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- Nov 2, 2017
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Basically they had actually interesting sounding ideas on paper but were poorly implemented because of bad design decisions. There was this one dude from the dev team that tried to do damage control here on F95 right after initial release but you can imagine how that went. Felt sorry for the dude at one point.
In between all the shitstorm there were genuine and good solutions/ideas to these problems but it seems they havent really been taken into consideration after all the time and they seem to be unable to iron out bugs. Also it felt like at one point that they didn't even want to ease/adjust the gameplay because that were intentional design choices from the main dev iirc.
Anyway I would have actually played through the game with mods/cheats because I liked the theme and general idea behind the game but the final nail in the coffin was after I discovered that every H scene you could get in the game is a carbon copy for any of the 3 girls you can choose from.
No variations, no differences, no extra scenes special to the girl you chose in the beginning. They made a scene and just replaced the girl in it and changed the flavour text a bit. So if you played through the game once you have literally seen everything the game has to offer. Rip the CGs for yourself and you will know what I mean. I literally laughed at the screen.
This completely destroys any possible replay value and redeeming feature the game could have had aside the slog of a gameplay and lets me question why there are 3 girls you can choose from in the begin with?!
Whew, sry for the rant. Didn't want to actually but it sure triggered something while writing xD
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Disclaimer: I am eagerly anticipating the Gold Patch for Roundscape and sincerely hope they dont fuck this up again.
Out of curiosity/interest, how much M/M content is actually in this game?
It's always hard to tell when a game gets recommended but looks primarily straight. Sometimes it genuinely has a good chunk of gay content and is just appealing to its primary audience at a glance, and sometimes there's like, two scenes.
It's always hard to tell when a game gets recommended but looks primarily straight. Sometimes it genuinely has a good chunk of gay content and is just appealing to its primary audience at a glance, and sometimes there's like, two scenes.
Does anyone know what triggers the (M)player x Katelyn x Clawyn scene? I've been playing around with AP/CP, but for some reason it just won't activate for me. It's supposed to be added in the v4.8 version in the castle ruins(?) assuming that this area is where you get the Mysterious Fragments Q.
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- Oct 18, 2017
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I mean, the same can be said for this game. It has more flaws than good points, but no game has such huge scope and the amount of content. I know this game is ancient by adult game standards, and that it was mind blowing when it was first released, but even today people go easy on this game under the assumption that the bugs and unpolished design will be ironed out someday, but even after the main story was finished they kept tacking on more content instead of fixing the game. I really hope the golden patch actually adresses the bugs and clunky design. Do we really need more minotaur gangbangs and dog scenes when the game is borderline unplayable? Even the new cartoonish artstyle is ugly, but I digress. What frustrates me is that this game has so much potential, if the dev gave it some serious TLC it could easily be top 10 games on this site.
- Feb 28, 2018
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My problem with Arenus was more like .. it went basically like CP2077. Got delayed a shitton, when it was finally here it was kinda "Wait... thats it? What happened to [listing 1000 things that were said to be in the game]" I mean the game literally had 1 scene per fight and like 1-2 scenes for the player. On top of only having like... idk 10 scenes total? Many questlines / npcs felt like they were meant to have a deeper storyline, but in the end got scrapped for some reason.
ya i rember doing a run on the end contet might do another if this goldpatch comes through
- Mar 7, 2021
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Where does this come from? I mean - the game has tones of issues, issues for days, really. But in me experience all of them - and I mean ALL OF THEM - were just minor nuissance. Nothing to make came "borderline unplayable".
By far my biggest gripe was with quest log no longer updating somewhere in ActII, but it did little but annoy me. Its not that hard to keep track of quests on your own, or use guidebook when you forget something.
Annoying? Yes! Gamebreaking? NO!
What does "borderline unplayable" even mean to you? I certainly can't connect this line of yours with this game.
The developer anounce in this chat about the gold patch release day, check the link if you want https://f95zone.to/threads/roundscape-adorevia-v5-8b-arvus-games.466/post-9285502
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I wonder if in the golden patch they'll give fullfilling endings to all the girls because in the current version if I impregnated them or not doesn't matter in the end. And the ending is just a single note.
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I wonder if in addition to adding new stuff and making some tweaks they're going to replace completely o partially the original art with new one made by the current "Roundscape world" artist or just part of it like in the last updates when they replaced those that looked "less good".
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IIRC, they ought to keep old art. There was a campaign of sorts awhile ago to replace those pictures their patrons deemed low-quality. But after that happened, I don't recall them doing anything with the art.
- Aug 29, 2021
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That'd be a huge undertaking with how much of the art in this game is "low quality." At least by my standards. About halfway through the game it seems like they started to only have the one artist, & they're... Not Great, imo. Shame the art in this game is so inconsistent. Some of it is phenomenal, & some is just.... not good. Guess they didn't wanna pay more than 1 artist anymore. Which is weird since i've seen some fantastic fanart of this game, so you'd think it wouldnt be That hard to find interested parties.
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Well, they clearly listened to people pleas for uniform artstyle by hiring the only artist. The result, I agree with you, wasn't great - their current art is mediocre and, IMO, weaker than many the game already had. As you see, sometimes having a dozen or more artist while making artstyle inconsistent - I do not see it as a major issue, BTW! - also means that there is an art for everyone. And if you miss with the singular artstyle, then someone might be put off by the entire game.
The way around? Make sure the single artstyle you use is actually worth it. Claire's Quest and Overgrown (both games not unlike Roundscape, being RPG-maker products) managed to do it, for example. And I can't say their art is stellar - but its good. While current Roundscape art while not terrible is just... bland? Mediocre? It feels like those anime-sque porn drawn in 2000s, one where you could hardly tell one artist from the other. It lacks some... spark, I guess? Something that would make it a stand-out.
But what really draws the line for me is not how that person draws, but what. Very exaggerated and very poor range of expressions - most look like those stereotypical cheap porn movies where everyone is REALLY happy to see each other in most overacted way possible. "The Lusty Plumber 2: Backpipe clogging" limited edition only for 0.99 USD! And the artist draws each character the same way: muscular orcish war-girl, slim elven woman, farm milf - every girl would be a bimbo.
What was good in hiring many artists for many scenes is that they potentially won't have to work outside of their field of expertise or aesthetic taste. Which in turn could make their style fit the scene better. Take for example Farm Mom scenes: artist encapsulated well that she is an adult, a mother of many, so she is soft, juicy and maternal. Now one artist is doing all the work, and it shows that they struggle to do everything.
As for the undertaking aspect - well, they replaced less than a dozen pictures, IIRC, of few artists. And I'd say some were really some of the weaker artstyles, but then they replaced incredible art for ice spirit scene with current artstyle. I can't find the original art, sadly, but IMO it was both aesthetically and technically better.
P.S. On a sidenote, they did replace some pictures in the past. For example, Farm Mom had entirely different artstyle for her scenes, which some people thought was much better.
I can't agree more on this. The reason why I liked the game so much in the first place was the unique art. I still have the scene in the bath in my memory, female pc with Kat. It's some of the best art I have ever seen in a 2D h game, probably even the best art I have seen in a 2D h game made with RPG Maker. The art used to make every character stand out in a certain way, it added a distinct charm to them. This is lost since they hired the current artist and I am honestly amazed how polite people still are and how much they still care about the game. I am very disappointed, the art is unenjoyable for me. It couldn't be more generic and given how good it was before I can only call it a turn for the worse. They don't deserve the amount of money they get nor the general support they receive for ruining a good product.
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I like the new artstyle, and I'd be happy if they'd bring all the scenes to it. What's more, for every "unique art" (of which let's be honest, there aren't many) there are just as many shitty scenes that make your eyes bleed (like Meredith's pregnant scene IMO). Neither of us will get what we want, so I don't know why you're arguing. We can only hope that the new scenes don't disappoint us.