I just wanted to let you guys know that I've finished updating all of my mods for the time being.
They will have better dynamics, transitions (image & audio), readability, etc. (I just... improved them overall lol.)
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So yesterday I've played both Octavia and Claudia Corruption ending mods by
Imgfylalbm. Ant it was quite
an experience. Not gonna write a whole review or something, just some assorted notes:
- First of all, the mood. Ironically these corruption endings strike me as competing the romance endings in wholesomeness.
They even basically end almost in the same way as Claudia's vanilla ending - MC and LI living together happily and having kids. Except now everyone on the internet know that Claudia/Octavia is a submissive slut. Not that I don't like it - I do - but it did surprise me a bit. Then again, I loved that a lot because that mix of love and lust, earning and submission is right up my alley. Octavia's ending was bittersweet - with much more sweetness than bitterness; Claudia's ending was the same, except both bitterness and sweetness were high pitched - I felt genuinely bad for her at the beginning and couldn't believe her in the middle.
- The plot(s). Well, in that they do remind each other, kinda having the same structure -
first MC is forcing the LI to accept him as her master, then it turns out that she wanted exactly that all that time. And while Octavia's ending was more or less predictable (although I really like the flashback structure), Claudia's was like riding a rollercoaster - her story has more twists than a Shyamalan's movie. There's like, 3 twists that completely change the perception of her entire route - a great feat for a mod!
So I guess in the end it truly was Claudia's corruption - just not the corruption of Claudia, lol! Her ending was so wholesome that like the whole game cast united in cheering for her and MC! I was especially surprised that Karen
turned out to be a really decent person?! Yeah, I can see some difficulties with her ending if that's gonna be Imgfylalbm's canon. I mean, this Karen just doesn't really deserve what's in store for her.
- Visuals. Well, I really liked these two techniques used: the sliding images in Octavia's mod and the blacking-out in Claudia's mod. They really add some intensity and immersiveness into what's otherwise a series of still images. NT Prologue uses the same sliding frame technique, and it just adds some life to the images presentation. Cool stuff.
- Also I really liked the collage during Claudia's mod: it was really cool and inventive. I never saw something like that in any VN and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing something like that in NT.
- Actually, I believe Claudia's mod goes through most of her in-game scenes, kinda reminding player of everything they went through together with her. And giving it all a new light.
- Another detail I liked is her moans going all through credits instead of some music track. Really cool and even bit sinister, given the circumstances.
- The small question I have is - what is the music that plays through Claudia's scene? I don't think it's from vanilla (especially since the file is in the mod directory).
- Another small question is about Octavia - that moaning was taken from the Karen's Day 19 scene, right?
- And two small oversights I have to report: first one during Octavia's mod - in one of the scenes MC cums "into her stomach", even though I'm sure they had vaginal sex during that scene; so something like "womb" would probably be more anatomically correct, lol. Another is the size of MC's black silhouette during Claudia's mod. It wasn't looking intimidating or anything to me - it was just an unnatural size difference.
Too conclude - these two mods were absolutely amazing! Big thumbs up!
I'm sure Karen's would be great as well!