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Frankly, both are over-grindy and over-teasing, for in the end not that much.
Besides none are close to be completed, and the game has been abandoned a while back.
That is a shame that the game had been abandoned a while back cause its a good game.
Honestly no. I don't believe it's a good game at all.
-> It has nothing new (it's a mashup of the 1st Glamour, and of Big Brother)
-> It's basically an over-repetitive Slider-Teaser, with too much grind
-> They changed the Engine midway, and fucked-up big time (this happens, but it generated too many hiccups)
Appart from that...
Alas, it's a recurring Dark Silver process. He starts things, milks too much and for too long, making his customers bore and leave, and as he only listens to paying customers, he cuts himself from the opportunity to get new ones, gets cornered in a non-sustainable bubble, then abandons the project. It's been three times already. Same MO, same ending.
Because he apparently failed to apply two basic rules of commerce :
1/ you have to grow, and to grow you have to convince new customers to pay. You don't do that by not listening to what they would pay for.
2/ You have to deliver. Milking is a balance. If you miss the target too often, fail to have substantial updates - with more than a few pics of "nothing", a ton of new bugs everytime, and possibly the obligation for players to start over - people will eventually get bored and leave. And you'll hit rock bottom.
And that's exactly what happened. The war in Ukraine was only an accelerant for this already ongoing attrition process.
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Yeah, I played it for the renders. But the events were more repetitive than in any other game I played. Repeat the same each week and get one bonus image, yay!
But tbh I think Dark Silvers biggest mistake was that he listened to his customers too much, let THEM decide what would go into the game instead of doing his own thing. Going the full porn route early doesn't give an option for a good story. You jut find excuses for the next sex scene and that's a bad and boring VN.
And yes, I know that there was a group that wanted more Kate content, but there was also a group that wanted more Max content.
I prefer games where the makers follow their own plan and deliver something that has a concept rather than following every direction the wind blows.
But tbh I think Dark Silvers biggest mistake was that he listened to his customers too much, let THEM decide what would go into the game instead of doing his own thing. Going the full porn route early doesn't give an option for a good story. You jut find excuses for the next sex scene and that's a bad and boring VN.
And yes, I know that there was a group that wanted more Kate content, but there was also a group that wanted more Max content.
I prefer games where the makers follow their own plan and deliver something that has a concept rather than following every direction the wind blows.
I want to try this game but the warning about it trying to download files is keeping me from doing so. Was this issue resolved before it was abandoned?