At TD1900 and GIL3D : A great update, even if Veronika is among my "further running" crowd!
Some thoughts on this new version
My main playthroughs are aimed towards Hana, Felicia, Sophia and Rosi/Mina. I want to help Veronika get back onto her feet, but that´s enough. I still made a path were I go out for drinks with Veronika and I found playing her wingman fun and partly hilarious. I like Britt, some really great dialogue between the two "wingmen" of the evening. And even the wingmen had their fun!
Phonesex with Hana was great as well and is an option both on the FwB and girlfriend subpaths! I am sure some decisions with her and Veronika this update will have influence on how the endings develop. There are many undercurrents there.
Once again we are reminded that Ian was royally fucked up by the neglect of his parents and Uncle Chucks "coaching". He can be a real ass at times, but he is also a real friend to Edwin. The scene with Alice encapsulates much of this. By the way, that scene reminds me of a shout out for this:
Oliver, the loan shark, is an idiot with a capital I! It is clear by how August is painted throughout the last updates that he is a dangerous man who has some reach and reknown. Oliver not listening to his nicely made recommendation, even seeing him as a dinosaur ro be dismissed, might be the last mistake of his life.
We can see this clearly when we talk with with August before the poker game.
Unfortunately, there is no new Sophia scene in the update. I still have hope she might ascend from supporting cast to a dateable love interest. And one hint this might happen is also one of the earlier chapter divide renders show Abel and Sophia out hunting. Such divide renders are to this day only for the important characters. So to hope!
I might misread the scene, but I think that the players saying Ian has a crush on Vicki are right. The way he talks with her during the morning scene hints strongly towards this.
I find it nicely done how Edwin´s inner monolog is used to convey hints and observations about the various characters which can be good for the nicer paths, the grey area and the darker paths. TD is covering the bases so no turn of events comes totallly out of the blue.
Some thoughts on this new version
My main playthroughs are aimed towards Hana, Felicia, Sophia and Rosi/Mina. I want to help Veronika get back onto her feet, but that´s enough. I still made a path were I go out for drinks with Veronika and I found playing her wingman fun and partly hilarious. I like Britt, some really great dialogue between the two "wingmen" of the evening. And even the wingmen had their fun!
Phonesex with Hana was great as well and is an option both on the FwB and girlfriend subpaths! I am sure some decisions with her and Veronika this update will have influence on how the endings develop. There are many undercurrents there.
Once again we are reminded that Ian was royally fucked up by the neglect of his parents and Uncle Chucks "coaching". He can be a real ass at times, but he is also a real friend to Edwin. The scene with Alice encapsulates much of this. By the way, that scene reminds me of a shout out for this:
Oliver, the loan shark, is an idiot with a capital I! It is clear by how August is painted throughout the last updates that he is a dangerous man who has some reach and reknown. Oliver not listening to his nicely made recommendation, even seeing him as a dinosaur ro be dismissed, might be the last mistake of his life.
We can see this clearly when we talk with with August before the poker game.
Unfortunately, there is no new Sophia scene in the update. I still have hope she might ascend from supporting cast to a dateable love interest. And one hint this might happen is also one of the earlier chapter divide renders show Abel and Sophia out hunting. Such divide renders are to this day only for the important characters. So to hope!
I might misread the scene, but I think that the players saying Ian has a crush on Vicki are right. The way he talks with her during the morning scene hints strongly towards this.
I find it nicely done how Edwin´s inner monolog is used to convey hints and observations about the various characters which can be good for the nicer paths, the grey area and the darker paths. TD is covering the bases so no turn of events comes totallly out of the blue.
