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well different tastes etc and stars here don't matter to devs anything.Why does the game only have 3.5 stars compared to the previous game where everyone loved it and it got a 4.5 lol
well different tastes etc and stars here don't matter to devs anything.Why does the game only have 3.5 stars compared to the previous game where everyone loved it and it got a 4.5 lol
well - we don't give a fuck about number of stars at all in general.....Why does the game only have 3.5 stars compared to the previous game where everyone loved it and it got a 4.5 lol
Playing SL feels like buying a bottle of Listerine.... shoving it up the butt and doing a handstand...SL is the worst of all 3 games. I don't say that SL is bad at all, but still to be fair the other 2 games
Beyond what you say, which are technical aspects that dented the production and therefore the final quality, on a personal level as a story and as a game itself, why do you find SL worse than Melody and DMD?well - we don't give a fuck about number of stars at all in general.....
BUT:
Even we (Dots creator team) agree that SL is the worst of all 3 games. I don't say that SL is bad at all, but still to be fair the other 2 games are definitively better. So it's more than fair that SL has lower ratings then Melody or DMD.
I already said in a previous post that a 1 star rating isn't right, same as a 5 star rating wouldn't be fair.
I could elaborate why SL is worse than the other 2, and tell the reason for that, but that's internal and even though no excuse - so i refrain from doing that.
Just say because we restructured the workflow and changed the way we develop the story and scenes, we are pretty sure, the next game will be much better again - and if people do ratings based on the new experience and NOT being biased early just because of SL or anything from the past, i am sure the ratings will show that. The first changes can already be seen in SL (the scenes with shortcake near end of the story) which were already build by the new "style". But visuals are just one of the points we gonna change - that's a promise.
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Maybe i can tell one of the main changes related to workflow though:
For the past 7 years, we always aimed for a monthly update and set a deadline very early. We managed to hold nearly every deadline and only missed 3 within the whole 7 years - 1 of them due to technical issues - 1 of them (the last one of SL) we delayed to move to x-mas as one of the reason - and 1 of them we had to delay because we wanted to add one scene and didn't manage to get it done in time. All other releases were on point.
No other developer team has been that reliable - and we know, people honor our reliability.
But things have changed. Animations are expected to be much more detailed, longer and look more realistic. The render quality improved because of new engines and assets, but they need more render time. There are more girls demanded which ends in more pathing (SL had more datable girls than Melody and DMD together) - and much more.
This deadlines and grown dev time and all lead to more "rushed" updates, also sometimes we had to take scenes out just to be done in time for deadline.
But we decided that can't be the way to go anymore - we need to focus back on quality - so we get rid of deadlines like we used to set. The future updates will be out when done, and most likely that will not be on monthly base anymore because of the bigger workload. We still try to get updates out as soon as possible, but we feel the urge to do the updates again exactly like we want them to be instead of "rushed" versions for the deadline.
In short: expect the new game in a 2 monthly update cycle (maybe few less or even more).
it's hard to put it all together - there are many details.Beyond what you say, which are technical aspects that dented the production and therefore the final quality, on a personal level as a story and as a game itself, why do you find SL worse than Melody and DMD?
I always find it important to highlight intellectual honesty, for me it is a rare attribute and I wanted to congratulate you for it.
if you mean older sis and vicky then don't remember players yelling ntr on dmd when dee was having sex with elena before dee's daddy found out.So iv read some of the comments, and I don't really get what the devs expected... You write her as dissatisfied and throw in NTR vibes, then wonder why a vanilla community gets upset????
NOTE: If you also have the Sis path ON, then there will be a bonus montage
threesome scene featuring, the MC, Victoria and your Sis during this ending.
basically what i said already here: https://f95zone.to/threads/sunshine-love-ch-3-v1-01i-extras-mrdots-games.49330/post-12745648I think this game is rated worse than Melody (despite Melody, DmD and this basically having the same level of writing more or less) is because by his third game which is this people are starting to see Mrdots is not a good writer and always writes bland, stuttering or bafoon protagonists.
Another problem of his writing is his tendency to write every thought that comes into any characters mind. All of his 3 games have bad writing with boring Protagonists who speak a lot yet say very little, with the biggest saving grace of the games is the renders of the girls.
yes there is and you should get enuf vic and sis points to do that path but there's 3 options and easiest of those is to use sancho mod to see all endings (A LOT of those).According to the official walkthrough, there's a hidden bonus scene in the Victoria ending:
According to the official walkthrough, there's a hidden bonus scene in the Victoria ending
And not to forget that the requirements for the endings were adjusted/lowered. If you have the newest version of the game (1.01), you should be fine.yes there is and you should get enuf vic and sis points to do that path but there's 3 options and easiest of those is to use sancho mod to see all endings (A LOT of those).
yes there is and you should get enuf vic and sis points to do that path but there's 3 options and easiest of those is to use sancho mod to see all endings (A LOT of those).
Thanks. I do actually have the 1.01 version, but I was planning out another playthrough to check off some paths/endings I'm still missing, based on the walkthrough. So I assumed the numbers in there were still accurate and wondered how it could work out.And not to forget that the requirements for the endings were adjusted/lowered. If you have the newest version of the game (1.01), you should be fine.
If you downloaded the game early (around x-mas), then you still might have version 1.0 - if that's the case, i advice to re-download.
well like said, easiest is to install sancho mod and then sancho gallery and play each ending 1 after 1 after 1 after zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Thanks. I do actually have the 1.01 version, but I was planning out another playthrough to check off some paths/endings I'm still missing, based on the walkthrough. So I assumed the numbers in there were still accurate and wondered how it could work out.
easy way: start chapter 3 NEW and don't load a savegame - input 350 as value for every girl once you are asked for input - and have enough points for all combinations you want to see. Use tablet character menu to toggle paths to your likings/needs.Thanks. I do actually have the 1.01 version, but I was planning out another playthrough to check off some paths/endings I'm still missing, based on the walkthrough. So I assumed the numbers in there were still accurate and wondered how it could work out.
you wouldn't believe it how many references we put into our games which weren't noticed at all.Devs thought we wouldn't notice the Saul Goodman joke at the end if Nicole's dialogue.