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I agree with this. More hypnosis in general. I loved the magic academy mind control events and how it can help break your character down the line with a certain guard captain. But I'd love more enemies that used mind altering abilities just in the world.
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I feel like the hypno only hurts the game when it comes to long-term effects. Makes the corruption feel unearned. With Alicia, the mind-control follows some rules and she has to do a lot of social engineering and gaslighting to get results. When some character comes in with a magic VR headset or drug, it just feels cheaper.
I've this vague recollection of Auradev saying at some point along lines "sex (scene) as result of failure state is bad/failed design. MC/player should always (technically) be 'initiator'" so I guess battlefuck enemy would (partially) go against their game design philosophy. Especially in early sections.
But maybe I remember wrong.
I am pretty sure to not have said that "x is bad design" as I try to avoid blanket statements like that.
What is true, is that this is definitely not a battlefuck-centered game (e.g. in-battle hypno/forced equips/grapples) but instead has the mind system and its interaction with willpower at its core.
I generally believe it's better for games to focus on their core concepts instead of trying to do everything.
There is one boss battle that goes a bit into the direction of battlefuck, which is the Lust General Asmodeus who has a very simple mini system for grapple/orgasm moves but due to its simplicity, it's really just suitable for a limited amount of battles.
My apologies.
Now I wonder where I got that idea you said something like that.
Maybe different threads are starting to melding to each other.
I'm already tired of those crowdfunding games that never seem to end. Is the main storyline of this game complete?
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Thats because you correct that that would be thinking too big in scale (or bigger than I meant, I should say). I mean local small fry stuff. I want it to be really simple stuff like a penalty to willpower. Not anything huge like actually changing her personality. Because I do agree that it would cheapen the mind choices if there was a ton of magic hypno happening. Basically, I want stuff on the same level as the slime ritual. Or possibly some corruption boosting repeatable like the maid academy lessons. (which I feel really would lend themselves to being repeatable)
It can and should also include Alicia as a factor. Just like with the slime.
My dream version of events would just be a system where you get a small penalty against willpower or corruption. Or possibly a debuff to combat like magic being 10% more expensive because you can't concentrate.
As for my dream of battlefucking I really meant more like one type of enemy you can encounter in a limited area. My original thought was inside domains as a type of demon. Where they would hit you with a bind like the newer general fight. Maybe have some long term effect, like you can't sprint for the rest of the day. Or you suffer a penalty to agi till you use a consumable. I don't want to get bogged down with the mechanics, as in the end it's not the agi score that turns me on.
For more bdsm related stuff I would lean into stuff like contracts with villains. Maybe a plug similar to the wedding ring. Or private piercings. With some stat or willpower based trade off. Because I personally think the game is at its best when you are making trades. Maybe it would be worth debasing myself for a +10 on attack... (My original thought was that Lordmont or some other figure of authority could "brand" the MC with a lewdmark or piercing set.) As I was writing this I though of one possibility. An item that you are given the choice to wear. Every day you don't you lose daily willpower, every day you do it makes another part sensitive. Making it harder to pass willpower. Kind of a damned if you do situation that would occur if you royally screwed up your mental state.
Obviously I love the game in its current state and don't expect this. It is just something i remain hopeful for.
Yeah, that actually was why I thought it would be cool if we could get some subordinate demon that does something similar. And like most, demons would be a fairly rare encounter. It obviously isn't as fleshed out as games like Moral Sword or anything, but I liked that the enemy had a move that was markedly not directly damage me or buff self/ally.
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Not quite. It is pretty close, though. They are working on the last dungeon and stuff. If memory serves they were hoping to get 1.0 out this year.
Also, unlike a lot of other games, this one has been super reliable about content updates. Every new one has what feels like tangible progress being made towards a final release.
Thinking about trying this game. Do we know if there's a bad ending planned(full ntr). How dark is the NTR? (For someone who enjoys ntr)
I also enjoy NTR, but this game doesn't scratch that itch for me. The corruption aspect is fantastic, which is why I enjoy the game overall.
But this is not a NTR game, only has earned that tag because technically the MC is in a relationship despite doing some lewd stuff mostly in an isekai world.
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Happy and corrupt endings planned for 1.0 in winter. The NTR isn't hard (which goes for most of the H in general) but as with the corruption as a whole in this game, you get to see MC's relationships dismantled bit by bit over many scenes, which you don't often get in hentai. There's not actually a lot of cheating-themed H, it's more about destroying MC's relationships.
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It's getting there. Last I checked they were working on some stuff with George and him finding out a bit of what is happening. But it certainly is a game about her cheating and justifying it as being "not real" so I feel NTR is a perfectly accurate tag. it isn't specifically a shame kink, right? Isn't it just cheating? I don't have interest in it, so I admit to being fairly unknowledgeable.
Well, technically Aura and George broke up, so anything from that point onwards no longer qualifies as NTR.
You could split hairs on what is NTR or not, but for me like I said, it's just that this game doesn't scratch that itch.
Thanks, I will probably give it a try. Corruption is another one I like(specially if it has a clothes stripping system)
There is exhibitionism, such as flashing, but most of all there is appearance corruption, the MC starting to wear sluttier clothes over time, changing hair color etc.
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Adding to the previous guy, your appearance changes but you also find yourself in more situations that would have been avoidable as you partake in more corruption upgrades and do more scenes
It will be interesting to see how the mental changes play out in future updates. It feels like there are still so many left to be implemented unless some are miss-able. Off the top of my head I think a quarter of the appearance room sill needs to be implemented, the last third of the knowledge room, and three of the personality orbs as well.