kinglionheart

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The thing is that this game, unlike ntr legend and summer memories, is heavy art based like Peeping Dorm Manager, and this I personally can't ignore. I still will buy this game. But the drastic change of artstyle and westernised look of it is a letdown. They don't even consider changing the artist after all negative objections in June, they just ignore it, like they ignore this game when the unity situation happened. I just hope that new art will be as good as old one, but wips are concerning me.
While I understand your concerns and have my own concerns, I hope no one spends too much time focusing on this one aspect. We only have a WIP so maybe the art style will still change. But even if it won't, I remember when The Wind Walker was announced, a lot of people disliked it because of the drastic change in art style from the previous game. But once the game came out, it become of the best in the series. Not to say you are wrong in your believes but I just don't think the change in art style will make as much a change as you might expect.
 

kinglionheart

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I feel like I'm missing something here. Why change the art at all?
Surely porting over the old art (which I understand is easier said than done) is easier than creating entirely new works.
The publisher, Critical Bliss, did not want to use the art of the original because the quality of the original images varied throughout the game. The game had a long development so there are minor differences in skin tone, hair color, etc. could be noticed. The publisher decided to drop all the images and remake them using a new unified style for the entire game.
 

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While I understand your concerns and have my own concerns, I hope no one spends too much time focusing on this one aspect. We only have a WIP so maybe the art style will still change. But even if it won't, I remember when The Wind Walker was announced, a lot of people disliked it because of the drastic change in art style from the previous game. But once the game came out, it become of the best in the series. Not to say you are wrong in your believes but I just don't think the change in art style will make as much a change as you might expect.
I don't think that it is a correct comparison. Zelda games were always about gameplay and story, art changes from game to game. The correct comparison for me is shining series. I like Tony Taka art. And I have no complaints, but old players were enraged because of that.
(I think partly because he has his own "saber face")
 
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rulaze

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The publisher, Critical Bliss, did not want to use the art of the original because the quality of the original images varied throughout the game. The game had a long development so there are minor differences in skin tone, hair color, etc. could be noticed. The publisher decided to drop all the images and remake them using a new unified style for the entire game.
I think this is most likely the case. While the CG does look more cartoony now, having a unified art style I think will benefit the game more(also like that thicker booty). I also think the new animations look way better in terms of color and smoothness as well as the motion itself(grinding instead of just a janky up and down for the seated pose).

They also say they are adding more stuff to unlock and the WIP stuff implies there will be more distinction between the corruption levels as well. Overall I am liking the direction it is going.
 
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MagLev

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I'm also optimistic and frankly think the art we've seen so far for DX is fine. I just hope they can get it done sooner rather than later.
 
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fuckyoutoo22

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I think this is most likely the case. While the CG does look more cartoony now, having a unified art style I think will benefit the game more(also like that thicker booty). I also think the new animations look way better in terms of color and smoothness as well as the motion itself(grinding instead of just a janky up and down for the seated pose).

They also say they are adding more stuff to unlock and the WIP stuff implies there will be more distinction between the corruption levels as well. Overall I am liking the direction it is going.
Fuck, I can't deny it actually looks very good
 
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I get that people are upset about the art, but tbh, I was expecting something much worse looking, but it actually doesn't look bad at all. I love that we get to see more details and a lot of the new art is alluring. Really excited to see how many improvements the studio will make to the game.
 

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The publisher, Critical Bliss, did not want to use the art of the original because the quality of the original images varied throughout the game. The game had a long development so there are minor differences in skin tone, hair color, etc. could be noticed. The publisher decided to drop all the images and remake them using a new unified style for the entire game.
The thing is, it all comes back to one thing that is genuinely making me scratch my head with this situation; who the fuck asked for this?... At the end of the day, this is not the publisher's job. Whatever the creator, publisher or people/fans think about the OG art or the new is completely subjective and doesn't mean fuck all. If a game is good, it'll sell, if it's bad, it won't. However, it's so unnecessary. If people want a game to be localized, they want it for what it already is or shaping to be, they don't want a reshaped version of a board of people in suit think they want or will stick.

Again, this type of publisher meddling is just unnecessary, and this is becoming a reason as to why more and more studios prefer self-publishing or having staff in the west (or vice versa) who can take care of it rather than relying on other companies that have their best interest in mind instead of the devs or fans.
No matter how the finished product ends up being, no one should be denying the incompetence behind this whole situation.
 
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Chaotics19

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I think this is most likely the case. While the CG does look more cartoony now, having a unified art style I think will benefit the game more(also like that thicker booty). I also think the new animations look way better in terms of color and smoothness as well as the motion itself(grinding instead of just a janky up and down for the seated pose).

They also say they are adding more stuff to unlock and the WIP stuff implies there will be more distinction between the corruption levels as well. Overall I am liking the direction it is going.
Hmm. I generally agree on the animations, seeing them side-by-side like that, though I think the original faces are hotter, and I'll note that the boob bounce in the second animation feels less energetic in the new version, even if it's much smoother. That said, it's WIP and I slightly prefer the newer animations in this comparison overall anyway, though I still consider the artwork to be a side-grade at best. Welp, here's hoping this turns out well. I'm not entirely certain a unified art-style matters as much for h-games, but then I might just be too used to games that just combine in-game graphics with cgs.
 
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Daydream69

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I'm concerned that they are going to revamp all the CG art to follow the style of Summer Memories or so. In terms of CG, definitely prefer the original style. As for animations and new features, prefer the updated version
 
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citrusflavored

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Stoked for the DX version. Hopefully the gameplay will be smoothed over. Would love to see that massage mini game from NTR Legend make it's way back here somehow. It'll be interesting to compare the two versions.
 

fuckyoutoo22

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Looking forward to how they gonna improve the hot spring impregnation mini game
Honestly, as much as it was a great step towards differantiating itself from NTRLegends, the hot spring part felt a little rushed. Like there's not even a pretense of freedom there. You just move through the days and hope you reached 100% until the 10th day has happened. Not to mention that the art is not as good and the few H-scenes there are locked to a specific time of the day.
 

rulaze

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I still don't understand. Is the game released or not?
It is on DLsite but not on steam. The steam version was supposed to release in Q4 of this year but got pushed back into 2024 because of all the changes to graphics and gameplay updates they are working on. You can still play a good version of the game right now that has the endings and such.
 

Daydream69

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Honestly, as much as it was a great step towards differantiating itself from NTRLegends, the hot spring part felt a little rushed. Like there's not even a pretense of freedom there. You just move through the days and hope you reached 100% until the 10th day has happened. Not to mention that the art is not as good and the few H-scenes there are locked to a specific time of the day.
In terms of art, yea the graphics during onsen is a little funky. Plus getting to 100% can be done before the 4/5th day if you can get ~20% per cumshot. Then you’re left with the same onsen gameplay without any progression

Edit: Probably an unpopular opinion since some peeps just wanna beat their meats to the end game asap. Personally would like to have added complexity during Onsen. Chances of being caught or sexy time ending before unloading the seed inside etc. At least there’s some form of motivation to grind a little to put a bun in her oven during onsen
 
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