Sancho1969

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Oh yeah sure, I'm not even using it. Just certain things seemed weird and then I noticed all the missing interactions. I hope Ocean is not operating under the assumption that he's done reworking the earlier chapters because as I've mentioned in my previous post there are a bunch of continuity errors and missing scenes.
This is just the beginning. Since he has decided to alter LI relp and MC traits, basically all the original chapter will now have to be "re-worked". Honestly, it's a mess and a time drag tbh... at some point one must commit and make current/future chapters/episodes to meet the "new" project vision. But, that's all my opinion only and doesn't change nor matter at the end of the day... it is what it is.
 

PaxHadrian17

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wtf... I thought he'd stop the remakes at ch 3, but he's also doing 3.5? I hope to god by the time ch 6 comes out he wont be remaking ch 4
Ocean will finish the rework of CH 2 after CH 5 Beta.

The last estimate he gave us is that he is 60 - 65 % into the rework of CH 2 (all of which we just got access to with the CH 4.5 Full release).

The redo of CH 2 also added/enhanced the Sasha route and increased immersion by a major amount (as in 100's of additional renders and more story than the original CH 2, and when the CH 2 rework is complete, it will be Much larger than it was originally).

He had to redo parts of CH 3 and CH 3.5 due to render changes or music licensing issues - and this is all in preparation for a Steam release.

I made a post earlier today showing everything Ocean did for both CH 4.5 Beta and CH 4.5 Full, but here it is again:

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Thank you my brother. Kind regards.
If you have time can you ping me if when you find out how you get the Nami version of this scene
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, I can't seem to get no matter what choices, so wondering if bug, or some other issue, since I unzipped in the old beta folder and just replaced.

Also minor bug for Ocean, but I'm sure it has already been pointed out, Mila is talking instead of Nojiko in this scene:
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Just a few notes from re-playing the game from beginning through the end of the Ch 2 re-work -

* Glad the choices related to Mila when working out with Jeff are adjusted - I never thought they made a lot of sense before the re-work. That section now flows much more smoothly.
* I have overwhelmingly positive reactions to many of the renders that added context to the world and scenes with so many extra characters being worked into scenes, showing them from different angles, etc. Adds a lot of immersion and realism. Wish more devs did this, but I think a lot of times it's due to lack of rendering horsepower making it tough to set up the scenes and then render them with a lot of characters in a scene.
* Had me rolling on the floor with the scene with the prefect, that was hilarious. Reminded me of the sandwich stealing scene.
* Bella & Mila both looked really good in this re-worked section. Bella was sexy af in that blue outfit and loved Mila's belly ring (don't remember if she had one before or not).
* Classroom setting was significantly improved; again having more characters there made it seem a heckuva lot more realistic.

Some people already covered some of the bugs earlier in the the thread, but a couple additional things I noted that could be improved -

* Is it just me or are Victoria's eyelashes about a mile too long in that scene where the MC visits her at her house for the first time with Maja?
* I don't want to belabor this point as I know it's been mentioned before, and I only bring it up because I want the game to be successful, particularly on Steam: I would strongly recommend re-writing that opening bit with the Marla / Victoria crash incident. The way it's written right now is just so...jarring...that I could easily see a number of new players to the game just uninstalling immediately and refunding the game on Steam when they get to the "shoot her" choice because it's just...weird. While we know the MC is a dude going through depression & emotional problems, I think that scene makes the MC come off as too much of a psychopath - I think that scene would be better suited if the player can tell that he is emotionally indifferent to the goings on but not going so far as to have him be visibly thinking about Victoria being better off dying and having the option (we know it doesn't actually happen) of shooting Marla in the situation.

This was overall great work; Ocean did an awesome job with the Ch2 re-work so far, and I am looking forward to the next update.
 
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