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I can understand those who feel that this chapter was mostly spinning its wheels plot-wise, but it did do what was necessary (resolve the scene in the school bathroom and set up a few plot threads to pursue in the future) and develop some relationships.
I did wonder if indulging Meredith would lead to trouble down the line. We know from Evelyn's vision that she's peripherally involved in whatever her aunt is up to and her aunt holds her back for a private conversation before she goes off to fuck the MC.
There's been no active choice on my playthrough not to pursue Anna and Arwen. It's just a side-effect of a seemingly unrelated choice made long before the MC met either of them.
I did wonder if indulging Meredith would lead to trouble down the line. We know from Evelyn's vision that she's peripherally involved in whatever her aunt is up to and her aunt holds her back for a private conversation before she goes off to fuck the MC.
The Anna/Arwen/Evelyn scene is a major part of the chapter. Having it depend on (a) the MC going along with coercing a prisoner into sex in chapter ... 1 or 2? and (b) picking that particular shape for the scene makes very little sense. I know it comes up in conversation when he meets the two of them, but there's no reason for that to be the gate-keeper.1) Zero new content for Isabella branch players
Couple of updates ago, story went through a branch (though not the first); with MC picking either Isabella herself or projection of Anna (movie star).
Picking Anna projection allowed MC for extra dialogue with Anna & Arwen in that said path in one of the previous updates when MC meets them for the first time.
There's also one really chunky event with this most recent update with MC, Evelyn, Anna, & Arwen which further develops their relationship.
Whereas for those who picked the Isabella option, well there has been..... nothing.
No new lines, arcs for players who chose her.
Granted, I have saves for both routes each named "Isabella" "Anna and Arwen" but ngl, I hope you keeps track & soon enough there's event/s & content for Isabella route, evening things out.
Cause otherwise, there doesn't really seem to be much of an incentive for players to pick Isabella's route currently.
There's been no active choice on my playthrough not to pursue Anna and Arwen. It's just a side-effect of a seemingly unrelated choice made long before the MC met either of them.
I agree with this. I can ignore the occasional oblique reference, but having it front and center like this is just annoying. Diverts my (very limited) brain power to figuring out which games are being referenced rather than being immersed in the story.2) Referencing other games.
I'm someone who when it comes to references or crossover (from other AVNs), prefers things to be very, very subtle. I'm not a fan of frequent referencing or fan service being constantly thrown.
Cause I feel doing so just feels like a distraction and moreso detracts from the experience than adds to it.
Now going into this current update, I felt for some reason this update just contained several referencing of other AVNs either explicitly (literal name dropping) or implicitly (describing the game).
3 or more AVNs get referenced with that watching movies with Lady Steel scene (Eternum, Come Home, Desert Stalker at least), and Chasing Sunsets get frequently mentioned by Anna in her & Arwen's event.
Desert Stalker, I love, and Eternum I do like.
Yet I haven't played Come Home & Chasing Sunsets I wasn't a huge fan of it towards later game.
But regardless of whether I liked the said AVN or not (or whether I played it or not), all these talks about other games, I'm sorry to say, they all just felt like...... distractions.
Jacquesdor, was this done because there was an agreement between you and other devs of those games? Like cross promotion (them agreeing to promote your game within their games and you agreeing to do the same)?
If so, it is what it is, and there's nothing more I can say about that.
But if not, and this was done solely because you're fan of those games, well perhaps I'm in the minority with this (different strokes for different folks I guess) but I hope you ease up on the references with future updates.
Cause for me, they felt a bit too much in this update (and being brutally honest? I'd much rather just focus on your game's storyline than get even a bit distracted by references to other games).