VN Ren'Py Hillside [v0.15.1] [DarkBlue]

[DeFuZe]

I just discovered this game and took me a while to catch up with the latest update. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions and there is a lot to unpack. The story is really nice and I like it being a slow burn and more focused on character development and less on the porn part.

That being said I cant help but notice that as I reached the latest chapters it kinda took a weird turn. I know there are lot of bad people in this but I gotta say that the ending of this chapter left a lot to be desired. I just wish at least we had a choice in how to proceed at that part. It felt really out of place and unnecessary. The MC is shown to be a bit of dumb at some parts of the story but it was ok since we had some say in how to proceed.

But other than that I'm glad I gave this one a try and I really wonder how it goes from there.

 

[UncleFredo]

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Spoiler: You have to forget normal law enforcement because it doesn't exist in Hillside

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[LWtbo]

Couldn't resist stirring.
For the people that say he was killed after he lowered his arms.
It's Little known fact that people tend to stop struggling and go limp after you snap their necks.
Just saying

 

[NewTricks]

This update feels weird. I don't think there was any build-up to

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[NewTricks]

This update feels weird. I don't think there was any build-up to

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You did miss a few things:

Spoiler: a tangled web

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[Irgendwie Irgendwo]

Didn't think much of it at the time, but hey, at least he doesn't have to worry about paperwork.

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[Khan Targaryen]

You did miss a few things:

Spoiler: a tangled web

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I do recall him saying that part about David now that it's been mentioned to me. I wish game dev's(In general) that post content after long periods of time made a quick recap to go along with it. All they'd have to do is re-use a few scenes and add a skip recap button. I can't read through a 6+ hour game after every single update that comes out. It'd be a nice QoL feature.

 

[NewTricks]

I do recall him saying that part about David now that it's been mentioned to me. I wish game dev's(In general) that post content after long periods of time made a quick recap to go along with it. All they'd have to do is re-use a few scenes and add a skip recap button. I can't read through a 6+ hour game after every single update that comes out. It'd be a nice QoL feature.

Yeah that is a feature of BADIK that people have come to rely on, that little rundown of what has happened so far set to the title music before every update. I'm not sure how much development time or data bloat it takes up, though.

 

[Raminita]

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[Twelvemonkey]

There were many inconsistencies in the latter scenes.
Carter : mc didn't know his involvement in all of this but why did Carter suddenly decided to bring it all on the table as if it was the last thing he would do? And he also got the upper hand by making emma a hostage but suddenly decided to let her go to mano 'o mano with mc knowing he is ex-military.
Zak : this sonova bitch deserves to die but not like this, it was a stupid death. I thought the mc or suzie would be the one to beat the hell out of him in front of emma after knowing his intentions. And he's already planning his scheme for so long, he also said that it would be tough to corrupt/break emma but why did he suddenly snap like that by telling emma his true intentions just because she didn't want him to touch her on their first date?
The game have been good written from the start, it's just weird to me how it turn out now. Unless the developer have more surprises waiting in the upcoming updates. Maybe mc didn't kill carter, just made him unconscious. Or maybe zak didn't died for whatever reason....

 

[sahadeva]

Those that have been following the game since the beginning will remember there was a nude shot of Emma in the bathroom, but it was removed from the game

It's been a while, but I managed to track down an older version of the game (0.4) ...

Although, It should be noted that DB must have had reason for removing/editing this scene, and seeing this probably goes against the author's intentions for how you are meant to experience the game.

Nevertheless, for those who are curious:

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[Khan Targaryen]

Speaking of emma, anyone else notice the render where her phone said dad(In one of the Carter scenes)? It was a nice touch.

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I wonder how Emma will be made a LI in this game(I don't believe there will only be a father-daughter relationship, especially not with the exit screen being a censored picture of her naked body and the aforementioned nude scene in the comment above). Should be interesting.

 

[Canto Forte]

A number of girls grope emma, zack gropes emma,
while MC who is living and breathing and caring for emma for such a long time
only gets to express concirn and be there to see her stunning beauty.

It's been a while, but I managed to track down an older version of the game (0.4) ...

Although, It should be noted that DB must have had reason for removing/editing this scene, and seeing this probably goes against the author's intentions for how you are meant to experience the game.

Nevertheless, for those who are curious:

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How far do you want the manwhore rapist sex harrasser plot line to continue?
That asshole outlived his stake in the story long ago.
We got a lot of new villains introduced and some old ones get swift retribution
for their troubles.
MC is officially last line of deffense against killers out for charli. Point blank and plain.
We get a front row seat to what it feels and looks and thinks like,
when you stand barehanded in the street, alone, smack center between killers and your girls.

There were many inconsistencies in the latter scenes.
Carter : mc didn't know his involvement in all of this but why did Carter suddenly decided to bring it all on the table as if it was the last thing he would do? And he also got the upper hand by making emma a hostage but suddenly decided to let her go to mano 'o mano with mc knowing he is ex-military.
Zak : this sonova bitch deserves to die but not like this, it was a stupid death. I thought the mc or suzie would be the one to beat the hell out of him in front of emma after knowing his intentions. And he's already planning his scheme for so long, he also said that it would be tough to corrupt/break emma but why did he suddenly snap like that by telling emma his true intentions just because she didn't want him to touch her on their first date?
The game have been good written from the start, it's just weird to me how it turn out now. Unless the developer have more surprises waiting in the upcoming updates. Maybe mc didn't kill carter, just made him unconscious. Or maybe zak didn't died for whatever reason....

That is not pretty and the sacrifice is you go all in. MC stopped a killer. PEriod.
You can mourn the rapists and the killers all you want now ... in their long overdue deaths.

 

[Derpyshanks]

I wonder how Emma will be made a LI in this game(I don't believe there will only be a father-daughter relationship, especially not with the exit screen being a censored picture of her naked body and the aforementioned nude scene in the comment above). Should be interesting.

Now that the Detective shanked Prince charming for all of mankind, Her romantic interests will obviously fall to the MC from once seeing him as a father figure to now a lover and her hero.

I can already see the internal monolog Emma gonna be having in future updates.

Only question I have for Emma is if she'll go to her mother/aunt and ask for advice creating future conflict(s) or will she just go for it behind their backs.

 

[CachedBaguette]

Now that the Detective shanked Prince charming for all of mankind, Her romantic interests will obviously fall to the MC from once seeing him as a father figure to now a lover and her hero.

I can already see the internal monolog Emma gonna be having in future updates.

Only question I have for Emma is if she'll go to her mother/aunt and ask for advice creating future conflict(s) or will she just go for it behind their backs.

Charlotte probably will distance herself (again) from the MC anyway, so Emma will have clear path.

 

[Canto Forte]

Eat your words! Right now! Come on, gulp gulp!

Charlotte probably will distance herself (again) from the MC anyway, so Emma will have clear path.

 

[Ottoeight]

There were many inconsistencies in the latter scenes.
Carter : mc didn't know his involvement in all of this but why did Carter suddenly decided to bring it all on the table as if it was the last thing he would do? And he also got the upper hand by making emma a hostage but suddenly decided to let her go to mano 'o mano with mc knowing he is ex-military.
Zak : this sonova bitch deserves to die but not like this, it was a stupid death. I thought the mc or suzie would be the one to beat the hell out of him in front of emma after knowing his intentions. And he's already planning his scheme for so long, he also said that it would be tough to corrupt/break emma but why did he suddenly snap like that by telling emma his true intentions just because she didn't want him to touch her on their first date?

Well, I don't think so.

Did you forget that Carter is totally a psycho?

Why Carter killed Zak: his idea was to kill him and wait with Emma for MC & Charlotte - Zak's dead body near his car would have lead MC & Charlotte to him and Emma. MC installed the app in Emma's phone, so they tracked her down faster - as Carter noticed - and without finding Zak.

Regarding Zak: he was a stupid teenager who thought that he was owning the whole world just because some stupid teens spread their legs whenever he snapped his fingers. His actions have been totally coherent with his character.


Honestly, I can't understand why people always start criticizing whenever the story take a turn they didn't expect. It's NOT your story, guys. It's the Author's.

 

[Canto Forte]

Bully rapist sex harrasser murdering psycho on a crash course to his first murder.

Regarding Zak

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Bully rapist sex harrasser murdering psycho on a crash course to his first murder.

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Still praying here that in the next update we find out Zak is dead.
would be so nice.

 

[Mamonetti]

Well, I don't think so.

Did you forget that Carter is totally a psycho?

Why Carter killed Zak: his idea was to kill him and wait with Emma for MC & Charlotte - Zak's dead body near his car would have lead MC & Charlotte to him and Emma. MC installed the app in Emma's phone, so they tracked her down faster - as Carter noticed - and without finding Zak.

Regarding Zak: he was a stupid teenager who thought that he was owning the whole world just because some stupid teens spread their legs whenever he snapped his fingers. His actions have been totally coherent with his character.


Honestly, I can't understand why people always start criticizing whenever the story take a turn they didn't expect. It's NOT your story, guys. It's the Author's.

Well, first of all, I agree with you when you say it's the author's story and although we can complain, we'll have to live with what they decide.

However, I believe DB could've made some small changes in this last part of the update to make it more believable. From this perspective, I agree with others here on criticizing not the outcome itself, but the format.

Going to the detail:

• Zak is (was) stupid, but using at least a minimum of common sense, he should've known that revealing all his plans to Emma made no sense at all, or at least if he still had hope to fuck Charlotte. I mean, he could've blamed Emma of being the one who ruined their date because she was a prude and at the same time he'd still be letting the door open to a second date, ask for forgiveness, meet Charlotte again, etc. I mean, pretending to fuck her in their first date made sense at the beginning but when you have a higher goal, you need to learn and adapt to the new conditions. So, was this behavior (what he did in the scene) sort of coherent with his stupid mind? Yes. Did DB have alternatives to extend this part of the plot and make it more interesting? Indeed.
• Regarding Carter, and knowing he's a psycho, I'd say almost all the scene is ok but there's something wrong. After the initial cut, there wasn't much of a fight (the MC was way stronger and skilled in these matters). From a witness perspective, the MC killed Carter when he (Carter) had no options to fight back. For us there was no other possible solution to this problem but I think DB should've added something else to justify Carter's death. I don't know, maybe him drawing his gun, even if he could only point at the women and wasn't a real threat to the MC (something like that).

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