I totally echo, the pubic hair request.
I got to the end of the current version and wanted to give my feedback. It's too early in the dev cycle to leave a review even if it would be mostly favorable. The following are the things that stuck to me.
First, I really enjoyed this story and game. The models are great, the dialogue seems for the most part to be intelligent and 'real' while still being fun. The poker and mini-games are fun.
Here is the constructive (hopefully) feedback that I think can make this even better.
- The first thing I will mention is when you create a quality product, having elements that go below that quality standard tend to stick out badly. A couple parts of Ashely's story I found jarring to immersion. The way she 'randomly' picked the protagonist just was wrong. Personally I think that whole setup scene needs to be reworked. She's coming across to me more and more not as any kind of professional but as a little girl playing pretend. And it's also weird that the protagonist isn't feeling that as well. As a side note, I was wondering if the 'mark' was really her brother or something given the white hair and how he just silently and submissively stayed outside while his car keys were inside.
- Along the same lines as the above, having the protagonist stand at the poker table is more of the same. I am guessing it's because you didn't have an asset available for 3 people at a table or something like that but that whole thing just didn't work for me.
- There desperately needs to be a 'back' button for when you've accidentally skipped past dialogue you wanted to read.
- The ctrl button to fast forward dialogue doesn't work during the poker sessions. Hopefully that can be addressed.
- There needs to be more guidance imo. Some people find it fun to figure out the rules on their own. I find it frustrating - my enjoyment is playing the game and watching myself progress. A few examples are:
- what purpose do the stars have in the progression bars. I thought they were the triggers for removing clothes. Then I thought they are dialogue triggers but sometimes there was dialogue even when no star was gotten and vice versa.
- how many progression bar refreshes there are, or phrased another way, how much space do I have before I lose.
- more info on the beach/talking point mini-game. I wasn't sure if I choose boardwalk if that ends things or just continues them. I ended up replaying repeatedly until i earned Beach and never did the boardwalk because I thought it would shut me out of the good endings.
- Unless the intent is to have the beach game be nearly entirely luck, there needs to be more turns to collect info or less colors to choose from. There is no way to do that 'puzzle' without slot machine levels of luck.
- It would be nice to know if the cards in the poker games are random or scripted. I suspect the latter because I saw a high amount of 4 of a kind and other low probability out comes.
- It would be nice to know if using the cheats gives some sort of negative consequence. I was really hesitant to use them and may have ended up grinding a lot more than was actually fun.
- I get the idea of maintaining the slow burn by having the girls cover up their private bits when they lose their clothes but all I could think of (after taking in the sexiness of the poses and models) was how unrealistic it was to play poker that way. Even if you're playing one handed, holding your arm like that for an extended period is tiring as well as clumsy - but admittedly it's still within the realm of possibility I suppose. Lisa's position though was totally unworkable especially if she is trying to keep her lower bits unseen. I do concede though it was sexy as heck to look at.
- This is kind of pie in the sky, but I'd like to see some kind of betting in the poker games. That's a huge part of poker and it fundamentally changes how the game is played. Under the current rules, unless your initial draw contains a pair or other combo, your highest probability for a win is to discard 4 cards (assuming you have at least one card J or above). The odds of pulling a pair (or other combo) are nearly 50%. It doesn't make sense to try for a flush even if you have 4 cards of the same suit. Same thing for a straight.
Anyway those are my standout thoughts of what so far is an outstandingly good game. I look forward to the next release!
I'd also like to give a shout out to how responsive you been in these forums and how fast you've been to apply hotfixes. Thank you again!! You rock!
