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VN Ren'Py Fog of War [Ep. 5.5] [Story Machine Studios]

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atrebor68

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my two cent.
probably a good story, but now I can't follow the plot. Apart the first update (fiancee gone, lady killer twist), really I don't understand the "fil rouge" of the story. Incoming girls, MC going up and down the city... Meh.
 

Vualen

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Nice, but I really miss nice sounds during animations. Also animations could be more extended :)
 

Sennistrasz

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Is the writing actually good? Is it realistic and sensible? There's some pretty positive reviews here, but the complaint about a Chad MC seems to be common. I have to admit, this dumb description reads like MC is a teenage boy's Gary Stu protag... on steroids. I mean, let me tell you, one thing you don't want as a career soldier is a perfect, unfaltering memory. He needs to be able to forget some of the shit he saw and did to go do it again day after tomorrow. Either that, or he'd need to have an extreme antisocial personality. In which case, he would never "feel like he is losing his humanity on the battlefield".
Writing for the characters is fine (or better than fine), the premise and setting are fine, side stories are fine, just lacks an actual main story.
 
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xXwankerXx

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the complaint about a Chad MC seems to be common
Well, excuse the dev for portraying an ex-military as an actual soldier, not your average four-eyed ugly ass creep who fancies himself a lady-killer just cause of the nonexistent plot. And whoever said he's 'perfect' must've missed a lot of reading here, coz he's pretty fucked up, the shit he saw in all the 'patriotic' missions he was involved scarred him for life... his constant deployments and fear for his life were the main reasons why Kristyn, his girl, broke up with him, so I'd say it's best to play the game and draw your own conclusions before listening to some 'experts' who skipped through most of the story due to the many words they had to read.

I haven't played the second episode yet but up until the first one it kinda felt like Grandma's House meets Mason's Gambit with a little bit of emotional/psychological razzle dazzle
I'm not exactly surprised or shocked to read that, but I fail to see what's so bad about those 2 MCs you mentioned there. Aren't they wimpy enough to be called 'realistic' or what ??:rolleyes::unsure:

This is a game for alphas, go away all your betas!
Word, brother !! Imagine complaining about an MC for being an actual guy with a dick in his pants who scores pussy without even trying to. Maybe that sounds shocking to some haters here coz this concept is probably foreign to them, but as shocking as it may sound, some attractive women IRL, just like guys, just need to look at a decent-looking (buff) guy to feel attracted to him or to wanna fuck him, or so I heard about this blasphemy called "hookup".

Is the writing actually good? Is it realistic and sensible?
The writing obviously has its flaws, but it's pretty good, and the MC looks like a realistic guy with his fair share of shit to deal with as the story progresses, so don't feel apprehensive about playing the game just coz some cucks didn't like it. Play it and judge for yourself if you like it or not.;)
 

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Well, excuse the dev for portraying an ex-military as an actual soldier, not your average four-eyed ugly ass creep who fancies himself a lady-killer just cause of the nonexistent plot. And whoever said he's 'perfect' must've missed a lot of reading here, coz he's pretty fucked up, the shit he saw in all the 'patriotic' missions he was involved scarred him for life... his constant deployments and fear for his life were the main reasons why Kristyn, his girl, broke up with him, so I'd say it's best to play the game and draw your own conclusions before listening to some 'experts' who skipped through most of the story due to the many words they had to read.



I'm not exactly surprised or shocked to read that, but I fail to see what's so bad about those 2 MCs you mentioned there. Aren't they wimpy enough to be called 'realistic' or what ??:rolleyes::unsure:



Word, brother !! Imagine complaining about an MC for being an actual guy with a dick in his pants who scores pussy without even trying to. Maybe that sounds shocking to some haters here coz this concept is probably foreign to them, but as shocking as it may sound, some attractive women IRL, just like guys, just need to look at a decent-looking (buff) guy to feel attracted to him or to wanna fuck him, or so I heard about this blasphemy called "hookup".



The writing obviously has its flaws, but it's pretty good, and the MC looks like a realistic guy with his fair share of shit to deal with as the story progresses, so don't feel apprehensive about playing the game just coz some cucks didn't like it. Play it and judge for yourself if you like it or not.;)
 

operamini

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this is a hard one and has been for me, one of those stories that while it doesn't have anything exactly wrong with it it still didn't do anything to get me immersed / invested in it :unsure:.
 

Tokenugget

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Uh, what's going on with these devs. Seems there's a plot to blow all of our minds.

Artemis, Chasing Sunsets, Unbroken and now this game. All connected. Strange :unsure: Me likes.
 
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Klaes Ashford

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Uh, what's going on with these devs. Seems there's a plot to blow all of our minds.

Artemis, Chasing Sunsets, Unbroken and now this game. All connected. Strange :unsure: Me likes.

Because they all hang out in the same social circle, they teach each other tricks to coding/rendering/posing, and as you build a relationship, you tend to share duf files and agree to small cameos of your character in their game. It's a nod of respect, that the dev likes your creation well enough to give it a small tribute in their story.
 

hampsure

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house md. reference - nice
Could play the reference game all day because this game is FULL of pop culture references to the point it became annoying and cringe-inducing - hopefully toned down in the latest release which I haven't tried. I appreciate references made here and there in a good story, but not as the building blocks of how one structures their dialogue... it starts to take away from the story and makes the individual references less effective.

zero penetration shown... it's just tits flying around.
Okay, now let's not downplay the importance of focusing on bouncing boobs. :LOL: Agreed that penetration is also important though... which is why censored hentai sucks. ;)

Is the writing actually good? Is it realistic and sensible?
Not really and definitely not. I went in thinking this was meant to be more realistic with realistic characters/situations which left me disappointed (not so much about the main character but almost everything else) - you can see my thoughts on it here if you care to. Still hoping the dev can turn things around (I haven't tried the latest chapter yet myself) as there are some really interesting aspects to build on if they were given proper attention.
 
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