VN Ren'Py Isabella - Chasing Shadows [Ch. 4.3] [badtimetales]

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Jimayo

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my thoughts were to have a MC playing another AVN from time to time and if you picks those options. One of the LI walks in on him picking the pervy options and he has to explain himself to the LI and get her to believe it or consequences
Been there done that in real life. It's not hard. Cause I'm not the perv the guy who wrote it is. He made it the correct option, the positive option. You have to make that choice or lose points and a potential relationship.
 

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game definitely not bad, writing adequate compared to others I played just before.
Alex drama is a bit forced though.
quite short for now, lacking content for sure, compared to games with the same development time. lewd scenes are forgettable at best, and honestly it's a good thing as the focus should be on the story and the characters.
Val deserves a route. maybe that would require rewriting a bit of the previous scenes with her to make it smoother.
maybe even Trisha, as Will is so present that he feels like family, and having a Trisha route would make that happen.
Isabella and Alex are bi curious, it seems, and it should be interesting to see how they evolve if MC is not on their route. (I know the anti lesbian crowd will come running brandishing their banners though)

the current gallery is misleading as it only replays each animations, it also doesn't add anything since a few chapters already. might as well replace it by the normal one that replays whole scenes.
 
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Wish I would have known you'd be stuck with someone right off the bat (not the blonde one that dies).... lame. I hate forced relationships. Now, I'm stuck with this game forever.

Oh wells, it can enjoy the void.
 

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Wish I would have known you'd be stuck with someone right off the bat (not the blonde one that dies).... lame. I hate forced relationships. Now, I'm stuck with this game forever.

Oh wells, it can enjoy the void.
1- You are NOT stuck with anyone.
2- There are no forced relationships.
3- You start the game with a FWB thing going with a girl that helped you get out of depression.

Please go back to the void.

Peace :(
 

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AFAIK, these are the relationships possible in this game:

- Alex (solo)
- Isa (solo)
- Alex & Isa (throuple)
- Val (solo)

I don't know if there is a "No one" or celibate option planned. I do know that there isn't an Harem option (except on the non-lore Winter things).

Peace :)
 
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Dessolos

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Wish I would have known you'd be stuck with someone right off the bat (not the blonde one that dies).... lame. I hate forced relationships. Now, I'm stuck with this game forever.

Oh wells, it can enjoy the void.
except you are not it's stated she is just a FWB relationship early on you do get the chance to make her cry and not peruse a real relationship
 

Dessolos

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Me too. I'm not a throuple person except in this game. BTT makes it work.
Yeah there is only 1 other game I can recall off the top of my head I actually want a throuple path. I mean throuples still never will be my first pick even for a game that does it well like here but I will always play the throuple path after solo path's if I like the characters.
 
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AFAIK, these are the relationships possible in this game:

- Alex (solo)
- Isa (solo)
- Alex & Isa (throuple)
- Val (solo)

I don't know if there is a "No one"
I mean, you can't even start the game solo lol your MC's chick dies, and then your MC gets with the chick at the bar (without giving the player an option in the matter)

There are a few games out there that let you stay solo. Then you have the ones that give you an "illusion" of a solo path (you end up dead/have a bad end for it) or some other cheap/lame way of throwing in and ending a solo path.

Then there are games that have your MC stuck in a relationship, put the MC with someone that'll help them get other girls, rush the MC into another relationship (This game) and a bunch of other lame tactics.

Basically, saying you need to get/be with someone or else you'll have a crappy life/ending/route/path. Like, these Devs are programmed to make their MCs weak by needing someone. Like, you just can't have girls as friends, it's either fuck them or bye/you are a loser.

What if I enjoy the story/game world and just don't want to deal with the "relationship" aspect? there's a bunch of things to do in the world and life but it always comes back to having someone, fucking or getting with them. But obviously, I know not every game will be to my liking, but I wish important info like being forced to someone (the bar chick) was mentioned on the store page because I wouldn't have bought it if I knew.

Lesson learned.
 
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Dessolos

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I mean, you can't even start the game solo lol your MC's chick dies, and then your MC gets with the chick at the bar (without giving the player an option in the matter)

There are a few games out there that let you stay solo. Then you have the ones that give you an "illusion" of a solo path (you end up dead/have a bad end for it) or some other cheap/lame way of throwing in and ending a solo path.

Then there are games that have your MC stuck in a relationship, put the MC with someone that'll help them get other girls, rush the MC into another relationship (This game) and a bunch of other lame tactics.

Basically, saying you need to get/be with someone or else you'll have a crappy life/ending/route/path. Like, these Devs are programmed to make their MCs weak by needing someone. Like, you just can't have girls as friends, it's either fuck them or bye/you are a loser.

What if I enjoy the story/game world and just don't want to deal with the "relationship" aspect? there's a bunch of things to do in the world and life but it always comes back to having someone, fucking or getting with them. But obviously, I know not every game will be to my liking, but I wish important info like being forced to someone (the bar chick) was mentioned on the store page because I wouldn't have bought it if I knew.

Lesson learned.
you didn't read hard enough then . I literally mentioned in my review on steam how the first scene is forced to show their relationship as a FWB but other than that first scene none of it is forced on you. You aren't even in a romantic relationship with her until you make the decision to end the FWB relationship before they get serious or to move forward. On my Isa save I literally turned down all of her scenes and advances besides the 1 scene at the start of the game.

Yeah she is always going to be part of the story even if you turn her down why would she go away? After all she is friends with the MC and Isa but the game never makes you feel like you need to be with anyone if you dont want to. The way the dev has built the chemistry and relationship with Alex and Isa they are very much friends first relationships come second. Sure they might be a few forced erotic / teasing scenes here and there but there is no meaning behind them besides teasing or just to include a fun scene. The only time they might have some of kind of meaning is to show a certain character's thought like when Isa is masturbating

Edit also the only forced scene and mention of FWB happens within the first 15-30 min so if that was such an issue for you should of dropped it there
 
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