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Thanks! I did actually try one of the Dumb Koala games, but they seem to me more like a series of short stories, and I'm looking for an ongoing story. I'm not a fan of the graphical style as well, and while I'd say the girls tend to look young, they're not nearly as young looking as in Parental Love, which I would say realistically should not get past this forum's rules.I have nothing but respect, praise and honors for all the time and effort you put into this thread. From page one it was a delight. Your backlog sounds like a Herculian task. With the length of time between some updates and the sheer number of games,(who are these people again?) I have Google notes spreadsheets with names and notes on some of my keepers. Going thru these pages with my notes near to hand was a very pleasant evening, so thank you for that. "Elmwood U" and "Race of Life" I had missed so profitable as well.
Like you I love fantasy and am a Renpy only kinda guy. I started with the "Chloe18" game which was a bit of a grind, and was suprised to "Headmaster" get a mention as its also sorta grindy. I keep it around through sheer pig-headedness. (I made it this far, I'm gonna finish!)
You dropped "Parental Love" because some LIs looked to young, so I can't, in good faith, recommend much from the "Dumb Koala Games" franchise. The artist has a distinctive style and a lot of them interconnect so there is a Dumb Koala spreadsheet. That being said the latest, "CRUSH college", where the mom goes back to school, lacks that nubile vibe of the others.
About "Price of Power" I see your point. When the AI blinks them into a "mind palace" for a Power Point presentation: Quantum Mechanics for Dummies, it can play hell with ones suspension of disbelief. As a fan of Douglas Adams and Terry Prachett, I enjoy the rediculous-ness of the AI.
A super genius simultaneously that clueless just tickles me. Thats just me, to each his own. No one can say that you didn't give it a fair shake. (And I'm not so far gone that I need notes to keep track of 2 love interest.)
As for rediculous I firmly believe that if a young Sir Terry did AVNs we would have something like "23 sisters" from him. Niche, light hearted, tongue-in-cheek but good for a chuckle. And I ain't to proud to admit that there a parts of the pineapple on pizza rant that I use IRL.
Now to the reason I was moved to comment. It saddened me to see you dropped "A Long Road Home". You said of "My Dorm" "A wholesome-feeling harem game with great diversity in characters." That is exactly what I would say were I to write a jacket blurb for Long Road.
Of the 70 characters, you by your own admission, made it to 8 and 9 by my count. Juanita the hotel owner and her daughter Maria. I put the shortcut back on my desktop and I'm gonna start it over with fresh eyes and an open mind.
Keep up the good work and sorry for bending your ear so much, I thoroughly enjoy this thread.
And agree with most of it. We can agree to disagree on the rest.
The Headmaster might have been the game that brought me here in the first place, when I found the guide linked here, so it's one of two games that I'd started playing before joining here (along with University of Problems) that I still continue. With the Headmaster it's definitely the same – I've put a lot of time into it, I'm a bit stubborn, so I'm going to continue.
I've already discussed LRH in a couple of posts, so I won't go into any detail, but I just didn't like the start of it at all, and there were no signs that it was going to improve for me after that. I did check out the gallery and there are a lot of scenes in it, but that's not enough on its own to make me continue a game I'm not getting on with.