There are some good parts and some bad. Story progression seems to have backed a bit (might be me) will wait till final release.
My sense is there's about 2/3 of people posting here who were unimpressed generally but liked certain things, and 1/3 who did like it generally. My own opinion is that I do like what's in the update, but it feels slim overall. Also I think I was expecting more forward story movement and Eva gave us - being upfront about it in one of her Patreon update posts - more character exploration and continued plot setups rather than plot payoffs. But I see that as my own expectations and not a fault with the chapter. A few characters didn't appear at all or were used only in exposition roles, while others were given multiple sex scenes, and that can be great or annoying depending on which characters you like better/want more content for. Generally people here have agreed the sex scenes themselves were solid and the art very good.
I thought the update was solid. A bit underwhelming compared to the excellent Chapter 10 because there was little story progression and some scenes that felt like a retread. Also, little to no Ivy or Minerva on Ian's part was a bummer, especially since I thought the scene Ivy had with Ian was the perfect opportunity to get the ball rolling on that path.
That was exactly my thoughts on first playthrough of ORS about IVY. She is kinda keeping herself reserved from getting any kinda attachment/commitment emotionally and she just lives on edge that's the life she is living continuously. Her behavior towards Lena is on more emotional level but she just flips/goes extreme sometimes not in order to hurt Lena but out of habit.
It just that when people take emotionally massive hit they tend to indirectly approach those things. Some people I watched around show this exact behavior referring to the person the one their partner cheated with as "that one" etc. Even Gillian mention him as Her boyfriend and not mentions his name(check how she talks about him).
Jeremy gives impression that he doesn't know the one Gillian cheated with. Ian also gives this impression many times that Ian didn't discussed details with anyone before and just kept things in closet. this might be reason that Jeremy doesn't know him otherwise he would have said so to lessen the damage he done by not telling Ian that Gillian is back.
So Gus is just a cameo? I thought he would be in Holly route.
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Chapter 11 BETA is out, and Cameo spots open
Chapter 11 Beta is finally out! Thanks to everyone who helped us spot and report the bugs. All major issues should be ironed out now, but some small fixes and implementations will be added in the Full release. I also want to expand a couple scenes slightly, but the chapter is already solid and ready to be played.
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I know some people will do that, but this is generally a conscious thing. That's why i mentioned the dream sequence -- it's where you'd expect the artificial self-restraints to no longer apply, and if Ian knew the name of the guy, then Gillian in his dream could be expected to say it at least once.
Wait, Clark is modeled after a patron? And he potentially gets it on with Holly?
Nah, that's Martin, the owner of the Fortress.
