Ren'Py Frozen Past [v0.40] [Leonave]

[Ricthequick]

Wow. There are some passionate replies in this thread. I suppose that's a good thing; engagement and interest enough to be upset is way better than apathy.

I suspect that there are going to be some awfully juicy reveals in the future, and I can't wait to find out. Good luck in your development endeavors, and I hope that you'll be able to maintain the project schedule you'd prefer.

To be fair, being one of the folks who brought up the "weird family interactions", all I can add is that:

1. We are mostly leeching this VN (At least I am, sorry dev) at the moment so, whatever, he (?) doesn't have to listen to any of us.
2. Any dev (or creator/artist for that matter) is ABSOLUTELY free to "make" their creations how they see fit
3. That said this is a forum where to discuss these VNs, not just a repository to pirate them.

The only real "issue" I have with the narrative of this VN comes from a place of not being a lover of Kinetic Novels for the most part, I like to have a certain degree of agency when playing VNs, not last because even the best ones I tried are miles away in quality to actual books (and a lot of TV series/movies), which is simply a fact.

So coming from that point I still believe that while the stepsister behaviour might be weird compared to real life (but then again in real life there's no Futa epidemic either?), it's the mother's and MC's behaviours that don't check.

The mother CLEARLY doesn't care about him enough to even find the time to at least tell him something and ACTUALLY make sure he has a place to live after years spent "frozen".
The MC on the other hand is developing a "deep" love for a family who really doesn't care that much about him, they both care about his dead step-sister and for sure about the secrets stolen by the hacker, but they are fine for example letting him stranded in a city he doesn't remember with no mean of contacting anyone (they don't give him a phone neither their numbers).

Another example, the mother wants him to live with Emilie, "because is closer to the special needs school",
A school he can't get to because he doesn't drive and has no idea where he even is and then, when he gets shot she actually gives him a laptop to be able to attend said school from the hospital... like couldn't she've done that to begin with?

Sometimes I think people don't really understand how scary, stressing and life affecting losing your memory is?

I'll close this here because I know this is a silly wall of text, and I actually still find this story intriguing.

 

[popoe22]

Wow. There are some passionate replies in this thread. I suppose that's a good thing; engagement and interest enough to be upset is way better than apathy.

Anyhow, Leonave I don't take offense with Emilie's behavior towards her brother. Obviously, there is a lot of history and baggage there, and she's absolutely awful at introspection and dealing with her own issues, but family doesn't get that angry unless they have a lot of emotion tied to someone. And I suspect Emilie has a veritable truckload of emotion when it comes to the MC. Obviously, the MC instinctively feels a lot of emotion and devotion towards her too, and that can be understood. Some families are like that, no matter the shit that goes down.

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I suspect that there are going to be some awfully juicy reveals in the future, and I can't wait to find out. Good luck in your development endeavors, and I hope that you'll be able to maintain the project schedule you'd prefer.

What truth are you talking about? The truth is in the author's head. There are other conversations going on here. Why should the player watch the hero turn into a nonentity? Why, despite the player's choice, does he start to make peace with his family, which you can hardly call a family?

 

[AVNplayer69]

What truth are you talking about? The truth is in the author's head. There are other conversations going on here. Why should the player watch the hero turn into a nonentity? Why, despite the player's choice, does he start to make peace with his family, which you can hardly call a family?

Exactly why eloping or just going away with that Futa in the sauna leaving everything behind is the true real ending for me. It felt like she actually liked the mc unlike his own "family" and a chance to leave old shit behind and start anew, with someone who actually cares enough about him to leave their life in the city to live together with the mc. That ending truly felt so liberating that I saved it just so I could revisit again. Only played the rest to see what direction the "real ending" of the story was going to.

 

[Joi_fan]

What truth are you talking about? The truth is in the author's head. There are other conversations going on here. Why should the player watch the hero turn into a nonentity? Why, despite the player's choice, does he start to make peace with his family, which you can hardly call a family?

To each their own, as an incest fan I'm finally relieved that we are going to bond with the family. I don't mind Rachel or Maria or the teacher or whoever else, but my main goal on these games are always the family, even the dom Emily. It took years to get here, I just hope it pickup the pace from now on.

 

[asianboi]

I can't say I disagree.

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Peace

man last time i play this game back in 2022 and i hate the "family" back then, i probably hate them even more now if i play this update

 

[asianboi]

man ...

cant wait till the point where we can put 15g lead into the foreheads of the "family"

remember 9mm only kill the body, but .45 acp penetrate the soul

 

[Vastro]

What can I say other than that I'm disappointed with the MC.

 

[coomeah123!]

To each their own, as an incest fan I'm finally relieved that we are going to bond with the family. I don't mind Rachel or Maria or the teacher or whoever else, but my main goal on these games are always the family, even the dom Emily. It took years to get here, I just hope it pickup the pace from now on.

Same, I've been waiting for the MC to get to do something with his family for so long now, but nothing's happened so far, which is really disappointing. Apart from that, I've really enjoyed everything thus far.

 

[derodius]

anyone else getting a virus warning from the dowload of the game?

 

[unravelknight]

It's been a while since I played this so I'll ask a question about it before I play again. Has the mother started being a mother and doesn't abandon you every single second, and has the sister stopped being a total massive bitch yet?

 

[anon2323j]

It's been a while since I played this so I'll ask a question about it before I play again. Has the mother started being a mother and doesn't abandon you every single second, and has the sister stopped being a total massive bitch yet?

Hahahahahahaha hahahaha
That's a good one

 

[anon2323j]

@Leonave, please don't take the criticism to heart. This is a great story you're building. The English version may need a little polish (maybe feed it into an AI proofreader?) but the mystery you've got here is quite compelling. It's kind of like an old school adventure game, and while I'll be sad to see its end, I'm very much enjoying the ride.

I hope he at least takes criticism and ponders on it rather than just mockingly dismiss it. He's under no obligation to make changes per my dislikes, but I think he might get some sort of insight. there has to be a reason why many see the same picture I do.

1. We are mostly leeching this VN (At least I am, sorry dev) at the moment so, whatever, he (?) doesn't have to listen to any of us.
2. Any dev (or creator/artist for that matter) is ABSOLUTELY free to "make" their creations how they see fit
3. That said this is a forum where to discuss these VNs, not just a repository to pirate them.

1. I supported his previous patreon (not really that important as I'm just 1 person)

2. 100%
3. 99.99%

man last time i play this game back in 2022 and i hate the "family" back then, i probably hate them even more now if i play this update

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[popoe22]

Exactly why eloping or just going away with that Futa in the sauna leaving everything behind is the true real ending for me. It felt like she actually liked the mc unlike his own "family" and a chance to leave old shit behind and start anew, with someone who actually cares enough about him to leave their life in the city to live together with the mc. That ending truly felt so liberating that I saved it just so I could revisit again. Only played the rest to see what direction the "real ending" of the story was going to.

I don't think running away with someone is smart, the main character needs to get his memory back and get his documents back, get his damn license back and generally figure out who he was before, but instead we have a dumb crybaby main character who also made peace with his family despite my choice

 

[popoe22]

To each their own, as an incest fan I'm finally relieved that we are going to bond with the family. I don't mind Rachel or Maria or the teacher or whoever else, but my main goal on these games are always the family, even the dom Emily. It took years to get here, I just hope it pickup the pace from now on.

You are happy, but there are many players, including myself, who are unhappy, and we are not asking you to deprive yourself of pleasure, we just do not understand why our choice does not mean anything.

 

[Adhdclassic]

Ending
1. Leave with the doctor she helps get your memories back and you destroy the company..
2. Rachel and you just leave.
3. Leave with that chick from school get your memory back and rain hell fire.

 

[Keresaspa]

Even tho i hate sandbox games i love this one... hope they don't abandon it and update more often!

 

[popoe22]

Ending
1. Leave with the doctor she helps get your memories back and you destroy the company..
2. Rachel and you just leave.
3. Leave with that chick from school get your memory back and rain hell fire.

What are you talking about I don't understand these are your suggestions for the ending about the doctor you are clearly wrong it gives information about the main character there is a possibility that the wiretapping was installed with the consent of the main character's family and the doctor knows about this wiretapping

 

[Ciaran8023]

What are you talking about I don't understand these are your suggestions for the ending about the doctor you are clearly wrong it gives information about the main character there is a possibility that the wiretapping was installed with the consent of the main character's family and the doctor knows about this wiretapping

The company is apparently a multi-billion dollar company, and the dear "head of security" has no issues having someone raped to death.
That "consent" might have very well been a straight up threat of getting murdered if she didn't comply, because that's the type of person the sister is seemingly.

 

[lHarmonyl]

memory leak fixed?

 

[popoe22]

The company is apparently a multi-billion dollar company, and the dear "head of security" has no issues having someone raped to death.
That "consent" might have very well been a straight up threat of getting murdered if she didn't comply, because that's the type of person the sister is seemingly.

The company is apparently a multi-billion dollar company, and the dear "head of security" has no issues having someone raped to death.
That "consent" might have very well been a straight up threat of getting murdered if she didn't comply, because that's the type of person the sister is seemingly.

The sister is clearly involved in everything that happened to the main character, and it's even more annoying because now the main character has become even more insignificant and made peace with his bitch sister, which is completely contrary to my roleplaying.