Asking Maya if she has seen a chocolate shop somewhere in the hospital is no joke. Chocolate is love. Chocolate is life.What the fuck is wrong with the MC? Seriously, not wanting to visit a crippled person because you don't know her and don't really want to is one thing, but coming to her hospital ward to crack moronic jokes and treat everyone around you like trash is fucking vile.
The lack of compassion is one of the key symptoms of a person being a fucking psychopath. Am I actually supposed to sympathize with this loony bin assclown?
I am ignorant in this whole aspect of why Ocean is choosing to make Season 1 a solid "all ages" story when he plans on making Season 2 anything but. I understand that some countries, Germany included, require certain content to be behind a rating wall. But why write a part of the story that is accessible by the masses and the remaining part of the story is restricted to adults only? That is highly counterintuitive. Just to save the music? That seems highly unlikely.And it's not only the music that makes problems when the game get hardcore scenes. If Season 1 contains expicit content, the reach of the game will be limited.
It isn't counterintuitive at all. It will reach a larger audience this way. Big net = more fish.I am ignorant in this whole aspect of why Ocean is choosing to make Season 1 a solid "all ages" story when he plans on making Season 2 anything but. I understand that some countries, Germany included, require certain content to be behind a rating wall. But why write a part of the story that is accessible by the masses and the remaining part of the story is restricted to adults only? That is highly counterintuitive. Just to save the music? That seems highly unlikely.
What the fuck is wrong with the MC? Seriously, not wanting to visit a crippled person because you don't know her and don't really want to is one thing, but coming to her hospital ward to crack moronic jokes and treat everyone around you like trash is fucking vile.
The lack of compassion is one of the key symptoms of a person being a fucking psychopath. Am I actually supposed to sympathize with this loony bin assclown?
That would be a false sense of a larger audience. A larger audience that can only view the first season, nothing beyond.It isn't counterintuitive at all. It will reach a larger audience this way. Big net = more fish.
The music part is important as well. He has stated multiple times that he gets inspiration for scenes from songs and incorporates those into his game.
Marketing and artistic vision seem like enough for me not to question it.
How is that? It will draw in people that aren't necessarily looking for an adult game. Additionally a portion of people that "can only view the first season" will find ways to bypass restrictions.That would be a false sense of a larger audience. A larger audience that can only view the first season, nothing beyond.
Because it IS an adult game. Season 1 is being billed as a Steam and rating-friendly game when the entirety of the game is actually an adult game with fully sexual scenes. Yes, there will be people who will find ways around the age restriction to view further seasons. But to rely on that as a means for drawing in the audience is pure ignorance. It will backfire. I would actually rather the reason simply be, "to avoid losing all the music from season 1." Although, in reality, it is likely that those contracts will be a problem when the entire game is still an adult game with sexually explicit scenes. It delays the problem, it does not resolve the problem.How is that? It will draw in people that aren't necessarily looking for an adult game. Additionally a portion of people that "can only view the first season" will find ways to bypass restrictions.
My man, I don't know what you are so worked up about. I made a couple logical points about why a lewd, but not explicit first season would make sense and you're arguing like you're a professor trying to destroy my PhD Thesis. Are you trying to change Ocean's mind and have him sneak a bit of tip in before next Wednesday? What is the goal here?Because it IS an adult game. Season 1 is being billed as a Steam and rating-friendly game when the entirety of the game is actually an adult game with fully sexual scenes. Yes, there will be people who will find ways around the age restriction to view further seasons. But to rely on that as a means for drawing in the audience is pure ignorance.
My point is to discuss the game, the decisions the dev makes, and how it affects the viewers. Should we not discuss those things just because Ocean says it is so? Isn't that the point of a forum like this?My man, I don't know what you are so worked up about. I made a couple logical points about why a lewd, but not explicit first season would make sense and you're arguing like you're a professor trying to destroy my PhD Thesis. Are you trying to change Ocean's mind and have him sneak a bit of tip in before next Wednesday? What is the goal here?
I think the point is to get people who have "frequent nudity or sexual content," and "adult only sexual content" blocked on Steam to look at the game. Some people have those games hidden on Steam even though they're not necessarily against playing them (I'm one of those people). Maybe it will pay off and he'll make more sales than he otherwise would have, or maybe it will annoy people who thought they were going to get a different type of story. Time will tell.Because it IS an adult game. Season 1 is being billed as a Steam and rating-friendly game when the entirety of the game is actually an adult game with fully sexual scenes. Yes, there will be people who will find ways around the age restriction to view further seasons. But to rely on that as a means for drawing in the audience is pure ignorance. It will backfire. I would actually rather the reason simply be, "to avoid losing all the music from season 1." Although, in reality, it is likely that those contracts will be a problem when the entire game is still an adult game with sexually explicit scenes. It delays the problem, it does not resolve the problem.
Agreed, time will tell. F95 users are far from being mainstream. But if we use them as our litmus paper test for how a crowd reacts to a game starting out as one thing, and then becoming an entirely different thing, I think we will find that model does not work.I think the point is to get people who have "frequent nudity or sexual content," and "adult only sexual content" blocked on Steam to look at the game. Some people have those games hidden on Steam even though they're not necessarily against playing them (I'm one of those people). Maybe it will pay off and he'll make more sales than he otherwise would have, or maybe it will annoy people who thought they were going to get a different type of story. Time will tell.
Ocean for all his greatness in making and writing great female characters(for porn game standards at least) is terrible at creating male protagonists. In both his games the male protagonists look terrible and act like assholes although in this game it's dialed up to 11.What the fuck is wrong with the MC? Seriously, not wanting to visit a crippled person because you don't know her and don't really want to is one thing, but coming to her hospital ward to crack moronic jokes and treat everyone around you like trash is fucking vile.
The lack of compassion is one of the key symptoms of a person being a fucking psychopath. Am I actually supposed to sympathize with this loony bin assclown?
You might be interested in reading the author's words about the main character.What the fuck is wrong with the MC? Seriously, not wanting to visit a crippled person because you don't know her and don't really want to is one thing, but coming to her hospital ward to crack moronic jokes and treat everyone around you like trash is fucking vile.
The lack of compassion is one of the key symptoms of a person being a fucking psychopath. Am I actually supposed to sympathize with this loony bin assclown?
I didn't get it, man, how he avoids finding and paying for new music if that's what he exactly was doing after he was forced to remove some old songs from the game?[...] After reading the Patreon posts, Discord discussions, and some of the more "in the know" posts here on this forum, it appears more likely that he is doing it to avoid finding and paying for all new music.
Copyright is serious, even some songs that are free can not be used in games for adults.I didn't get it, man, how he avoids finding and paying for new music if that's what he exactly was doing after he was forced to remove some old songs from the game?
Nah, I meant that's exactly what Ocean has been doing lately. He was looking for a new songs for his games and negotiating licensing matters with the rights holders so that he could constantly use the purchased licensed songs in the game, and they could not say later - we refuse to renew the rights to use our songs for you, because your game has become too much adult for us.Copyright is serious, even some songs that are free can not be used in games for adults.
It's not only the bigger reach/net. If the game contains +18 content, Ocean could not access his own game from his german location 'cause of the stupid valve geoblock. Let's be honest to ourself, he want make money with his work - everyone will get paid for his work, anyone who tells something diffrent lies.That would be a false sense of a larger audience. A larger audience that can only view the first season, nothing beyond.
No, no warning or something similiar.Does anyone know if Ocean received a warning from the muscian's licensing company or Steam, or is he being preemptive because of what other devs have faced?
Actually this isn't exactly correct, he received a warning.No, no warning or something similiar.
I noticed the shitshow what happened to Drifty on his discord an redirected it instant through a DM on discord to Ocean. But Drifty was faster and informed Ocean the day before.
It was not only Drifty or Ocean that got screwd by Artlist (the license owner, and responsible for that clusterfuck), even Kent&Stoya from Chasing Sunsets where on the bucketlist of this assholes.
"So, I got a lovely E-Mail around a week ago, where I was informed that Elijah Fords Management has changed, and they advised him to pull out all the music from previous deals.
"But Ocean, didn't you make a contract?"
Yes, but I was/am a poor bitch and couldn't afford to make a big one-time payment for each song, and instead paid them a monthly fee...