VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.14.1.4 Beta] [Eva Kiss]

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So I am confused. In my pure Ian/lena play through I distrusted Billy and was not going to model for him but Lena still seemed to be going with Ivy. Am I just forgetting something where Lena decided she was going to Billy’s no matter what?

It seems that Lena attends the event no matter what, but if she's distrustful (or has Seymour contract ongoing) then it's just a "vacation trip" for her, tagging along with Ivy for fun at Ivy's request. Instead of going to do any actual photo work.

 

[Blurpee69]

It seems that Lena attends the event no matter what, but if she's distrustful (or has Seymour contract ongoing) then it's just a "vacation trip" for her, tagging along with Ivy for fun at Ivy's request. Instead of going to do any actual photo work.

EK probably didn't want to have another update where nothing happens for a large portion of the playerbase the way the Seymour update happened. It would have been pretty difficult to write a situation that got Lena to go with Seymour, especially if she had been adamentaly opposed to Seymour. Lena has overall been a lot less opposed to Billy on the other hand; just far more sceptical. Much easier to write in a throwaway line like "I can't believe you convinced me to go on this trip, but I'll use it as a vacation opportunity than a photoshoot"

 

[onestepforward4]

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[Vengeance_11]

It would have been pretty difficult to write a situation that got Lena to go with Seymour, especially if she had been adamentaly opposed to Seymour.

I was surprised that EK chose to just skip over the rest of the vacation instead of doing an extended Lena POV of the beach house, especially since a lot of interesting developments happened that weren’t seen in Ian’s POV (i.e, Lena’s conversation with Wade)

 

[Hungover00]

I was surprised that EK chose to just skip over the rest of the vacation instead of doing an extended Lena POV of the beach house, especially since a lot of interesting developments happened that weren’t seen in Ian’s POV (i.e, Lena’s conversation with Wade)

Did Lena and Wade talk? Illustrates your point completely, I didn't recall a thing.

 

[DA_boiiii5]

Is there any full save or gallery unlocked for android?

 

[Hungover00]

Did an Ian/Holly run with a Posh Lena (fairly heavily into Seymour's pocket, doming Louise, playing with Ivy and Mark) and you can get the Holly Trinity, but you can also taint it by giving into Seymour in Rome. Can't mess around with anyone else though. And it's very clearly a planned path.

 

[AlastairTheWhite]

Did an Ian/Holly run with a Posh Lena (fairly heavily into Seymour's pocket, doming Louise, playing with Ivy and Mark) and you can get the Holly Trinity, but you can also taint it by giving into Seymour in Rome. Can't mess around with anyone else though. And it's very clearly a planned path.

And Imho it's kind of annoying because it looks like Lena is more into Seymour than anyone else is into her.

It almost looks like EK does't want Ian and Lena to stay together.

 

[Gicoo]

It almost looks like EK does't want Ian and Lena to stay together.

Nah, thats just you allowing Lena to fuck every man who asks her. You can have Lena and Ian have their pure romance without anyone invading.

 

[CreativeCritic2]

Did Lena and Wade talk? Illustrates your point completely, I didn't recall a thing.

I got the impression that they did, albeit off camera... I did an Ian Cuck run and Lena disappears off to talk to Wade at the beach house and then asked Ian if he'd be interested in a threesome with Wade.

 

[ffive]

And Imho it's kind of annoying because it looks like Lena is more into Seymour than anyone else is into her.

It almost looks like EK does't want Ian and Lena to stay together.

Lena is into Seymour more than anyone if you choose for your Lena to be head over heels with Seymour. I have no idea why this would be annoying, when it's basically the game acknowledging your choices and shaping the narrative to match them.

 

[ffive]

I was surprised that EK chose to just skip over the rest of the vacation instead of doing an extended Lena POV of the beach house, especially since a lot of interesting developments happened that weren’t seen in Ian’s POV (i.e, Lena’s conversation with Wade)

I imagine that was at least in part a PTSD from dealing with all those potential paths that were coming to head there and squashing all the bugs that were popping up as the result. At this point EK has worked on the beach house sequence for literal months, i could definitely get/sympathize with the urge to move on and work on something different.

 

[LaVinotinto]

Yes, the next update is gonna be Ian covering the same days as Lena, then the update after is gonna be Lena at Billy's photoshoot.

 

[Socrambus]

I imagine that was at least in part a PTSD from dealing with all those potential paths that were coming to head there and squashing all the bugs that were popping up as the result. At this point EK has worked on the beach house sequence for literal months, i could definitely get/sympathize with the urge to move on and work on something different.

It happens even in great games like Baldur's Gate 3, the more true freedom you give the player the more possible weird combinations of choices you get. I am replaying BG 3 and I have encountered several NPC dialogues that didn't totally account for the timing and some combination of my choices and that's with a decent team working on the game and an exceptional post launch support.

My point is that Eva tries to cater to as much different player tastes as possible through the choices you can make but the risk/benefit for some paths like Lena/Wade and Lena/Perry doesn't make much sense and she would have been better just removing those possibilities from the game.

 

[Samsul Hidayat]

My point is that Eva tries to cater to as much different player tastes as possible through the choices you can make but the risk/benefit for some paths like Lena/Wade and Lena/Perry doesn't make much sense and she would have been better just removing those possibilities from the game.

I still find it weird that if Lena is being intimate with only Axel, she gets flirty with Wade at the beach for some reason.

 

[ffive]

I still find it weird that if Lena is being intimate with only Axel, she gets flirty with Wade at the beach for some reason.

Have you seen the faces she's been making? Axel quite literally fucks Lena's brains out, all that's left on them is cock.

(slightly more seriously, this isn't quite accurate. If Lena only sleeps with Axel, but opts to stop her cheating on Ian in general, she isn't really flirting intentionally with Wade, she's just being playful. And prioritizes Ian for things like getting her sunscreen, taking pictures etc)

 

[Konin42]

Just finished 13.2 from the start for the 1st time. It is understandable that Lena and Ian broke up in 12. But it's so sad. Who knows how many people Lena and Ian are permitted to fuck in order to stay together? )))

 

[ffive]

Just finished 13.2 from the start for the 1st time. It is understandable that Lena and Ian broke up in 12. But it's so sad. Who knows how many people Lena and Ian are permitted to fuck in order to stay together? )))

There's no specific limit or anything. If you had fuck buddies deal then it'll be dissolved if there's no feelings from both sides. If you do have a relationship, then whether it stays or not depends on decisions you make for both protagonists, regarding that.

 

[Hungover00]

I got the impression that they did, albeit off camera... I did an Ian Cuck run and Lena disappears off to talk to Wade at the beach house and then asked Ian if he'd be interested in a threesome with Wade.

Ah, haven't done a cuck run, so wouldn't have seen that scene in the first place.

 

[LaVinotinto]

There's a new post from Eva Kiss, can someone post it here, pls?