Ren'Py Power Vacuum [Ch. 12 Official] [What? Why? Games]

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Here's some info from my notes which, as I organized it, appears to have some gaps. I think we know more about Ophelia than her daughters, but perhaps that's natural since she's older and there's more to know. (Or maybe I just kept better notes on her since she's my favorite character!)

Ophelia's hobbies & interests
activities: cooking, exercise
food/drink: gin
movies: Driving Miss Daisy
television: soap operas, cooking shows, reality shows
music: TLC, Enya, Jock Jams, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Boys II Men
books: erotic novels
favorite color: green(?)

Brenna's hobbies & interests
activities: majoring in Behavioral Science, playing guitar, social drugs
food/drink: ?
movies:?
television:?
music: ?
books: ?
favorite color: black(?)

Catherine's hobbies & interests
activities: sports & fitness
food/drink: healthy food
movies: Freaky Friday, Parent Trap, Mean Girls
television: Xena Warrior Princess
music: ?
books: ?
favorite color: pink

Hunter's hobbies & interests
activities: SEX!
food/drink: SEX!
movies:SEX!
television:SEX!
music: SEX!
books: SEX!

 

[Zardoz23]

Didn't much care for this game the first 2 times I tried playing it. But 3rd time's the charm I guess and it grew on me. Though I have to say there were still large sections I more or less skipped through. Seems like a lot of porn games suffer from bloat issues and this is no exception. But while the humor is over the top and the Dev clearly wanted to offend all but the most cynical of bastards from time to time, it did make me laugh a couple times. Actual chuckling rather than the usual internal heh.

Probably deserves 4 stars but might get penalized down to 3.5 after I mull it over.

 

[panzermaster]

Here's some info from my notes which, as I organized it, appears to have some gaps. I think we know more about Ophelia than her daughters, but perhaps that's natural since she's older and there's more to know. (Or maybe I just kept better notes on her since she's my favorite character!)

Ophelia's hobbies & interests
activities: cooking, exercise
food/drink: gin
movies: Driving Miss Daisy
television: soap operas, cooking shows, reality shows
music: TLC, Enya, Jock Jams, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Boys II Men
books: erotic novels
favorite color: green(?)

Brenna's hobbies & interests
activities: majoring in Behavioral Science, playing guitar, social drugs
food/drink: ?
movies:?
television:?
music: ?
books: ?
favorite color: black(?)

Catherine's hobbies & interests
activities: sports & fitness
food/drink: healthy food
movies: Freaky Friday, Parent Trap, Mean Girls
television: Xena Warrior Princess
music: ?
books: ?
favorite color: pink

Oh and just another question, do you remember when in the game does she speaks about Driving miss daisy.

Or at least Do you remember what she says about it? her specific comments as this could be important for said what-if.

Just to tell you, I intend to look at the film myself just to have full knowledge of the context.

And also did she ever mentioned having done any job other than being a mom-at-home?

I know I can be annoying but if I could have this info it would help. If you don't feel like it and prefer to not work to search for it, I would understand.

So no pressure.

 

[Fayn Arawn]

Oh and just another question, do you remember when in the game does she speaks about Driving miss daisy.

Or at least Do you remember what she says about it? her specific comments as this could be important for said what-if.

Just to tell you, I intend to look at the film myself just to have full knowledge of the context.

And also did she ever mentioned having done any job other than being a mom-at-home?

I know I can be annoying but if I could have this info it would help. If you don't feel like it and prefer to not work to search for it, I would understand.

So no pressure.

It was Aliza who mentioned that Ophelia likes Driving Miss Daisy, in Chapter 4 during the book club storyline. Like a lot of references in this game, it was probably used more for the wordplay (and not necessarily to flesh out a character), but it was interesting enough for me to make a note of it.

Aliza: "I'm still not certain it wasn't all a dream! I've never been that drunk and yet...lucidly amorous! It was like a lucid wet dream..."
Sterling: "As your designated driver...I can attest that it happened. I drove Miss Daisy home and I distinctly remember eating her flower..."
Aliza: "Eww...don't make me think about Ophelia now! That's one of her favorite movies..."

I don't think Ophelia ever had a formal job. My recollection is that she had kids at a young age and ever since has been a stay-at-home mom, because David made enough money to support the family. Ophelia talks about the idea of getting a job but expresses self-doubt because of her lack of education, skills, and experience.

 

[panzermaster]

It was Aliza who mentioned that Ophelia likes Driving Miss Daisy, in Chapter 4 during the book club storyline. Like a lot of references in this game, it was probably used more for the wordplay (and not necessarily to flesh out a character), but it was interesting enough for me to make a note of it.

Aliza: "I'm still not certain it wasn't all a dream! I've never been that drunk and yet...lucidly amorous! It was like a lucid wet dream..."
Sterling: "As your designated driver...I can attest that it happened. I drove Miss Daisy home and I distinctly remember eating her flower..."
Aliza: "Eww...don't make me think about Ophelia now! That's one of her favorite movies..."

I don't think Ophelia ever had a formal job. My recollection is that she had kids at a young age and ever since has been a stay-at-home mom, because David made enough money to support the family. Ophelia talks about the idea of getting a job but expresses self-doubt because of her lack of education, skills, and experience.

Thanks again, I nearly have everything right now to complete it. It's still in "beta" but the final version will still require time. Anyway, I could not have achieved that without you.

You have my gratitude.

 

[dartred]

Ptah I want to clear up some points you missed when leaving your unfair review. It's one thing to rate the game based on how you liked the game, but it's another to rate it because of it's update time. that doesn't tell the readers how good the game is.

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So lets go by your points

1. The 3 main girls are vastly different from each other. Catherine is the airhead. Ophelia is the mother and she plays the mother quite well compared to other games. Brenna is probably the most "typical" VN girl, but even then. she's unique BECAUSE she's the only one doing that. Eva is the slut. Amber is the shy one. Mallory is the rich white bitch. They all reflect this in how they talk. (quick example: My Dorm. All girls feel 100% the same. They all start off starving for MC dick and no personality to actually tell them apart).

2. This game was originally made to make fun of the AVN industry. It pretty much parody's what you expect in AVN. It was a joke. It just sort of started taking itself more serious these last few chapters.

3. Development time. This is something that people keep complaining about, but don't understand how it works before they bash it. They compare it to games that have updates 3 or 4 times a year, but those games can be completed in 20 or 30 minutes an update. They also don't have quality animation or rendering or poses or lighting. PV on the other hand does. Good renders take much longer to set up and not to mention to render. Catherines party scene for instance. To render that many characters could take up to 30 minutes or more per frame for a decent powered machine.

and i hate to break it to you, but money made should not be taken into account for how fast a game gets made. You can't make a game "release faster" by throwing more money at it. Look at Summertime Saga. Are you going to say that game should have a release every week? If by your logic money = development time, than your answer is yes. look at FUCKING AWAM. Tell me how money is helping that game release faster.

I get it's your review and your entitled to your own opinion, but your review is first uninformed and will give people looking to play it the wrong idea. At least yours didn't lie as much as a lot of past reviews.

 

[DD69-1]

Ptah I want to clear up some points you missed when leaving your unfair review. It's one thing to rate the game based on how you liked the game, but it's another to rate it because of it's update time. that doesn't tell the readers how good the game is.

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So lets go by your points

1. The 3 main girls are vastly different from each other. Catherine is the airhead. Ophelia is the mother and she plays the mother quite well compared to other games. Brenna is probably the most "typical" VN girl, but even then. she's unique BECAUSE she's the only one doing that. Eva is the slut. Amber is the shy one. Mallory is the rich white bitch. They all reflect this in how they talk. (quick example: My Dorm. All girls feel 100% the same. They all start off starving for MC dick and no personality to actually tell them apart).

2. This game was originally made to make fun of the AVN industry. It pretty much parody's what you expect in AVN. It was a joke. It just sort of started taking itself more serious these last few chapters.

3. Development time. This is something that people keep complaining about, but don't understand how it works before they bash it. They compare it to games that have updates 3 or 4 times a year, but those games can be completed in 20 or 30 minutes an update. They also don't have quality animation or rendering or poses or lighting. PV on the other hand does. Good renders take much longer to set up and not to mention to render. Catherines party scene for instance. To render that many characters could take up to 30 minutes or more per frame for a decent powered machine.

and i hate to break it to you, but money made should not be taken into account for how fast a game gets made. You can't make a game "release faster" by throwing more money at it. Look at Summertime Saga. Are you going to say that game should have a release every week? If by your logic money = development time, than your answer is yes. look at FUCKING AWAM. Tell me how money is helping that game release faster.

I get it's your review and your entitled to your own opinion, but your review is first uninformed and will give people looking to play it the wrong idea. At least yours didn't lie as much as a lot of past reviews.

bro... it's his review, it depends on how he feels when he played it, I get that you like this game but don't call people out on their reviews, because his point number 3 will be rendered useless when the game finishes. You mention the development time here but you also defended the first two points as well. How you look at the product and how others look at it is completely different that's why were individuals and have different perspective. Your reply here just seems that you're trying to force your opinion on Ptah.

 

[dartred]

bro... it's his review, it depends on how he feels when he played it, I get that you like this game but don't call people out on their reviews, because his point number 3 will be rendered useless when the game finishes. You mention the development time here but you also defended the first two points as well. How you look at the product and how others look at it is completely different that's why were individuals and have different perspective. Your reply here just seems that you're trying to force your opinion on Ptah.

Reviews should be about the game though. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's fair, but development time should not be weighted in on a review of how good a game is. Like you said so yourself. When this game is done and there is no longer a wait time between updates, he's not going to come back here and change his score to reflect that. He's putting it into consideration here and now on how his final score is weighted.

If he wants to think the characters are shallow or flat or unoriginal, that's fine. Different wordings, same meanings. He can say that part as that's what really should be in reviews and what players looking at reviews look for when they want real opinions on the game. The reviews total score should not be considered with development time in mind though. Especially when he doesn't understand what goes into development.

 

[SuddenReal]

but you also defended the first two points as well.

In Dartred's defense, the guy is complaining that the game that parodies the tropes is using those tropes. I mean, no shit, how else are you supposed to make fun of it. The whole thing reminds of those "horrible" one star reviews on movies that completely missed the point of the movie.

 

[pinkie96]

bro... it's his review, it depends on how he feels when he played it, I get that you like this game but don't call people out on their reviews, because his point number 3 will be rendered useless when the game finishes. You mention the development time here but you also defended the first two points as well. How you look at the product and how others look at it is completely different that's why were individuals and have different perspective. Your reply here just seems that you're trying to force your opinion on Ptah.

bro... it's dartred's review of the review, it depends on how he feels when he read it, I get that you like this game but don't call people out on their reviews of reviews.

 

[Heabob]

Hey, MC-Mom sex took place yet? I typically search and find but those NTR spoilers are killing my mood.

Actually only oral and tit jobs until CH10 when anal finally starts.
No to Mom's pussy yet...

 

[dartred]

Actually only oral and tit jobs until CH10 when anal finally starts.
No to Mom's pussy yet...

You can have vaginal sex with your mom Starting CH 11. I'm assuming you haven't gotten there yet, but it's not clear if you meant it's not in the game or if you meant not yet as of CH 10.

 

[huddlestonkeith33]

Does sterling have vaginally sex with kumiko

 

[Milton749]

Does sterling have vaginally sex with kumiko

Yes he does (in Chapter 12)
EDIT: And Chapter 11

 

[dartred]

Yes he does (in Chapter 12)

First time is in CH 11. During the truth serum pow wow.

 

[The game master]

I can't go to the gym in ch 12 at 10 am Catherine event..always it gets force to exit main menu

 

[DD69-1]

bro... it's dartred's review of the review, it depends on how he feels when he read it, I get that you like this game but don't call people out on their reviews of reviews.

yeah... real mature, nice one.. review of reviews

In Dartred's defense, the guy is complaining that the game that parodies the tropes is using those tropes. I mean, no shit, how else are you supposed to make fun of it. The whole thing reminds of those "horrible" one star reviews on movies that completely missed the point of the movie.

he is actually coercing/influencing that guy to change their opinion because it doesn't align with theirs.

Reviews should be about the game though. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's fair, but development time should not be weighted in on a review of how good a game is. Like you said so yourself. When this game is done and there is no longer a wait time between updates, he's not going to come back here and change his score to reflect that. He's putting it into consideration here and now on how his final score is weighted.

If he wants to think the characters are shallow or flat or unoriginal, that's fine. Different wordings, same meanings. He can say that part as that's what really should be in reviews and what players looking at reviews look for when they want real opinions on the game. The reviews total score should not be considered with development time in mind though. Especially when he doesn't understand what goes into development.

If you want to take all those factors into account then forum mods should step in and make new rules for reviews like only people who have certain number of comments [for example more than 1000] or likes or some parameter that is decided by the f95zone moderator community can post a review. This is a public forum so unless the mods don't intervene in terms of ratings/review guidelines you shouldn't tell the other person what's good for them, because as you said high chances he not going to come back and change rating... you cannot decide on your own that's all. If the review system needs to be changed the mods will step in, because many new developers open new accounts as well, so filtering everything is challenging. I'm just saying if someone just says something that you don't align with just ignore it unless you have a different agenda and you're review policing for all the other games on this platform as well.

 

[Satou Pendragon]

Wow it's been a really long time since we got such a Post...

I can't go to the gym in ch 12 at 10 am Catherine event..always it gets force to exit main menu

Well did you dl it?

 

[SuddenReal]

he is actually coercing/influencing that guy to change their opinion because it doesn't align with theirs.

No, he's not. He's telling to guy give actual examples of why his criticism is justified and not to make shit up (which can be easily disproven).

 

[The game master]

Wow it's been a really long time since we got such a Post...

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Well did you dl it?

Ow yes sorry my bad now I get it..thank u very much