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sounds interesting. very unfortunate title thoughHe seems to have found what he was looking for. He said it was called, "We Were Just Kids." I've never heard of that, though.
Tlaero
sounds interesting. very unfortunate title thoughHe seems to have found what he was looking for. He said it was called, "We Were Just Kids." I've never heard of that, though.
Tlaero
just tried it out for a laugh ended up liking itIs that the one that has at least one female character in tears in every scene and a PC that's always whispering in people's ears, because he'd get beat up, if he'd spew his creepy shit out loud?
It's already out for patrons and should be public today/tomorrow depending on where you areIn other news, a Toro 7 update seems to be imminent, so that is something to look forward to.
Yep! I'm about to request they update the thread, but you can get it from here right now.It's already out for patrons and should be public today/tomorrow depending on where you are
I really like this game but it has problems like those you mentioned. It tries to convince us the undead are similar to the humans who ruled previously,but as you said it doesn't make sense. I'd much rather have this nihilistic mc who just wanted to watch the world burn,and eventually have an option to redeem him through our actions,once he discovered nihilism is not the way to go and that it is in fact worse right now.Some side quests are poorly done in my opinion,it's way too easy to die in some of them,some would be very interesting if they were longer,some are too long,the game has some plot holes.Is there a hero here who's a willing test subject to try the story-first qualities of the General Grievous Dating Sim? No sexual content, so surely it can't be too porny.
Ok, now for something serious, what do you think about The Book of Bondmaids? It has a dark story with a lot of drama. The MC appears to drive a lot of the plot but isn't an overpowered hulk. The graphical styles and the music are also very nice, but I can't say the same about the porn sound effects. I haven't seen a lot of it yet, only a few missions and one series of side quests. The quality of the narration seems really high except a little Runglish here and there. The dialogues alsoYou must be registered to see the linksYou must be registered to see the linksYou must be registered to see the linksYou must be registered to see the links. But a couple of things caught my eye and I have second thoughts now. A lot of the plot and drama happens in the prologue, narrated in a summary form. That doesn't have to be anything bad but I think it creates plot holes that are the basis for my two main criticisms.
So I think the VN despite its stronger points is eventually going to fall in the trap of grimdarkitis. Has anybody else tried it? Would you recommend it?You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
I've only played the "good" path and fast forwarded through the rest, but I think rape was on one of the other paths.The VN has the rape tag and I'm starting to feel pretty sure that the story's going to involve rape even if it's not going to be shown or if the MC doesn't rape.
It has some good ideas, and you can see they've put a lot of effort in (the atmosphere, artwork, some of the writing etc), but poor execution is ultimately its downfall. There are many inconsistencies like you noticed, and pacing is all over the place.So I think the VN despite its stronger points is eventually going to fall in the trap of grimdarkitis. Has anybody else tried it? Would you recommend it?
Um...I just found out that Oracle & Bone, the developers of A Summer's End (one of my favourite VNs ever) have announced a new game:You must be registered to see the links. Very little is known beyond what's on that page, but I'm glad to see this one is also set in 1980s Hong Kong. I'm really looking forward to it.
It's basically a game about a band starting up.He seems to have found what he was looking for. He said it was called, "We Were Just Kids." I've never heard of that, though.
Tlaero
OK, otherwise I would have suggested On Distant Shores, where the MC has some internal monologue in that direction.He seems to have found what he was looking for. He said it was called, "We Were Just Kids." I've never heard of that, though.
Tlaero
What's that? Sounds like a tool I need to learn...I play with URM and can see when there are triggers being called to output different texts. There are a lot of variations based on the different variables and flags with the wife.
Universal Renpy Mod. It's a non-intrusive mod that doesn't alter game files, so you won't break saves or anything. It shows you the conditions and effect of choices unless the code is insanely unique and complicated like The Bite: Revanant. It will also show you places where paths diverge and what causes it to go that way.What's that? Sounds like a tool I need to learn...
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Well-designed, internally consistent, coherent story with a beginning and an end - i.e. no games where the devs make shit up as they go along. | Very well written story (as far as I am concern with regards to erotic/adult literature) but it is far from complete yet. I have no way to estimate how much is left, but based on the number of LIs, NPCs, arcs and what I would love to learn about them, I would say less than 50%. A huge disclaimer is that if you cannot accept that the NPCs are somehow linked or intertwined together, that they all should not be attached to each other, for the story to be as realistic as it should be, then this game is not for you. You can view that as the dev make things up as he goes, but for me I think he 'works' backward from the ending. |
Characters that are actual human beings, with lives, personalities and interests outside the MC. | All the NPCs have interesting stories of their own, the only downside is that there are so many NPCs that most did not get their fair share amount of screen time yet. |
Sex scenes should serve the plot, not vice versa. If there is no story-relevant reason for a scene, it shouldn't be there. | Most sex scenes can be avoided (or easily skipped ahead) especially for the Side Characters (whom you can avoid altogether) but the scenes have purpose (be it good or corruption). The sex scenes are not the best, just okay. |
No Engrish. Non-native speakers are fine (I am one), but the dev should at least use Grammarly or LanguageTool. | Very good command of formal English for the most part, except for dialogues of certain NPCs who aren't English native speaker, which make a lot sense to me. |
No cheap tropes (e.g every female character lusts after the MC's magical dick). | Ironically because it is a 'harem' game, the MC does have higher than normal 'charms' over the ladies but not because of his swordplay. It is hinted at in the latest version (v0.8) which is based upon scientific facts and theories, but mix with myth and fiction . |
Wow, thanks for the detailed write-up! I think you're the first person to use a table on this thread Harem is generally not my thing, but I'll take a look.