VN Ren'Py Summer's Gone [S1 Steam + DLC] [Oceanlab]

[mostwanted8]

Yeah, I am not so sure when I look at the college interactions on the first day. He would've met Jeff and co in the auditorium, but there would be no Nami there advocating for him (especially re: basketball) in front of the others, providing a crutch, and helping him avoid a panic attack by her mere presence. I doubt Nika would've joined the posse on the sports field without Nami being there. As it was, Nika bailed on new people whenever he could on that first day and I think he would have left the college the moment he found out attendance wasn't compulsory during the tour, without really spending time interacting with anyone else.

Those interactions with others on the first day gave Nika a very small group of people (besides Nami) that could more easily interact with on subsequent days. And he didn't just fall back into his old antisocial High School behavior.

I'm out of reaction but nice observations
The first day would look interesting without Nami. Let's try to enact it.

Nika gets to ZPR on his own. He'd have no excuse to talk to Bella (she wouldn't prank Nami).
He'd go straight to the basketball tryouts flyers where he'd meet Trey. This bit of dialogue makes Nika look interested already in joining the team.

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He meets Mila after that. It's bound to happen as she comes say hi to Trey.

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From there he'd go to the auditorium and meet Jeff, who asks him a question.

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Nami butts in now in the original game.

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But Nami isn't present in our scenario. Nika would say no to Jeff and Jeff would still invite him to the gym cause he's an expansive guy.

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It's announced that orientation isn't mandatory.

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I'm an optimist and think Nika would stay with the group a little longer, but worst case scenario let's say he leaves.
Jeff would talk about the basketball team at the gym and spark Nika's interest.
Furthermore, Nika would spend time at ZPR with him and Trey and get more inspired by them to join the tryouts.
Nika would get acquainted with all the girls in the meantime with slight variations from the original game.
SG would be worse but it could work without Nami.

 

[Raynare69]

On my current replay through I've tried to pay more attention to some chats, unsaid things, background characters, even clothing and accessories. One of the things I've noticed and wondered about are why Miru / Ayua use a shoelace tied like this as a necklace.



I've always assumed that Ayua was related to Miru and possibly even Miru's daughter. I've always thought Miru was either her mother or her aunt, but I guess I'll just have to wait for full confirmation someday
She has a low alcohol tolerance like her as well, which she herself says:


Forgive me if I'm remembering wrong but I think she or someone mentioned she was of the Maeda household at some point, but I can't remember where I thought that was said in SG... Either way, I wonder if this is some kind of family tradition, a shoelace for a necklace definitely feels pretty unique!

Edit: I wonder if they have some kind of family tradition where they pass it down once their children beat them in combat or make a new one for them to wear? That would be interesting, a trophy of sorts within the family/clan.


Edit: I guess instead of making another post I'll add to this, also Magrid uses the same earrings as Nia. Not sure how much to read into this one though. She did mention how her family only tried to contact her again when they found she was making a lot of money from her cam shows. Magrid seemed to be either working at or owned a small store and she didn't particularly seem affluent at all. Very likely related or even her mother, at least at this point, that's my best guess.



And while I'm at it, I might as well through out the obvious Daphne/Kelly though crosses seem like they might be common so I might be reading too much into that, too (or just simply given to all members of the church). I suppose at one point Katie also had similar cross earrings too, exact same length, just a different color than Daphne/Kelly. Probably reading into some of these too much...

 

[mostwanted8]

If you sit with Sasha at the bookclub, you got an insight into her mind for the first time as she explained what she felt the book meant metaphorically, to her. I liked that part because, though brief, it was the first time we got to know her a little better. Up until then she was always just quietly watching and staring at Nika without much direct interaction (besides the forced stretch pairing)

Edit: I don't know how you all interpreted what she said, or how it was meant to be taken by Ocean, but to me it felt like part of her feels like a prisoner trapped in the social construct she was born into and part of her wants to break free from it)

At least to me it feels clear that she doesn't like being watched or guarded all of the time, but we've only scratched the surface and know so little about her (except that she carries around medication often used for PTSD/OCD/depression among some other things)

Sasha is my girl (despite what some people say cause I've been defending Bella lately *COFF COFF*) so I replayed that part after a long time to get back to you.

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[Raynare69]

This might be foreshadowing for Nika and Sasha's future relationship and the hardship they'll face.

I felt the same, that this is probably a very light / semi-obvious foreshadowing. It feels like her words could be taken to represent Nika's situation possibly with any LI really, not just future possibilities with Sasha. It feels like he's like Aladdin trying to get with Princess Jasmine when it comes to most of the LIs, they come from completely different worlds / upbringings / social groups.

 

[jimtra]

How can this labeled as porn? I thought porn had to have sex in it, this is R rated

 

[Trojaner]

How can this labeled as porn? I thought porn had to have sex in it, this is R rated

 

[Dessolos]

How can this labeled as porn? I thought porn had to have sex in it, this is R rated

I mean you can say that about a number of other AVN's as well... but AVN does not mean porn it's just the most common theme. Even with some the lewds taken out in the rework there is still nudity more than something like witcher. So yeah the Adult in the A still applies to this game.

Frankly with the story so far it would be weird if he did have sex right now unless Ocean did yet another rework and changed the story so his dick starts to work earlier and that would feel very rushed. Sure Nami could make sense since if I recall correctly he can get hard for Nami ( someone correct me if im wrong). Honestly even if Nika had sex with both Nami and Bella I still wouldn't count it as porn. Maybe it's just me but I find it hard to consider an AVN a porn AVN unless the lewds is main focus of the game which this is not. It's all about the characters and what little bit of story there is. So until Nika starts to have sex sex like crazy more than character or story development I personally cannot consider this an porno AVN. Maybe that's just me but that's how I see things.

 

[Mr_Mister]

Let's play a game. Every time someone comes into a thread and complains about the lack of sex scenes and porn, you drink.

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and let's play a game about every time someone comes into a thread and complains about the people complaining about the lack of sex scenes and porn , you drink too.

 

[Ayhsel]

How can this labeled as porn? I thought porn had to have sex in it, this is R rated

I am tired... I am soo tired... is there really no end to this?

 

[Ayhsel]

and let's play a game about every time someone comes into a thread and complains about the people complaining about the lack of sex scenes and porn , you drink too.

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you know you could repeat that ad infinitum...

we are all just going to die from too much alcohol one way or another.

 

[Raynare69]

you know you could repeat that ad infinitum...

we are all just going to die from too much alcohol one way or another.

I think I've already died of alcohol poisoning several times over just from going back a few pages

 

[mostwanted8]

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I am tired... I am soo tired... is there really no end to this?

Not for a long time, Lord Ayhsel. All you can do is ignore left and right like I’ve been doing all day today and yesterday and the day before.

 

[Raynare69]

DnD is the worst, I skipped through that shit. The Nadia thing in the gym, pure stupid.

Although I feel it would be kind of neat to continue it in future seasons, say once per season, as an optional thing if you are interested in building a relationship further with the members of that group, I fully agree that this was the least enjoyable part of the game. It felt to me like it really broke the pace of the story.

I personally did find a few parts somewhat interesting on its own and would still check them out, say on repeat playthroughs, but it's not interesting enough for me to care to break away from the story pace, and I honestly don't find any of those characters interesting except Nancy as a wildcard interest (we'll see how her farm party goes and how crazy it gets haha).

tldr; yeah the tabletop game event to me is probably the worst part of Summer's Gone (so far).

 

[undyingrevenant]

and let's play a game about every time someone comes into a thread and complains about the people complaining about the lack of sex scenes and porn , you drink too.

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I dunno bro, I think people should be allowed to voice their opinions. To me "um accascuse me, that was asked on page 12 etc already lol *emoji* shut up" type replies over and over are infinitely more annoying. 5 years of dev time on, obv people who care enough to find this forum will repeat points when they exist.

When the female characters are all hyper sexualized, and are put in sexual situations, people are going to ask it. "OMG shut up" is still clogging up discussion, it just also makes people look like pricks.

Preview screenshots, promotional materials, majority of it has tna, then people spend 15 hours on the game and not only don't get it, but prior content is removed.

I think referencing any other property is blasphemy here, so in general terms imo if ocean or his fans wanted to avoid "where sex", and its going to be story over sex, the characters should have been made semi realistic body and clothing wise, and it shouldnt have half the promo screenshots be ass. You can't sell a game up front on sex, and then be upset people ask where's the sex. When half the characters up front look like porn game characters instead of just hot girls, I mean c'mon. You can know it's a slow burn but also think it's kind of dumb, you don't have to take a hard stance or act like a schoolyard bully.

This is also the only real forum for quite a few adult games for people to have any chance of voicing complaints without being banned (usually) or dogpiled as heathens, so if not here, then where? I mean I don't mean to be rude, I like it here and there's cool dudes, but if you're not allowed to voice petty complaints you ought as well just join the discord or whatever, never voice dissent or say basically anything, consume content and wait for next content instead of defending the dev and hating criticism, on a piracy site (?)

 

[hermit_tr]

The fakest pair in all of Wollust, you mean

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If you're into silicone I guess

Protests from Vic supporters




Don't be jealous because your favorite girl didn't win the lottery hehehe.

JK

 

[zvingo]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

 

[hermit_tr]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

I don't know, because I haven't played it.
Are you using a mod? Maybe there is an incompatibility with the mod you are using.
or try this compressed version

 

[Raynare69]

From chapter 1 to chapter 3 half of the images are not found! I'm playing the last update (2024-05-13) and restarded a new game. Did someone get the same problem guys ??

Try re-downloading then unzipping the new download again.
I just did a fresh new playthrough and had no problems (not using any mods but I am using the old walkthrough, even though it was for Beta version it still works and almost everything is still there, so use that as a guide instead of any walkthrough mods if you are using them)

 

[mostwanted8]

I felt the same, that this is probably a very light / semi-obvious foreshadowing. It feels like her words could be taken to represent Nika's situation possibly with any LI really, not just future possibilities with Sasha. It feels like he's like Aladdin trying to get with Princess Jasmine when it comes to most of the LIs, they come from completely different worlds / upbringings / social groups.

It’s different with Sasha. Say Amber and Nick, they’re open minded people, they don’t care that Nika comes from an ordinary family. We haven’t met Sasha’s family but they give the opposite impression, she has a bodyguard and admits to feeling oppressed. I assume a similar dynamic as with Summer’s parents will develope with Sasha’s family, where they’ll disapprove of Nika and make it harder for the two of them to be together.
It was mentioned a couple days back that Sasha might move far away in the future. Maybe cause her parents don’t want her to associate with Nika anymore and use that ploy to keep them apart.
But love will find a way for me to reunite with her

Protests from Vic supporters

Outta reactions Thank god Sasha’s boobs don’t look nothing like Vic’s, more like Vic lost the lottery

 

[Raynare69]

It’s different with Sasha. Say Amber and Nick, they’re open minded people, they don’t care that Nika comes from an ordinary family. We haven’t met Sasha’s family but they give the opposite impression, she has a bodyguard and admits to feeling oppressed. I assume a similar dynamic as with Summer’s parents will develope with Sasha’s family, where they’ll disapprove of Nika and make it harder for the two of them to be together.
It was mentioned a couple days back that Sasha might move far away in the future. Maybe cause her parents don’t want her to associate with Nika anymore and use that ploy to keep them apart.
But love will find a way for me to reunite with her

Yeah I feel you. I didn't mean to say everyone's situations were exactly the same, Sasha's is to a more severe degree and she's basically treated and guarded like royalty.
What I meant to point out mostly was that most the (rich) LIs make it feel like Aladdin / Jasmine haha... Street rat and princess, some more so than others.

But you're right, some are more accepting. As a Bella fan, I'm happy with progress so far, but I feel the hard part hasn't even begun yet.