This game, whilst it has had things like psycho possessive Katie and other characters express some unwillingness to share, hasn't done, in my view, a particularly great job in dispelling the harem notion. It reminds me of games like The Visit, No More Secrets, and Acting Lessons where it was only at the end of the game where the preverbial rug was/could be pulled out from under the player with little indication that it would go bad if you made the wrong decision(s), relationship-wise. We here have the benefit of knowledge from the devs themselves that this won't end well if you pursue everyone or even a few, but it is easy to see how people can think that it just might work out when they don't know that.Now you might say that isn't a fair analogy, because the obvious solution is to stop being a lying weasel and pick a manageable number of girls: endings with one girl ARE the standard game over (and endings with multiple girls are the perfect score equivalents). And for me that works just fine, so I'm inclined to say mission accomplished. But I do think the people who enjoy playing as a lying weasel in AVNs may have a valid point if they feel a little misled. As @Holy Bacchus mentioned, that's hardly uncommon behavior in this genre; these games are harmless fun, after all. So why did this game lead them to believe they could get away with it for so long only to pull the rug out at the end?
Reminds me of another game where we didn't need to see that when the MC got rejected by 2 girls.I don't think we needed to see Lily and Debbie making out if the MC turned them down.
It's a lot different than what I was led to believe it would be. I made that title banner for them and was shown this quickly put together image of how it would look in a scene (this was without putting it in to DAZ and with appropriate lighting):On a final note, I thought the new title screen was too busy. The pictures are nice, but there are a lot of them and don't draw the eye to the actual title - which compounds the problem by being in small, elaborate text, in a light color on a light background, in the upper right corner of the screen.
this never was going to be a harem, it gave enough freedom for you to get most of the content but that would come at a cost towards the end, it has been said countless times for almost 2 years now it is not an harem game try and catch them all at your on risk, there will be a few groups but mostly solo LI endings like it was always planned to beAfter playing through the game again for the new update, I realized I just don't care for this game all that much anymore. I'm in the same camp as a few people in here, when it started it felt like a harem game, and to now find out the choices you made at the start completely screw over your ending feels bad.
The "choose your chapter" start feels like a dev had an o shit moment and is using that as a "fix" for people after they realized most people playing would have had there saves fucked. Not sure why so many games have such a hard time sticking the ending, tons of games (like this one) start off sooooo strong but just fall flat.
I absolved Elaine because she was never cold to other people, even Bella points out how she treated the MC was unusual behaviour and brought on by his dad.I know where you get that but that is exactly why I said and pointed out the clear statement made by the lawyer and that is that he has been in contact with that person ( physical or otherwise ) only merely twice and following everything so far it has shown that Elaine has been in contact with that lawyer more then twice so for that sole reason I absolved her.
The devs have said, many, many, many times it was never a harem game.After playing through the game again for the new update, I realized I just don't care for this game all that much anymore. I'm in the same camp as a few people in here, when it started it felt like a harem game, and to now find out the choices you made at the start completely screw over your ending feels bad.
The "choose your chapter" start feels like a dev had an o shit moment and is using that as a "fix" for people after they realized most people playing would have had there saves fucked. Not sure why so many games have such a hard time sticking the ending, tons of games (like this one) start off sooooo strong but just fall flat.
I had no issues with ep 20.Downloaded Where the Heart Is [Ep.20] but at the end of EP-19 that was all.What happen to EP-20? This game was going well until now and hated to replay the 19th EP again. I am giving this game a 8 out of 10 stars but maybe more when it's fixed.
I am not sure that I would trust those pics after they have been doctored by two computer oriented women.She may have sent the e-mail but as far as anyone else has said,
Honestly, even though this game was never intended to be a harem game or even one where you could "have 'em all" with little fallout but not end with all of them, I think it's really quite difficult to do any adult game and not have people wanting to end up with every single female character they fuck along the way.After playing through the game again for the new update, I realized I just don't care for this game all that much anymore. I'm in the same camp as a few people in here, when it started it felt like a harem game, and to now find out the choices you made at the start completely screw over your ending feels bad.
The "choose your chapter" start feels like a dev had an o shit moment and is using that as a "fix" for people after they realized most people playing would have had there saves fucked. Not sure why so many games have such a hard time sticking the ending, tons of games (like this one) start off sooooo strong but just fall flat.
Thats fine if that is what the dev said, but to be frank there are 1100 pages of comments, and this site isnt the most user friendly for searching.this never was going to be a harem, it gave enough freedom for you to get most of the content but that would come at a cost towards the end, it has been said countless times for almost 2 years now it is not an harem game try and catch them all at your on risk, there will be a few groups but mostly solo LI endings like it was always planned to be
Jolina and Bella are both gold diggers. Whether one of them is the 3rd woman (I would suspect Bella) is not known. However, one doesn't have to be the 3rd woman to be a gold digger.IJolina is still a suspected gold digger, I wonder if she didn't video the little session with the MC and Jenna to use later.
but thats not the devs fault they only gave the option its up to the player to choose to try and catch them all or not and if they try and it all comes crashing down then its the players fault, because they have been told over and over again both on here and in game that it is not an harem, most of the girls in game have told the MC they will not share him so what do players expect to happen if they try and fuck around on a girl who has said that, i have 5 saves where i have only slept with the girl im chasing there is no need for every game to be an harem if people cant make a choice in LI then thats on themHonestly, even though this game was never intended to be a harem game or even one where you could "have 'em all" with little fallout but not end with all of them, I think it's really quite difficult to do any adult game and not have people wanting to end up with every single female character they fuck along the way.
The escapism of these games is so often predicated on the notion that infidelity and womanising will be rewarded and that even if it causes some friction/break-ups, it will always be salvageable, and it's hard to dispell that once it's ingrained in people's heads. You could make a game with just 2 LIs, have them say in absolutely clear English that they will not tolerate a guy who sleeps around and/or leads them on, and people will still hope for an ending with both of them.
Perhaps more games, including this one, should be including more consequential choices earlier on or perhaps even lean more into branching whereby you have to choose one girl over the other at certain points and this will determine your relationships, because one thing this game suffers from, which others do too, is that the MC can do pretty much everything with everyone in every episode one after the other, and because they can do that, it makes people feel like that can have everyone because no-one has to be left out or avoided and they're able to maintain all these relationships simultaneously. But if they couldn't do that and had to choose between one or the other throughout the game, then that could maybe go some ways to making it clear you can't have them all because your time is being split between them.
That too is correct you are right, I figured that much too myself specially indeed from what I remember. But that indeed added with the rest only absolves her more. I just double checked like 15 min ago the conversation word for word in terms of both the fortune teller and the lawyer convo from ep19.I absolved Elaine because she was never cold to other people, even Bella points out how she treated the MC was unusual behaviour and brought on by his dad.
She was never cold to the MC, just stopped interacting with him. It was brought up in this update how they used to enjoy a meal together like an actual family, his dad put a stop to it.
She may have sent the e-mail but as far as anyone else has said, even the MC himself, she was never cold and manipulative just distant and ignorant.
Katie, Bella, Monica and i think Angel all say they will not share the MC, and the devs from the start have said no haremThats fine if that is what the dev said, but to be frank there are 1100 pages of comments, and this site isnt the most user friendly for searching.
Just from playing the game, until chapter 19/20 there isn't a time where any of the girls are flat out refusing sharing. There are no consequences in playing, by fooling around with everyone and you can keep every path open, even now in chapter 20 nothing is closed off.
Out of all the girls Katie is the only one who has shown to be against it, and even then you have a fucking 4some with her 2 best friends. So no, playing this game is plays exactly like a harem game. The only reason to say otherwise is because of some comments made by the dev, not by the gameplay. So yea if people get put off by that its really not some crazy thing players are reaching for. In 2 years of updates, in the actual gameplay there has been nothing shown that would lead a player to believe the harem is a bad path and wont happen.
They might say it, but the sure as hell don't believe it when they are having 3somes or more with him lol...Katie, Bella, Monica and i think Angel all say they will not share the MC, and the devs from the start have said no harem
I agree with your thoughts to a degree, but I'm one of those that doesn't want a multi-save game so if there's branching where you miss some of the material I just drop the game. In the long run there are too many fans that want different results, so no matter what the developers choose people will complain.Honestly, even though this game was never intended to be a harem game or even one where you could "have 'em all" with little fallout but not end with all of them, I think it's really quite difficult to do any adult game and not have people wanting to end up with every single female character they fuck along the way.
The escapism of these games is so often predicated on the notion that infidelity and womanising will be rewarded and that even if it causes some friction/break-ups, it will always be salvageable, and it's hard to dispell that once it's ingrained in people's heads. You could make a game with just 2 LIs, have them say in absolutely clear English that they will not tolerate a guy who sleeps around and/or leads them on, and people will still hope for an ending with both of them.
Perhaps more games, including this one, should be including more consequential choices earlier on or perhaps even lean more into branching whereby you have to choose one girl over the other at certain points and this will determine your relationships, because one thing this game suffers from, which others do too, is that the MC can do pretty much everything with everyone in every episode one after the other, and because they can do that, it makes people feel like that can have everyone because no-one has to be left out or avoided and they're able to maintain all these relationships simultaneously. But if they couldn't do that and had to choose between one or the other throughout the game, then that could maybe go some ways to making it clear you can't have them all because your time is being split between them.
If the pirate links for the game are giving you trouble you could always try the legitimate ones on our patreon... Also we have a quick start on the menu... No need to replay any eps anymore.Downloaded Where the Heart Is [Ep.20] but at the end of EP-19 that was all.What happen to EP-20? This game was going well until now and hated to replay the 19th EP again. I am giving this game a 8 out of 10 stars but maybe more when it's fixed.
Eh, this has turned into the exact kind of a game that a decently done mod can make 10000x better. Not locking you out of paths and letting you see all the scenes in one playthrough.I agree with your thoughts to a degree, but I'm one of those that doesn't want a multi-save game so if there's branching where you miss some of the material I just drop the game. In the long run there are too many fans that want different results, so no matter what the developers choose people will complain.
The harem/no harem argument goes around a lot and that's actually something I don't care about either way (the final explosive confrontation/harem group occurs at the very end of the game and then it's all over anyhow). I like there being a story beyond the porn but don't want to have to choose to see one side of the story over the other (or one of 3 or more possible branches). On the other hand I know there are people who want to play the game over and over and see just one of a possible set of stories each time and accept there's no way for a developer to make both of us happy.