Well, at first glance, it may seem like a kinetic novel because the story isn't advanced enough, so the choices you've made so far only reveal the immediate effect of what you've chosen. But in the next two updates, for example, you'll see the effects of the day you had to choose whether or not to go with the stripper, which was... in the content of the second update, I think. So, well, we have to let things take their courseI find it problematic that it is a kinetic novel and there were 0 mentions of it being so.
The only difference in choices you make is that you either see a sex scene or not.
Lastly it's fairy short needed around 3 hours to finish it.
OHH and also my personal dislike: Shit blowing out of proportion. You start as something something but end up fighting the global conspiracy.......As an older guy I cringe at those teen fantasy and get mental fatigue just from imagining how cumberstone that "adventure" is. <-- This is more of shouting out loud for many fiction stories made for male consumption.
Since you took the time to politely and constructively point out the flaws you think you see, I’ll respond in the same way, trying to explain my vision and the reasoning behind certain decisions — which, in my opinion, do have some foundation.Surprisingly short for a game that has so many updates, finished in 2 hours or so (with occasional skipping on the maid & aunt nonsense). Will write a detailed review later, but my overall senses is the developer has multiple competing visions for the game and never figured out which direction he wanted to take.
Many of these visions don't gel well with each other at all. One moment it's a domestic abuse story, then it's about incest porn with mum and aunt jumping on MC without logic, then romancing a slutty agent MC met once for business, punctuated with some dad murder planning, random comedic moments sprung out of nowhere, dad is suddenly a good guy with the police, horny maid in the house, cop & robber conspiracy etc.
Also am I the only one who actually thinks MC's dad makes more sense than him? Dad is at least a consistent gangster and normal grouchy middle aged guy with some delusions of grandeur. MC is a batshit crazy & horny emo teen. Why design such a fruitcake MC even if for porn? I get the feeling the dev is trying to map out something deep psychologically like Leap of Faith or Interim Domain but can't get his hormones in check to stay on track.
Harem ending? Maybe — it depends on the choices you make.Hi DEV!
I have important questions:
1.- Will there be content and a harem ending?
And is the content forced or can it be avoided? By this I mean some fetishes or labels that sometimes appear in the game that aren't to everyone's liking, such as LESBIANS, NTR, (grotesque fetishes), femdom, etc.
Avoiding is not the same as omitting, the first is that the player avoids, stops and in itself it does not happen in any way, nor behind the cameras is it as if it had never happened, As for skipping, it happens only that the player decides not to see it
Well, if I have to explain to you that you’re playing the beginning of a story and that you’re talking without knowing how things will develop, then there’s really nothing I can do for you…This game just dodges the cathartic outcomes it promises and that I crave.
I don't want to just go along with what the pushy maid wants/offers, I would rather push her beyond her comfort zone and retake control of the relationship.
I don't want to suffer through arrogant lectures from the dad. I would rather see him flustered by the hidden moves I'm making against him.
I don't want to just forgive and put cameras on the therapist or take his offer of fucking his wife. I want to fuck her and STILL ruin his reputation and destroy his life.
I guess it comes back to the fact we're just playing some loser kid that thinks he wants to play with the big boys but isn't ambitious enough to make the choices that would give me satisfaction. These people are all trash so why are we pulling our punches so much?
Look for a movie that lasts 3 hours, but only watch the first 20 minutes. Nothing more to add, best regards, Boby Boo!Well that was short and pointless.
Thank you for answering that.Well, at first glance, it may seem like a kinetic novel because the story isn't advanced enough, so the choices you've made so far only reveal the immediate effect of what you've chosen. But in the next two updates, for example, you'll see the effects of the day you had to choose whether or not to go with the stripper, which was... in the content of the second update, I think. So, well, we have to let things take their course
Thanks for reverting though I feel you haven't really touched on the crux of my comments.Since you took the time to politely and constructively point out the flaws you think you see, I’ll respond in the same way, trying to explain my vision and the reasoning behind certain decisions — which, in my opinion, do have some foundation.
First, about the story supposedly being about domestic abuse — no, the domestic abuse is the excuse/justification for the MC to get rid of his dad. Domestic abuse is presented in the introduction, and by “day 1” I already wanted to move past it so that it wouldn’t be the main focus of the story.
Second, regarding the mom and the aunt throwing themselves at the MC…
About the mom — I assume you’re referring to the dressing room scene? Well, after a long time, the mom finds male validation again (during the nighttime photo session), so she just wanted to feel validated once more, without any strange ulterior motive — at least for now.
As for the aunt jumping on the MC — well, I think it’s pretty clear that I’ve tried to emphasize her personality and the kind of dynamics we can expect from her. Her first appearance was just a brief introduction without much interaction, where even the maid highlighted how explosive her personality is, foreshadowing those possible dynamics.
About the relationship with the real estate agent — you didn’t mention anything specific, so I don’t know what you’re referring to. As for the comedic moments — well, I don’t think there’s that much comedy, maybe some exaggerations or bits of irony that could be mistaken for comedy, but I don’t think there’s anything out of place. I’d be glad if you could give me an example.
The father being “good” with the police? Or rather realizing that he has an opportunity that serves his interests and offers him certain guarantees? Conspiracies between “cops and robbers”? Well, that’s not exactly unheard of in real life. In this case, it will be relevant to the development of the relationship between the MC and his father. It’s not random or arbitrary — we could call it “plot convenience,” but all stories are full of those, haha. Otherwise, every story would be simple, boring, and finite. If Fast & Furious can send a car into space, then my protagonist’s dad can be a trafficker who works with the government
And yes, obviously the protagonist is a horny fool — because he’s young, and when we’re young we’re all complete idiots who don’t know what we’re doing. But the point of a fictional story is to watch that evolution. Obviously, the MC at the beginning is far from the same as the MC at the end.
Anyway, I don’t intend this to make you like The Last Picture more or less, or to change your opinion about the visual novel. But even though I’m far from being Shakespeare, I honestly think that what you did was to take events in isolation — focusing only on the “now” — while ignoring what came before or what an action might mean for the present or the future.
You already have examples of how you misinterpreted the dressing room scene with the mom and the aunt waking up the MC, but I’ll give you another example of something that’s already in the playable content and will have repercussions in future content.
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I don’t know — we’re all here to have a bit of fun, but saying that the story shifts in different directions and that things happen “just because,” when the things left unsaid are easily interpretable, doesn’t seem fair when it comes to giving an opinion.
Also, a story is what it is from the moment it begins until the moment it ends. Along the way, there are small subplots — and that’s what you’re confusing with a lack of clear direction, when in reality it’s just a story that still needs to be finished and, more importantly, built up to reach its conclusion. Only then can we really judge whether it made sense or not.
Right now, you’re judging what are merely character introductions, the building of dynamics that aren’t yet in their final form, and in some cases, giving certain characters their backstory — which, of course, still needs to be further developed.
Best regards
Yes, I understand what you’re saying. Let me explain: there are routes (or rather, isolated events that have to happen no matter what) that are important in order to set up the debut between Mom and the MC — mainly events involving the aunt and the maid. But once the debut with Mom happens, the choices that define the routes with the characters will become more definitiveThank you for answering that.
It wasn't obvious because i did 2 plays. 1st one the "natural" where i made decisions i deemed interesting and the 2nd run is when i decided to deny everything.
My biggest eye-opener was when i denied the maid but they still continue to be naughty with the aunt later on. (This gave me the biggest impression of it being kinetic). Felt like doesn't matter what choice i make.
I felt like by denying the maid you choose between corruption and order yet the outcome was the same.
So by experiencing it all i came to a conclusion that the only difference is that I either see the sex animation or not.
Thanks for reverting though I feel you haven't really touched on the crux of my comments.
The thing about it is sure, even if I accept each of your explanation for a particular aspect of the game, it still doesn't address the elephant in the room. These elements (even if they are all internally rational within themselves like you think) don't compliment each other and swapping from one angle / genre to another as the story goes along just doesn't work IMO.
Maybe let me try and share with you my personal journey playing TLP to better illustrate where I am coming from:
1) I read the game page and plot summary. Oh this sounds like a dark noir AVN and psychological thriller. Cool, let me give it a go.
2) Intro wow dad violently abuses mom. MC angry and wants him dead. Cool, let's see how MC's gonna get rid of the dad.
3) Suddenly 10 minutes later dad agrees and actually honours a 1 year agreement not to abuse mum and wait for his business results. Ok... doesn't gel in with what we are told about dad just 10 minutes ago. And that whole violence and motive for murdering dad seems very flaky and rather unjustified now.
4) Mum readily accepts doing some erotic shots with MC with no resistance. Er... ok, so now we are going the usual incest corruption porn logic thing. Nothing wrong by itself, but just 20 minutes ago I was expecting some serious violence and dark psychological vibes, now it's an incest trope. Ok.... let's see what happens next.
5) Real estate agent slut offers herself and got rejected by MC and oh MC and agent are now dating and MC is some sort of counsellor cum psychoanalyzer for a "broken bitch" with a suspicious doctor. Yikes, so now it's a romance plus psychological game again but not dark psychology of murdering dad but healing of MC's property agent.
6) MC buys suspicious stuff, goes to morgue etc. as part of his killing dad manoeuvres. Oh we are still killing dad? Forgot about it, been some time since this surfaced.
7) Random ebony maid appears and then it's the usual hungry for MC cock. Ok, so scratch everything before. It's horny maid sex scenes time! Aunt appears and does the usual tropey stuff aunts do in an incest porn game. Hmm... looks like we are back to incest + harem in a house thing now.
8) Gangster partner appears and shares shocking truth with MC out of the blue - dad's actually with the police! Oh dad's a good guy it seems! So are we going to kill him? Don't know.
9) Oh btw there's this deep conspiracy happening between mysterious big organisations and MC is caught up! Oh the stripper who gave you a blowjob earlier is actually a spy and a force of good! Hurrah!
You can see in just 2 hours + of available material, I have gone through multiple genres with vastly different expectations and the switches were abrupt without foreshadowing. I don't know, maybe some people like this all in one everything crammed within one game approach, but it just doesn't work for me and I have never seen any high rated AVN conducted this way as well.
Just my 2C. Might have remembered the sequence in some events wrongly, but I trust you get the big picture of what I'm trying to say. Take what you will and hopefully some parts of it will help in your future development.
Got it. Thank you for the reply.Yes, I understand what you’re saying. Let me explain: there are routes (or rather, isolated events that have to happen no matter what) that are important in order to set up the debut between Mom and the MC — mainly events involving the aunt and the maid. But once the debut with Mom happens, the choices that define the routes with the characters will become more definitive
Well, if that's the name that makes you happy, who am I to deny you that?View attachment 5385285
I'm not sure what to think about the game just accepting the name I specified.
I'm not sure happy is the right word. Something about how it was worded right before the input made me think I was putting in a contact name on a phone, not an actual name on a person. I don't really like that sort of ambiguity. It was funny though.Well, if that's the name that makes you happy, who am I to deny you that?
Umm... I assumed that with the name selection at the beginning, players would assume that whenever the opportunity to enter a name arose, it would be the person's name. But yes, you're right. It can be confusing in the context of how you select the name for the real estate agent, but anyway, it has led to something quite funny lolI'm not sure happy is the right word. Something about how it was worded right before the input made me think I was putting in a contact name on a phone, not an actual name on a person. I don't really like that sort of ambiguity. It was funny though.
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Haha, I do this and worse, in a lot of games, even when dev doesn't present the opportunity so nicely. (using a mod like URM)View attachment 5385285
I'm not sure what to think about the game just accepting the name I specified.