pilgrim2003
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Everybody who plays Spacecorps should be prepared the game will have slow but constant development for the next 4-5 years 
The fact that you are Bi doesn't assume that you perceive both genders equally. Judging by the earlier versions it is clear that his personal preferences are indeed more skewed towards the M/F content and to me it just seems more organic and in line with his vision to play the game as he originally intended it (Then again maybe I'm biased here because of my personal preferences ). Equalizing both types of content is clearly him trying to appease the gay audience.Ive been following Ranli for some time and frankly it seems to me that he has always done what he wanted without listening to Patreons that much -the posts on Patreon that have been referred in a message above must have been before my time, so waaaay back in the development. I guess at that time the game was in very early development so he was gladly getting feedback, as many devs do.
The concept of the game hasn't really changed since its inception, the only proper significant thing has probably been to equalize M/F and M/M content, as at the beginning it was more skewed towards the former (for example he added M/M options to the first couple of scenes of chapter 1 when he remastered the chapter). The dev himself is bi so I assume he gravitates naturally towards equal opportunities between gay and straight scenes.
In general, he has mostly done his thing, even when some decisions were rather debated (I do remember the discussions on the neverending bunk bed conversations).
I am OK with the sizes of the updates. And they are fairly frequent. But for me, and it looks like most players here, we want more than just a slide show of sex scenes, and hanging around the ship doing nothing. Have the ship attacked by pirates, and one of the crew captured, and then start a rescue mission to save them from probing. Land on new planets and meet new cultures. Find a ship floating out in space and defrost the crew from 200 years ago, or from the future.No game is worth a dev harming themselves to get it done. The impression is I get that the the dev effectively gassed themselves on the first season which tbh even as a player was ALOT of content. So can't blame them for making smaller updates that push things a long bit by bit rather one huge update that could burn them out.
And your point?Equalizing both types of content is clearly him trying to appease the gay audience.
Honestly, this is all really fair criticism and I don't even entirely disagree. When I first got into the game around last year, I had kind of mixed feelings about Part 2. Part 1 has its bumps and some awkward stuff, but I think it does manage to set up the characters and the setting well, and by the end of the first day I was excited to see how the story will develop and what adventures the main cast will encounter. And then Part 2 starts, and it just feels kind of empty, all of the scenes are very brief and the character interactions are significantly reduced, and then you very quickly get to the end of the current update, feeling very underwhelmed.Well, all I can say is that I admire what Ranli is trying to do. Make a game that has all sorts of kinks, so there is something for everybody. It's not easy to pull off, but it lets players try out things they may not otherwise try, at least in game form.
The problem I have with the latest few updates, are that if you are into AVNs for the story, the character depth, and some humor, the first handful of updates is very different than the last 5 or 6 updates. The ultimate sin is that Spacecorps XXX has become boring. I've barely wanted to play the last 5 or 6 updates, and when I do, I end up thinking, "Ok, why did I bother".
If Spacecorps was always like this, I would just forget about it and move on and play other games. There are plenty of games here with little story I happily skip. However, the first few updates were honestly incredible. I loved the hilarious advertisement for the Spacecorps and meeting some of the initial characters. The dialog and world building was really great. I didn't much care for the demon scenes, but they were easy to skim past, and some people surely like that sort of thing. It was like discoverying a whole new debauched world out there. And the MC's memory of his past life was also quite funny.
However, looking at the 2023 update plan side a few posts above, does anything on this slide excite or significantly interest anyone? It all looks like a bunch of filler and fluff.
I understand Ranli doesn't hang around here, at least under his name, and maybe he doesn't care what most payers think. As long as he has a tiny core of die hard fans, that is all he wants. But I hope he tries to guide Spacecorps XXX toward an actual interesting story one of these days, and I think it could be great.
That's totally not what my impression has been, as his M/M content has been of the highest quality and very engaging (and -but that's my personal feeling- the male characters are on average more interesting than the female ones, just look at the current love interests or the ones that can become that).The fact that you are Bi doesn't assume that you perceive both genders equally. Judging by the earlier versions it is clear that his personal preferences are indeed more skewed towards the M/F content and to me it just seems more organic and in line with his vision to play the game as he originally intended it (Then again maybe I'm biased here because of my personal preferences ). Equalizing both types of content is clearly him trying to appease the gay audience.
I think you hit the nail in the head by saying that the main problem currently is the feeling that most of the content is rather impersonal -courtesy of the rather random holodeck missions (I'm not blaming the guest devs for that, as they fulfilled an assignment, but there should be at least equal content rooted in the actual universe and possibly something that fits the storyline and the worldbuilding instead of basic scenes). You don't even have to invent strange scifi things, as the current setting is rich enough to get a lot of ideas that could be exploited.I am OK with the sizes of the updates. And they are fairly frequent. But for me, and it looks like most players here, we want more than just a slide show of sex scenes, and hanging around the ship doing nothing. Have the ship attacked by pirates, and one of the crew captured, and then start a rescue mission to save them from probing. Land on new planets and meet new cultures. Find a ship floating out in space and defrost the crew from 200 years ago, or from the future.
Doesn't Ranli watch or read sci-fi? It's a science fiction story, in space. There are hundreds of interesting scenarios he could use to drive the plot forward and have an actual story. Why go through all the effort of creating a world of sex crazed space marines, and make a whole ship and space-faring society, if all they are going to do it hang around the bunk room, and walk around the decks occasionally. Might as well set this game in an underground bunker on earth.
I think I'm the only one here that likes the demon stuffWell, all I can say is that I admire what Ranli is trying to do. Make a game that has all sorts of kinks, so there is something for everybody. It's not easy to pull off, but it lets players try out things they may not otherwise try, at least in game form.
The problem I have with the latest few updates, are that if you are into AVNs for the story, the character depth, and some humor, the first handful of updates is very different than the last 5 or 6 updates. The ultimate sin is that Spacecorps XXX has become boring. I've barely wanted to play the last 5 or 6 updates, and when I do, I end up thinking, "Ok, why did I bother".
If Spacecorps was always like this, I would just forget about it and move on and play other games. There are plenty of games here with little story I happily skip. However, the first few updates were honestly incredible. I loved the hilarious advertisement for the Spacecorps and meeting some of the initial characters. The dialog and world building was really great. I didn't much care for the demon scenes, but they were easy to skim past, and some people surely like that sort of thing. It was like discoverying a whole new debauched world out there. And the MC's memory of his past life was also quite funny.
Ur not the only one. Even tho she's Bald the Futa Demon is my favorite.I think I'm the only one here that likes the demon stuff
That's what killed it for me. I'm not into the gay/bi/futa content, so the shallow female LIs were not great. Especially since, aside from the 1 virgin LI, the rest... Whenever you talk to them, it's just them telling stories and clips of them getting railed by every other character in the game.That's totally not what my impression has been, as his M/M content has been of the highest quality and very engaging (and -but that's my personal feeling- the male characters are on average more interesting than the female ones, just look at the current love interests or the ones that can become that).
I think he started with more F/M content thinking that the game would cater more to a straight audience, then discovered that was not the case.
Also, equalising is by definition treating two audiences, well, equally, so I hardly see it as "appeasing" one of them.
I don't think this has been explicitly stated by the creator yet, at least from what I've seen, but one other character has been theorised to be a Futa.Ur not the only one. Even tho she's Bald the Futa Demon is my favorite.
But i'm still kinda sad that she's the only futa in this whole thing. :/
lol "them telling stories and clips of them getting railed by every other character in the game" is basically all the characters onboard the Mercury except the Ganymedians -that's how the SpaceCorps roll.That's what killed it for me. I'm not into the gay/bi/futa content, so the shallow female LIs were not great. Especially since, aside from the 1 virgin LI, the rest... Whenever you talk to them, it's just them telling stories and clips of them getting railed by every other character in the game.