This was not a good update for the story at all.
It just spun its wheels for 45 minutes and gave some pretty formulaic lewds.
The second holly scene with Ian was a standout, and the lesbian three-way on the shower room floor was the most creative... But it was all a bit vanilla. Lena's filthiest scene was with a dildo, which was extremely disappointing.
I'm glad I'm not paying for the alpha access tier.
Agreed.
The story feels padded and slow now. The problem is two-fold, as I see it. First.
DUAL PROTAGONISTS IS ALWAYS A MISTAKE. We have far, far too many scenes from the male MC (Ethan?) perspective, then repeated from the female MC (Lena?)* perspective and vice versa. It basically means we have to play the plot twice over and the production takes twice as long, that cuts the story pace (including dev time) into a quarter. That's not to say you can't have multiple protagonists or examine a story from multiple persectives, Detroit:Become Human did it, and it was amazing. But the thing is, all of those MC's from that game had their own storylines, their own characters, and when they interacted with each other directly it felt special, rare and you were excited to see it from both sides.
Nothing is happening. ESPECIALLY with the male MC. There's tons of sex content and story content that is wasted, cause the main thrust of the game is really supposed to be him going after the female MC, but so so many people simply don't match them up. We don't want to fuck ourselves (ironic, considering where my left hand is right now...). The female MC has plot progression, she's bouncing off other characters, she's being pushed around by her parents. The male MC has....
Anyway, I wish the dev the best of luck. I think she has tremendous talent and vision, and the game is still miles better than most I've played.
*I can't remember if we can change the names in this game or not.
So my impressions are incomplete. Maybe I'll change my mind for the better when Eva polishes the chapter.
