This, so much this. Minigames are stupid. I get choices, but minigames make no sense. I am playing a VN, i dont want to solve a math problem in order to keep someone near a number, or a guessing problem trying to find out which dress someone likes, or any other of the minigames.
remove the minigames...and you get a full Kinetic novel...and very little people like them XD
Remove the minigames, ADD CHOICES (even some that makes the MC look more like a human being instead of a Puppy) and you have a much better game and you fix more than one issue your game has, like the MC having no personality
The only drawback is that even with the presence of the minigames, this game is still a kinetic novel, since its inclusion does not change anything about the "plot" at all.
yeah...
You can have a choice to be more proactive in the "training". "Oh you dont want this dress because it shows too much skin?, well suck it, i dont like to get drugged either, use it anyway", for example.
society is still a Matriarchy and there are cameras everywhere...so go figure if it's the right approach...
read it...doesn't change my opinion on the plot...
I dont think hims showing some minimal backbone after discovering he was being drugged behind his back is going to change much of the plot, specially since its the "early training"
Yes, I know, from the way the story is presented at the moment in these first chapters, it is understandable that we do not have too many freedoms in terms of options or exploration opportunities. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the only real option so far is choosing Susan or Samantha for training or both at the same time.
yeah the grooming is understandable...maybe i'm too chill to really care and i just want to see where the game will go before spitting comments at random(although like everyone here, i did rant about MC's lack of reactions for the drug-issue...but i don't like being mad at games...so i move on fast usually)
because i'm a masochist XD naah honestly i love the heated debates...but not so heated to become flames and showers of insults XD and in bigger threads...these heated debates becomes confusing because you don't remember how said what and when or in which page XD
Pretty much for the thread's rant. I read the thread have a laugh then play the game to see what's what, get pissed, return to the thread talk some smack, wait for another update, rinse and repeat.
i mean, Dawn(one of MC's classmates) went in exile...it's clear that she is outside society...
I feel you.
Yeah and the way MC's mom tells it, makes me think she may actually know exactly where she is. I mean she says it pretty casually "we'll get her back". My tin foil hat says she isn't roaming freely out there, otherwise mom wouldn't know where to find her (unless they get chipped and tagged like dogs at birth).
I did once the Landlady Roommate thing...the story feels weird when the characters say "it's wrong, we're roommates" or "it's wrong, we're landlady and tenant!"I feel you.
Also, I'm really pleasantly surprised at the level of engagement this dev shows. The way he seems to actually appreciate criticism (that is usable) is something I see here very rarely. So my hopes for this game to become better are quite high.
There is actually another game, that is in the exact same situation as this one. Came out, players got infuriated about the way the family treated MC and bashed it. Ever since then, they put out three updates, each time claiming to have rewirtten the story, but only did patchwork-attempts that didn't resolve the core-issue and only opened up more plotholes.
But those devs never really engaged the community. They do not seem to understand why we are not just happy about their (admittedly) well made renders
But speaking of it. I just had a little question for the dev, and I'd like to ask that in general:
...does anyone actually play these games while leaving the relationships at "Landlady" and "Roommate"?
True...but still she is outside, i didn't say anything about being "not-monitored"
Because the game has to improve at some point. I like the general idea, i just hate the implementation.
