Francis Blast
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Only the Evil and the psycho knight paths are completed so far.
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You know, it’s always amusing when people pull out the “try making it yourself” argument.
By that logic, no one should ever criticize a movie unless they’re a director. No one should ever say food tastes bad unless they’re a chef. No one should ever call music terrible unless they’re a composer.
Everyone has their own role. Players are the ones spending their time on the game. They absolutely have the right to say when something feels boring, pointless, or annoying to them.
That doesn’t make them “ungrateful” or “ignorant”. It simply means they didn’t enjoy it. That’s all.
And yes, before someone jumps in with the classic “well, you didn’t even pay for the game,” let’s be clear – we’re not talking about legal consumer rights here.
No one is arguing about refunds or purchase obligations.
We’re talking about the basic freedom to express an opinion about an experience. Some people like it, some don’t. That’s life.
And when someone starts defending a game with “shut up until you make one yourself,” it doesn’t make them look wise or mature.
Quite the opposite.
Imagine if we all accepted that logic – we’d just sit there silently consuming whatever garbage gets served to us, smiling and thanking them because “well, at least they tried.”
Criticism is necessary. Without it, nothing ever gets better.
I've said the same. Like nobody should ever say a room looks ugly unless they're an interior designer, nobody should ever say a book was boring unless they're a writer, etc...
By that "logic" how would anyone ever have any idea if anything is something they'd like?
By that "logic" how would anyone ever have any idea if anything is something they'd like?
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You can, of course, only play some of the paths. I think I've only done 4 of them, and they were all quite different ones.
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It's not that simple. I am an interior designer because I arranged my apartment myself. I am also a writer because I often write different things. I am also a singer because I humming while shaving. I also have many other skills. I may not be the best and fully professional, but I know worse.
Does it probably give me the right to evaluate?
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Not to mention it's the main purpose of even having a comments section and rating system...It's not that simple. I am an interior designer because I arranged my apartment myself. I am also a writer because I often write different things. I am also a singer because I humming while shaving. I also have many other skills. I may not be the best and fully professional, but I know worse.
Does it probably give me the right to evaluate?
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My usual go-to argument for that is that I don't have to be a 5-star chef to object if you serve me a dog turd in a hot dog roll and tell me it's haute cuisine.
People who have never made a movie can still appreciate and critique movies. Arguably their criticism is more valid, because the finished product is supposed to be made for them, not just for effete film school assholes. Books are written for readers, not for authors. Games are made for players, not for developers. Technology is generally made for users, not engineers.
Sure, an artist can make "art for art's sake", but the moment they attempt to sell it for money or even just exhibit it to others in the hopes of being praised, they are implicitly accepting whatever criticism those people may choose to offer.
An expert in the field may be able to offer more valuable technical criticism (like a filmmaker telling another filmmaker how to handle lighting or camera transitions effectively, or criticizing audio equipment), but "the audience" will always offer far more valid aesthetic criticism.
"I don't like your main character because he's an asshole" may not be entirely helpful advice to an author, but if the majority of readers are offering that as their criticism, it's a pretty strong argument that the author is a shit writer. Or that, at the very least, they may want to change how they're writing that specific character.
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WTF? 6 months for a nothing update?!?!?!
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It was far from nothing on my Dual Love path save. MC ate well that night.WTF? 6 months for a nothing update?!?!?!
But yes, if you aren't on Eve love, Dual Love, or Weird Triangle, there's not much there this update. And this dev in general is a bit of a perfectionist that takes a while to put out stuff.
You're probably looking at just v0.6.6a which was a small patch for v0.6.6. The full changelog this update is this:Based on the changelog only new steam achievements added ?
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Then you didn't read it all....Based on the changelog only new steam achievements added ?
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You don't need them, it has guides/WT/incest built into the game.
There's levels to these things though, right? There's constructive criticism, and then there's being an asshole. There's expressing an opinion, and then there's hanging out in the thread of a game you hate just to yuck everyone else's yum.
If you feel the need to drop a negative review on something, fine. That's what the review system is for. But if you're devoting real time and effort into trying to tear down something (or someone) that you hate... idk man. Maybe find better ways to focus that energy, ya know? And I'm not saying that the individual I'm replying to behaves that way, I'm just saying it happens and it shouldn't. Look through the reviews of any popular game and find the people that will upvote every single negative review that game gets. Honestly, who has the time to do something like that?
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...but not so great to see so little content after such a long time.Great to see the update.
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Only if you not on those paths there is, that is the same with every update. The update before killed off 2 paths so there is only so many left now....but not so great to see so little content after such a long time.
And if you've played this game for any amount of time, you should know how this dev operates by now...........................