So, I played the update a few days ago. In the first half, my thoughts were : this team is awesome, art is crazy good, there's just the right amount of animations, and it's not just boring "dick goes into pussy" close up 3sec loops. No, it's very cinematic stuff, trying to set up a mood, like any competent movie director would do. Music goes into the "cinematic experience" package and overall, it's impressive. Another detail that impresses me, is that even male character are super well done. They all have their own disctinct and super well made faces, which is another thing you don't see everyday in porn VNs.
Sex scenes are as well done as ever, I liked that it began right were we left of, even if I'm one of those weirdos that don't really care for Nika, the scene was good. The only thing I regret is that previous update ended with Nika telling Dad to participate or leave, and I would have liked to see that, as I've seen 800 billions of MF scenes already in every game, so MMF scenes are always welcome.
Then story progresses : I liked OMJ's secret base, Dad's flashback scene telling Nika about his past, another good example of directing, althought maybe some 80s style music would have been better than the 1920s one you used, but I guess you didn't have the rights for
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. And then a few other sex scenes that were also good. So up to roughly 50% of the update, I had nothing else to say besides that it was well worth the wait.
But in the second half, I started to like it a bit less. Why is that ? Because in the second half, it was either scenes with new characters that I didn't care about (besides Agnes, she's great, keep her), or variations on scenes we've already seen and that to me were not different enough from their first version. At least not the kind of "different" I like.
Meaning : in the beach house scene I would have enjoyed the variation more if the slave girl was someone else, instead of the same girl fucked by MC instead of grandad. Or if you keep it like you did, gramps fucks/gets blown by someone else, either Mrs Dellington or Mc's black friend. Same for the scene with young versions of MC's mom and Bacon's mom : to be honest I didn't notice much of a difference. It seems there was new angles, probably different sex positions, but as good as this scene is : we've seen it already so it didn't bring much to the table. It could have been something like Grandma spies in on the threesome and something happens, even mild stuff like she's aroused and goes fapping in her room. I know in term of progression you can' t transform every scene into a MMMMMMMMFFFFFFFF orgy at this point, I get it.
My point is : seeing a scene we've already seen will always start at a disadvantage compared to a new one. So if there's a variation, it better be something strong, or else, if it's just a plot point or some subtle change in sex acts, make it shorter than the version we've seen the first time. Focus quickly on the variation, and cut most of the stuff we've seen already.
Also, I don't remember seeing Bacon in this update, which is why I give it a 0/10.
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But seriously now
My intuition is that
Motkeyz was bored of always doing the same characters, so he created the secret base nurse I don't care about, some others I forgot, and of course Agnes (great job again). But the slight issue here is that I (and I guess others too) still want more of the "old" characters we all know and love.
And the way scenes are dispatched in the update creates a flow issue. First 50% are "Great job once again Steven Spielberg !" and second part is "Oh no Steven, you made Bridge of Spies, it's well made but nobody really cares".
On the one hand I'm happy that the update was as long as it was, but on the other hand it's a bit frustrating cause it feels like you could have made 50% of it, added 2 good scenes (1 Juliana, 1 Mc's GF for example, or Agnes) + 15% more Bacon and you could have released it one or 2 months before and I wouldn't blame you for an update being 20-25mn shorter. AND I think commercially it's better for you to update more often. even talking for visibility here or on Patreon. If you update more often, you have more chances to bring new fans. Because they will see your game pop up more often. Otherwise some people will try it the day of release, then no one new for the next 4-6 months.
In any case, I love your game, you're one of the very best teams. I wouldn't write such walls of text for a game I dislike.
I hope more people will realize it and you'll get the money you deserve.