DB did post here on Tuesday, so that gives me some hope that he is still working on getting the rest of chapter 15 ready for us.
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yeah not to worried as I been seeing DB come around here a bit more often in the last 2 weeks but still sucks to see all the same
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When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now
Here we go with the people taking some kind of pleasure from the "on hold" tag.View attachment 3845268
When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now
The first half of chapter 15 only came out just over 2 months ago, we got a quick update from the dev on the 24th of June, so only a few weeks ago and we were already told that he was taking some time off after the first half. He even responded to someone here on Tuesday about the game. So lets hold off on pulling the plug just yet shall we?
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Here we go with the people taking some kind of pleasure from the "on hold" tag.
The first half of chapter 15 only came out just over 2 months ago, we got a quick update from the dev on the 24th of June, so only a few weeks ago and we were already told that he was taking some time off after the first half. He even responded to someone here on Tuesday about the game. So lets hold off on pulling the plug just yet shall we?
I hope you get what you want
Hmm, I dropped it a while ago. That sounds like a different person probably took over the writer's position. Don't know if it's the Dev themselves writing it or not since, you know, we can't see behind the scenes. But if you were able to notice an increase in the quality of the writing, that's what I get from it.
That's why you shouldn't let other people's "Hype" be a reason for you to jump into a game. Do research and keep your expectations low. When you have a thread that talks about a user more than the game and its story/characters, you know something is wrong.
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yeah I find it's best to take everything with a grain of salt I even dont trust reviews on this site but rather use them as a baseline. tbh if it wasn't for Charlotte and loving her character id probably have a hard time getting through this game but for me characters are more important than story so it was easily a amazing game for me personally.
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Well that blows, but on hold beats the hell out of the dreaded yellow tag.
Who's Pete?
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if you put deveolopment time into the equation than yeah it would feel like no burn just like many other slow burn games. But I dont think it's fair personally to take deveolopment time into consideration if a game is slow burn or no burn. I think it's slow burn because of the context of the game and while it's going at slow pace maybe too slow for some I think it's going about it in a way that makes sense for the characters. So because of that I feel it still is a slow burn.View attachment 3845268
When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now
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It sucks seeing the onhold prefix but I really hope DB is able to take a long break to recharge his batteries. Mental health is no joke and I hope everything works out for him.
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Don't get too disheartened yet. DB warned us that he was taking a break. He's been really good with communication, so I'm confident that any change in taking a break, he will let us know.On Hold??!! WTF
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she very well could. that's what happened when Lucy revealed the relationship, Charlotte was supportive, she was even thinking about recommending Lucy to go for MC even though she made her promise not to at first...
she changed her mind quite suddenly but it was not that bad.actually, you can have drama with Lucy. if you go for her at first, and then switch for Charlotte, then you pretty much break her heart. it's a very short scene, and the dev clearly avoids showing Lucy too much, even though it should be a very emotional scene.
Charlotte already shows she is very jealous and possessive, there should be drama with the side girls, but it's dodged as much as possible...
it would be more interesting if Emma still develop her romantic feelings for MC, while still supporting her mom and MC relationship. the conflict in her mind and emotions would make for great scenes and character development. it makes no sense that her feelings are just turned off suddenly.
same for Lucy, even though she prioritizes her sister first, she still has very strong feelings for MC, her conflict and jealousy in trying to push them together despite her own feelings should be more emphasized.
Suzi will be up next, and that's the one with the most drama potential, fun even. she already had a bit of character development. her feelings still grow even if she knows MC is with Lucy. let's hope!
Emma is so dumb that at one point I kinda thought she deserved what happens to her (except the attack itself). it probably means Charlotte was like that when she was the same age, then you can understand how she chose the wrong guys and ignored the good guys... she probably ignored her sister's and her mom's warnings, just like Emma. so honestly, except for the assaults, she kinda deserves what happened to her. and she couldn't deal and process it for 20 years, she didn't go to therapy either to get some help in dealing with it... she wants to shoulder it all by herself but still wants people to understand and empathize with her... like dude, it's not hard, you have bad tastes in men, after 20 years, you should know and at least try to change that, especially if you are supposed to be a role model for your own daughters. Choosing the right guys, and avoiding all the traps she fell into herself should have been the first thing she taught Emma once she saw her daughter showing interest in boys... Zak had a bad reputation, it's not hard to guess how he was, and he just broke your daughter's heart, and you still send her on a date with him... come on!
i'm not sure they changed the writer, the improvement is spread over time, but I saw a clear difference because I binged it.
i would probably guess that it is just the dev getting a bit better.
very slow burn is not a bad thing in itself. it can make for very good stories and characters when done right.View attachment 3845268
When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now
this one is a mixed bag, because the timeline for the relationships is more realistic (girls don't just drop their panties in the first few seconds of meeting MC), but some drama is forced and unnatural just to delay the relationship. for example Charlotte taking such a long time to come to terms with MC killing Carter, needing the whole cast to tell her "WTF, are you insane ? do you want the bad guys waiting at your door every single day?", like she couldn't even think about it herself knowing she is the victim of an assault herself and she has to deal with the bad guy every single day... sure, she values human life a ton, but having that long of an internal debate means that she values it over her own daughter's life.
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I mean I don't play this for sex scenes anyone that does might as well stop playing it. You don't play Hillside for the sex but for the romance / characters
Honestly I play this for Charlotte. She deserves a happy ending and I hope she gets one with the MC. I also hope we get to see Jason and Harry get what's coming to them, hopefully a bullet to the head.