well it depends on your definition what counts as major, but it's pretty big, because if you encourage them towards romancing each other that can eventually change into the harem route. If you don't, no harem for ya. So it's a pretty major decision.
ah okay that's what i thought it was just making sure I didn't forget something
Yeah id call this Kinetic lite as the only choice that comes up that seems to impact anything is if we are in a throuple , solo or harem path otherwise everything else is just for flavor as far as I can remember
Solo pathThere were two lewd scenes? I only got one with Emilia
I wonder what the other one was?
I've been considering doing an update after Chapter 25 to fix some of those things (and others you haven't mentioned). No promises or details yet, but it's definitely on my mind. My dev schedule was designed for when I worked <40 hours/week from home, not >40 hours/week with an hour commute each way + job searching. Little details like you're describing have been the first thing to go, since they take a disproportionate amount of time compared to things like "standard" renders. Depending on how everything works out, I'd ideally be able to do a full pass of the game and add that sort of stuff (transitions, transition images, idle animations, more music, etc) in before the final Steam launch. I'm only hesitant in committing to that because I don't think I've gone two weeks this year without an unexpected curveball (ie layoff/paycut, family health issues, housing problems, etc). The moment I commit to something like that, I'm sure my GPUs will explode.I've been playing this game since its first release, I really like it, it's been in my signature for years, the first signatures for this game were requested by me in the GFX thread, I love the story, the characters, etc.
BUT I think it's about time I commented on three aspects of the game that have been nagging me almost since day 1, and that I have never mentioned because I expected them to get better with time, which they haven't. Also, I didn't want to be confused with a hater or stuff like that.
Here I go:
1) In my opinion, the sex scenes are really bad. Those animations are robotic and horrible, and it's a shame that the sex scenes are mostly made up of those animations and nothing else. I can't understand how it would sound like a good idea to get the characters naked suddenly, without showing anything, and then have them fuck in one single position in a robotic animation that is as exciting as watching monkeys mating in a National Geographic documentary. If a dev can't make good enough animations (which is absolutely understandable and fine by me), you should resort to still renders instead to develop those intimate scenes. Show the characters kissing, caressing each other, getting naked, getting into position, facial expressions, detailed cumshots, etc. All of it only using still renders.
This game is not about sex, but about the story; I'm absolutely OK with that. But that doesn't mean that, when there's an erotic scene, it can't be erotic.
2) The music is repetitive and tiresome. Seriously, there are lot of free tracks on the internet to add a little more variety. I'm absolutety sick of that orchestral tune that we always hear during hiking scenes and others, for example. It's been there since day 1 and been overused ad nauseam.
3) If I'm not mistaken, there isn't a single transition between scenes or fade to black in the whole game, which makes the passing from one scene to another feel sudden and abrupt. You are sleeping, then you click and *bam* in the next render you are already on the road, with no transition between both situations. Or maybe the MC and Maria are talking about something in the morning, and then the subtitles read "You spend the rest of the day doing X and are now ready for Y". And indeed, the next render takes you to the scene where the MC is doing Y, skipping a big chunk of time without anything inbetween to ease the narration into it. I'm not sure if I'm managing to get my point across.
And that's all I wanted to complain about, for what it's worth.
Keep playing and choosing the harem path. Every single female in this game deserves a cure
No, don't commit to anything demanding right away. You should go little by littleI've been considering doing an update after Chapter 25 to fix some of those things (and others you haven't mentioned). No promises or details yet, but it's definitely on my mind. My dev schedule was designed for when I worked <40 hours/week from home, not >40 hours/week with an hour commute each way + job searching. Little details like you're describing have been the first thing to go, since they take a disproportionate amount of time compared to things like "standard" renders. Depending on how everything works out, I'd ideally be able to do a full pass of the game and add that sort of stuff (transitions, transition images, idle animations, more music, etc) in before the final Steam launch. I'm only hesitant in committing to that because I don't think I've gone two weeks this year without an unexpected curveball (ie layoff/paycut, family health issues, housing problems, etc). The moment I commit to something like that, I'm sure my GPUs will explode.
how do u get the harem route? i have not had scenes with neither of them unless it hasnt happened yet?
It's not open yet. Be in a relationship with Emelia and encourage Lune and Zaya to enter a relationship and the harem route will be unlockable when it's added.
