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This post for example, https://f95zone.to/threads/our-red-string-ch-11-epilogue-complete-eva-kiss.48813/post-11974213Funny (to me) aside - I find it actually hard not to. For example, when I save a file, the entire program I'm using lags up for about 45s-1.5min while it works on saving, so I'm pretty limited in what I can do in that time. Checking forums or reddit threads and reading a post or two is about all I have time for, until the program catches up and I can work again. If I work on ~40 things a day, thats like a solid hour I have nothing to do but read forums (or anything else I can do in under a minute I guess - but the list of productive things you can do in that little time is pretty limited). I always assumed other devs were under the same restriction, though who knows maybe it's just me.
(sometimes I play a level of candy crush on my phone instead. Don't judge me).
I only ever lurked in The Lagoon, but despite everything I think it is a good thing f95 replaced it. It lets us remember the place as a good one. I can't imagine The Lagoon would have survived the onslaught of people if it was still a main source of AVN news and discussion.The sad thing is that we used to have a place to have constructive discussions about our games (The Shark's Lagoon). The Lagoon largely dried up, though, and F95 basically replaced it.
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You can open a support ticket.And as far as I know, you can't contact staff on this site and ask questions.
Fellow Summer scent bro, after reading some of yours reviews, maybe you're harsh and unapologetic doing review /criticism, looks entitled for mods maybe?Hi everyone, how's it going? I haven't been on this site in quite a while, and I wanna explain why, and I'm wondering if anyone else has the following problems.
There's 2 main problems I have.
I usually make a topic asking for suggestions for recently completed Vanilla games a couple times a year, and I usually get some great suggestions. This year I've gotten nothing from them other than silence, sexual harassment, or people trying to trick me into looking at the most disturbing games out there. It's super disheartening.
The other problem is that my account is at risk for termination because apparantly I'm doing something wrong with my reviews. They don't explain what I'm doing wrong with the reviews, they just tell me to read the rules, which I have, and I still don't understand it. And as far as I know, you can't contact staff on this site and ask questions.
Let me do some recommendations then.I usually make a topic asking for suggestions for recently completed Vanilla games a couple times a year, and I usually get some great suggestions. This year I've gotten nothing from them other than silence, sexual harassment, or people trying to trick me into looking at the most disturbing games out there. It's super disheartening.
Thanks for the search link - very useful.Let me do some recommendations then.
Some notable games completed this year (may be some that was completed earlier but received update this year and missed some that haven't got the completed tag):
Toro 7
Love of Magic
Alive
Become a Rock Star
Freeloading Family
Paradise Lust
I used this search to find games.
You can also check out theYou must be registered to see the linkswhich has monthly roundup of new Steam releases.
You can DM whatever warning message you got to me if you want, but I bet it's just a boilerplate message.The other problem is that my account is at risk for termination because apparantly I'm doing something wrong with my reviews. They don't explain what I'm doing wrong with the reviews, they just tell me to read the rules, which I have, and I still don't understand it. And as far as I know, you can't contact staff on this site and ask questions.
Caleb said:Ironically, [Swansong] is probably the least complicated person I've met recently. I feel like that should reflect badly on someone, but I'm not sure on whom.
This is by design. I had a chat with the dev and it's supposed to be enjoyable to have a playthrough where sex is not the priority, it's also more in character for the MC (imho). I played it exactly like you and really appreciated the heads-up after the events around visiting the club.I'm still not interested in pursuing any of the LIs (no sex scenes so far)
That's great to hear about the dev, and I'm glad not being the only one doing a celibate playthroughThis is by design. I had a chat with the dev and it's supposed to be enjoyable to have a playthrough where sex is not the priority, it's also more in character for the MC (imho). I played it exactly like you and really appreciated the heads-up after the events around visiting the club.
Music to my ears!I said to the dev that I appreciate a vulnerable MC and I was told there is much more to come in that regard.
I quoted that exact line in my first post about Zero EndI guess the MC's interesting since he's a bit more on the edgier side of things
As discussed above, this game works best with a celibate playthrough. You might want to give it a shot.But the rest of it?. Starting with BJ girl and.. I guess just in general, all the potential sexual encounters feel a little off in this game. You get like a hint that something lewd's gonna happen, which is nice 'n all, but i'm more like "Ok.., but why is it happening?". There's little to no build up with most of the women here. So idk, as I said, I couldn't get into it...
I like ebi-hime (several in the OP) and this one's been on my backlog since I got the announcement email. It's... not encouraging that you were annoyed by the anime stuff, as I also have very low tolerance to it, but I love ebi-hime's writing and lesbian stories so will probably play it soon.Despite those 2 AVN's, I also read the yuri VN "Fragile feelings" by ebi-hime.
One of the best things about Zero End is that even though there are lots of choices and lots of paths I've yet to have a playthrough I didn't enjoy. It's well-suited to a celibate playthrough as you are doing as well as monogamous and sleep with everything that moves (but may not be necessarily "alive" in the classical sense) paths. It's just an exceptionally well-written and well-thought out game in my view.Played the latest chapter of Zero End. I'm still not interested in pursuing any of the LIs (no sex scenes so far), but some of the cast is interesting, and the story is really great.
Hmm, that's not exactly how I see it though there's definitely a good bit of mystery left to be explained. I think it'll end up being more like this:We still don't have the full picture of Caleb and Marie's history, though it seems to be the classic "boy does something stupid, girl leaves boy, girl gets preyed on by someone powerful" narrative. It's not exactly inspired, but it's well-written, and I'm invested.
The sex scenes are often abrupt, but I'd say there's an understandable reason for all of the encounters so far. It's just that mutual attraction isn't necessarily the primary or necessarily even one of the driving forces behind them. A lot of people and factions want to monitor and manipulate Caleb. The sex is all avoidable (easily now thanks to the NSFW tag on important choices) and the plot is definitely what's most important here.But the rest of it?. Starting with BJ girl and.. I guess just in general, all the potential sexual encounters feel a little off in this game. You get like a hint that something lewd's gonna happen, which is nice 'n all, but i'm more like "Ok.., but why is it happening?". There's little to no build up with most of the women here. So idk, as I said, I couldn't get into it...
I hope you're right. I'd enjoy this game a whole lot more that way. It would mean that Marie isn't a damsel in distress, in over her head, but rather someone with agency who just happened to have made bad choices.Hmm, that's not exactly how I see it though there's definitely a good bit of mystery left to be explained. I think it'll end up being more like this
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For what it's worth, I'm not sure Invictus is really manipulating Marie into doing anything she doesn't want to do. She knows what she's doing even though we don't, and her involvement with Invictus seems to be the result of her own choices and suits her own ends.
I played it.Despite those 2 AVN's, I also read the yuri VN "Fragile feelings" by ebi-hime. I gotta say, i'm not a Anime fan, never was, never will be. Well, this VN represents a lot of aspects that annoy me about Anime. That being said, i'm not like a stone who has no emotions eitherso when that scene came up in which Ann told Asaba about her condition that was like heartbreaking, not gonna lie.. I've seen it a couple of times in RL and i'll never grow accustomed to it.. Go check this one out if you like yuri stories. It's a story first game with a so-so beginning and a pretty strong second half, imo.