Recommending Story-first games

[jufot]

But then I remember the club incident. What was her objective there really?

That's a good point, I didn't think about that. Hmm

Her being unhinged I think is an act to a large degree. Not completely, because she does seem to enjoy it as well. But her act is there so that others will underestimate her while she is biding her time to do whatever it is she wants to accomplish.

Yeah, she has her own plans and I fully expect her to cross the Duke (and whoever else standing in her path) at some point.

 

[Éama]

Considering that "losing humanity" is a central theme in vampire lore, I don't think so either. It's practically a fail-safe against huggy baddie tropes.

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Now Summer's Gone reminds me "Lost" TV show after the first season. There are so many characters, subplots, mysteries that I can't wait for the next season. Will Ocean be able to handle his own creation, that's the question.

"Lost" did one thing very well: unanswered mysteries. A lot of the writing is good in Summer's Gone, (but this last update sort of lost me (no pun intended)) I feel like it's a little like Seinfeld without the jokes. Jerry dates all the hot chicks in New York but never quite makes it work. The first time I came across Summer's Gone, I thought it was one of the best AVN around, now I'm not entirely sure what it is.

 

[yossa999]

"Lost" did one thing very well: unanswered mysteries. A lot of the writing is good in Summer's Gone, (but this last update sort of lost me (no pun intended)) I feel like it's a little like Seinfeld without the jokes. Jerry dates all the hot chicks in New York but never quite makes it work. The first time I came across Summer's Gone, I thought it was one of the best AVN around, now I'm not entirely sure what it is.

Yeah, that's why I said it reminds me of how I felt after the first season of "Lost", I was so excited about what the authors had in store for us and I let my hopes get too high. Who would have guessed that it would turn into... that.
But I guess I understand what you're talking about, and since I'm a very modest guy, I'll just quote myself from another thread.

Spoiler: Humble quote of myself

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[Bombmaster]

Yeah, that's why I said it reminds me of how I felt after the first season of "Lost", I was so excited about what the authors had in store for us and I let my hopes get too high. Who would have guessed that it would turn into... that.
But I guess I understand what you're talking about, and since I'm a very modest guy, I'll just quote myself from another thread.

Spoiler: Humble quote of myself

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hijacking your breath, about your rant.
The Nami moment was lit dont ya think, the only problem is after giving her the ok the story moved foward without changes.
Kiss me fool or Dont and never look me again cuz im going to fuck Jeff. (as some people are coping)

 

[yossa999]

hijacking your breath, about your rant.
The Nami moment was lit dont ya think, the only problem is after giving her the ok the story moved foward without changes.
Kiss me fool or Dont and never look me again cuz im going to fuck Jeff. (as some people are coping)

Haha man, I myself am confident that Ocean can and will make the "Lost" of my dreams come true, and I like the current pace of the story. What appears to be a rant in my self-quote is actually an attempt to argue with the people on the other thread that not everyone currently giving the game a one or two star rating is a cunt
These are Harolds who are tired of hiding their pain.

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Don't get me wrong, I hope that the question mark get straightened out. And no matter what happens, Summer's Gone and other quality AVN certainly inspire higher overall quality from new projects...like one of your top five that I quite enjoy: Leaving DNA.

 

[bacienvu88]

Thoughts on Pecker PI: The Curse of the Pearl Necklace? I'm really enjoying it so far.

MC is a pervy veteran turned private investigator, currently on his first job. He is eager, but not very good, which he decides to resolve by... reading Sherlock Holmes. He smokes and drinks a lot. Fairly standard noir comedy protagonist, really. His best friend Mike is a draft-dodging lawyer with a hot sister, who is also a lawyer. MC has minor PTSD and hallucinates his former sergeant, much to his chagrin. Very similar to The Unbroken's Davis.

It's a fairly horny game with ogling camera angles, sultry looks and such, but that fits well with the mood. The humour is more hits than misses, and it has a few gems like:


What's notable is that all the major characters are just so much fun. MC, Mike, various LIs, and a few suspects are all witty, intelligent and charming. The actual investigation is interesting on its own, but it's used more as a backdrop for all the lively character interaction.

Give it a shot, maybe?

Thanks for the recommendation! It really is great!

My favorite quote is:

MC: You got me! Mr. Berg was generous enough to invite me to the party of the year. But he is still such an incredible douchebag that decided to steal his soon to be ex wife’s priceless necklace. It was the perfect crime until I ran into the smartest detective since Sherlock Holmes.
Detective Sandra: And don’t forget beautiful.
MC: And the most beautiful detective since Sherlock Holmes.
Detective Sandra: Exactly…Wait a minute. Are you implying that Sherlock Holmes was smarter AND better looking than me?
MC: Are YOU implying that you are smarter AND better looking than Sherlock Holmes?
Detective Sandra: He’s a fictional character.

And thanks MrPocketRocket for a great game!

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Thanks for the recommendation! It really is great!

And thanks MrPocketRocket for a great game!

I humbly thank you (I only wish I had a prewritten humble quote of my own to insert here).

 

[realjitter]

The rating system is pretty meaningless anyways imo. The 5 star ratings are just as ridiculous as the 1 star ones. People, most of the time, don't go by objectivity, they go by emotion. Like, man, "Cindy" from "Harem house madness" is so hot + the lewd scenes are fucking dope dude, believe me dude... #Cindy4life. Well, that's an easy 5 fucking stars, ain't it?. Or the other way around, the game has outstanding renders, music, writing, story, animations, pacing, but there's a forced femdom scene... 1 star, no questions asked..

 

[Slick Bean]

Advertising for games has been a hot mess for decades.
Mobile games, making a paralel here as most of the games here are supposed to be mobile,
have majorly disingenuous advertising most of the times.

Pitting the whole game on some minute small portion of it, the part that gets advertised,
which so many times turns out to be only fan service or trivia short segments,
will blow upin their faces the minute when players get into the game, as they will
quickly find out the sour truth that the meat of the game is not the advertised story,
it might not be the renders either, maybe not the angles shown in the previews,
so of course they get pissed and this is supposed to show in reviews and in the ratings.

The rating system is pretty meaningless anyways imo. The 5 star ratings are just as ridiculous as the 1 star ones. People, most of the time, don't go by objectivity, they go by emotion. Like, man, "Cindy" from "Harem house madness" is so hot + the lewd scenes are fucking dope dude, believe me dude... #Cindy4life. Well, that's an easy 5 fucking stars, ain't it?. Or the other way around, the game has outstanding renders, music, writing, story, animations, pacing, but there's a forced femdom scene... 1 star, no questions asked..

Many games make a mock of their plot and their game mechanics when they put in the overview or the tags,
so gamers who find most of those elements will rate it high, while gamers who will not,
believe me some games make it especially hard to find the selling points of the advertised games,
so gamers missing the whole mark will rate them poorly.

These are the same reactions that are going around over on Steam or on It ch io,
as most devs who lie or deceive or few words about their games will get lambasted.

 

[Bombmaster]

Haha man, I myself am confident that Ocean can and will make the "Lost" of my dreams come true, and I like the current pace of the story. What appears to be a rant in my self-quote is actually an attempt to argue with the people on the other thread that not everyone currently giving the game a one or two star rating is a cunt
These are Harolds who are tired of hiding their pain.

Lets be real, we got bamboozled into Oceanverse: Renders, Lights, Art Direction.
A true kino visual orgasm, under the hood is another thing,

I do play novels with passable renders that touch my kokoro in much deeper ways.
Cute pixels are hard to beat, is like a crazy hot girl ahem Bella cough.

 

[yossa999]

Don't get me wrong, I hope that the question mark get straightened out. And no matter what happens, Summer's Gone and other quality AVN certainly inspire higher overall quality from new projects...like one of your top five that I quite enjoy: Leaving DNA.

Yes, but unfortunately most of the new developers are inspired by visuals and focus on renders and lewd scenes, while plot and character development is usually a secondary concern. It is clear that a beautiful picture will immediately attract a lot of attention, but without a good plot it quickly becomes boring. And no amount of beautiful renders can save yet another story about tenant molesting his landlady while the landlord is gone as far as Summer.
That's why games like "Leaving DNA" or "Pecker PI" are rare gems. It's great that you put so much effort into balancing all aspects of the game: graphics, story, dialogue, music and lewds. The result is more than decent, this is exactly what many of us want to see in new games. Thanks again, MrPocketRocket, for a damn good game and especially for the wonderful humor you infuse into your characters.

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Yes, but unfortunately most of the new developers are inspired by visuals and focus on renders and lewd scenes, while plot and character development is usually a secondary concern. It is clear that a beautiful picture will immediately attract a lot of attention, but without a good plot it quickly becomes boring. And no amount of beautiful renders can save yet another story about tenant molesting his landlady while the landlord is gone as far as Summer.

We use almost the same example of what not to do. I like the: MC wakes up with amnesia, suddenly he is living in a house full of beautiful strangers...but they are really all his female relatives, he just doesn't remember. It's not even a fucking story. Good writing trumps everything.

And thank you kind the words!

 

[Hildegardt]

On the topic of visuals: The last few months I got the feeling that a lot of people bought a new GPU and a fresh batch of current gen Daz assets. Differences in quality seem to be about staging, posing and writing now more than ever, because fidelity almost doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.
I don't expect the general audience to get sick of eye candy, but if the market gets saturated with high fidelity renders and devs want to set themselves apart from the bunch, then the regulars of this thread might be eating well in the future.

 

[bacienvu88]

Nevard Good start for a new dev and has me intrigued for more. Not sure why it hasn't more attention. A modern fantasy with interesting world building. I find the characters interesting as well.

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Nevard Good start for a new dev and has me intrigued for more. Not sure why it hasn't more attention. A modern fantasy with interesting world building. I find the characters interesting as well.

I can tell you exactly why it hasn't gotten any attention. Most players don't bother with first few versions of a game, no matter what, and they look at the size of the file to gauge how much content there is...small file, don't bother. (Yes, it is, I'm afraid, my reality too

 

[MrPocketRocket]

Since I haven't been around and don't know what has been mentioned, I'll throw in a couple of my early likes.
New Antioch by Red Myst
How to Fix the Future by mr moonmi

You guys seem entirely on top of the stuff that is worth mentioning, but in case you haven't tried them.

 

[bacienvu88]

I can tell you exactly why it hasn't gotten any attention. Most players don't bother with first few versions of a game, no matter what, and they look at the size of the file to gauge how much content there is...small file, don't bother. (Yes, it is, I'm afraid, my reality too

I can understand not wanting to get invested in games early because high abandon-rate. But file size? Big file size mostly means either lots of animations and cut scenes or the dev just don't know how to compress images while keeping quality.

Personally I quite like playing early versions.

Since I haven't been around and don't know what has been mentioned, I'll throw in a couple of my early likes.
New Antioch by Red Myst
How to Fix the Future by mr moonmi

You guys seem entirely on top of the stuff that is worth mentioning, but in case you haven't tried them.

New Antioch I have on my radar (although haven't played the latest update yet)
How to Fix the Future I have never been able to get into. The base premise is quite good. But I can't get over the start where they just treat him like shit when they are depending on him to save the world.

 

[MrPocketRocket]

I can understand not wanting to get invested in games early because high abandon-rate. But file size? Big file size mostly means either lots of animations and cut scenes or the dev just don't know how to compress images while keeping quality.

Personally I quite like playing early versions.

New Antioch I have on my radar (although haven't played the latest update yet)
How to Fix the Future I have never been able to get into. The base premise is quite good. But I can't get over the start where they just treat him like shit when they are depending on him to save the world.

I don't disagree with any of that. I also think that a little appreciation early on can go a long way to eventually getting a finished product.

I think New Antioch is a ton of fun...which sort of is my basis for how I rate everything in life. You can't laugh? We will never be friends.