VN Ren'Py Tribulations of a Mage [v0.41.0] [Talothral]

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Phegor

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TR:S was a promising start.
I enjoyed Sorcerer.
I couldn't finish TR:S2 because of the amount of dry and overly long conversations about political struggles (also known as Shit Nobody Cares About™). And unfortunately this game very quickly devolved into the same dry overly long conversations about political struggles.
As for the sex scenes - those haven't evolved since the first game, so why even bother at this point? It's clear you don't want to make them, and I doubt fans of your writing are here to masturbate to those unexciting, almost clinical depictions of copulation. Just drop them completely and focus on worldbuilding.
 
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You know, I just realized one of those things that makes me not care for the protagonists of Talothral's games very much. Someone will say something funny right next to them, and he won't even smirk. It's stony face all the time, except a rare smile with a lover, and I mean rare. It could just be easier to animate if you don't have to switch expressions all the time, but it really detracts from the characters. I guess more than just the MC have the problem of emoting very little, but the MC is the one we have the most experience with, so it comes through stronger to the point where my impression is "very little emotion". I find it hard to genuinely like them because of it.
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Look at it this way MC was a soldier before being a mage. To those that served in war bullets flying over head loses its charm quickly you get used to the small sonic booms cracking overhead. You get into a stoic frame of mind. His dead pan reactions and lack of emotion remind me alot of those situations. Being stoic becomes a habit. I knew veterns that may have said two words in a week after the fact. Treat him as an old soldier letting everything including humor flow off him and you'll see him not as a boring lack of animation but as someone deeply troubled with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Or the half of his soul that got stolen had the sense of humor. Whatever works.
 
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Hello all!

I'm starting to get a feeling that this update is one of those cursed updates where nothing seems to go right, daz crashing, some strange things that shouldn't be there. There are few renders that have an issue. There is something in them that shouldn't be and I haven't been able to find the source of it. Annoying, need to see what I can in post to hide it, so not in a mood to re-render 20 or 30 images. Not sure is it my computer just acting up and needing a reinstall or just daz being unstable, meh I'll deal with it, I have parts laying around if need be. I also suspect that this update will be later, at least by judging. But hopefully the weekend will be better for it.

And then writing, it's not in an ideal state, mostly due to the rendering stuff, but it isn't in bad shape either, it's just getting the time to write. But again, there is no panic about it. I know what I need to write, just less issues with Daz thank you very much! So then...

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Not really a spoiler, this event has been known to happen for a while now. There are a pile of fate choices to be done during the desert segment, I don't remember have I mentioned it, but the fate choices don't necessarily directly affect the main character or his companion. But have more direct consequences to the people he is dealing with or the region, they can have some indirect consequences to the main cast. The easiest example of this is the first group of gladelings you encounter in the game. The choices regarding the soul stones, if you don't give them back to them they are required to get more of them. Which in turn makes them attack and kill those who pass through the forest. Which in turn makes the empire to send soldiers to wipe them out. This leads to their demise, and as cascading effect it affects the second group of gladelings as well. Similar thing is happening in the Great Desert, you make a choice here, and choice there and next thing you know you've aided a rise of demonic kingdom... Well not really, but the choices have direct effect of what is going to happen in the region, and it can affect how certain people feel and do the feel the need to return to aid the region. Among few other things. Some of this is world building things, and to open up possibilities for future stories in the world, be they sequels or spin-offs. Yes, I'm thinking thing ahead again. But that's my "problem" if you will. Anyway, a break time for me. You all have a great weekend!
 
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3.80 star(s) 49 Votes