My 2cents on the update: a mix of good and bad but overall for the 4.5-6 month (depending on how you count) underwhelming.
+ Some nice visuals: shower scene, museum scene and photoshoot being highlights in my opinion (purely based on aesthetics)
+ Some interesting story beats: Gillian, Blonde Alison, Cucking
- Some recycled art (which is okay) and most scenes only slight variations of familiar visuals
- Mostly treading water or rather grueling pace in other story parts (Stan, Seymore; any dominance/corruption for Lena)
- Overall way too safe, no umpf to any part of the game
The bottom line for me is that I doubt there is much reason to get excited about future updates. Not because of creativity or style but for the following reason: Yes there will be hype, Yes EK is still one best VN out there, Yes I will continue to play the game but there are more and more cracks in the foundation. GGGB, for better or worse, just based on title and concept had a clear vision. It was satisfying to play the corruption/fall of Ashley into depravity. The wrap up of that game was clear and interesting, from porn to gangleader to pregnant to happy end to being dead. Most shortcomings of that game can be attributed to it being EK's first game. The production side of that game, also the communication on Patreon was or at least felt exciting as well, now it's a clusterfuck of simping and delays, excuses, apologies, lack of updates due to personal reasons...update, rinse, repeat. Yes this game is more complex, yes there are more lines of code (though I maintain this means very little), but at the end of the day it's a pornographic game.
BUT i have Tab
