Damn, haven't really been keeping up with MGNF that much (mostly 'cause I just can't be arsed "anticipating" it, and it's easier to wait if I kinda just forget it exists in-between updates). Was surprised to see the new update pop up on here, especially so close to after SoA's new update. What a treat.
With that said, not gonna lie, I understand the people who didn't really dig the update, because six chapters in, there is still an ungodly amount of teasing. Anya's scene was especially egregious, because who the fuck plants their dick on a girl's face, has her ask for a taste, and then just calls it off because, uhh, there's other people in the public clothing store? In a game themed around, like...spontaneous arousal and passion and whatnot, that kind of behaviour seems very...manufactured.
And yes, I am mostly upset about this because Anya is bae and the outfit tryouts just before that scene happened didn't help. Also, Eric just leaving her right after it was, uhh...yeah. I think that scene might have kinda been wholly antithetical to what is the purpose of a slice-of-life porn game, 'cause it didn't just turn me off, it made me sad. #JusticeforAnya
On a brighter note, I absolutely loved Vi's scene reveal at the end. I cannot overstate how much the context and how the scene unfolded was up my alley. A lot of people are bitching about "NTR this, NTR that" - because you get those with every porn game these days, even when literally 90% of "cheating" content these days seems to be thoroughly-communicated NTS with months and months of updates of build-up - but for me, the fact that Vi took initiative and decided to go for it without expressly asking Eric for the seventeenth confirmation that they want to do this kind of stuff was hot. I get you can argue that this means that my desires are more NTR-adjacent and yeah, sure, they are, not going to lie, but I still appreciate the fuck out of spontaneity in NTS content. It tickles a bit of both of the netori sides.
With that said...her wearing the wig was definitely a mistake, in my opinion. The appeal of the scene is that it's Vi, plain and clear; and the wig both visually takes away from it being her, and as somebody mentioned a couple posts up, this leaves it open for the developer to just pull a "hehe ecks dee it's not actually Vi, it's another model/porn star wearing contact lenses" (and I beg, for the love of all that is holy, Circle, don't let that be the case). It kind of...hollows out full appreciation of the idea that this is Vi, and she went ahead and did this of her own accord. Now I can't be sure - for at least the next couple months - if that was really her or not.
Still though, if it's kept as Vi, and we can confirm the events in future updates, then the scene overall was banger, especially if she did it with Luke, after he just...casually waltzed in by accident. That kind of spontaneity is hot. The ball's in your court, Circle, but potentially props on a great scene. Rest of the update was kind of bare in terms of actual scenes, though, especially considering how long the update's taken; especially because I don't know if I can count Anya as being an actual "scene", considering it got cut off before it turned into an actual scene.
It laid a nice foundation though. The next chapter or two definitely could end up being bangers, if they sufficiently take advantage of what was set up in this one.
(Holy shit I waffle too much sometimes.)
