Well then, I beat the game, it took me smth about 80 hours on normal difficulty with all three endings and all scenes. Summary: there are two games in one. The first one is a full-fledged RPG with an excellent story and rich lore with references to "The Neverending Story". Frankly, many mainstream games have weaker lore. There are choices, there is humor, there is room for replayability - you can really get stuck in it for evenings, studying dialogues and exploring the world. Sometimes I just teleported to Winterfall to listen to its music.
The second one is obviously an erotic game with a corruption fetish. And it has two sides. On the one hand, both the plot and scenes are really good, they are catchy. The implementation of the corruption process is wonderful. However, I could say that some moments really spoiled the overall impression. The plot is presented very unevenly: ca. the first 50% is just exposition and sluggish changes in Aura. But in the second half, somewhere near the corruption of the temperance orb (by the way, its naming also misleading: it should be “lust” orb, not “hedonism”. How could you possible know, that “hedonism” will lead to amplified lust and orgies lol?), the plot suddenly accelerates, and you’re knocked down by Aura’s new personality, with all changes and disturbing (which is an understatement) decisions. Okay, it could be explained by the accumulated curse effect etc. But in the end, you think: hmm, are there any rational explanations for this, or did the developers just want to show us some nasty stuff. For example, unlike Paul's story, there was no plot reason for George's humiliations, except for another fetish. Yeah, I get it, fans and so on, but the impression of this part of the story is still spoiled.
Another problem here is that Aura’s changes in the real world and in Roya are not synchronized. I’ve checked: according to the game mechanics, it is possible to get to Verdeaux and get a pink scene with a guard on the bridge around day 20, when Alicia has barely started to change Aura's personality. Another example: at the end, when real world Aura behaves like an evil bitch, Aura in Roya can still be a moralist. At some point, you begin to perceive these two Auras as different people. Also, imho, it would be plotwise to introduce the choosing system in dialogues in the real world, Royan-like.
Some thoughts on endings, spoilers ahead.
For those who, just like me, don’t like extreme and disturbing corruption, my advice would be: download full save or otherwise open all the scenes without going through the corruption path, and play this game as a regular RPG, going through the pure (or semi-pure) path. But many-many thanks for developers, it is a great game, and this experience was fascinating.
The second one is obviously an erotic game with a corruption fetish. And it has two sides. On the one hand, both the plot and scenes are really good, they are catchy. The implementation of the corruption process is wonderful. However, I could say that some moments really spoiled the overall impression. The plot is presented very unevenly: ca. the first 50% is just exposition and sluggish changes in Aura. But in the second half, somewhere near the corruption of the temperance orb (by the way, its naming also misleading: it should be “lust” orb, not “hedonism”. How could you possible know, that “hedonism” will lead to amplified lust and orgies lol?), the plot suddenly accelerates, and you’re knocked down by Aura’s new personality, with all changes and disturbing (which is an understatement) decisions. Okay, it could be explained by the accumulated curse effect etc. But in the end, you think: hmm, are there any rational explanations for this, or did the developers just want to show us some nasty stuff. For example, unlike Paul's story, there was no plot reason for George's humiliations, except for another fetish. Yeah, I get it, fans and so on, but the impression of this part of the story is still spoiled.
Another problem here is that Aura’s changes in the real world and in Roya are not synchronized. I’ve checked: according to the game mechanics, it is possible to get to Verdeaux and get a pink scene with a guard on the bridge around day 20, when Alicia has barely started to change Aura's personality. Another example: at the end, when real world Aura behaves like an evil bitch, Aura in Roya can still be a moralist. At some point, you begin to perceive these two Auras as different people. Also, imho, it would be plotwise to introduce the choosing system in dialogues in the real world, Royan-like.
Some thoughts on endings, spoilers ahead.
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For those who, just like me, don’t like extreme and disturbing corruption, my advice would be: download full save or otherwise open all the scenes without going through the corruption path, and play this game as a regular RPG, going through the pure (or semi-pure) path. But many-many thanks for developers, it is a great game, and this experience was fascinating.
