Okay, so for starters, loving that this actually runs now. Granted, it's on the lowest setting still, but I've had two computers chug when playing the original (and my newer, 50 times more powerful than the last cos the last was 14 years old one froze constantly), so having this run smoothly is a big step up. The controls are better but, christ, that stripclub scene is slow as dicks, no pun intended. Really needs a jog rather than a slow strut. And while I liked the interactable objects, like the sofa or pole, they seem somewhat pointless and hard to know what it is as they're trigger box is huge (try left click the statue next to the bar. You'll snap onto the sofa).
As for the main gameplay, the slide mechanic is nice but I don't know if the hitbox still gets you stripped/buggered, pretty sure I used it and still lost a t-shirt. But overall, the controls feel a lot better. Plus, I like that there's more animation to the character, like the guy who saves you on the roof. You actually see him get taken down and fucked (though it's still pretty rough, given they'll fondle at him for a few seconds before he's actually taken down). Haven't checked out the sex scenes yet, sadly the game shut when I finished both levels (by "two levels" they mean "Prologue" and "The Streets". They were classed as two levels in the original), so I'll need to get back to that, but so far things look promising. And I'm pretty sure you can grapple ledges now, which is a BIG help given I was always a few inches short of landing a jump. Oh, and no stunlock when you're stripped. That can be a blessing and curse (no feedback but also no getting locked in place, cos the original had no real I-frames).
I know people are being harsh on this, but there's already signs of improvement over the previous game, if also a few signs of "new mechanic-itis" (the act of adding new things which don't work well). There's promise here, signs that Kemonokun has understood the problems with the previous one. And while the graphics are still an issue for me, I like how less plastic-y they look, even if it is more celshaded. Gonna give it a few updates and check it out again, could turn out better than the last one.
Edit: So, interesting little thing, I discovered three little easter eggs. Hitting ; activates free cam. This allowed me to do some snooping. For starters, all the horny night stalkers grunt and moan when you get close, an easily missed detail. But the easter eggs? Firstly, in the hole you jump over, you can fight three Kobolds, two 69ing while one jerks off watching. The second is in the "blowjob silhouette". If you zip the camera over to the alley, you'll find it's actually the main character blowing his boss. Besides them is what I assume to be their spawn marker, a box with two foxes fucking on it. And in the prologue, the club itself, you can find a body with a camera on it in your boss's office behind the curtain. I assume it's supposed to be someone he's fucking but it looks like a suit of armour... Or a headless corpse, given it has no head. The boss also has two dicks. Honestly, it's interesting to have accidentally found these, I actually was just looking for a respawn or unfreeze (don't hit "Exit" when you find the first night stalker, it softlocks the game).
Oh, and the guy who saves you? Fully dressed when he gets fucked, but weirdly he does actually have exposed balls. He might also clip into the floor sometimes.
