VN Ren'Py Where the Heart Is [S1 Rev1] [CheekyGimp]

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hatefuldisplay

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Very nice update! Had to do several run throughs to see how things played out.

Man, so many awesome scenes in this one. I don't even know where to start or what I liked the most. Jenna and Jolina was awesome. I'm starting to reconsider my stance on both of them after this update.

Lily and Debbie! Yes! Yes! Yes! Honestly, these two are becoming a lot more interesting to me than the three main love interests.

Elaine? Not bad at all, but not even close to being as hot as the yoga scene with her.

Natasha's triumphant return? 100% and more of her, please!

I'm not going to dig too deep into the ending
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Hmmm. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I am really hoping to see more Theresa and see where that leads. I'm also hoping that Angel and Wanda show up again, along with the carnival girl. Still hoping for a threesome with her and the fortune teller. A solo run with the fortune teller would be nice as well.

More Bella would be nice as well. Monica and Zarah? Sure. Not my prime targets, but give me more smut with them...
 
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Exanadae

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Holy Bacchus said:
I think that's an oversimplification. Adult games don't always have to be about the sex, they can have good stories that go along with them and the best ones do that, they can make you actually care about the characters as more than just sex objects. They can also provide great latitude in the relationships you can have along the way and the ones you can end up with. The problem, however, is when that latitude doesn't extend as far as you thought it would and can make the eventual ending feel underwhelming and disappointing.
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Kind of yes and no.

The appeal of adult games is that a well-told story can give an emotional depth to porn that makes it more engaging and satisfying. You're not just watching Daz mannequins fuck, you're watching Daz mannequins, who represent characters you're invested in, fucking, for reasons that you care about.

Except in the end it's still porn. I can't think of any game on this site so compelling that if the sex scenes were replaced with title-cards saying "and then they banged", I'd still be playing. If art is "producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power", adult games are producing works where any beauty and emotional power is fundamentally second to, and deployed in service of, the player getting their rocks off.

The story serves the needs of the sex, which is why it's jarring when, usually near the end of games, developers feel the urge to flip that relationship around the other way.
 
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Boehser Onkel

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Rebelyon said:
Elaine just went in for coffee... its a Jolina plot!
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yeah - after playing again especially this part
i got :
after bella found the usb at elains pc , joline was (later)able to detect the virus/backdoor at her laptop
and even (hacked?) the cctv from other shop for that elaine footage?!
i still think the 3rd part (dizzy)is theresa (religious dominat was mentioned at a tape),
but there was a scene with lily (call her dizzy , and lily was shocked why mc would call her that)
but the mail thing is a plot from bella and joline - im sure
 
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acewinz

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Exanadae said:
Kind of yes and no.

The appeal of adult games is that a well-told story can give an emotional depth to porn that makes it more engaging and satisfying. You're not just watching Daz mannequins fuck, you're watching Daz mannequins, who represent characters you're invested in, fucking, for reasons that you care about.

Except in the end it's still porn. I can't think of any game on this site so compelling that if the sex scenes were replaced with title-cards saying "and then they banged", I'd still be playing. If art is "producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power", adult games are producing works where any beauty and emotional power is fundamentally second to, and deployed in service of, the player getting their rocks off.

The story serves the needs of the sex, which is why it's jarring when, usually near the end of games, developers feel the urge to flip that relationship around the other way.
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While I have to agree that with AVN's the target is an immersive adult experience, I don't see why you need sacrifice the story, humor, intrigue, etc for the sexual aspect. Without the story and emotional attachment we might as well just make digital porn with no real plot and if you make the story beholden to the sex you lose a degree of realism that is where a lot of the immersion comes from.

I'd also argue there are more than handful of incredible games out there with fans as interested in the plot as the sex. Devs like Perverteer with "Tales of the Unending Void", PhillyGames with "City of Broken Dreams" and "Depraved Awakening", Caribdis with "Once in a Lifetime", Drifty with "Leap of Faith", and Pink Cake and all the drama that is "Acting Lessons" and "Being a DIK". Just to name a few. I'd also like to think we can number among those with a plot that is worthy of the name.
 
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WerewolfSinX

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Holy Bacchus said:
I think that's an oversimplification. Adult games don't always have to be about the sex, they can have good stories that go along with them and the best ones do that, they can make you actually care about the characters as more than just sex objects. They can also provide great latitude in the relationships you can have along the way and the ones you can end up with. The problem, however, is when that latitude doesn't extend as far as you thought it would and can make the eventual ending feel underwhelming and disappointing.

The way I see it, these game are, like most mediums, an escape from reality, but unlike other things like movies, console games, books, etc, there's a greater level of self-insertion where it can make the player can feel like they're living out a fantasy, and I'd be willing to bet that most players prefer games where they can have relationships with multiple women and deal with minimal consequences for it because they would if they could in real life. It doesn't always have to end in a full harem type situation, and for a cast of characters this big it would be ridiculous, but even just ending with certain pairings/groups of characters that the game seemingly teed up would be more than enough.
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I agree, as you know I'm not a fan of Harems but I don't mind love triangles (as long as its ffm) and now my love triangle is gone :cry:
 
1Teddy1

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What kind of corruption does this game have?, Is it moral degeneration were it changes how they dress and act or is just the "fast" path to getting in the women's pants with no actual change to them or their dialogue when compared to the romance?
 
acewinz

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WerewolfSinX said:
I agree, as you know I'm not a fan of Harems but I don't mind love triangles (as long as its ffm) and now my love triangle is gone :cry:
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There are going to be more than a few multi-girl endings. But some will require some particularly skillful choices.
 
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Is this episode 20 only? Or does it cover episode 1-20? Haven't played this game in long time and want to start over from beginning.
 
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