VN Ren'Py Lost Solace [Ch.2 P1 v0.2a] [SakuraKage]

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

This game is so well done that it is difficult not to like ALL the characters but for different reasons. That is one of the things that makes this a good story. It is not a clone of everything that came before. The characters are all unique in some way. They even LOOK unique.
I know it might be hard to believe for some, but there are games out there where there is WAY too much sex . You get jaded right away, because there is no story to support what is basically, mindless porn.
Fortunately this game does not have that problem. With much foresight at all, it is easy to see a lot of potential for romance and fun sex in this game. It is fine with me, if it does not happen in the first 1½ minutes of game play.
Of course there are those who will disagree. That is why there are thousands of games on F95. Go find one you do like. I do not really care if you don't like this one. I will do my best to make sure this one continues.
Of course there are some who will NEVER be satisfied with anything. You know who you are and are in total denial.

as a monogamous that like to stick with one girl until the end of the game, I absolutely love that this game is not

constantly trying to shove meaningless sex in your face

I hate sex just for the sake of having sex

I like it when it's saved for the romantic moments and makes sense from a story point of view

and I like that you can be friends with the girls without getting sexual

I just hope that we get to see the MC use his Katana again since that's my favorite weapon

But if I had to give the game any criticism, it would be this I get that some people will say he's not a superhero

But I kind of wish that the MC would wear a mask or use a fake name sometimes when doing the things he does

I mean, he's kind of out there with his face and name in full display
Having a friend in the police can only go so far

 

[Quetzzz]

can't read, and I'm in a wheelchair I use software to read and make comments

Couldn't help but notice your signature, and I wonder... Are there any "easy wins" developers can do to make AVNs more accessible?

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

Couldn't help but notice your signature, and I wonder... Are there any "easy wins" developers can do to make AVNs more accessible?

That's a great question, brother, while I can only play visual novels made in Ren'Py

because it's the only one with a self-voicing option if you press V on the keyboard

But sometimes, when stats or date and time on the screen, it reads that before reading the dialog box every time and that can be annoying

So sometimes I wish developers would test the game with self-voicing enabled

to make sure it only reads the dialogue box

 

[Jnx]

Instead of my original post, I'll just say that all but one of the characters have known MC for less than 12 hours total and all the relationships have exceeded lightspeed. It's absurd.

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

Instead of my original post, I'll just say that all but one of the characters have known MC for less than 12 hours total and all the relationships have exceeded lightspeed. It's absurd.

yeah I wish when some relationships would slow down

 

[Jnx]

yeah I wish when some relationships would slow down

Dora: We've know each other for less than 3 hours but I love you and you should drop everything to come with me because I'm either in the crime syndicate you're chasing or a red herring. But grr you won't because that's what a reasonable human would do.
Mio: We've had half a conversation, but I have a good feeling about you
Olivia: I'm one of the girls MC saved in the edgelord intro because none of the characters existed before the opening and I'm in love with him. How I found him? Lol fuck you.
Gemma: We have a working relationship but here's some nudes because why would we build relationships?
Sylvie: LITERALLY AS EASY AS SHE PRETENDS NOT TO BE.

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

Dora: We've know each other for less than 3 hours but I love you and you should drop everything to come with me because I'm either in the crime syndicate you're chasing or a red herring. But grr you won't because that's what a reasonable human would do.
Mio: We've had half a conversation, but I have a good feeling about you
Olivia: I'm one of the girls MC saved in the edgelord intro because none of the characters existed before the opening and I'm in love with him. How I found him? Lol fuck you.
Gemma: We have a working relationship but here's some nudes because why would we build relationships?
Sylvie: LITERALLY AS EASY AS SHE PRETENDS NOT TO BE.

damn brother when you're right you're right

yeah the relationships definitely happened too fast now that you point it out

 

[Quetzzz]

So sometimes I wish developers would test the game with self-voicing enabled

This is something that can be done easily. In this case with empty

You must be registered to see the links

. Certainly something to keep in mind, thank you!

 

[Garvelt]

I prefer slow burn games as well, but to say relationships move too fast in this one is just laughable. Most of the relationships haven't even got past the initial 'being attracted to each other' phase, which if it's a problem for some, perhaps AVNs are just not for you. LIs are obviously going to be attracted to the MC, that's how it works.

As for the individual characters why might be past that point or had lewd scenes:
Dora - she was clearly sent to get close to the MC
Gemma - she's been working with the MC for a while and clearly has the hots for him, I don't get what's the problem here at all
Calli - there isn't much with her just yet apart from the sex scene
Sylvie - classic tsundere type of character so far

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

I prefer slow burn games as well, but to say relationships move too fast in this one is just laughable. Most of the relationships haven't even got past the initial 'being attracted to each other' phase, which if it's a problem for some, perhaps AVNs are just not for you. LIs are obviously going to be attracted to the MC, that's how it works.

As for the individual characters why might be past that point or had lewd scenes:
Dora - she was clearly sent to get close to the MC
Gemma - she's been working with the MC for a while and clearly has the hots for him, I don't get what's the problem here at all
Calli - there isn't much with her just yet apart from the sex scene
Sylvie - classic tsundere type of character so far

I'm a die hard romantic and I love romantic scenes

we don't have a problem with them being attracted to the MC

I want my girl to be in love with the MC but the problem is they barely spend any one-on-one alone time with him

getting to know him like on a date or anything

the two girls he saved barely knows anything about him

Ash went from not trusting him to talk about threesomes in less than 24 hours

being attracted to mc is not the problem is that the love happens almost instantaneously

with no one on one getting to know each other moments or relationship building

 

[ImSenjou]

Olivia found the MC only one or two days after she was rescued, not only that, she found him in another city, knew his identity, and even changed her appearance before meeting him, I found that very forced, if she had shown up a week later, it would have been easier to accept.

I know she couldn't have done it alone, someone helped her, but this makes it seem like the MC's secret identity isn't so secret after all.

Is he being watched all the time? It certainly wouldn't be the FBI, they don't need a vigilante taking justice into his own hands, if they found out who he is, they would arrest him, and with what happened in the apartment, they would have no doubt that he is who they are looking for and wouldn't leave the girls with him, they would take over to understand what happened and offer protection.

As for the other girls, I don't have much of a problem with their development, maybe with Dora, but she was clearly just testing him, and I even think that if he agreed to go with her so easily, she would lose interest in him.

 

[Merlin-Magic]

While I agree that the relationships appear to be moving rapidly, games do accelerate everything. Something what appears to take only hours in a game could take months in real life. I have no doubt that if this game took months to develop one relationship, 95% of players would bail. Some are already complaining about the lack of sex.
At this point, most relationships are barely starting in this game. Even IRL there is such a thing as a one night stand. The people involved probably say I love quite often also. The way things are accelerated in a game, something like that would take only minutes.
These characters are interesting enough that I do not think a little acceleration at the beginning is going to hurt the story. The characters have basically been introduced at this point. There is a lot more of the story to come and the character relationships and development will not rush forward as much as some people think.

 

[Quetzzz]

There is a lot more of the story to come and the character relationships and development will not rush forward as much as some people think.

The most important factor here, I think, is that we're shown that they want to spend time together. That's the logical consequence of attraction, certainly for long-term interest. Gemma, Dora, and Olivia displayed this already in their own unique ways. Depending on the player's choice, the MC also showed it toward Mio (supplies) and always toward Sylvia (jogging).
It's when games skip this step that a romance becomes unbelievable; any encounter will feel casual and carnal instead because of a lack of shared history.

 

[Garvelt]

I'm a die hard romantic and I love romantic scenes

we don't have a problem with them being attracted to the MC

I want my girl to be in love with the MC but the problem is they barely spend any one-on-one alone time with him

getting to know him like on a date or anything

the two girls he saved barely knows anything about him

Ash went from not trusting him to talk about threesomes in less than 24 hours

being attracted to mc is not the problem is that the love happens almost instantaneously

with no one on one getting to know each other moments or relationship building

I haven't seen anything in this game that would suggest any of the LIs would be in love with him as of yet. The only exception is Olivia, but that's a bit more complicated, because of the fact that he saved her. You could also argue that she is just very grateful and confuses it for love because she finds the MC attractive.

Maybe Gemma? There's definitely something there, but not sure it's love just yet. Depends how long they've known each other and how much time they actually spent together. Otherwise she is just a classic AVN character that had feelings for the MC prior to the game's start.

We are only in chapter 2, I'm sure there will be plenty of time to spend time with these girls.

 

[Quetzzz]

Depends how long they've known each other and how much time they actually spent together.

They've been in contact for years, but I also don't know if they had any in-person contact. I would assume they've met up a few times. I suspect Gemma tracked him down when he was starting out as a vigilante.

 

[Avaron1974]

Is the MC a bit slow?

Dora pretty much held up a giant neon sign that she was involved in the shit he was dealing with and he's all "oooh, tits"...

 

[Skeltom]

Is the MC a bit slow?

Dora pretty much held up a giant neon sign that she was involved in the shit he was dealing with and he's all "oooh, tits"...

I already said she is sus as fuck. It's clear as day...

Edit: This MC is supposed to be some hard boiled assassin type that deals with these crime syndicates very regularly and he is just like "Fuck it suck my dick, what could go wrong?" There is no way she is involved in anything, right?

 

[resgar]

Nope. Not feeling it. While i'm not question graphic quality, it is top notch. There is just no story. Girls hang on MC dick on sight. MC has no real troubles, or challenges. Opponents here just to pathetically fall from 1 hit. No riddles or real investigation. All possible answers will be delivered by hot girl on 1st occasion. Oh, and ofcourse, all girls like each other from get go too. Smooth from every possible side. Too smooth, and bland.

It's soo boooring. Man, i like this game, i really do. But i can not not skip it from couple frames every time i try.

Make MC suffer, like real suffer. With bruises and bleed. Make opponents deliver some damage back before they fall. Make questions more heavy, hard and unanswered in next scene. Make girls real mean something, not just hang on dick this instant. Let them be bitch, demanding, and suffer too. Make hard choices, costing some blood. Less dumb "flirt"-picks on every occasion.

Currently only strong point here is graphic. It is just serie of a beautiful renders.

 

[Avaron1974]

Make MC suffer, like real suffer. With bruises and bleed. Make opponents deliver some damage back before they fall. Make questions more heavy, hard and unanswered in next scene. Make girls real mean something, not just hang on dick this instant. Let them be bitch, demanding, and suffer too. Make hard choices, costing some blood. Less dumb "flirt"-picks on every occasion.

Fuck no.

I'm here for a power fantasy and a badass MC that kicks ass.

I want Jack Reacher not Basic Bob.

 

[SakuraKage]

talking about not being able to please everyone.
if you think the relationships move to fast, you might just have never experienced it yourself.
thats okay, not everyone is a badass, handsome, tall guy that women are naturally attracted to.
if you ever experienced a womans genuine attraction, you know that women can be quite direct about it.
almost too obvious if you know how they tick.

if you were in olives position and some badass, sexy beauty would save you from peril, you would be gooning so hard over her itd be laughable. and women tend to be emotionally affected by this even more. the fact that she might have a tiny screw loose just adds to that.

mc and gemma have known each other and worked together for 6 years. you obviously dont know what being in the foxhole and surviving hardship together does to people. you will find out more about their past as the story progresses.
we are 3 hours in for crying out loud. how dare she tease mc...

and god forbid a girl is cheeky and has some flirty, innocent banter about threesomes or whatever. how dare she have a unique, outgoing personality. oh wait, maybe her GREEN HAIR mightve been a clue.

im not even gonna address dora.

i suggest if you want to "work" for a girls affection, try mrdots games or any other game where you have to worship the girls at every opportunity to get a handjob after 10 updates.

rant over, probably taking a break from f95 xD