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Don Sucio
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That's right... it's very hard for a girl like Nami to do all those things and still be free... but maybe she blackmails Summer into leaving, but this doesn't explain Nika's injuries, I'm very interested to know the truth about all this.
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About this, Nami could bring out her darker side again if Nika start dating Bella, Nami would has a rival again... this could be dangerous. It would be interesting to see a fight between Nami and Bella, both of them are conflictive
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We (and all scientist) could finally find out what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object...
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Personally, I find that the earlier versions without the reworks were the better ones. Anything you can find from chapters 1 and 2 should be great. From chapter 3 onwards it started going downhill for me. That said, taking into account you have less content in the earlier versions, the best of all worlds in my opinion would be chapter 4.5 (not the full version, the previous one) with original music and animations (like Nami's attempt to punch Bella) all restored.
Chapter 4.5 Full and all the changes that the rework introduced knocked SG out of my top 10 for now. A mighty fall from a game that was my #1 for almost 2 years...
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We can agree to disagree.
That's subjective, very subjective. Having more recent models/assets doesn't mean 'better' by any stretch of the imagination. Nicer isn't always better. Let's look at a title like "Now and Then" for example, some of crappiest assets were used, but the story is brilliantly written.
Story had zero issues before being rewritten (again this is a very subjective take on it, as literary appreciation is unique to each reader/player). I followed it just fine. In fact I relished it's initial complexity and darkness. Dumbing it down, once again, does not mean better.
And let me be clear, I'm by no means trying to take a dump on Ocean here. I know he's a competent creator. I know how complex a VN can get in it's story planning stages and how tedious playing with Blender can be. Ocean is not an idiot which begs my next 2 questions. Why even get hung up on forcing yourself to redo so many characters after they'd had already been established? Why the fuck would you paint yourself into a corner inside a round room, Ocean?
Meh, perhaps I'm not expressing myself properly, but either way, this has already been discussed to hell and back.
So, I'll go grab me some Tylenol and coffee, and try to wake up. Hangovers never agreed with me either....
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Agree. Good renders are not equal good story.
But you mentioned Now and Then and bad assets. I disagree. N&T was made with Honey Select, not DAZ. Autor of N&T was trimmed for speed, not pretty renders. He made 20-30 new minutes of gameplay per month and you could set a clock how exact he was. Today you can't find a game with so much content per month. (I speak about visual novels, not sandbox, in VN you have to make every new scene, sandbox is usually just grind between few scenes, you get longer play, but without any real progress in game) And his renders are good for HS. Sound could be called weakness, But HS is in my eyes a good choice. It's a completely different style, HS is like manga, DAZ has more real characters, but I like both styles.
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I can't disagree on that.
HS certainly has it's place. And that style of renders was a perfect fit for that VN. N&T wasn't meant to be 'pretty' anyhow given the darkness of the story being told. It kinda made Walking dead look childish in comparison. So HS assets was a perfect fit.
Not only that, you can also tell that creator has some form of artistic background just by how some scenes were framed and presented. A LOT of creativity went into that VN.
But I digress.
Back on topic.
I really want SG to be a great story and adventure. I got attached to many of the earlier characters before they got turned into a cartoon-ish result with the girls and the stupid 100, 8, 100 body dimensions. What's next? giving the MC a 16 inch long dick with a 9 inch girth and a bulge like he's walking around with one of the twin towers in his pants? I'm just so sick of seeing such a stupid style be overused by every other fucking VN, who the fuck is deranged enough to even find that appealing? So I'm hoping the story turns out to be fucking spectacular.
Yeah. And this also could happen with others LIs too. I don't see Nami dong well with the older ladies or having conflicting thoughts with someone she likes, like Vic, when her jealousy starts to bare its teeth. I think in the end, I see Nami as more possessive character who will have degrees of problems with any LI that isn't her.
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While I like Ocean's work and I love SG and some of the new things/changes/reworks of the early renders, there's also things I didn't like. Gotta agree with funkymonkeyjedi just partially: I have said I prefer how Mila looked before. Her body and face, just as Nami's, were visibly different from others. In the rework her facial expressions look top notch, but her face changed, and at first it was hard for me not to notice how her breasts looked now huge, but also her legs, ass and shoulders looked fuller.
The cinematic with Nika's fight, as well as the intro, were amazing. I'd say before I understand why OCean removed them (because of the music licensing issue), but it's a shame to see them gone. I also liked the change made to Bella's behavior, but I can understand why others don't like her. For me it just feels like Ocean decided to be more descriptive about what goes through her mind and humanized her in a more evident way, but to others she's just a completely different person.
I do think, however, the changes were necessary. Ocean is trying to offer a VN unique in its genre (An adult visual novel that happens to have 'adult scenes', not only a mindless fuckfest) and he managed to get it on steam. It makes sense that when taking such an important, step, he wanted to make sure the quality of both earlier and latest renders matched perfectly.
The cinematic with Nika's fight, as well as the intro, were amazing. I'd say before I understand why OCean removed them (because of the music licensing issue), but it's a shame to see them gone. I also liked the change made to Bella's behavior, but I can understand why others don't like her. For me it just feels like Ocean decided to be more descriptive about what goes through her mind and humanized her in a more evident way, but to others she's just a completely different person.
I do think, however, the changes were necessary. Ocean is trying to offer a VN unique in its genre (An adult visual novel that happens to have 'adult scenes', not only a mindless fuckfest) and he managed to get it on steam. It makes sense that when taking such an important, step, he wanted to make sure the quality of both earlier and latest renders matched perfectly.
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Ha ha. The worst thing that too many developers do today is: dick... OMG:.. WTF?! Is that a dick or a third leg grow on the false place and point in wrong direction?
Tits: Very front-heavy models who need weights on their backs to not fall on their nose.
I'm glad we have here not only front-heavy models, but most of them are. Second thing: if so many pretty faces are on one place it's probably Miss World pageant...
But i like both Ocean's games.
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The exact reason why I'm so much interested in Bella/Nami path... Ocean said it's possible (NO backsies now, Ocean... please...) One is possesive, one is crazy... Popcorn battle...
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Strangely, as much as I agree with you, I'm somehow more intrigued with how Victoria will turn out. Her and that other girl who does cam shows (I'm fucking horrible with names, I can't remember hers now for some reason). But yeah, As much as I can't wait to see how Bella & Nami pan-out (hopefully they will remain as interesting as before), but I'm more interested in the 2 aforementioned (Vic and aaaarg still drawing a blank on the other girl).
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If we all wanted the same story (and girls), Ocean could comfortable make a kinetic novel with far less (hot) characters... But we're not all the same, and I'm glad we're not.
I like other girls too, and MILF's too. I'm glad we have so many good ones.
The only thing that is concerning is: too many paths=too much time between updates and uncertain end. We're speaking about decades. I don't think in a decade VN will look like this anymore.
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Nami has a split personality, we'll call her "Iman," and her jealousy caused her violent killer self to emerge and murder Summer. She's also responsible for every other tragedy to strike the MC, including their parents' death. Take that, Hitchcock!
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And we even put in a whitespace sometimes to prove that "I man" was supposed to be the secret trans person that was mentioned in earlier versions of the game. Sadly, this arc seems to have been erased from the story, so the whitespace is no longer needed.
Guys can someone guide me for what Ocean uses for rendering? It`s different and I saw this style in 2 other games. Is he using Blender instead of Daz? Or is it about assets? This style is kinda unique from its rivals. Thank you.
Ocean uses DAZ and Blender for his images, with a hearty seasoning of modified DAZ characters. While you can recognise most base DAZ characters used, they are modified and reworked to a high degree. in addition, Ocean takes the time to work on the background of a pic as well. e.g. we can see people moving, tallking in a bar or the customers at a petrol station are not static, but there is some coming and going.