection of premium currency, based on what tier you are subbed to. All updates are basically free once you get your key.

EDIT: Also to correct the person above me, it just got updated two days ago so nice try on trying to pass around misinfomation.
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FirstOne

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Dec 25, 2018
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Yeah, the Patreon gives you a steam key code that you use. It's one time purchase effectively if you cancel your sub soon as you get your key. Staying Subbed just means you get a monthly injection of premium currency, based on what tier you are subbed to. All updates are basically free once you get your key.

EDIT: Also to correct the person above me, it just got updated two days ago so nice try on trying to pass around misinfomation.
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isn't that like breaking steam TOS ?
 
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Nihil5320

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Jul 2, 2022
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I fail to see how giving people a steam key they pay for to access the beta is against TOS
Steam do about keys only being generated for limited purposes:
Release State Override (or beta package keys)
These keys are used to grant access to a product prior to its release on Steam. Release State Override keys are intended for small beta tests and press/influencer access. We will look at each request on a case-by-case basis, but Release State Override (beta) keys are generally limited to 2,500 total. It is never OK to sell Release-State Override keys.
But they selectively enforce it and ultimately it's up to them if they want to let devs use their platform for distribution whilst selling keys on third party sites.
 

Garee

Newbie
Feb 23, 2022
19
3
I just got the steam beta key, is there anything I need to know before startin up this game?
I'm glad it is still receiving updates I thought this shit was a dead project for the longest time.
 

BoobsDxD

Member
Apr 11, 2018
135
705
I just got the steam beta key, is there anything I need to know before startin up this game?
I'm glad it is still receiving updates I thought this shit was a dead project for the longest time.
Probably link your patreon if you plan to keep your sub going and that's about it. I also personally would recommend swapping to the lowest tier if you wanna stay subbed for the premium currency since new characters drop like every 3 months or so and owning a character just means you can use them as a avatar and unlock costumes for them. If you get a position for them, you can still use them. Basically what I am saying is if you don't plan to get every character and the only ones you like, you probably will get the best value from the lowest tier in the long run.

I can’t believe there are people defending this trash scam game. If you wanna buy gatcha and have a goal post moved everytime you make progress you need help
I mean, you do you then I guess. It's offering something that a lot of devs don't on this scale. It's not even that grindy tbh. I basically got all the positions I want from just playing it for 3 months now, 3 times a week. I personally would recommend not wasting your energy being angry in here since it's probably a better use of your time to go find something that makes you happy and use that energy on that.
 
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Garee

Newbie
Feb 23, 2022
19
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Probably link your patreon if you plan to keep your sub going and that's about it. I also personally would recommend swapping to the lowest tier if you wanna stay subbed for the premium currency since new characters drop like every 3 months or so and owning a character just means you can use them as a avatar and unlock costumes for them. If you get a position for them, you can still use them. Basically what I am saying is if you don't plan to get every character and the only ones you like, you probably will get the best value from the lowest tier in the long run.
Hey I keep gettin this error message tho :(
 
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