- May 27, 2017
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I'm starting to dread the 'completed' tag more than 'abandoned' as the endings for a lot of these games contradict the previous gameplay and frankly ruin shit.
Just not everyone agrees with you that happy ending was happy, for me it was the saddest ending of all. I even preferred the three cats ending for Nikki over that one for her sake. I know Sumo intended it as happy, just it did not feel that way.did you miss the part where Tales and Molly fuck in every possible place and she professes how good sex is?
actually YOU are given the option if you want Nikki to be happy or not, the choice is yours....
I'd like to hear that fabled logic...
I'm sure it is, but there are other games out here that deserve attention too, and seeing as this is gonna get another big update with some fixes and alternative endings, I'm in no rush.It's still a dang good game and worth playing through. If you take your time he'll drop the updates before you're done.
I think the thing with Ms Sollain is as much a bit of self-referential joking as anything else (at least the whole thing with the night-stand, sticking the dildo to the wall, etc), but it's also meant to illustrate a bit of real-world pathos-- it's quite possible for an inexperienced young man to be attracted to a pretty older lady, then go to college, get a little (or a lot) more life experience, then encounter the older lady again and realize... it's actually a bit weird for an older lady to seduce a much younger man like that.So I played the final update in hopes of one last scene with Mrs Sollain, because she was one of my two favourite characters in the game (the other being Cory) and the visit to her house is what I consider to the be high point of the game.
While I did get one final hurrah with Mrs Sollain, it was actually quite disappointing due to the way the scene was written. There was none of the passion Taylor had shown during their time together at her house where he had said "I've been attracted to you for as long as I can remember" and told her that "You coming into my room that day was a dream come true". During that scene he had also thought to himself that "Her body is pretty much MILF perfection."
So how does Taylor react to her coming into his room to seduce him once more? He thinks to himself "Should I have sex with the old lady?". Not exactly the enthusiastic response I would've expected considering the previous choices I made in the game. Then there's this really awkward moment where Mrs Sollain screams out "Fucking fuck me like you fuck those college sluts!!", followed by Taylor's inner monologue of "I can only think to myself: Those college sluts have names and feelings and identities beyond just being a slut." Which is weird for several reasons.
First off, they're supposed to be keeping the noise down, so she shouldn't be shouting anything. Secondly, Taylor has never shown the sightest bit of respect for any of the college girls in this game. He has constantly followed his sister's advice, which was to tell them whatever lies were necessary to get in their pants. Finally, doesn't Mrs Sollain have feelings and an identity beyond just being an old lady?
The epilogue for Mrs Sollain is also very poorly done, she ends up pregnant and then raises her child with Taylor's mom. She keeps her the identity of the father a secret, which is extremely hard to believe since you would think that Taylor's mom might want to know if the kid they're raising together is her grandchild. After all, she did catch her son in bed with Mrs Sollain, so she's got to at least suspect something. The author claimed that this was the most logical ending for Mrs Sollain but I don't buy it.
Even if the author didn't want to make a picture perfect ending with a wedding and the works, they still could've thrown the fans a bone by leaving the ending a bit open. Something like have Taylor be unsure of what the future will hold but also having him determined to visit her whenever he gets a break in his study schedule. There was no need for every non-Molly route to end with him forever alone. Mrs Sollain even said that she was really impressed with the man Taylor had become when she was with him at Christmas, so that's at least something to work with. I mean, Nikki marrying Marc made zero sense but that got put in the game.
Still here, Rob. And not depressed!Sumo used to hang out and chat alot on my Discord but suddenly stopped showing up..i'm thinking he burned out bad..or stressed bad and fell into a depression and just wanted to end this game fast and GTF away from it and here...i may be wrong..but the end was chopped bad and came off like a "just finish dammit!!" ok..i now said my piece i've been holding in for a week+ and i dont wanna hurt Sumo's feeling with what i said..who knows..maybe in the future he'll make a redo of the endings..or maybe not..right now..we have to accept what this and move on...
i didnt read back far enough...my bad..Woodz just reemed me out for not seeing your postStill here, Rob. And not depressed!
Maybe you missed the book I wrote, but I addressed most of what you said in this public patreon post:You must be registered to see the links
The fact of the matter is: I'm not perfect and made mistakes (and I'll continue to make mistakes) and I'm currently working to fix them and other mistakes I made along the way. In the end, I want to make the best game I possibly can and I missed the mark with a lot of the ending.
I would wait upon the rework by Sumo.This week I searched for complete games, I decided to test this one (when this still had the complete game tag), without seeing the comments to not have spoilers... I should have seen before I played it all.
Therefore. Could someone be kind enough to list all possible (current) endings?
Or from what I read from some previous comments. Basically, we only have a few important differences:You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
I played with all the possibilities and... Men...Maybe you missed the book I wrote, but I addressed most of what you said in this public patreon post:You must be registered to see the links
The problem I have with Taylor losing interest in Mrs Sollain because he gets some experience with younger women, is that we didn't get to make that choice for Taylor. The player should get some control over how the player character acts and feels, and that was something that was really lacking in the second half of the game. As far as I can tell, this is just another example of the author taking full control of the player character in order to wall off options because they didn't want to follow through with all of the possibilities they created.I think the thing with Ms Sollain is as much a bit of self-referential joking as anything else (at least the whole thing with the night-stand, sticking the dildo to the wall, etc), but it's also meant to illustrate a bit of real-world pathos-- it's quite possible for an inexperienced young man to be attracted to a pretty older lady, then go to college, get a little (or a lot) more life experience, then encounter the older lady again and realize... it's actually a bit weird for an older lady to seduce a much younger man like that.
What was weirder to me was her encountering Taylor and Nikki and having a threesome with them. That, I found rather harder to buy.
Walling off options is reasonable (to a point) IMO for a writer-- you don't want to end up with a behemoth of a game simply because you explored ALL the options to their conclusion, unless that's precisely what you DO want to do as a game-designer. But if you're focusing more on a select few relationships, then it's not a bad thing to keep other relationships relatively shallow. It all depends on how much of a linear plot you want to have and the ultimate ending of the game that the writer has in mind, balancing that against what their best guess is of what the audience wants.The problem I have with Taylor losing interest in Mrs Sollain because he gets some experience with younger women, is that we didn't get to make that choice for Taylor. The player should get some control over how the player character acts and feels, and that was something that was really lacking in the second half of the game. As far as I can tell, this is just another example of the author taking full control of the player character in order to wall off options because they didn't want to follow through with all of the possibilities they created.
And I wish you were there to tell me that 2 YEARS AGO!!! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU??!?!?!?! Could have saved me a lot of hassle...If the code for everything was difficult, don't add so many characters. The endings would have been much more satisfying if we only had Molly and Nikki. Because in the end, we didn't even have Nikki.
Of course there should be other girls, but not to the point where we would have any relationship with them for more than "one night". Of course, besides the blonde psycho.
Adding Sky even more in place of Jessica was such a mistake. Jessica would have saved a lot here, a complete character instead of two incomplete ones. Besides, Sky's story has no consistency at all. I read the reason, but it's just one more reason not to use Sky in this game. And in the end, they all ended up with an incomplete and unsatisfactory end.
i just wish i was as smart as you Dev's are in making these games .. i liked this one very much .. was just saying i was a little disappointed i could'nt end with Nikki .. but Molly is great alsoAnd I wish you were there to tell me that 2 YEARS AGO!!! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU??!?!?!?! Could have saved me a lot of hassle...
I admit, that was straight up me biting off more than I could chew. Didn't realize how long/complex branching stories would be to develop, especially in the early stages of a game. 100% on me. Once I realized, the toothpaste was out of the tube and it's not like I could just kill them off![]()