My thoughts on the update:
First, about the UI changes, icons, graphics, text, etc. I actually liked them a lot. At first, the sudden change felt a bit strange, but you get used to it. What I didn’t like at the start, and honestly found a little annoying, was the pause between one character’s line and the next. It felt like a little “hiccup,” not very smooth in the flow of dialogue. But even that I eventually got used to. Overall, the game feels more polished now, so congrats on that.
As for the additions to Hermione’s scenes, they were definitely welcome. For me personally, they didn’t create any new feelings, but for new players they’ll probably be really fun. So that’s another positive point.
Now, the most important part… Tonks. At first, I thought the idea of reporting each bit of progress to Tonks was cool. But as I kept doing it, it quickly became… boring, because it’s basically the same scene with different text. It didn’t really make much sense to keep repeating it. I think in the future her reactions to each bit of the Genie’s progress could be worked on in more varied ways beyond just the text. I know that’s probably very difficult and time-consuming since there are so many scenes, but it would improve things by creating real anticipation for something new instead of sameness. As for her blowjob, that was pretty fun, nothing much to complain about. Maybe in the future add some quirky variation beyond just her big tongue, I’ll leave that to you. The titjob was fine as well, nothing much to add there.
Now about the public favors. They’re secondary anyway, but for me they also got tiring because of the repetition without any visual stimulus. Then again, I’ve never been much of a fan of public favors in the first place, so…
In the end, for me it was a good update. If you count it all up, there were a lot of changes to the game. But speaking from my personal experience, it was just okay, nothing really surprised me. I hope in the next updates things move forward more with Tonks, but especially with Astoria and Cho.
Bugs? I noticed two. The first was that when starting a report to Tonks, her icon would stay on the scene. The second was that after the scene ended, the screen stayed dark.
I believe the update experience would be improved more through additions rather than just changes. For example, with Hermione’s favors, adding new, more exciting variations. The “talk to me” option, if really thought through, could evolve a lot, like bringing in Snape, bringing in other girls, the Genie asking them to come closer to receive the “reward,” etc. The dance favor could also include other professors besides Snape, or even have her dance with Cho in a competition, or with another girl, and so on.
Anyway, I won’t keep throwing out ideas, but the point is that this kind of addition would create a better experience for players than just changing the look of scenes that already exist (although I would definitely love a CG for the naked Cho scenes heheh…).
