Ren'Py Summertime Saga [v21.0.0 wip.5091] [Kompas Productions]

[Senigata]

Not even close to the same thing

How is a 'review war' in any shape or form more mature?

 

[sonofthedeepsouth]

Anihilate Patreon for forcing people to download "unnoficial" patches to get the real character relations. And anihilate DC for stopping updating those same patches.

Also the android software update that made patching game on root folders more annoying!

 

[YeOldeWanker]

Idk about others, but my review said the game has been in development for 8 years, and now had barely any content, so I was recommending not to play it. Mod tanked it, without citing any rule I had broken.

I do think that talking about the dev's poor behavior should have it's place in a review tho, but that's just me.

The review rules are pretty strict. You can absolutely get away with whatever rating you want as long as your overwhelming focus is on the game itself. You can always mention the development in a sentence or two that fits in with your review. The best way to do it is to mention the version you’re reviewing and then take it from there.

The mods will remove anything they see as review bombing whenever a new update hits, especially a major game where defenders start reporting said reviews. I’ll give you two examples.

A: Dc removed most of the game and made almost nothing in two years of development. Fucking scam artist, has made an “update” that’s more like a dog shit down grade. - 1 star.

B: Current version. The recent partial update has left this game in a mess, unfinished new art, missing audio and ofc the majority of the old game missing makes for a pretty bad experience. Replaying old content over and ago isn’t exactly entertaining an I’m also not fond of the new pieces of writing. - In addition the development cycle seems to be in a quagmire which is imo evident in the downgrade of content and the extremely long periods of time in between updates. The current state of this game/ latest update plus the dev cycle context doesn’t inspire confidence, which means I can’t recommend the game in this state. I would hold off on giving this a go at a later state when the game is hopefully more complete. - 1 star.

Now you can write B with a lot less words than that, but the pedantic point is obvious. Keeping the focus on the actual latest version of the game makes it more likely to stay. Anyone can read plenty about the criticism of DC and the development in more details itt. After a few pages new players can see the discontent and draw their own conclusion.

 

[LonerPrime]

So... I had been keeping this one shelved for two years and some months now, and then I spied this game popping up on "Latest Updates". A bit excited I decided to pop in here while the game downloads... only to watch the thread going:



Is it that bad, gamers?

 

[CreativeCritic2]

Genuine Question: Has there *ever* been a game where the Dev has gone 'fuck it... full technical reboot' and it hasn't ended badly?

People who do this never get round to re-constituting the later material they ditched, they just wind up re-working the introduction over and over again, pushing out fewer and fewer updates until they eventually give up.

 

[Strelok00]

Genuine Question: Has there *ever* been a game where the Dev has gone 'fuck it... full technical reboot' and it hasn't ended badly?

People who do this never get round to re-constituting the later material they ditched, they just wind up re-working the introduction over and over again, pushing out fewer and fewer updates until they eventually give up.

A "tech reboot" on a "Ren'Py Visual novel" not even changing the engine but just rewriting some code.
Just let that sink in how ridiculous it sounds.

 

[TendreConnard]

What are the new features given by this "tech update" ?

 

[Cesco]

Patiently waiting for the ipatch for this new version, cause boy, dialogue like this is tooo funny

 

[Ragnar_Rykkel]

This game, and Bone Tales games, are like the biggest milkers I know of on this site, might be others, but can't remember them

 

[sonofthedeepsouth]

Patiently waiting for the ipatch for this new version, cause boy, dialogue like this is tooo funny
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Visa must burn to the ground Patreon too for its cowardness.

 

[GeorgeMarty]

I still believe in the game and am glad it hasn't been abandoned. It's weird to have nostalgia already, though, right?

 

[Resourn]

Yooo wtf literally after 2-3 years I guess they decided to update the game

 

[Adoringfan]

The nonconsensual sleep sex scene was removed/altered back in v0.15 because of Patreon's rules, at the same time that the household was no longer family.

I haven't played it for a few updates, so it's been several years.

 

[LooLoo Baloo]

I know that eventually it'll apparently be better than the original version, but this is such a basic version of the game. I really don't see what they worked on for 2 years except ruin what was already there.

 

[TheZara99]

Very organic reviews. Remember, DC doesn't care about this place.

they almost lost 2k paid members..
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That always happens on the first of the month. Do your research before you make wild ass claims that hold no water.
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On the first of May, They had 25,859 paid members.
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On the first of June, you are showing they have 29,974 paid members.
Do the math.


It will probably never be finished. People should get used to that concept. It's been known for 7 years that it will probably never finish, in DC's own words.

If you all could please lower these numbers that would be great:

85,874 - Total members
28,662 - Paid member

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Another 1000 lost in another 12 hours.
Bahahahahahahaha

I will never ever do this again (reading a whole bunch of threads), I don't play these games anymore but Summertime Saga was very popular for a good reason back then when I joined F95. I recalled visiting this thread a week or two ago mentioning there would be a partial tech update and figured to check it out by coming here. The amount of pages I went through to read this thread and to actually comment for the first time on this account. Figured I'd attach the screenshot below for those wanting to keep track but ultimately I think I will delete my account and all forget about the game. If anyone wants to enjoy or experience the game the last update before this is the best one to date. If anything it's best to just lurk at this forum and DC Patreon every other month to see if there is any actual repercussions which extremely unlikely. Anyways I'm rambling and just frustrated at myself for reading the threads for no reason (well actually some of the posts were informative and the memes you guys sure do know how to make folks laugh).

 

[The Black Cat]

New technologies at the service of the regular creativity of Darkcookie and the game Summertime Saga will always be a positive factor in the general and final work/product.

Fans can enjoy true works of art like this. The new amazing world in front of us. We are living in amazing times.

JUDITH, by Kuplenov.





Regards.

 

[DevilGizmo]

no sound?

 

[Fayrus]

They'll get deleted anyways... But the 5 star reviews that say "best game, gooned for 54 hours came 142 times!" can stay :')

This! so friking true!

 

[Airforce450]

I mean my overall opinion about the situation. He should of finished the game first, then he could do all this Tech Update stuff.

 

[Fayrus]

not sure if it has been mentioned, the shower scene with debbie is not working, 1st look says image not found, then 2nd look, you get to see debbie in a hot scene, but you cannot get into shower.

Your IQ is too low, like the smart ppl said, the funny images will come in two month, but just a couple, like 0.05% of the original content. So yeah, you silly goose, go back to school and study a lot. He never liad, it is all already been said.