SL It's a much better game, but much better. It does not have those infinite and often empty dialogues that only artificially lengthened conversations. I mean yes, SL also has a lot of text but not so much.
Exactly. Just compare any scene between the two games, and it is obvious that the dialog of SL is light years ahead of DmD. Congrats to Mr. Dots for getting good writers as he has gotten more experience. DmD was one of the earlier games here, and got a lot of much deserved praise for being better than many of the alternatives at the time (Big Brother, A Wife and Mother, etc), but after the first chapter, the story got pretty repetitive. Melody also had this problem, though the dialog was better. Honestly, except for the few times that D talks about her relationship with her mother, I don't think she ever says anything interesting. She just agrees with the MC on everything he says, especially after the first chapter. And D never really developed any personality as the story went on.
Let's do a little thought experiment. Take D and drop her by herself in a new city where she doesn't know anybody. What would she do? Who knows. She would be hopeless. D depends on other people for everything. She even needs someone to tell her when to eat dinner each night. Sister on SL would have no problem going anywhere new. She would find a way to support herself on her own.
Sister on SL has loads more personality than D ever did. Maybe it isn't everyone's preference, but I will take an imdependent opinionated character with their own interests and a distinct personality toward a empty vessel like D, any day.
I don't want to give the impression that DmD isn't a good game. Despite its flaws it is fun to play, and the first chapter is quite good. The other characters in DmD have more personality, so it isn't all empty. Elena is probably one of the great sidekicks from any game. And to be fair to Mr. Dots, as a first game for him the quality is much, much higher than the majority of the games here.
But at the end of the day, SL is a more in depth game with better written characters and better dialog, and I have a lot more interest in seeing where SL is going than what is going on in DmD these days. I think Mr. Dot's team should get a lot of credit for taking what everyone liked about his two previous games, and using those elements to continually improve with each game he makes.
