DigDug69

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Content drip feed is real, is the author working on other projects besides this one?
Obviously, you are not interested in reading the things that people have said in the comment threads, "DOZENS" of times, so I am not going to waste any more of my time responding to your comment...
Want the answer, find it and read it, because it has been discussed ad nauseum...

Literally, the only reason that you got this attitude, is because of the underlying attitude of your comment...

But I do have to comment on the fact that for someone with such a recently made account, you sure seem to know a lot that real newbies would not even be aware of...
 

Perniciousducks

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That's the beta. That is almost never posted here because it's for testing.
it’s not even really the main reason people don’t post it. The Alpha and Beta builds only have some of the content (and that usually needs some fixes and theoretically could break saves), the version that has everything basically comes out publicly for everyone and gets posted here right away.
 

c3p0

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18.1 is out. Please update
There, now better?;):ROFLMAO:



And of course, as the others have written, this is the beta. Rune himself made post here with links and all, when the final version, for this case 0.18, is out. Rune's game is free for all and without time delay between paying supporter and public. Alphas, betas and pre releases are different, but because they are alphas, betas or pre releases a lot of us don't care or paying Runey some bucks or doing both.
 
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Runey

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It does nothing of the sort, save for the basic leveling, but we've argued about this in the past and we'll never agree, so let's let it fade. I still love the game.
The game does in fact tell you what you need to do to advance every event. If you've noticed any bugs, please report them. If you just need to wait, there are no requirements other than time.

I don't need to convince you of anything if you don't want to accept it, but I won't let misinformation about my game spread.
 

MrHatIsHere

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I just completed the last quest for Lin, where Lin started a protest for ending slavery that resulted in Cornwall taking over (seemingly the country) using an all-powerful AI that was apparently developed in secret. It seemed to have twists and turns for the sake of twists and turns, getting more and more ridiculous, with such drastic up-and-down shifts in tone that I ended up just being annoyed at the whole thing.

Runey seems to be constantly shifting about what the story is supposed to be, between a fun slice-of-life harem story, or a less-violent Shadowrun-like dystopia about slavery and genocide.
 

DigDug69

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I just completed the last quest for Lin, where Lin started a protest for ending slavery that resulted in Cornwall taking over (seemingly the country) using an all-powerful AI that was apparently developed in secret. It seemed to have twists and turns for the sake of twists and turns, getting more and more ridiculous, with such drastic up-and-down shifts in tone that I ended up just being annoyed at the whole thing.

Runey seems to be constantly shifting about what the story is supposed to be, between a fun slice-of-life harem story, or a less-violent Shadowrun-like dystopia about slavery and genocide.
That is weird that you see it that way, because I have been playing this from the beginning, and I could see from very early on that this was all coming...
From the very beginning they spoke of the corrupt government and the cruelty of slavery to both the elves and the androids.
So, obviously going after making changes in the government, and dealing with the issue of slavery, were both planned for the future...
So, it boggles my mind that anyone could not see where Harem Hotel was heading for a story line from the very beginning...

I would say that the story has never waivered at all from the course that it was set on, from the very beginning.
And that it is in no way like the visual novels where the dev's cave in to the demands of players, which is good.
Because those games rarely ever get finished, because the dev's caved in so many times, that any plans that they had for the game, became impossible to achieve, and because of that the stories tend to get confusing.
Runey has been very good at staying with his vision, and not caving in to people who whine that they want things done their way...
And for that Runey, I say, THANK YOU!
 
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Smarmint

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I just completed the last quest for Lin, where Lin started a protest for ending slavery that resulted in Cornwall taking over (seemingly the country) using an all-powerful AI that was apparently developed in secret. It seemed to have twists and turns for the sake of twists and turns, getting more and more ridiculous, with such drastic up-and-down shifts in tone that I ended up just being annoyed at the whole thing.

Runey seems to be constantly shifting about what the story is supposed to be, between a fun slice-of-life harem story, or a less-violent Shadowrun-like dystopia about slavery and genocide.
You weren't clued in from the beginning when told that all Elves were slaves? The whole game has been building up to this point.
 

Shark_inA-chiar

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Content drip feed is real, is the author working on other projects besides this one?
it looks like your new so i am not going to be a dick like the others any question you ask you can just 99% look back a few pages and you will find the answer or try the search in the top right
 

MrHatIsHere

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My issue is with the tonal whiplash, where, as I stated, there are "twists and turns for the sake of twists and turns, getting more and more ridiculous, with such drastic up-and-down shifts in tone that I ended up just being annoyed at the whole thing." For example, I was actually drawn into Lin's protest, and it seemed to culminate in Android hacking the robots and signs, until ARCHON appears as a blatant Diabolus ex Machina that even the characters seem to admit comes right the f*** out of nowhere and results in a plot twist that is confusing as h***.
 
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DigDug69

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My issue is with the tonal whiplash, where, as I stated, there are "twists and turns for the sake of twists and turns, getting more and more ridiculous, with such drastic up-and-down shifts in tone that I ended up just being annoyed at the whole thing." For example, I was actually drawn into Lin's protest, and it seemed to culminate in Android hacking the robots and signs, until ARCHON appears as a blatant Diabolus ex Machina in a twist that even the characters seem to admit comes right the f*** out of nowhere and is confusing as h***.
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I understood the narrative and explanation, but I kind of agree with his statement. Honestly, I feel there should have been hints or something, perhaps in a different context than how it was presented, so when it did arrive we would be more like "but wait, wasn't that X!" vs. the "SURPRISE!" we got.
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If you don't mind the prolly poor analogy to Deus Ex (the original):
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Course, that's just my feel.
 
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