Ren'Py Heavy Five [Ch.2RS] [Nottravis]

[evileeyore]

Question: What's your definition of remaster(ed) for an AVN game?

If it hasn't even had a final release... how can it have any "remasters", it's just updates to a pre-alpha/beta release...

Yeah, yeah I know. AVNs and 'chapter based' games like Telltale's games are different... but I still stand by it. For instance had Blizzard released a remaster of Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty (originally released in 2010) on the heels of Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm (2013), because of "three years of graphical development upgrades", and then a remaster of Heart of the Swarm right before Legacy of the Void (2015), I'd have been screaming "BULLSHIT!" at them from the highest mountain.*

Yes, I know Blizzard claims those are "three separate games"... fuck Blizzard. It's one game split three ways so they can charge full AAA pricing three times.

Again, I know, apples and oranges for a lot of reasons, but it still feels like Notty is polishing a beta release (twice now) rather than any sort of "actual remastering"... if my pedestrian "feelings" on it make any sense at all.


* As it was I screaming "BULLSHIT!" at them from the highest mountain over Blizzard's decision to make all their games "always online". I haven't played anything from Blizzard since that decision was made.

 

[Oddball2k]

Well, each new AVN's chapter or update is basically defined by the number of its new renders and their visual quality.
With that in mind, when a Dev makes a remaster of a previous chapter(after another), it means a significant increase in that number or in visual quality or both, imho.
That's exactly what happened to HeavyFive in January 2020 with Chapter-1R and up to Chapter-3R.. It made the previous version look like a demo.
The R suffix remained for Chapter-4R even if it was completely new at that time to avoid any confusion.. Chapter-4R included all the previous chapters after all.

So, what's about the new RS chapters, one and two at this instant?
The RS suffix means Rebuilt and refreShed, imho.
Rebuilt and refreshed with the new polished GUI, a new PDA UI with new and more refined intel and also introducing text message with characters and a more exhaustive achievements panel per chapters(active path and also overall), new animations(with VA for the lewds ones), new tweaks for some gameplay, new refreshed writings, new ambient sounds, etc..

No significant increase in render's number or visual quality even if they have been converted to webp, and a few renders were redone tho.. The length and visual quality of the animations is completely something else, also.
The RS version can't be considered as another remaster version, imho.

And the old saves from Chapter-4R should still be compatible with the new incoming Chapter-5(RS), anyone of them prior to Becca's debriefing...

All this work on Chapter-1RS through -4RS has been made with her Patreon on pause, I should point out.

 

[maroder]

any news after last update?

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

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[CourtGhost]

Wasn't this suppose to be updated in the beginning of the year?

 

[professorx10]

Wasn't this suppose to be updated in the beginning of the year?

I see you're a new member. To answer your question, yes it was.

It was supposed to have a new release of December last year, but then had a 'slight temporary delay' and would be updated in late January or early February. The last release was last August I believe.

After reading the latest patreon post provided by I'm Not Thea Lundgren! ,(to whom I am grateful) it appears the Dev continues to 'run into difficulties' and have issues with the game and has spent time reviewing AI and other things.

As a long time admirer of what little the Dev's produced (very high quality but barely starting the story and multiple
rewrites and 're-masters') I observe the Dev has an extreme difficulty with 'letting go' of any updates to the game, to the frustration of many here.

IMHO, do not expect an update any time soon, not prior to October, optimistically. Pessimistically, December or later.

 

[xsssssssss]

When i see that notification on patreon that there's a message from Notty there's a little part of me that still naively gets excited. It unfortunately gets stamped on each and every time.

 

[Tdius]

we need walktrouth mod

 

[Tdius]

why i can't start chapter 2

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

we need walktrouth mod

That's not likely to happen, there are too many routes.
There isn't a canon route, just do what you feel fits right for you.