VN Ren'Py Completed Retrieving The Past [S3 E.6 & Epilogue] [MrKnobb]

[RogueKnightUK]

BTW It'd be nice if no NTR happens or optional NTR(where I can avoid totally.) that would be mind boggling for me

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There will be no actual NTR, by the proper definition - i.e. a character that yours is in a romantic relationship with having sex without you involved.

That is not the same thing as saying that some characters you might like and hope to be in a romantic relationship with won't have sex without you involved. There are some characters you may have sex with who will later have sex with other characters, or even go on to become romantically attached to other characters. That's not actually NTR, but I know some players have some very loose definitions, and if it is going to upset you, you've been forewarned.

 

[Ignatz]

What if...

You kiss someone in the game and they go on to kiss someone else and the other person they kiss then has sex with you and the person who you kissed originally but did not have sex with but are having sex with the person who kissed them then goes and has sex with Kevin Bacon?

 

[WICKEDp4th]

What if...

You kiss someone in the game and they go on to kiss someone else and the other person they kiss then has sex with you and the person who you kissed originally but did not have sex with but are having sex with the person who kissed them then goes and has sex with Kevin Bacon?

That would totally lead into a spawn of a Tremor right beside Kevin Bacon. Then Fred Ward would show up and...

 

[Ignatz]

Spin-off game! Spin-off game!

 

[Bagger288]

What if...

You kiss someone in the game and they go on to kiss someone else and the other person they kiss then has sex with you and the person who you kissed originally but did not have sex with but are having sex with the person who kissed them then goes and has sex with Kevin Bacon?

The six degrees of kiss kiss bang bang.

 

[Trasher2018]

Uhm - for me the game lost me in the last or maybe last 2 updates. That whole kidnapping and fighting in rain (that looks a bit wired and is hard to see anything detailed) is just not for me. Not in general but it feels like a huge break happend. Or I have to replay the game from start - maybe I forgot to much of the story.

Then there were these jumps in time - Ann tells you that she will contact you in the coming dayS and you said you wants to look for Mei the next day. But than you meet with Ann? ... That felt all a little bit rushed. Maybe to get it all in before starting Episode 2?

It is a fun game and has nice girls - but as I said, the latest updates confused me more than I hoped they would.

 

[fzaner]

wait a minute... is that some kind of easter egg about rena in acting lessons game ? she talked about liam and the female mc in acting lessons is the same developer of this game ?

 

[Bagger288]

wait a minute... is that some kind of easter egg about rena in acting lessons game ? she talked about liam and the female mc in acting lessons is the same developer of this game ?

Different dev, but yes it's an easter egg.

 

[Ignatz]

But not for long

 

[Deleted member 167032]

As the story can be difficult to follow per update.. Rather wait for the Remastered edition and play from scratch... Then if things are still confusing ask away here and some hapless hero will help in unraveling it I hope... Hopefully not Ignatz as it seems he instigates more confusion than actual help

Uhm - for me the game lost me in the last or maybe last 2 updates. That whole kidnapping and fighting in rain (that looks a bit wired and is hard to see anything detailed) is just not for me. Not in general but it feels like a huge break happend. Or I have to replay the game from start - maybe I forgot to much of the story.

Then there were these jumps in time - Ann tells you that she will contact you in the coming dayS and you said you wants to look for Mei the next day. But than you meet with Ann? ... That felt all a little bit rushed. Maybe to get it all in before starting Episode 2?

It is a fun game and has nice girls - but as I said, the latest updates confused me more than I hoped they would.

 

[Ignatz]

I'm blessed.

 

[fzaner]

if he really want to remaster his game graphicaly then wuld be super great if he removed forced sex... i mean give us the ability to refuse sexing a girl we don't like... the mc's so mush like a male whore who exist to please any female desire him without hesitation and this is not a badass character at all for a security company leader and martial arts master.

 

[RogueKnightUK]

Uhm - for me the game lost me in the last or maybe last 2 updates.
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It is a fun game and has nice girls - but as I said, the latest updates confused me more than I hoped they would.

You're not going to understand everything that is going on right now, and that's as it is meant to be. You have a lot more questions than answers - which is exactly how Jensen is feeling. You probably know a bit more of at least what is happening than he does, although still not why, yet.

There have been a lot of clues to all sorts of things appearing through the first six chapters, but quite a bit of it is like finding the pieces to a large jigsaw puzzle. Certainly finding the piece is essential to do anything else, but it takes more time (and clues) to work out where it fits and what it connects to. Early on, a lot of those pieces are going to seem quite random - they don't seem to connect with anything else at all. As you start finding more and more pieces though, you'll start finding that 2 of them connect, then a third, and so on.

Not that you absolutely have to start figuring it out, that's just there for those who want to and love that aspect of thriller/mystery plots. Ultimately, you can just sit back as the story unfolds and the whole puzzle comes together over time, chapter by chapter, (while enjoying some very pleasant eye-candy).

Do remember though that the events and story progression so far are just the first series of chapters, and there is a LOT more to come.

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[Ignatz]

As an avid jigsaw puzzler (currently working one in the dining room, by the way), I don't think your analogy is quite accurate. But, its thrust is spot on.

Sometimes, I like to try to figure out what is going on in a story and sometimes I just sit back and let the author take me on the journey. It always comes down to trust. You need to have faith that the writer does indeed have a beginning, middle and end. If so, you'll get your answers eventually.

From my conversations with the Knobby one, I believe that trust is warranted. Yes, there are times the weave could have been a little tighter, but the story is developing fairly linear, even including the timeline shifts.

So, trust and sit tight or, as Rogue suggests, try to fit some pieces together. Either way, it should be a fun ride.

 

[Xor]

I have been getting errors during the crossover scenes with AL characters. I can ignore them and move past, just curious if anyone knows what is missing that is causing the error

 

[RogueKnightUK]

I have been getting errors during the crossover scenes with AL characters. I can ignore them and move past, just curious if anyone knows what is missing that is causing the error

It's covered earlier in the discussion. Where DocPink pulled all of his side of the crossover, it's no longer setting a variable that was used on the RTP side. It's safe to simply ignore (Ignore option on the console error screen) and move past it, as all it was doing was referring to your character's name in the other game.

Unfortunately, MrKnobb wasn't warned in advance that the variable was going to be pulled from AL, causing that error, but it will all be fixed in the Remastered version of these first 6 chapters (should be released soon), which replaces the crossover characters and reference. Hopefully not to much of an inconvenience meantime to simply ignore the error and move on to the next scene. Thanks for understanding.

 

[Xor]

It's covered earlier in the discussion. Where DocPink pulled all of his side of the crossover, it's no longer setting a variable that was used on the RTP side. It's safe to simply ignore (Ignore option on the console error screen) and move past it, as all it was doing was referring to your character's name in the other game.

Unfortunately, MrKnobb wasn't warned in advance that the variable was going to be pulled from AL, causing that error, but it will all be fixed in the Remastered version of these first 6 chapters (should be released soon), which replaces the crossover characters and reference. Hopefully not to much of an inconvenience meantime to simply ignore the error and move on to the next scene. Thanks for understanding.

I do apologize for not seeing that and also thank you most kindly for your response.

 

[User_150466]

wow, just wow!
This game was absolutely fantastic! Cant wait for the next update! Keep up the great work!

 

[Ignatz]

Annnnd, I'm back. Forcing myself to sit down and play all these games just sitting on my hard drive (even though I support them...duh), I've finally gotten around to RtP.

The short form: Nice story development, art continues to impress and (literally) cliffhanger ending.

Now, the details, in spoiler box, of course...

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So, yep, this game continues to merit my support and appreciation. The promise is strong and a lot of the questions, both in the game and about the game, are getting resolved. I still feel it could slow down a bit and do a little more explaining and character building, but that's a style disagreement, not a story issue.

Eager to see where Knobby and cohorts takes this next.

 

[RogueKnightUK]

Annnnd, I'm back. Forcing myself to sit down and play all these games just sitting on my hard drive (even though I support them...duh), I've finally gotten around to RtP.

The short form: Nice story development, art continues to impress and (literally) cliffhanger ending.

Now, the details, in spoiler box, of course...

Awesome, detailed feedback! Thank you!

You'll be glad to know that several of the points you brought up are ones we've already been tweaking in the remastered version. Can't promise we'll fix everything, of course, but I'm in no doubt at all we have improved everything. Thank you so much for putting in the time (and effort/thought) to be so thorough, and specific.