Really enjoying the new rule so far! It's actually tripped me up a couple of times, which is good in my opinion. Makes the game feel a little more fresh, and asks a little more of you in the thinking department. Before this, the work part of the game had gotten
insanely stale. And while this hasn't entirely cured that by any means, it's a welcomed mix up. I was able to pretty much autopilot the work before without having to think about it, but it's nice feeling like I have to be more engaged again.
I still maintain my prior criticism that there are
far too many pictures that are reused, with different coloring. If work is going to be 90% of this game, then shortcuts like that are lame. It comes across as lazy, blatant padding.
That said, the story side of Day 40 was pretty good. Nothing ground breaking, but I enjoyed both Maddie and Ellie's parts. My main criticism on that front is that it feels like we haven't gotten more than teasing/flashes in
ages. Don't get me wrong, I do like the pics (
especially the one of
), but when it doesn't end up going anywhere beyond teasing, it feels a little.. hollow?
The story side of this is just as important as the visual side to me, if not more. I enjoy it more when the interactions with the characters are meaningful, and we actually get to toy with them, mess around, and make them cum. Not saying that there shouldn't be any times where it's exclusively teasing since build up is important too, but it just feels like it's been a
long time since one of the characters has masturbated for us, encouraged us to touch/cum, etc. Balance is important, and Day 40 was a double whammy of teasing. I would have liked to have done more with either Maddie or Ellie, rather than Ellie having to go after sending a few pics cause she got invited to hang out by some girls, and Maddie having to go after sending some pics because her boyfriend was calling. Those types of convenient, abrupt cutoffs to interactions happens a lot. Stop holding out, and give us the good stuff. At least, a little more frequently.