- Jun 17, 2019
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Well. I have to politely disagree with you. I mean. this is just a matter of taste so nobody is wrong, just have different tastes, but I personally don't think WVM has a top notch story or is well written. You say "This is a game you need to read what is going on to fully enjoy it" and well, I translate the game into Spanish (a 100% human translation) so I do read the story several times and very carefully, and I can tell you I'm not enjoying it. Absolutely not. And it hurts me, because at first I was hooked with the fresh set up and the story's potential, and now I'm less and less motivated as one lewd scene comes after a sweet moment after another. The other day you asked about our favourite scenes, and honestly I couldn't highlight a single one that struck me as brightly planned or well developed from a writting point of view (even Cedey/Willow reveal, probably the most moving moment in the whole game, felt kind of rushed, as it means solving one of the most important elements of the game so far in just a couple of days). The writting is too verbose, there's zero to none humorous moments and the way our allmighty MC fixes everyone's problems with his uncanny empathethic power is just too much for me. So I fully understand these people who just skip the text to the next lewd scene, because here we have a lot of them and I don't really find the story and the writting that engaging.
Still, we're in week 1 and there's a lot of room for improvement, as these 7 days have been filled with girl's introductions that had left almost no room for the potential 'drama' hinted (which I know it won't be too dramatic, but that's fine). I do hope we'll find more balance between this tenderness that feels almost oppressive and some "real action" (like games, Charles and Ryker's "evil" plots, some more unexpected family twists) as the season advances.
Don't get me wrong, I've said several times this is a good game in its genre and its support numbers make that crystal clear. The game is easy to follow (long life to that pretty accurate walkthrough
) and BD ethics and dedication are impressive and never praised enough. Also, one thing I do like are the trans characters, who are quite well fleshed out. I want to help Shauna to overcome her body issues, I want to be around Penelope and Skye (in a non sexual way, cause I don't like their models that much) because both of them seem to be very interesting and caring people, and that's something you don't see very often in this kind of games, where trans characters usually give you the vibe that they are not real people but just mere fetish objects. Appart from that, almost everything else gives me an eerie feeling. I guess this game has gone way over my suspension of disbelief long time ago, and my judgement might be harsher than it should. But it's obvious there are tons of people who like this a lot, so let be it.
