I played the game for the first time a few weeks ago, version 0.16, and loved it.
I have some doubts regarding how updating the game is going to work from version 0.17 on:
- How exactly are updates applied? Just copy and paste the 0.17 folder files inside the 0.16 folder, overwriting whatever is needed?
- Once future versions come out, will it be necessary to download all the patches in order, or just the last one? I mean, imagine that when 0.18 is released I still have version 0.16, and have never updated the game to 0.17. If I wanted to update the game from 0.16 to 0.18, would I have to download patch 0.17 AND 0.18 and apply both, or would downloading and applying 0.18 directly suffice?
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As for the game itself, I haven't played 0.17 yet, but like I said, I really liked version 0.16. I didn't expect so much content, and so many interesting characters and situations. The only thing that bothers me is that some subplots seem to be completely abandoned and never mentioned again, and sometimes it's quite weird:
An example:
The whole Pepper x Bonnie thing in the slums... they were supposed to be in love, but once Pepper escapes the slums she never EVER mentions Bonnie. I get that Pepper is a person who hides her grief and tries to always appear happy to cheer others up, but it still feels like the game just completely forgets about that subplot. The game doesn't even HINT that it affected Pepper in the slightest.
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And finally a bunch of general questions about characters:
- I liked the character of Reese. Will we ever see her again? Will she ever be an actual love interest? I guess the answer to both questions will be "no", which is a shame.
- What exactly is Bree's status as a love interest? I'm dating Liam AND Bree at the same time, but with other love interests such as Suya it seems that it's impossible to date them if you are with someone else already. Which leads me to think that Bree is NOT a main love interest, more like a "side" romance or something, right? Will she become a "main" romance at some point?
- I guess there's no way, and there won't ever be, a way to date Zoey, right? I just really like Zoey, as a person and physically. By the way, Tanya is such a disgusting asshole with poor Zoey.
- Regarding Blake's gender identity, my Blake fully identifies as a woman, her dialogue lines have been confirming it for a long time, but the codex still claims that she identifies as "genderfluid"... seems a bit weird to me, lol.