- Nov 20, 2017
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- Mar 20, 2019
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I think the update itself isn't bad, but the timing is the issue. Waiting 10 months for this update is clearly underwhelming. If it had taken 3-4 months, no one would be complaining. Given the 3-day time limit Kate mentioned for the ending (supposedly), and assuming each update progresses half a day in-game, it would take 2-3 years to finish the game. On the other hand, if each update takes a year, then the game won't be finished for another 5-6 years. Of course, the dev probably prefer the second option to maximize profits.
This game has long lost its soul. Which was in it originally. This is noticeable in everything. The graphics have gotten worse. The plot didn't progress either. Don't waste your time on this product. And this update is ridiculously tiny.
- Nov 5, 2016
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I knew it was over the moment I opened a folder with 70+ Mike renders, and this is after they talked about slowing down on unnecessary renders. 
Yes you are absolutely correct....not only this but there are many more renders in this update which were useless.I knew it was over the moment I opened a folder with 70+ Mike renders, and this is after they talked about slowing down on unnecessary renders.
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considering ren'py work, process may take a little longer of course. But not so much, it is pretty simple engine. And as far as I understand, several people are working on the game, dividing tasks.
we can also compare this update with the previous one. Almost the same development time, but a significant difference in quality and quantity. Devs can do more in a shorter period of time, but for some reason we received the last update the way it is...
- Feb 7, 2018
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Yes absolutely. But the way the game has progressed it should be in couple of years.It's probably going to be 2026 before we get Hill's hills
- Jul 26, 2023
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It's just you. No one else has mentioned it being short.
You haven't read the last 34 pages?
- Jun 25, 2022
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Yeah, hobby or not, if you hire people that you need to pay or even just form a group of people to work on a project you need to treat it as a part-time job at the very least. Dedicate time to it and plan the work load out otherwise you just get a group of uncoordinated people working on the VN between sessions of gaming and wind up only working on the VN for 2 hours at most in any given day.
The end result is an update like this that feels like, sure, lots of renders got done but at the end of the day it's just a giant Nothing-Burger where nothing advanced. MC gets told they're being kicked out because of Miller essentially, then they took a walk to the forest and entered a spooky house for a few minutes (RIP shoe).
It also feels like the phone conversations hurt more than help the game. Work more on the plot of the game and progression of events and less on random dating app conversations and pictures for characters that clearly aren't meant to be main LI.
- Apr 25, 2022
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I'm a patient guy, so for me the pacing of this VN doesn't bother me because Summer heat hits three big boxes for me: The girls are fucking hot, the characters are likeable and have enough depth to give a shit about them, and the renders are incredible. Most importantly for me though is forward progress, and the romantic relationships are progressing even if they're not all fucking like rabbits at this point. Nothing is stagnant with the girls. Their romances are all moving forward and that's enough for me as far as storytelling is concerned. I daresay even Helen became a little more likeable this update.
In addition, Mia has grown on me a lot so I'm pretty satisfied with the progress with her in this update. Started this VN mostly interested in Kate and Sophie, and now Kate and Mia are my top girls. That and I'm looking forward to when we meet Becca finally.
As far as Kate, I get the feeling that there's more that she knows about the criminal element at the strip club that Miller is involved with, and maybe she's trying to protect the MC in some way by getting him out before he gets too involved. At any rate, she's barely containing the sexual tension and she's probably a wine bottle away from jumping MC at this point.
- Mar 24, 2021
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can't wait to play with those massive tits of hers
- Sep 30, 2022
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I 100% agree with their decision to choose what to render is really inefficient. If they know their speed of development is slow then they could use more description texts with static renders.
so much hope was there and it all went down the drain ...
such a small update, with nothin significant stuff ....
such a small update, with nothin significant stuff ....
i can understand when something significant doesn't happen in a plot, something slow paced and a bit "boring". Such moments have their value and can perfectly dilute the overall pace of the story, preventing unnecessary oversaturation of events and haste. But in this update, we didn't get anything other than that. After completing this "update", I got the feeling that I finished only the beginning part of a new update, but didn't get to the update itself.
- Sep 12, 2018
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didnt you read any update reports previously?
no one has said that this update will be big - it was planned/anounnced as an average one (2x smaller than 0.5, comparable to 0.4v, for example)...if you read/knew that, you (probably) wouldnt be in "all hope is lost, damn this tiny update/game" mode
- Mar 19, 2018
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Expecting people to read is a big ask. Plus its cool to just shit on games and Devs now so.didnt you read any update reports previously?
no one has saod that this update will be big - it was planned/anounnced as an average one (2x smaller than 0.5, comparable to 0.4m for example)...if you read/knew that, you (probably) wouldnt be in "all hope is lost, damn this tiny update/game" mode
So your point is the game is gaining in popularity?
It is sad that you spent this effort just to whine about a game you aren't personally providing any financial support for.