On that note: people often complain here about the
insane grind this game has, which i really find debatable. I am pretty much on the same page with
baal7734 here, for me the
Grind of Loser is actual gameplay.
The one thing that really bothers me a lot is the absurd time gating in Loser.
Again i understand it is supposed to be a puzzle, in which you need to manage your time and ressources, which is fine with me.
But there are a lot of time slots which just doesnt make sense at all.
Just a few examples:
We can go jogging from 10:00 to 20:00. The heck? Why not from 06:00 to 22:00 or even in the nighttime? Lots of people jog in the mornings even before breakfast.
Ofc we cant interact with Charlene before 17:00 at weekdays because she is at work, but there is no reason why we should have only the 17:00 and 18:00 time slots: especially if we progressed already to like Casual Fling, it should be expected that a women we have an affair with should be willing to hook up till like 22:00 (if her arousal is high enough) in the evening or watching netpix from 19:00 to 21:00 as Reawakened Widow.
Becky returns from school at 16:00 and stays awake till 21:00 and with a lot of her ATs we get exactly ONE time slot for conversation. Why? Lets give us the chance to bother her for a relationship hit when she is chatting with her friends!
Same with our Dad, lets bother him in the garage for a relationship malus to talk to him there!
Those could start with like -10 Relationship for the first time per day and could be getting bigger if we continue to bother them. Or disturbing AT Younger Sister Becky while chatting could be like -40 and soften down to -10 with later ATs?
Our Mom in her Room: why cant we knock after 18:00, again for an relationship penalty of -15 to -45 the later we bother her? She surely isnt asleep before 23:00?
Lets wake up Gina before 12:00 in her early ATs and see how angry she can get! Perhaps either for a Yes Ma'am topic and submission or we could offer her some blue, red or pink pills to fight her hangover headache?
We can go downtown at 05:00 to be at the gym at 06:00 to workout, but we cant go to the bar at 21:00 to be there when it opens at 22:00? Again why? The Keys to the car would be still desireable, because we can use them without the 1 hour penalty.
Family Dinner at 18:00 could be a wildcard to talk to someone of our choosing, or dropping the fork you know.
The weekends Saturday and Sunday are still heavily underutilized, how about some bonding time with your Family? Watching Sports with Dad for instance? Ofc he dont want to talk to you while watching, but watching together for some +5 Rel and a chance for the Sports topic? We still would miss out on Charlys Photoshoot and Ginas Walk at the park.
Another problem with the weekend is that i reguarly am stockpiling topics, often loosing important transient ones, because there is zero occasion to get rid of any of them in a conversation with someone till 15:00 (only if you have already access to Jesse, and why you should talk to Tilley is beyond me) or even later.
Given the importance of the Friday night party for Beckys progression we cant really miss out on any of those, at the same time these are the only timeslots for some of Moms later Lewds or her quality time with Dad. I understand that this is supposed to be a tough decision, but there wouldn't any real harm to extent the party slots to either Friday OR Saturday evening, afterall it would still be only once(!) a week(!).
baal7734 you may argue that there needs to be a tradeoff for our actions, and i agree, but having options is never a bad thing and infact if i visit Charly at 22:00 to get a nice evening fuck i dont get to talk to my Dad without penalty, or if i bother my Mom at 20:00 for like -25 Relationship i dont get to grope Gina in the Bathroom, so i would argue there are more tradeoffs the more options you have.
Ultimately it is your Game and by all means do as you please (you will anyway), but perhaps you could consider this suggestions from someone who really likes your Games (Superpowered also), because i truly think they will not damage the core Gameplay but enhance our Experience with it.
Looking forward to the next iteration of Loser, keep up the good work!
TL;DR Give us more Timeslots for interaction with the NPCs, please!