What your talkin about the copying thing? If it does that then thats on the dev. Currently its only partial copying at worst of part of a chapter. Again so many people want to claim that so much of this chapter is copied when it clearly isnt. But what everyone fails to realise is the content on the island makes up MAYBE 50% of the chapter so far, considering the constant flashes to people not on the island. Top that off with the divergences like the temple scene after hes pushed down the stairs, the plesure temple (were you get to choose to sleep with one of the girls or go solo or not), the scenes after the hunt, maybe even the hunt itself, the temple in the forest, as well as all the scenes when you leave the village and go to the temple. Thats all 100% unique, then you also have the scenes that involve that one girls dads thats going after the MC. Add that all up your left with maybe what 15% of the scenes can be said to be similar. People be overembeleshing how much content is similar.
But like i said if it keeps up for more than one chapter than that will be fucked. Keep in mind i AM NOT saying that him copying is 100% okay, what im trying to say is of the scenes that are there, thats only a limited number the many renders that make up the entire chapter. SO noone can claim the whole chapter is copied or taken inspiration from the other, let alone even half of it so. Thats why i tend to say i think he more took inspiration and maybe took bits and pieces of the background elements and changed them to fit the narrative and story hes trying to tell. BUT if it happens again and again like you seem to say, then that is totally different. Then its more like an amalgamation of many different AVNs rather than an AVN that used inspiration for a section that maybe they didnt know what to do with.
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Partial copying is still copying. Partial plagiarism is still plagiarism. There is a very fine line between being "inspired" by something and straight up stealing it.
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How is something going to be 100% confirmed though? Even if it is plagiarism it's unlikely buu would ever admit it and if Buu got permission from lust city's dev then I don't understand why he wouldn't just say so. That's the biggest issue I'm having. I don't really have an issue with ideas being similar but I think it's a bit unethical to just steal entire scenes like that without asking. Honestly, I don't get why people are rushing to defend this. Just because you like part of the game doesn't mean you need to defend the game and the dev with everything they do. I also dont think it really matters whether just one chapter is copied
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ngl with all this back and forth talking about said other game and potential plagiarism surprise there isn't a mod notice on the front page like ive seen on some game threads. ( I say potential because I'm not getting into if it is or isn't plus I haven't played any of the Island update yet)
I haven't played the other game so I have no idea either. Devs chat, compare ideas, do crossovers, give each other previews and so on, all the time without telling readers, so I think the best thing to do is notify the other dev and let them take action if there is anything to take action over. In the meantime, I'm just going to hope the MC gets back to Eliza sooner rather than later.
Im really enjoying the game. Just finished my first play thru. Keep up the good work. Hope it continues till the end. Edward some how being on the island and walking around like he owns the places is bizarre though. Tried to do just Eliza and good alignment but Echo got me.
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I'm still doing just Eliza and dark path - haven't even been tempted by any of the others so far.
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True, as I said, I don't know the other VN to say or the two devs to say. I am just saying we may not have all the information. I'd contact the other dev and see.
The dark path seems to have fallen away. I'm not sure it even applies anymore
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Probably not, but I can dream. (TBH not full dark because some of the stuff just seemed like being a dick for no particular reason or benefit). Anyway, the OP says something about 'giving in to the dark side or becoming a symbol of hope' and now that I've explored the world a bit and met its inhabitants, the dark side seems like the way to go.
I'm running a harem good and a harem dark and Eliza of course. I can't remember what else
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I just have the one save. I won't be playing this one much longer unless it improves. I've found a lot of other things that have better stories and where it feels like the Dev is putting in more effort. (Buu seems to be putting all of his effort into speed, at the cost of making it good - and there isn't much draw in lots and lots of boring content.)
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tbh I liked the Story up until the end of Ch4 there were things that felt like it skipped over or happened to quickly like the Warewolf fight. But im someone that plays for characters over story only some AVN's I put story first not all and this isn't one of them. Eliza is the main thing that keeps me playing just might mean I skip updates for sometime like with this chapter
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For me they're kind of linked. You can't have a good story without good characters. You can have good characters without a good story, but they have to be really good characters to keep me interested. For me this one only has two good characters at this point - Eliza and Tarron (who is a good villain) - that's out of 106 listed on the
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. I don't even find the MC interesting anymore - he's a bit spineless, inconsistent, and clueless. I'd like to keep playing for Eliza but if Buu is going to keep pushing her to the back, it's not worth the time (and I definitely wouldn't stick around for the sequel that is supposedly being planned).
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I disagree about Tarron I think he is a terrible villain personally , especially every since it is shown how he isn't the big bad guy in charge just some higher ranking grunt that thinks he is stronger than he actually. Tarron is someone I do not fear at all to me he is just a cockroach that won't die. If I don't fear a Villian what good are they as a villian. Now unless something changed since the Island ( haven't played it yet)
I agree about the story needing good characters. Yeah I know what you mean about how they need to be really good characters but I tend to get attached to characters rather easily so it's easy for me to play subpar games just for the characters. Which is why I never play for story. Truthfully I started playing for the dating sim part and just found some games with good stories along the way.
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I don't fear Taron's power. I fear his ability to be a sneaky bastard and hurt people I care about and then vanish into the woodwork. But really that's all I want out of this, to kill Taron and settle down with Eliza. I don't care about the bigger villain and don't care enough about anyone else to stop the bigger villain as long as they leave Eliza alone. Eliza and Barron are the only characters the plot has made me care enough about to get involved - and I wouldn't keep playing for an endless cycle of "let's rescue Eliza, again".
I seriously doubt Taron is the big bad of this game. It's clear he's not even the most powerful of his cult. I think the end game big bad will either be a returned Balthazar or one of the gods we haven't seen or heard much of so far who wants Balthazar freed. In the grand scheme of things Taron seems like a small fry.