VN Unity Netorase Phone [v0.15.3] [Le Stag]

[sin(α)]

ive played through it multiple times now, and i really gotta say, i hate how youre always forced to just go with the flow, the whole game none of the answers really make a difference, theyre always the same damn thing at that, if its not a yes and yes its just a heart instead of i love you, its getting lame at this point, why have choices if theyre irrelevant or both the same damn thing. change that shit up and itll be beyond solid.

There is a big red VN tag in the title. Which means Netorase Phone is a

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with all it's "goods" and "bads". That includes linear story, minimal gameplay, limited interaction etc. Blaming the game for that is like blaming a cat for not flying.

(Those "choices" are probably just meant to pause text scrolling.)

 

[Eet_Fuk]

I really didn't like the "play by play" commentary in this update. Could do without it, only getting a picture and using my imagination, not reading a whole essay on how they're fuckin...

 

[Adamska]

That includes linear story

No it doesn't, you're confusing a visual novel with a kinetic novel. VNs often have choices and branches, so it's not unreasonable for readers to expect distinct outcomes when choices appear (or a unique story loop/adjusted text/etc. associated with the choice). A copy/paste from the link you posted: Non-linear branching storylines are a common trend in visual novels, which frequently use multiple branching storylines to achieve multiple different endings, allowing non-linear freedom of choice along the way, similar to a choose-your-own-adventure novel.

 

[milkedcow]

There is a big red VN tag in the title. Which means Netorase Phone is a

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with all it's "goods" and "bads". That includes linear story, minimal gameplay, limited interaction etc. Blaming the game for that is like blaming a cat for not flying.

(Those "choices" are probably just meant to pause text scrolling.)

oh trust me im aware, and like i said ive read through it multiple times, i like it truly, was just a suggestion for the dev. Saves me from having to go and try and make my own. This one already has the potential and is far better than any of the other similar titles out right now, in my opinion at least.

 

[aqd]

Le Stag

After going through a Dom/'alpha' playthrough I did learn some things. Doing an alpha playthrough of a game like this is obviously a fool's errand, but I just wanted to see how it would reacted to always saying 'no' to pictures and interactions, acting like you didn't really care about Laura, and just wanted to get in Ashley's pants. The railroading feels a lot stronger there. Like when you say 'No' to Laura she just responds "I'm going to need a 'yes'" and then your only choice box is a 'Yes' box. Or "Do you want to see what Nathan looks like?" "No" "Yes you do" (sends pic). This is possibly a strawman, since who wants to play a game to intentionally skip most of the content? Or an NTR game and then refuse the NTR? I was surprised that Laura decided 'no condoms' in this route, especially after picking all the "you definitely need to use condoms" options. I know that requires a few more artwork variations, but I think a dom protag should be controlling that decision and it felt forced coming from Laura. That was one of the biggest feelings of "Ah, so we need to end up in the exact same place on both routes". There were several scenes you could skip and pictures you could decline, but not lasting consequence for skipping them. On the sub route I thought the condom removal was because of my choices, but alas...

One note; I made a point to never say "I love you" in this playthrough, and I was really hoping for a consequence for that.

I feel that the side content with Ashley/Tara stands to be the most modular, easily avoided or not without having much impact on the main Laura storyline.

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There are a couple typos, but very minor. I think one or two lines that are out of place, like a bonus "hey what's up" in the middle of Nathan's texts or one line where the protag should say "I like it" and instead says something like "I want to". Next playthrough I'll try to take notes on where those are. There were one or two continuity errors when using the path of maximum avoidance, but again, that's probably an unrealistic path for 99% of players. I will try to take better notes next time to point them out specifically.

Mechanically the factory reset on the phone only cleared out the first 10 save slots, and the game needed to be restarted entirely before anything would work. Minor stuff though. So many of the other errors were fixed, so that's good. Overall the game is still a 9/10 with great emotional attachment to Laura and well-written ntrs. I do wish decision carried just a little more weight.

 

[Aksy]

Hey, I'm getting there but it's really hard to get more pictures now tbh... I don't have a fucking clue how to do it more now
if you have some idea, gimme... (at least I got Ashely 10th picture)
I'm missing 22 pictures but as you see... I can get 22/22 so... there's a lot to do I guess ( as of chapter 20 version 0.9.1)

Credit to @meuh_trashfor the "download"

 

[meuh_trash]

Hey, I'm getting there but it's really hard to get more pictures now tbh... I don't have a fucking clue how to do it more now
if you have some idea, gimme (I didn't do a submissive route yet so I guess I could get like 20-30 more but that's all I think)
I'm missing 45 pictures but as you see... I can get 22/45 so... there's a lot more of hidden girls yet to be discovered as of chapter 20 (version 0.9.1)

Seems to me you have to "download" some squaregram pictures to make them count

 

[Aksy]

Seems to me you have to "download" some squaregram pictures to make them count

Thanks...
New edit in post #1017

 

[Jonathanbezoz2023]

Le Stag

After going through a Dom/'alpha' playthrough I did learn some things. Doing an alpha playthrough of a game like this is obviously a fool's errand, but I just wanted to see how it would reacted to always saying 'no' to pictures and interactions, acting like you didn't really care about Laura, and just wanted to get in Ashley's pants. The railroading feels a lot stronger there. Like when you say 'No' to Laura she just responds "I'm going to need a 'yes'" and then your only choice box is a 'Yes' box. Or "Do you want to see what Nathan looks like?" "No" "Yes you do" (sends pic). This is possibly a strawman, since who wants to play a game to intentionally skip most of the content? Or an NTR game and then refuse the NTR? I was surprised that Laura decided 'no condoms' in this route, especially after picking all the "you definitely need to use condoms" options. I know that requires a few more artwork variations, but I think a dom protag should be controlling that decision and it felt forced coming from Laura. That was one of the biggest feelings of "Ah, so we need to end up in the exact same place on both routes". There were several scenes you could skip and pictures you could decline, but not lasting consequence for skipping them. On the sub route I thought the condom removal was because of my choices, but alas...

One note; I made a point to never say "I love you" in this playthrough, and I was really hoping for a consequence for that.

I feel that the side content with Ashley/Tara stands to be the most modular, easily avoided or not without having much impact on the main Laura storyline.

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There are a couple typos, but very minor. I think one or two lines that are out of place, like a bonus "hey what's up" in the middle of Nathan's texts or one line where the protag should say "I like it" and instead says something like "I want to". Next playthrough I'll try to take notes on where those are. There were one or two continuity errors when using the path of maximum avoidance, but again, that's probably an unrealistic path for 99% of players. I will try to take better notes next time to point them out specifically.

Mechanically the factory reset on the phone only cleared out the first 10 save slots, and the game needed to be restarted entirely before anything would work. Minor stuff though. So many of the other errors were fixed, so that's good. Overall the game is still a 9/10 with great emotional attachment to Laura and well-written ntrs. I do wish decision carried just a little more weight.

Agreed on my first play I wasn’t too interested in Ashley, but replaying I definitely want more interaction, have her be a really filthy influence on both mc and laura

 

[driade]

will ashley get to cuck us as well?

 

[JamesD3617]

will ashley get to cuck us as well?

Well the MC is not in a relationship with her soo…

 

[AcornHunter]

There is a big red VN tag in the title. Which means Netorase Phone is a

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with all it's "goods" and "bads". That includes linear story, minimal gameplay, limited interaction etc. Blaming the game for that is like blaming a cat for not flying.

(Those "choices" are probably just meant to pause text scrolling.)

Obviously you mistaken Visual Novel with Kinetic Novel.
Linear story - Kinetic Novel
Story with branches - Visual Novel.
For example, Being a DIK and College Kings are also VN - Visual Novels, but I hope you understand they are not linear and they don't have minimal gameplay and limited interaction.

I do like the game, I do like dev's vision and implementation.
Simple and to the point.
But also I do recognize that the game can become much more and much better with real (not pseudo-) brunching.
And I do not blame dev for choosing linear future for the game, I just expressed my personal disappointment.

 

[nickohoma]

I get that part of the kink being explored here is the tension around what's happening that the MC isn't seeing first-hand. I'm into visuals though so I kind of wish there were more pics showing the action.

So I made some of my own AI CG, based on the in-game styles. Like this one for the first Nathan scene in Chapter 7.

I don't see a fan-art thread for this game. Is this thread an appropriate place for stuff like this? Or is there even any interest?

 

[Noob7112]

I get that part of the kink being explored here is the tension around what's happening that the MC isn't seeing first-hand. I'm into visuals though so I kind of wish there were more pics showing the action.

So I made some of my own AI CG, based on the in-game styles. Like this one for the first Nathan scene in Chapter 7.

I don't see a fan-art thread for this game. Is this thread an appropriate place for stuff like this? Or is there even any interest?

I think we should create another thread for fan art cause there will be a lot of those, one thread for the game and one place to view all the fan arts.
something like this: https://f95zone.to/threads/my-new-girlfriend-circlegames-fan-art.218263/

 

[Sanon441]

I'm currently going through the game again and a thought strikes me. Laura goes to a lot of parties and outings without the MC. has anybody ever noticed this? It just feels weirdly disconnected that just about every social gathering she goes too is without him. I could get behind a scene of them both at at bar and the MC is watching and texting her while she flirts with somebody.

 

[rain675]

I can't wait for her to get involved with other people, especially one night stand type of stuff or just exhibitionist stuff

 

[Z3lda1980]

msotly eery 3 weeks

 

[huiAPPOAJ]

do I have to click through the whole game again or will my old save work this time?

 

[CaptionMaker]

So, you have the choice to not fuck the girlfriend, then she just say "I don't care, you will fuck me", WTF?????
Why give the choice in the first place? This game have a lot of useless messages and choices...

 

[Incubusknight]

I'm currently going through the game again and a thought strikes me. Laura goes to a lot of parties and outings without the MC. has anybody ever noticed this? It just feels weirdly disconnected that just about every social gathering she goes too is without him. I could get behind a scene of them both at at bar and the MC is watching and texting her while she flirts with somebody.

The game is based on the events happening on the phone, but in game we see time passing in the form of "X hours passed" to "X days passed".
So to me at least it means outside of the phone they are probably doing things togeather, such as the parties you mentioned and just regular hanging out days with the GF and her friends.
(Which would be why everyone is so close and comfortable togeather.)

Your suggestion though is a good one, would definitly help fill in some of the plot holes, and mix things up a bit.
Maybe if the developer is willing to step away from the phone concept for one of the endings scenes were the MC is in the room, I could see that as being pauseable, unless they're strickly staying with the phone bit for 100% of the game.

If that's the case maybe throw the MC in the closet in one scene, have him able to read what the GF is typing but at the same time realize that she's not telling the whole truth anymore depending on her level of corruption and the route you took.