This. At first I reacted to Chika like everyone else. Then I started to realize that such a backstory is a much needed breath of fresh air considering how many backstories are similar across games.
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That is an understandable and mature way to go about this. I wish more people did that.
It's wild how a lot of people think their own personal view on what constitutes what has any relevance whatsoever. There is countless different views on what is the 3 letter term and what not. If you don't want to see a LI get fucked or even read about a hint at that happening just don't go down her route. If the game doesn't offer that, leave. Not every game has to cater to every taste.
I don't even like it much myself but I totally want this part of the game to stay that way just so that it's not the exact same thing as so many other backstories. So kinda agree with FutabaSakura8. Not everything has to be dialed down as to not offend anyone. And this game does give you options.
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The thing is, if you bother to talk to her and don't just go to sleep like I did, she literally tells you: "People pay me to have sex." So, she already sold her body, and by all appearances, she continues to do so. Now, how the developer will manage to convince us that she's not a prostitute is a bigger mystery than the one of Fatima.
And the truth is, anyone who follows that path has already shown that they don't care that she's a prostitute, so what need does Dev have to change that? I suspect none, but apparently he's willing to do it to prove something—what exactly? Well, I'm not sure.
I don't know how the dev will handle it. Either he makes it so that she was lying to the mc about that (at this point, I don't even know why she would lie about that), or he just goes through with the whole thing. But then again, I don't know why he would make that statement, only to mislead the players again.
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I would assume she lied to the MC in an attempt to push him away. Her whole character, in what has been released so far (up to the end of 0.3), has been about pushing people away until/unless her situation is otherwise hopeless. As of the end of 0.3, MC has given her very little reason to see past her own rough past, just as others don't yet trust him. Those who have reason to trust him have had him earn it (albeit in the usual fictional-story-enhanced-rapid manner and pace).
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Far too many devs/authors write basic backstories, or they fail to use backstories to justify why characters act like they do. Everyone has a story. Everyone has a past. We, individually, aren't actually in the story, so there's no stake/risk in exploring it. Given that the design of New Horizon appears to be as much about exploring the past as it is about people growing together, and particularly given the 'harem' tag, I'd suggest that the story would be poorer for those who skip out on her content.
If people can't get past the discomfort of going through her story with her, that's their choice, and there's no reason anyone should hold it against them. Though, on the same note, there's no reason for them to keep bringing it up unless they're looking for people to hold it against them (either long term, or short term in discussion pushing back against them). Maybe that's their kink, but this is the sum of my weighing in on this.
Could be, or maybe she uses it as a front for something else entirely, maybe she's involved in something else that's illegal for money. I'm probably just coping right now LOL
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In my opinion, at this point, the only thing the developer can do is keep Chika's story, including the prostitution aspect, as it has been presented so far.
In fact, making Chika lie and reveal that she isn't actually a prostitute would give the impression that the developer is essentially agreeing with those who disliked that part of the story. It would be like saying, "Yes, I messed up by making her a prostitute, but I don't want to acknowledge that too much, so I'm not going to change what I've written so far; I'll just say that the plan was for her to lie to the MC, and then for the MC to discover the truth, and everything will be fine." And frankly, it's very hard to believe that this was the plan from the beginning.
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yeah I mean if that was the plan from the start , the dev should of shown the player she was lying somehow and not the MC. Otherwise it comes across as the dev changing things. At least in my opinion.
Yeah I'm just speculating based on what the dev said in the statement. As he puts prostitute in quotes, and says the truth is not what you think. That's the devs words. I believe that statement came out right around the time 0.3 released, so it's not a new statement. But he also said he was experimenting, so I don't what that means.
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My two cents on the Chika situation and the Devs statment
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In my opinion, the plan was for her to be a prostitute so that the MC could rescue her from that life. Everything seemed perfect, except for those who had no intention of rescuing her.
It's possible he doesn't even know exactly what he meant by that. It seems to be a way of trying to get people to follow her path without really committing to anything, and subtly leaving the door open to change things as he sees fit. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, except for the fact that he wants to give the impression that everything was meticulously planned from the very beginning.
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Hard to tell until he releases next chapter and continues her story, he's gonna piss some people no matter what, so hopefully he just goes with whatever he has planned and just move on.
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Hi my cute supporters! I got some preview or sneak peeks for you. This is the final one before the release of next update. Looks like things are about to get pretty serious soon!
I hope you're looking forward to the next update. I'm sure you'll like it if you enjoyed the game so far~
Sincerely, KS
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can't wait been wanting to replay this for sometime but decided to wait for this one
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btw dev confirmed that the update will not be released in october. it seems that this will be the biggest update yet. very likely to be released mid-november imo
here are some bonus ayase wallpapers that he posted:
here are some bonus ayase wallpapers that he posted:
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Heres what KS said -
I was so dead set on finishing rendering a very big section of the story, but it was simply too much work that it really took me a whole month just to finish that part. If you know me, I get very fixate on finish a particular thing, and that's kind of a problem sometimes.
The good news is, I got that part finished. The bad news is, there are still a few more parts that I have yet to finish. So I won't be able to finish 0.4 in October like I estimated before. There's just simply too much content for this update, and I want to make it well.
Also, I have a 10-day vacation coming up in a few days, so I won't be able to work on the game for 10 days. My original plan was to get the update finished before I go on the vacation but I couldn't get it done on time, unfortunately.
However, please rest assured that I will get it all finished as soon as I come back, I just need a little more time
I was so dead set on finishing rendering a very big section of the story, but it was simply too much work that it really took me a whole month just to finish that part. If you know me, I get very fixate on finish a particular thing, and that's kind of a problem sometimes.
The good news is, I got that part finished. The bad news is, there are still a few more parts that I have yet to finish. So I won't be able to finish 0.4 in October like I estimated before. There's just simply too much content for this update, and I want to make it well.
Also, I have a 10-day vacation coming up in a few days, so I won't be able to work on the game for 10 days. My original plan was to get the update finished before I go on the vacation but I couldn't get it done on time, unfortunately.
However, please rest assured that I will get it all finished as soon as I come back, I just need a little more time
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Cant wait for the dev to cash in on the naysayer on the fact that a prostitute is not NTR then implement NTR in the end to cash in on that,
there is no world where someone says "I sell my body for sex" then a scene gets shown with her outside a hotel with another man not going to be interpreted as NTR.
Just make it clear whether or not this will have NTR (prostitutes) and yes prostitution is NTR forced or not.
If she is lying then how can the MC trust her at all anyway? thats to big of lie to tell in the first place
Literal double edged sword.
-So in the end its choose the liar or the whore-
its gaslighting 101
(for those who don't want to label it NTR then label it cuckolding {as you are just accepting to follow that path anyway})
there is no world where someone says "I sell my body for sex" then a scene gets shown with her outside a hotel with another man not going to be interpreted as NTR.
Just make it clear whether or not this will have NTR (prostitutes) and yes prostitution is NTR forced or not.
If she is lying then how can the MC trust her at all anyway? thats to big of lie to tell in the first place
Literal double edged sword.
-So in the end its choose the liar or the whore-
its gaslighting 101
(for those who don't want to label it NTR then label it cuckolding {as you are just accepting to follow that path anyway})
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For me it's not NTR or cuckholding if im not in a relationship she is just a LI living her life be different if they were in a relationship for me and the MC had no idea about it. I even have a different definition of what cuckholding means to me compared to alot of others. ( A sharing situation where humiliation is involved on the LI is acting like a femdom)
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I agree that it's not NTR, and she can certainly live her life however she wants, so my MC isn't going to do anything to interfere with that. So my MC is happy, and she's happy, I suppose, at least a little, sometimes.
And for that very reason it is best to ignore her and her problems.
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To the dev that says we don't understand the tags, most people who avoid these tags know full well what they mean otherwise they wound not hate on them so much. its telling that you are trying to frame it this way to avoid the backlash for as long as possible.
Above all this not every girl in a story needs to be a virgin (pls refer to the MILF tag as a examples) most of us just dont want Li's to whore themself out.
Yes there are 1000s of other AVN's, if you want some actual feedback maybe dont bash people who come into your story and expect not to see a Li's whoring themselfs out (whether this is happening or not doesnt matter as you have her literally tell you she is) especially when it has a harem tag attached to it, When I play a harem game I want to romance every Li (thats how I play harem games)
The rest of the game is 7/10 but dont expect feedback from it when I have just had shit put on my plate and you tell me it was mashed potato with gravy but will only find out in 12 mouths if it was or not.
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I dont like my harem game to have NTR in it subtle or otherwise, (if you dont intend for NTR in the game then the way you going about it says otherwise...
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