VN Ren'Py The Roommate [v0.11.11] [togs]

[Quetzzz]

Never progressed with Kari, but after the family & genetics-reveal, she tells her co-worker (karaoke night after casual Friday) that I'm her boyfriend...
Then this:

Note: I didn't tell her about what the doctor said about babies, but she brought it up later anyway. I then declined the making-babies-arc and told her I had confidence in medical advances.

I understand when a game needs to merge two tracks (like cellphone or not), but this just invalidates my choices outright.

Edit: It seems like the Karaoke evening is a mess in general. I didn't hire Bree or Kayla, yet they're still there. Also, no idea who Rei is.

 

[kevcolqaz]

Never progressed with Kari, but after the family & genetics-reveal, she tells her co-worker (karaoke night after casual Friday) that I'm her boyfriend...
Then this:
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Note: I didn't tell her about what the doctor said about babies, but she brought it up later anyway. I then declined the making-babies-arc and told her I had confidence in medical advances.

I understand when a game needs to merge two tracks (like cellphone or not), but this just invalidates my choices outright.

Edit: It seems like the Karaoke evening is a mess in general. I didn't hire Bree or Kayla, yet they're still there. Also, no idea who Rei is.

Maybe he should have made the game simpler and that way this schedule, phone, and horny meter fucks up the game, this way the dev can concentrate on the character renders and story, which would make fewer bugs and just give a simpler path where lover of harem or corruption path, or solo path.

 

[M1ud1nh0]

Mod for Android?

 

[M1ud1nh0]

Cheat code?

 

[Maviarab]

Cheat code?

No needed. Don't worry yourself over it.

 

[M1ud1nh0]

And mod for Android?

 

[HornyyPussy]

Mod for Android?

And mod for Android?

Try using "search"......

 

[M1ud1nh0]

Don't find!!

 

[Old Grumpy Wolf]

Try using "search"......

 

[HornyyPussy]

Don't find!!

it's in the upper right corner......

 

[Old Grumpy Wolf]

Don't find!!

 

[kurosx]

In search for the search field... Ah, the classics never get old.

 

[Quetzzz]

Maybe he should have made the game simpler and that way this schedule, phone, and horny meter fucks up the game, this way the dev can concentrate on the character renders and story, which would make fewer bugs and just give a simpler path where lover of harem or corruption path, or solo path.

I think complexity is fine, if it also has depth. It's this depth that I'm missing. There's no real communication, it seems we have to pick LI based on what they do, or how they look, not who they are.

If I had to rate the game at this point, it wouldn't be more than 2 stars. Mostly because it plays like a sandbox game without the sandbox.

 

[kevcolqaz]

I think complexity is fine, if it also has depth. It's this depth that I'm missing. There's no real communication, it seems we have to pick LI based on what they do, or how they look, not who they are.

If I had to rate the game at this point, it wouldn't be more than 2 stars. Mostly because it plays like a sandbox game without the sandbox.

Yeah sure the complexity is fine, but this game has many errors and the choices don't matter because the game has too many bugs that combine the routes and make the game harder for the devs to continue, he might want to start into a simpler game in his first try and then go for more complexity with next project.

 

[Quetzzz]

Yeah sure the complexity is fine, but this game has many errors and the choices don't matter because the game has too many bugs that combine the routes and make the game harder for the devs to continue, he might want to start into a simpler game in his first try and then go for more complexity with next project.

Oh right, yeah, I can agree with that. I did think the whole "I want it so complex that it's impossible to create a WT" was either inexperience or hubris (seeing how trivial it is to read the code)

At the same time, I appreciate that the player has 2 or 3 chances to get on Kari's route before she starts whoring. It's rare to see this in an AVN.

 

[gregers]

Edit: It seems like the Karaoke evening is a mess in general. I didn't hire Bree or Kayla, yet they're still there. Also, no idea who Rei is.

Everyone turns up for the karaoke night regardless. In-fiction, the reasoning is that even if the MC doesn't hire them, they may still work elsewhere in the company, or in the case of the two young ones, still be living at the Foundation-run orphanage, so they're part of the general orbit. Same thing with the Saturday barbecue.

Outside the fiction, it's to save the dev from having to make too many variations on the group scenes by just assuming a core group will always be hanging around.

Rei is one of the two young Foundation girls from the job interviews (Kayla's the other one). They're obviously unqualified, but the MC can bring one of them on as interns.

 

[Quetzzz]

Rei is one of the two young Foundation girls from the job interviews (Kayla's the other one). They're obviously unqualified, but the MC can bring one of them on as interns.

Thanks for the reminder! I'm fine with everyone showing up, but the dev/writer could've explained it in a few lines. For instance, I wouldn't be surprised if Aria was friends with the teens, or they kept in touch. Sure, there would be quite a few variations, but that's by the dev"s own doing.

 

[jI11jaCksjAkk]

Maybe he should have made the game simpler and that way this schedule, phone, and horny meter fucks up the game, this way the dev can concentrate on the character renders and story, which would make fewer bugs and just give a simpler path where lover of harem or corruption path, or solo path.

I definitely get GoT vibes with this game in that it feels like the story hit a roadblock a while back, and instead of pushing through it a bunch of mechanics gimmicks and sudden inexplicable character changes were thrown in as distractions. This was once one of my top games, but I'm not sure I will play again until it is completed, and even then it will probably wait until there is a lull in updates from games that are holding my interest better. Oh well. There are 8 billion games out there, so some of them are bound to get better as they go and some not so much. And which are which depends entirely on who you ask because we all like different things.

 

[Quetzzz]

I definitely get GoT vibes with this game in that it feels like the story hit a roadblock a while back, and instead of pushing through it a bunch of mechanics gimmicks and sudden inexplicable character changes were thrown in as distractions. This was once one of my top games, but I'm not sure I will play again until it is completed, and even then it will probably wait until there is a lull in updates from games that are holding my interest better. Oh well. There are 8 billion games out there, so some of them are bound to get better as they go and some not so much. And which are which depends entirely on who you ask because we all like different things.

I don't mean to be facetious... but what story? I'd love this game if it actually had a story and character growth. Right now it plays like an algamation of side stories.

I do think the game would be helped by less gamification and more story. That the MC can jerk off invalidates the whole horny-system. I've used the phone twice, only could call Kiki and got the same convo twice. Why we can't reconsider Kari for a secretary job is beyond me. Seems it's whore or nothing, in her case.

Concerning Kari, I don't think it goed against her character. She does give her reason: "you don't want me so why would you care". The issue here (I think) is that we never really get a chance to know her. The only side I saw was her trying to manipulate the MC using her body. Would've loved her using her brain instead.

 

[SlapE]

Seems it's whore or nothing, in her case.

Well this just isn't true, working at a bar with a short skirt and top showing cleavage as the work uniform, doesn't make her a whore. I mean I can understand people's perspective not being a fan of this, however, it doesn't make her a "whore". Sure, she doesn't need to work there, because her boyfriend whom she lives with is super rich and already takes care of her. Though, she's an adult and can make her own decisions, if the player isn't happy with this, it would be nice if togs added an option to end the relationship with her after finding out she will keep working there. (I don't believe there's an option to at least)

That's the main issue with this game, is making choices without context and having very little control of future elements that we as players aren't privy to. I know not everything can be a choice, but when something is controversial, and we done made a choice in the past that leads us to this controversial thing, that we had no way to foresee, it can feel shitty. That's why with anything that is widely or commonly seen as controversial, it's best to: A. make it optional entirely, or B. give proper context to certain choices that can lead to something seen as controversial, that way players can make informed decisions to avoid seeing such content.

This is just my perspective, if the dev decides to keep making these vague or confusing choices, and/or giving lack of context to certain choices and such, that's his call. I mean my interest in the game has been waning, though I do still play it. I'm just hoping it doesn't get to a point where I lose interest completely, because I do like certain aspects of the game a lot.