I was looking forward to this so much... but sex scenes not being part of the storyline is a dealbreaker for me.
Unreal Engine Subverse [v0.9] [Studio Fow]
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Aight so I have not downloaded nor have I started to download it yet so far I have read and all I have gotten mostly is discussions about backers.. NTR... Cheating...Cucking... Left... Right...
But really nothing to explain exactly what I am searching for.
So let me just ask it myself.
Hows the game, how much content is there, hows the writing, is it fun, what can I expect from this 0.01.
Reason Why I am not downloading it is because while I do enjoy games and mini games I am not going to download everything for say only 10 min ish of spicy scenes and another 10 to 15 min of normal lore and content reading and then poof out of content. This is not to jab at the game as I legit have been waiting on this for a while and was surprised to see that they have a 0.01 release.
I am wondering and asking this simply because... if even though if everything is top notch quality that I normally would expect from StudioFOW, if it is short I would rather wait till the next update or 2. There is plenty of other things I can keep myself busy with in the mean time.
But really nothing to explain exactly what I am searching for.
So let me just ask it myself.
Hows the game, how much content is there, hows the writing, is it fun, what can I expect from this 0.01.
Reason Why I am not downloading it is because while I do enjoy games and mini games I am not going to download everything for say only 10 min ish of spicy scenes and another 10 to 15 min of normal lore and content reading and then poof out of content. This is not to jab at the game as I legit have been waiting on this for a while and was surprised to see that they have a 0.01 release.
I am wondering and asking this simply because... if even though if everything is top notch quality that I normally would expect from StudioFOW, if it is short I would rather wait till the next update or 2. There is plenty of other things I can keep myself busy with in the mean time.
- Apr 12, 2019
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Quality of this is pretty great. The game modes are better than "ok" but nothing crazy, the story and dialogue is honestly top notch. I've given my money to help support them, yes its early access so have to wait and see.
My only gripe is they said this is 6 of the 22 chapters, so the later chapters must be really long or this is quite a short game
My only gripe is they said this is 6 of the 22 chapters, so the later chapters must be really long or this is quite a short game
- Apr 12, 2019
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Yeah, iirc they mentioned monthly updates on halfpints interview, but didn't say how much in those updates. iirc they also said they plan to launch 1.0 a year from now
So I gave it a go for a good ~3-4 hours straight tonight, took my time did a lot of side missions to gain experience and gear to upgrade, not to mention building up PP points. 
I suspect I'm probably getting toward the end of the content of what's available for now, will likely finish it up tomorrow.
I'll say the game has a LOT of potential. There's things I really don't like in it, but there are things I really do like, too.
I've got a long running list of Pros & Cons to compile my review for down the road, but for now I'll just mention the thing I like most and the thing I like least for anyone on the fence who just wants more information -
* Best Pro: No doubt the texture & animation quality was impressive. It easily blew my expectations out of the water. Not to mention the voice acting quality throughout the game. Game is absolutely gorgeous, particularly in 4k+ resolution. I was also surprised that it utilized my relatively heavy hitting rig to such extremes, taking a 2080 Ti to 99% utilization during certain parts of the game and the game is also very well multi-threaded on the CPU side, frequently using ~20-30% of all 20 threads in my system. So kudos to the dev for not being afraid to go balls to the wall (heh) on the graphics and image quality. I love when developers push the envelope like this.
* Worst Con: The lack of proper narrative flow for the sex scenes combined with how short they are. I was very disappointed in this. I expected narrative driven 'sex events' where we would get a fully animated scene that was directly tied into the story, not just short 'pieces' of scenes. I was picturing a fully rendered, 5-8 minute scene from start to finish to include voice acting where for example you have some foreplay with one of the girls, maybe coming into your room, starting to strip down, get some fellatio going on that smoothly and fully transitions to sex with a little talking between the involved parties if desired by the player and then transitioning into an after scene. What we got are incredibly short 'clips' that don't really flesh out a proper scene at all; much of it is left to the imagination which is very disappointing. This would be the #1 item I would advise the dev studio to work on improving for later pieces of the game as I feel that if it stays in this form, they will absolutely lose some potential earnings from people who are turned off by the current system.
Some questions I have on the game if anyone doesn't mind replying -
1.) Did we ever hear what their projections are as far as release schedule for each update? I'm hoping it's not months or I'll likely forget what the heck is going on in the story.
2.) Were there supposed to be different outfits in the game to unlock for the girls? I thought during the tutorial it said the locker room would be used for that but whenever I visited the locker room I didn't see any outfits / cosmetic changes available.
I suspect I'm probably getting toward the end of the content of what's available for now, will likely finish it up tomorrow.I'll say the game has a LOT of potential. There's things I really don't like in it, but there are things I really do like, too.
I've got a long running list of Pros & Cons to compile my review for down the road, but for now I'll just mention the thing I like most and the thing I like least for anyone on the fence who just wants more information -
* Best Pro: No doubt the texture & animation quality was impressive. It easily blew my expectations out of the water. Not to mention the voice acting quality throughout the game. Game is absolutely gorgeous, particularly in 4k+ resolution. I was also surprised that it utilized my relatively heavy hitting rig to such extremes, taking a 2080 Ti to 99% utilization during certain parts of the game and the game is also very well multi-threaded on the CPU side, frequently using ~20-30% of all 20 threads in my system. So kudos to the dev for not being afraid to go balls to the wall (heh) on the graphics and image quality. I love when developers push the envelope like this.
* Worst Con: The lack of proper narrative flow for the sex scenes combined with how short they are. I was very disappointed in this. I expected narrative driven 'sex events' where we would get a fully animated scene that was directly tied into the story, not just short 'pieces' of scenes. I was picturing a fully rendered, 5-8 minute scene from start to finish to include voice acting where for example you have some foreplay with one of the girls, maybe coming into your room, starting to strip down, get some fellatio going on that smoothly and fully transitions to sex with a little talking between the involved parties if desired by the player and then transitioning into an after scene. What we got are incredibly short 'clips' that don't really flesh out a proper scene at all; much of it is left to the imagination which is very disappointing. This would be the #1 item I would advise the dev studio to work on improving for later pieces of the game as I feel that if it stays in this form, they will absolutely lose some potential earnings from people who are turned off by the current system.
Some questions I have on the game if anyone doesn't mind replying -
1.) Did we ever hear what their projections are as far as release schedule for each update? I'm hoping it's not months or I'll likely forget what the heck is going on in the story.
2.) Were there supposed to be different outfits in the game to unlock for the girls? I thought during the tutorial it said the locker room would be used for that but whenever I visited the locker room I didn't see any outfits / cosmetic changes available.
Game lasts 4-5 hours if you're reading all of the dialogue and watching all of the cutscenes. You're getting more like 5 minutes of spicy scenes and over 3 hours of lore and content reading.
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Okay, name some 0.1 releases that had a better quality release than this early access release then?
And if money is the only aspect then DarkCookie should been the king of adult games in terms of speedy quality releases... right?
I backed it on kickstarter years ago and I'm not disappointed. So far it's everything I want. Engaging gameplay, high quality voice acting and some really good h-scenes.
Besides, to be honest, I wasn't just backing the project, I was also supporting a company with its endeavour through a potentially rocky world. People still see games as things kids play, people can't seem to look past the fact that some people want engaging gameplay AND porn in the same thing, that's why I backed it. So far it's meeting everything I want.
Be patient lads, if it was free you'd all be saying just how insanely good the game is.
Besides, to be honest, I wasn't just backing the project, I was also supporting a company with its endeavour through a potentially rocky world. People still see games as things kids play, people can't seem to look past the fact that some people want engaging gameplay AND porn in the same thing, that's why I backed it. So far it's meeting everything I want.
Be patient lads, if it was free you'd all be saying just how insanely good the game is.
So I have the game on steam. I'm playing it on a SP6 on medium graphic settings. Everything runs fine except for the cinematic scenes which stutter while playing. Does anyone know a fix to this?
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Just because its an early access release doesn't make it a 0.1 release. Just check the actual file version numbers.
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the darkcookie team is a lot smaller for one. since afaik it is mostly cookie that does the art not an actual devteam.
2nd there are so many games uploaded on here that I can't remember which ones specifically had better 0.1s, and I wouldn't be able to find out cause they are no longer 0.1s. (add to that people don't always call first releases 0.1s).
Fact is, this ain't some new studio, they are pre-existing, and have done animations and stuff before (with minigames, not full games though, more like a interactive movie). So if anything the animations and sex scenes should be the strongest thing about the game... but it is one of their weak points. the gameplay parts from what I have heard are actually better.
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No idea how many people is in their studio/team. But a million USD doesn't get you very far in actual serious game development these days. Remember, the target audience for this game is more actual grown up gamers, not what you find around here that just want to hit skip to get to the sexy bits as fast as possible, and start cry for a renpy conversion as soon as unreal or unity is spotted.
Success of this game could actually be a game breaker for actual game studios (in the western world) to start consider adult games.
The main con is that the game is bloody boring. The narrative isn't engaging, and gameplay is just going through the motions. There's no tactical decision depth in ground combat and space combat has bullet spongy enemies with no danger of you actually dying.
Also the sex scenes are pretty meh and have no narrative purpose whatsoever.
Oh well.
Also the sex scenes are pretty meh and have no narrative purpose whatsoever.
Oh well.
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Without knowing for sure, but from what I know about the game industry as whole. I'm almost certain they have hired additional people to work on it. One thing is to make interactive movies and animations. Making an actual game is a whole new ballgame.