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I was hoping the catharsis was Edwin putting Vicky to bed without it needing to be said. They all hug, cry, and Edwin reassures his mother that no matter what he loves her. Leaving it unsaid there emphasizes that point, and when they pick up where they left off the next morning, it's like the feeling after a good cry. Post-catharsis. Awkward, but more level-headed.
I'd say the MC putting his mom to bed was partially cathartic, but only partially given that the issue was clearly unresolved - both for the character (what had driven his mom to her drunken near-confession) and for the player (how did Chuck fit into the narrative).

Personally the partial resolution did enough to defuse the situation that the intervening scenes with Veronica and Sophia in Update 6 built anticipation back up rather than being an unwelcome intrusion (the Mina/Hana tease in Update 5 was more along those lines in my book). But I can see where others might like those scenes less, and I'm glad the game didn't delay talking to Victoria any longer.


I could see Ian's reaction feel a bit surprising/contradictory considering that he had already stood up to Kathleen when she wanted to record the fake porn video with Edwin and Rose if you choose to have him refuse initially and that was a much more daring moment since it was in the middle of an exhibition, so it's strange but you could chalk it up to him still dealing with the aftermath of both, finding the lenghts his biological mother would go to control him, and, ALSO finding out that his surrogate and best friend's mother was a porn actress which he sees and has been conditioned to see in a less than favuoringly manner let's just say.

Anyways It has taken me quite a while to catch up with the thread and to play most of the update (I'm still missing 2 scenes) , and although I do not share exactly the same gripes with the update as UmbralKnight , it still left me with conflicted feelings leaning more towards being the first update of the game to leave me unsatisfied for some reason I'm still trying to put into words. It's a damn shame because it's the biggest update yet and the quality I still believe is as good as ever but for some strange resason it was the first time the game didn't leave me with a feeling of wanting more.

It's partly the reason why I didn't bother to write my experience with the update this time because I think most of the things I like where already expressed and the problems I have with it are mostly if not all subjective so I didn't see the point.

Regardless, I still enjoyed it and all the work put into it can be seen by any player so kudos to the devs!
I think I felt something similar. In my review I attributed it to a sense that we didn't really get to serve in our usual role as angel/devil on the MC's shoulder. We got to decide how he spent his time at various points, but there was very little pontificating about the larger implications of those choices or even the increasingly outrageous environment in which he made them. The result was sometimes interesting and definitely well crafted, but it wasn't much fun for me.

That may just be my tastes clashing with the needs of the story at this point. The more I think about it, though, the more I wonder how much this was compounded by the event being cut in half. There are some clear payoffs that are left hanging (Hana's 'date,' for example), so it's possible things like Dalia taking the bullet for us, buddying up to Elias (surprisingly hard to do, BTW!), or asking WTF is going on with Sophia will likewise be revisited in Update 7 in a way that feels more consequential.

Maybe the idea was to lay out the facts without comment, THEN let the MC draw conclusion and act on them as the night reached a crescendo. If so, I think the idea suffered a bit by postponing the climax; something should have been added to foreshadow the eventual reckonings. But this is pure speculation on my part and I don't want to jump to any conclusions before we've seen how the second half plays out. So we'll just have to wait and see.
 

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Here’s hoping it’s the start of a proper romance path with her
So, you hope this game gets completed in 2040, I guess.

Do you realise that it took them almost 1 year for this half-a-day update and the story still has to cover 1 exhibition night, 1 sunday, the whole final week, 1 final exhibition day and the epilogue?

AND still some of you guys push and ask for more side routes and whole paths involving side characters!?!

Seriously...
 
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In terms of romance she's a side girl, on par with Sophia. There are 5 main girls
Is she not? She very much looks like a Mg to me. Even if she is not use as a poster girl like the other 5 and is a bit peculiar and unique as LI in an Avns.

Sophia doesn't have her own gallery page. Kathleen does.
And a stats page in the menu with the other MGs.
 
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Sophia doesn't have her own gallery page. Kathleen does.
I'm sure she will get it eventually

Is she not? She very much looks like a Mg to me. Even if she is not use as a poster girl like the other 5 and is a bit peculiar and unique as LI in an Avns.
She has been demoted. She didn't appear on the last

She appears on the
 
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Hopefully one of the devs could give us some clarification
Would be a shame if she is only considered a side girl since I think she offers something completely different story wise to the other main characters
 
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Why is everyone acting the like victoria/edwin/grace/chuck stuff is already over? Or that "a breakfast" solved everything? Did you guys miss the big emotional choice at the end of the last update when (after seeing his mom crying at the thought of telling him) Edwin decides to "start resolving" this on a personal level? Or was the breakfast so good it changed his behavoir before he ate it? or did you all make edwin sacrafice just so you got a blurry scene:KEK:

Doesnt the scene of Victoria confessing end with edwin wondering how Grace even knows? Something which will lead him to a similar level of realization that introspective Ian had about Grace? IE Someone who has been a large part of their life (bonus points for neither Victoria nor chuck being a "direct real parent" to Ian/Edwin)?

I dont really get what people wanted? Victoria cant just lore dump her time as a porn actress on Edwin/Ian, not only because literally telling her "two sons" the dirty details she did in porn is a bit hard to admit (and 50% chance Edwin no longer "wants" to hear it) but because if she did there would be no way in hell Edwin (maybe even Ian) would not realize that "someone local with a connection to all of the following: the local porn industry, victora, and grace? that someone has also been in contact with both victoria and grace for the last decade+ or so?" :HideThePain:

Ever since it was 100% confirmed that Chuck was directly involved I always assumed it would be playing a bigger role in the "final choice"/"stay or leave the club" than anything before that choice. Like do you really think Edwin would casually go to the exhibition THE SAME NIGHT where chuck who lied to him (and ian), manipulated Victoria (or whatever makes them have a negative realationship), all of which has been going on for literal years? and then continue to be "normal club mode" until we get the choice to stay or go? Im pretty sure its easier to beat an old mans ass than it is to beat him in a game of squash :KEK:

Edit: I would get the response more if Victoria had made the decsion herself but since Grace forced her (and she then told the boys) I dont really see how she could be fully honest without flipping the entire staus quo on its head, Ian already broke down in tears and asked if there was something wrong with him, imagine that + it wasnt only his cunty mom but also his uncle who has looked up to and likely "loved"/learned from way more? Dude would have been catatonic he cant "just switch it off" like Edwin does
 
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For Lucy, you need to have kissed her at Felicia's Art Exhibition date
Just a small clarification, it doesn't strictly need to be kissing. Edwin who chose to molest Lucy can have the scene with her in the latest update, too.
 
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exactly
i love veronica and liked that fact that they're chatting regularly sharing things about eachother
on it's own it's a good scene nothing to complain about
but the episode began with edwin wondering about his mother
sure a few minutes of early morning self reflection alone is great
but chatting with a girl when he should be with his mother felt underwhelming
Yea I'm sorry but I disagree with this, I feel like in this situation Edwin would take some time to think before acting, he had just woken up, it makes sense he would at least do his morning routine first, also the text chat not only took probably less than 5-15 minutes but it's also better for the pacing of the update imo, it's a lighthearted moment of calm, he chats with Veronica and it also helps him make up his mind on what he has to do.

The Sophia visit is fine too, there would be no other moment in the update to fit this scene, and again, it's not like it was too long either, so I don't see the issue. This is ofc just my opinion.
 
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Just go into this game - have my doubts on the tone of the game, but it's surprisingly wholesome

Mina, Hana are absolute fire. And for side girls Sophia is just ridiculous and the actress Alice..something (can't think of her name now) scene had me like

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bonus, no ntr nonsense. Such an incredible game.
 

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Yea I'm sorry but I disagree with this, I feel like in this situation Edwin would take some time to think before acting, he had just woken up, it makes sense he would at least do his morning routine first, also the text chat not only took probably less than 5-15 minutes but it's also better for the pacing of the update imo, it's a lighthearted moment of calm, he chats with Veronica and it also helps him make up his mind on what he has to do.

The Sophia visit is fine too, there would be no other moment in the update to fit this scene, and again, it's not like it was too long either, so I don't see the issue. This is ofc just my opinion.
let's walk through the sequence of events

after going through a LOT the night before the MC (Edwin) wakes up having a nice dream about his father and what does he do after a bit of morning self reflection ?

he checks his phone and he sees that he got a text message from ronnie checking in if he is ok after she saw him leave early the day before
this is great stuff but you will notice something - edwin doesn't immediately text back ronnie
instead he is concerned about his mother and the aftermath of last nights events
he promptly gives his mother a call and she doesn't pick it up

so far so good
the flow of events matches something someone would do in that situation

but then things begin to turn almost immediately
instead of calling Ian next like he did with his mother (the most logical outcome)

he instead starts doom scrolling in his phone and starts reading film reviews

i know that we all react differently in such stressful situations and maybe he needed to spend some time doing something "mundane" to keep his mind off from last nights events

and only then he starts texting ronnie and after that he finally decides to call ian and ask for his help consoling his mother

see now do you get what i mean?

somethings always take a higher priority over other things especially when it's already well established by now much edwin loves his mother

so i found it weird and frustrating that he gives up and starts doom scrolling after Vicky didn't pick up the phone and only to finally realise what he meant to do and then he asks for ians help

I loved that Veronica was the only LI who not only noticed edwin leaving early but also cared enough to check up on him

all of this is great but he spends time unnecessarily doomscrooling film reviews about some D grade film when he has better things to do

i know that sometimes when you're going through a lot even having a mundane conversation with someone you like/love can lift up the mood

again from a plotline PoV there is nothing wrong with the texting scene

plus Ronnie knows about Edwins mother did some sort of sex work (he told her during their date) so it would have been ok even if he had told Ronnie what's happening with him and his mother

so let's go through these events again but let's rearrange the chronological sequence of events a bit different and see which one of them gives you that emotional depth

Edwin wakes up after having a dream about his father, checks his phone sees that he has a message from ronnie
he ignores it (for now) , tries calling his mother first
she doesn't pick the call so he immediately checks up on ian
ians agrees agrees with edwin to meet Vicky says he will be there in a few minutes to pick him up (remember edwin still can't drive) while waiting he texts Ronnie ,maybe even tells her all about and then sophie ends up at his door unannounced says she wants to apologise again edwin here is in a bit of hurry but ian isn't still here so he hears her out then sends her away ASAP and then both Ian and edwin make it to their mother house and rest of the events transpires as it is


see the difference between both versions?

the content in both are the same yet the emotional depth is very different
 
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the content in both are the same yet the emotional depth is very different
You are aware a good portion of what you typed should be using "if" not "when" right? Because they are player choice? Ian does not even have to be there and you are given 2 choices between this and the last update (not telling him she did porn, not inviting him to the morning discussion iirc) with that in mind does the current structure make sense?
 
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