Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.
Yeah, so many things in this update feel like they need small tweaks and theyd be fine. It'd be easy to have the same scene (until the player choice) with the carpenter if Mathilda was helping him and needed a special tool made and he was too busy doing roofing or something. Clearly the dev needed to have a carpenter scene so MC can get the rocking horse but what we landed on seemed regressive.
I always felt like we knew the least about the WW girls, and this update points to the devs maybe not really knowing what to do with them.
Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.
Yeah Mathilda's plot seemed a bit off. She sure sometimes gave jealous vibes but didn't seem like someone who would try to throw torsten from the power. She is a mean bitch but not a kind of backstabber.
Yeah, so many things in this update feel like they need small tweaks and theyd be fine. It'd be easy to have the same scene (until the player choice) with the carpenter if Mathilda was helping him and needed a special tool made and he was too busy doing roofing or something. Clearly the dev needed to have a carpenter scene so MC can get the rocking horse but what we landed on seemed regressive.
I always felt like we knew the least about the WW girls, and this update points to the devs maybe not really knowing what to do with them.
To be fair under those circumstances, not everyone is thinking clearly and able to rationalize their decisions. People often lash out when they're hurting, quite unreasonably. At least she's not executed. You can't come back from that.
2) Lizgard's path progressing faster in the WW path (who we now have sex, even though it was very short) than the actual DR path (no sex yet) is kind of an odd feeling to say the least lol
4) MC being not smart enough to piece it together that Astrid and Astrja are only half sisters especially when Astrid says "Gertrude, I'm not blue eyed!" making it clearly obvious, not to mention being an idiot in front of Skadi mentioning Astrid's name.
This resulted in a drastic consequence of Astrja throwing poor Gertrude in the dungeon (or what very much seems like a dungeon).
Game's WW arc always portrayed Astrja as someone who is kind and someone who tries to do what's just.
She just pieces things together (even much faster than MC ever does ), gets pissed at Gertrude and just throws her in the dungeon like confinement? Without even hearing what Gertrude had to say?
I dunno, seems kinda out of character for Astrja, especially the kind of relationship she had with Gertrude being almost a mother figure to her growing up.
When I made that comment, it wasn't necessarily me saying stating that as a negative (though wouldn't say positive either lol).
Just that it was an odd feeling.
Probably due to other posts being more on the negative side it's more perceived as a negative.
I could have put some other points that I liked about the update, but the post was already long at that point and I felt lazy
Yeah, after the initial post, I rewatched that ending again when BurgRoyce pointed it out (hence the followup post).
Even so, I think there could have been better ways to go about it.
But out of all my points, I think biggest matter that came to my attention immediately was Mathilda's arc.
That, I...... just don't think was handled all that well.
BB is the most coherent route. You know exactly what you'll get for every decision, even thought there's some surprises, you understand exactly why the girl got pissed off with your choice, or why she approved it. In the other routes some simple decisions means life or death.
WW have the protagonist energy vibe, but at this point in the story, the only one with some agency is Candrid. She is the protagonist of this game and not playing by her side feels strange. When we find the Godess with Astrja feels like the WW are the protagonists back again, but we only will see the consequences of it in the next update.
The BB harem path is full of backstabbing and undermining, which MC fully agrees to if the player takes that path, but forcing a morally "good" MC down that path simply because the player prefers Mathilda seems dumb to me. I dont feel like either I nor the MC in the story has made a choice.
Does anybody know - if there will be Season 2 for this excellent game? I was really hoping for the Season 2 of Desert Storm, but this game is really good too.
GleenXstudio - thank you for your excellent games!
But out of all my points, I think biggest matter that came to my attention immediately was Mathilda's arc.
That, I...... just don't think was handled all that well.
I agree with you completely. This update feels kinda weird to me, especially the Mathilda's arc. Defending her honor are not necessarily denying Astrid's honor, and vice versa. MC can mention Mathilda's good deed (help the village when Torsten's family is not available) while justifying the lack of action from Torsten (sick)/ Astrjda (searching for mother)
I agree with you completely. This update feels kinda weird to me, especially the Mathilda's arc. Defending her honor are not necessarily denying Astrid's honor, and vice versa. MC can mention Mathilda's good deed (help the village when Torsten's family is not available) while justifying the lack of action from Torsten (sick)/ Astrjda (searching for mother)
Does anybody know - if there will be Season 2 for this excellent game? I was really hoping for the Season 2 of Desert Storm, but this game is really good too.
Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.
have you play his previous game Sandstorm JJJ? with regards to your Mathilda comment, there are points in Sandstorm that jumps the in-world character consistency too just like that.
Snowstorm is a lot better than Sandstorm but given that we know the devs plan to release the next game Duststorm (or something?) in 2025 and that 2025 date is already a delay, I'm guessing we're rushing headfirst onto Snowstorm's conclusion.
Which is a shame cuz I don't really mind if Snowstorm extends a lot longer than 2025. I don't care about Sandstorm but Snowstorm has good enough world and good enough characterization with great looking and unique characters.
Taking it slow with Snowstorm would be my preference too. Some games doesn't have enough story in it to express and as a consequence, it feels long there's no development because of that. Snowstorm has a lot of left to say and can afford to express it slower too.
Basically, Snowstorm has the exact opposite problem Being a DIK has. BaDIK episode 9 and 10 has very little main story, Snowstorm on the other hand is about to rush into climax, and this White Wolves update rushes so much compared to Bears and Raven. I already felt Raven update was too rush, this White Wolves update is far worse.
Does anybody know - if there will be Season 2 for this excellent game? I was really hoping for the Season 2 of Desert Storm, but this game is really good too.
GleenXstudio - thank you for your excellent games!
