VN Others Long Story Short [v0.10a1] [TTrickGames]

[MikeOG]

anyone have a save to do the new update ?
I lost my saves

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

and me when I mentioned that Ann hotel scene shouldn't even be on her hate route.

Oh, yeah, there are a few things. He didn't like it when I said Emily and Alex were side characters and they needed some more time and hopefully we will get more soon. Basically, he said they said they are not, and had plenty as of now.

I don't understand why Van/Ann are so god damn popular, they are just cumdumpsters

 

[jamdan]

I have been the Patreon for the game for the last 1-2 years and I also bought it from Steam and supported it financially. But now I am tired of the game constantly having Ann's sex scenes. Instead of making the game "Long Story Short", I wish it had been called "Ann Story Short". The main girls of the game may be Ann and Vanessa, but in the last few updates, Ann scenes have become annoying to me. There should be more Emily, Alex, Vanessa scenes in the game. I think Ann fans have had enough of the scenes.

I think the main reason Ann gets so many scenes (besides being the main LI) is because she's the only girl who has a story, or at least had an attempt at one earlier on in the game. Vanessa kind of does, but not really at this point. And Emily/Alex/Jenny don't have stories for the most part.

Emily being randomly naked and jerking MC (and even Joe) without much of a thought and Vanessa's mom banging MC for no apparent reason is a pretty good representation of this game's transition from a story game (even a lewd one) to just a lewd game.

I think Ttrick has unintentionally over scoped this game. I'm not sure what exactly the endpoint of this game is meant to be either. The characters, besides Ann and Vanessa, aren't really connected together. There isn't an overarching plot tying things together. Ideally, he'd cut some of the more niche routes to get things back under control. Right now it's pretty obvious he's just making it up as he goes.

 

[Lord Kata]

Can’t wait for more Emily x Joe scenes

 

[Dessolos]

Oh, yeah, there are a few things. He didn't like it when I said Emily and Alex were side characters and they needed some more time and hopefully we will get more soon. Basically, he said they said they are not, and had plenty as of now.

I don't understand why Van/Ann are so god damn popular, they are just cumdumpsters

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tbh the hyper focus on Vanessa and Ann is why I haven't played this since V 0.8 ( when I first played the game). Kind of a game I just let cook till I feel like it at this point , still probably will buy it on steam at some point still good scenes even if I don't like the direction of the game.

 

[Krepax]

I'm also a soon to be former patreon of this title. I'm dropping my support for the reason stated by many before: too much focus on Ann.

Not only I don't find this character especially attractive (there's something wrong with her neck-body-head proportions) but her story is the less interesting and even absurd, I might add. Even wearing the rose-tinted glasses of porn logic, she goes from zero to slut in no time, with the simple reason that "everyone expected her to be the perfect girl". In addition to this, it seems she hardly needs the MC's input to descend into corruption and it's also not possible at all to "control" or limit this process.

At least with Vanessa, there's a comical/pathological side to her lewdness but she stays true to her character.

A wasted opportunity, imho.

 

[cyanryu]

mlt
to renew interest, this game needs to develop in width, not in length
it is more interesting to start over and find new ways and opportunities
besides, telephone stories are trending now, this could be implemented here
I love this game and I write what I would like from it

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

tbh the hyper focus on Vanessa and Ann is why I haven't played this since V 0.8 ( when I first played the game). Kind of a game I just let cook till I feel like it at this point , still probably will buy it on steam at some point still good scenes even if I don't like the direction of the game.

Don't get me wrong, it's one of my favorite games (got it for free on Steam, well technically, I've been a dollar supporter for like a year, so got a key), I just wish every update just wasn't purely focused on those 2 all the time. Every update the gallery is pretty much them. The other girls are side content, but he doesn't see it that way, but the proof is in the scenes and how much time is devoted to those 2.

 

[Feedme 12]

Is there NTR with Alex?

 

[Lord Kata]

Is there NTR with Alex?

What do you think

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

I understand what your saying but...have you considered the fact that you and "many people" are actually in the minority when it comes to Ann? I've seen 3 polls about this game so far and Ann was in 1st place in 2 of them and in second on the 3rd. She seems to be the favorite of the majority as far as I can tell. I'm not on any Discord for LSS so I may not be entirely correct but from all I've seen this seems to be the case.

She's in the majority because she has the majority of the scenes, and ill die on that hill. Chicken and egg.

I think you may need to replay the game from the start again. You seem to be a little lost. The story that the MC is telling someone on the PC starts with Joey, Ann and Vanessa. If it wasn't for Ann, Alex wouldn't even be in the story because the MC wouldn't know her. Clearly Ann and Vanessa are the main pillars of the story. Ann and van are what keeps the story moving forward. So I'm struggling to understand how wtf you mean by "losing narrative control" when the character is a big chunk of that very same narrative.


All very good arguments but I still fail to see how the Ann focus is hindering the story. You realize that she is the only character you can get into a relationship with, right? It is through Ann that you even get to know Alex. So if there was no Ann in the story there would likely be no Alex either.
Whether we like it or not Ann and Vanessa are the two mains girls who are clearly the more relevant to the story that Ben is telling. And clearly the ones that can provide any sexual content at this point. Jenny is a bit of a prude that will likely only bang you if you're in a relationship with her and considering you just met her it's gonna take a little bit. Emily is the MC's fucking sister. That one's gonna take quite a bit of time. And Alex? She may be an insta whore but I'm pretty sure she's a virgin or at least very inexperienced sexually so that may take a while too.

Ann isn't on my top 3 but I have no issues with how much impact and screentime she has in the story. It makes complete sense to me. Even on the Ann Hate route.

Ann's sex scene viability is a function of writing, it's not innate. The problem I and suspect others have isnt JUST that bobblehead is an unlikable and unattractive main character, it's that her progression relative to others is so insanely out of balance.

On the MC-LI front, MC and Anne do everything under the sun from quickies to rough to anal while we're at a thighjob with Emily in a 5 year old game. On the ntr front it's even worse, we see ann in lengthy gangbang scenes, and Emily has a handjob? Give me a fucking break.

And perhaps all this could be excused if Ann was some work of art that brought all the people to the game.... i got news for you, from an objective daz standpoint, ann and van are both much lower quality characters than Alex or Emily. Sometimes i find myself confused at how a creator could put so much effort into some of his characters and far less into the ones with lions share of screen time.

 

[amy0pete]

Love this game! Any updates are always greatly appreciated

 

[recoba]

It says that it has a virus

I checked it with Avast, and it was okay. Also, the author of Unlocker mentioned that it might trigger a false positive. Ultimately, the decision is yours. In the previous version, I manually fixed the above-mentioned file in my game, and the gallery was unlocked, too.

 

[recoba]

I have done just that, and I have nothing but a blank, black screen. The game isn't frozen, but isn't displaying anything, either. What would you suggest?

Did you replace the file, or did you fix your original one? If you choose the second option you should do it very carefully.

 

[Bbok]

Who is MC's sister in game?

 

[Justaphase]

Who is MC's sister in game?

Emily. Well she can either be the MC's "roommate" or whatever you want her to be.

 

[RNasc4444]

I think the main reason Ann gets so many scenes (besides being the main LI) is because she's the only girl who has a story, or at least had an attempt at one earlier on in the game. Vanessa kind of does, but not really at this point. And Emily/Alex/Jenny don't have stories for the most part.

Emily being randomly naked and jerking MC (and even Joe) without much of a thought and Vanessa's mom banging MC for no apparent reason is a pretty good representation of this game's transition from a story game (even a lewd one) to just a lewd game.

I think Ttrick has unintentionally over scoped this game. I'm not sure what exactly the endpoint of this game is meant to be either. The characters, besides Ann and Vanessa, aren't really connected together. There isn't an overarching plot tying things together. Ideally, he'd cut some of the more niche routes to get things back under control. Right now it's pretty obvious he's just making it up as he goes.

From my interpretation this is a story of a descent into debauchery. Don't forget this starts with the geeky MC meeting his old friend Joey and witnessing his transformation. So he decides to do the same. Trade videogames for girls. His computer for sex. With that in mind it's hard to complain about the heading of the game. Obviously things get pretty crazy and that's the story he's telling at the beginning.

If I had to complain it would be how fast the corruption happens. It bothers me that Ann becomes a mindless bimbo overnight if you corrupt her. It's like she got a lobotomy. She loses any self control or agency and does whatever Ben tells her no matter how crazy right from the get-go. And considering what happens in the latest update it seems like the same is gonna happen to Emily.

This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario for TTrick imo. If he takes too long to develop the corruption paths and possible NTR people complain about blueballing and lack of sex scenes. If he goes straight into it people complain about the wrong characters getting the sex scenes. It's the Kobayashi Maru either way.

 

[sam61g]

BGood morning, does anyone know about the previous version, mine was corrupted, does anyone know how to change the game's language?

 

[Feedme 12]

And here I thought Alex was the main girl

 

[HoM11]

If a naked woman was next to me, I would fuck her instead of "watching TV".

Maybe she's from Canada and was just being polite.