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One of us has toAre you trying to offend your game?
imo, sequels in this genre that are just continuations are boring. a sequel with a mostly independent story and a different protagonist sounds exciting though. it allows you to start over with humble beginnings, and there isn't a bunch of arguing about what is and isn't canon
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Show me where is that written, so that I can tear it up.One of us has to
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Agreed, that's what I meant. A new protagonist in the same universe.
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I don't mind playing any game you come up with, Notty. Any setting, period or genre.
That said, about the pirate thing, and since you are the great trope smasher... can we get at least semi-realistic ship to ship combat if it comes to that? And no bloody Flynning!
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Didn't I mention Ophions clothing mall and gym?
I'm sorry being the idiot-Mass Effect-dude, but I couldn't resist
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Actually that's baloney. The sequel can't be written without canon lore. And starting from an end save of Book 1 would allow the chance for the same MC to deal with the aftermath of his or her choices. For example... let's say MC romances Chris and she dumps her current cheater. That Bastard could be looking for revenge in book 2, or let's say the MC invokes article 40 to protect Rah Rah. The assailant gets imprisoned, but what if that person evades and decides to finish what the MC prevented?
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Aye, I suggest going back to: "You fight like a dairy farmer!"
you dont need a bunch of canon if a sequel takes place in a different place with different characters and/or a different time period.
why i think direct sequels with the same character are boring is you start out as a normal, forgettable person in the first game. by the end of the game, you are usually a badass running around grabbing every ass you see saying "its good to be the king." its hard to make a compelling story when you starting out so high. if you knock the protagonist back down to nothing at the beginning of the sequel, a lot of readers will be pissed off that the work they put into building the character in the first game was just washed away in a matter of seconds
why i think direct sequels with the same character are boring is you start out as a normal, forgettable person in the first game. by the end of the game, you are usually a badass running around grabbing every ass you see saying "its good to be the king." its hard to make a compelling story when you starting out so high. if you knock the protagonist back down to nothing at the beginning of the sequel, a lot of readers will be pissed off that the work they put into building the character in the first game was just washed away in a matter of seconds
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Yeah, but this is not a RPG, you are not doing stats buildup. It should have some connection to the first one IMO. New protagonist would be easier to do, but it really depends on what the endings are.
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There is a probability that MC won't be a badass at the end, maybe only slightly more wise about the cruel universe around him. That makes me think if there'll be a sequel with the same MC will then only one H5 ending be canonical?
Other option is to start with a brand new character and reintroduce MC from the previous game as a guest character in some capacity.
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It could be built exactly on the choices done before. Basically just more chapters.
This is a game/vn slightly based in reality, you aren't casting Ultima, or running the largest battleship in the fleet. As of now you are a ground engineer on a shitty barely manned planet. You may do some things but if the fleet decides to court-martial your ass and lock you up for 10 years, fuck all you can do about it.
Losing everything especially if you go down a dark path makes sense.
Losing everything especially if you go down a dark path makes sense.
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Yes, but if the game will feature a lot of varied choices and/or endings taking all of them into consideration for a sequel could mean too much work (I'm thinking about rendering and such).