BobTheDuck

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Hello, it's my first time playing this game. Should I download the season 1 steam version or the Chapter 5 beta? I'm a little confused because the uncensor patch is for chapter 5
The beta doesn't have the all the early scenes as all the reworked stuff isn't present, so you'll have the early Ch2 and 3 renders sticking out as low quality. The decensor patch works with that. The full version has a pretty complete flow, but is missing a few lewds, mostly penis shots and the jacuzzi scene is tame. Both end at the same point, but you won't get all the content in the beta. The full is the complete game.

If you really want the lewd scene of the jacuzzi and the dick renders, download both, play the full and make your save for S2.

No you are not, old Miru was more annoying than most kids in most movies that just make you think after watching. "Yeah getting that vasectomy first thing Monday morning."
Yeah, eventually that'll be fun 'retro' daz modelling for the kids :coffee: :sneaky:
 
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yossa999

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I do not understand Ocean's obsession to release the censored version on steam, being a dik is also on steam and has not suffered any censorship, in those countries where it can not be published that is not published and that's it, people will buy it on patreon and ready, it makes no sense to lengthen the developments and make 2 versions just for that.
Bro, this was discussed, re-discussed and over discussed again and again for tenth times here.

Are there sex scenes in the first season of BaD? Iirc yes, a lot.
Are there sex scenes in the first season of SG? As far as I know - no.

Would a player expect a sex scene in a game marked as "Adult only" like BaD?
It's safe to assume, they would certainly expect it.

Will BaD live up to these player expectations? Definitely yes.
Can the same be stated about SG? Absolutely not!

Do you understand now? By presenting SG as an adult game, Ocean would not be breaking any of Steam's rules, but it would be giving players the completely false expectation that the game would have sexual content. Unfortunately, most people still refer to "adult content" as "containing porn", although this is not entirely true.

So, Ocean removed everything that could be considered as porn content, even just images of genitals. Added the "Occasional Nudity" tag and submitted the game to Steam. They carefully reviewed the content, especially Bella's boobs, and told him - this was not an Occasional, but Frequent Nudity!

As I understand it, he tried to change their verdict, but Steam was adamant and he gave up. As a result, the game received the tag "Frequent Nudity" and with it restrictions by age and country. And here we are. :HideThePain:

I won’t even start about the part of the story related to the music licenses; if you want, you can find all this drama in the thread and in the dev logs.
 

Sweet Force

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Something that makes me think and that I noticed in new renders is that some characters cover their private parts from us, the players, for example when Mila showers at the Gym, the whole time no one can see her but she only covers her breasts when it's in front of us, the obvious answer would be that to sell Season 2 Update 1, Ocean created new renders of Mila covering herself when no one sees her, something completely meaningless. But I have another theory to defend the decisions of this Season 1, Mila is aware that she exists within an AVN, and she is aware of us, that is why she covers herself in those specific moments, something like Doki Doki Literature Club!.:eek:
 

PaxHadrian17

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To those people who play the current version are there more scenes of Sonya? For 5 years I'm still shipping Nika and Sonya the most and all I got are L :BootyTime:

Literally all my ships are L in s1. My top 1 and top 2 girls, Sonya and Nadia doesn't have a lot of scenes but my top 3 Sasha is having a lot of good moments tho <3. My top 4 & 5, Robin and Nancy are just side girls without happy ending :KEK:
There is no more story content when you go from Ch 5 B to Ch 5 Full (SG Season 1).

Sasha did get some more content and her friends are appearing in the background/near the MC more often than in prior revs.

The most intimacy Sonya got was in the tabletop RPG when the MC found her on the way to finding the alien.

She gets a little time and the chance to tell her you are proud of her but nothing much beyond that.

I believe that we will get more Sasha in the first release on Season 2 - I think she will be at the MMA training session between Ayua and the MC on Sunday.

Ocean is giving us our first Season 2 update/previews post release of SG Season 1 in two days so perhaps we will get some previews supporting one or two of those you ship.

Cheers!! :coffee:
 

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After a traumatic experience, a young spirit tries to find its way back into life. College is about to start and mysteries are about to unfold.​

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Release Date: 2024-05-10
Developer: Oceanlab - - - - -
Censored: No
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Language: English
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The Krogan Dude thanks for the links
* This port/version is unofficial and is not released by the developer. Download at your own risk!


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Hi. I am a MAC user and I downloaded using the pixeldrain link. I have the file downloaded but I don't know what to do next. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you
 

Naps-On-Dirt

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Funny thing with Bella for me is I didn't like her at first actually hated her but grew to love her. It wasn't until my 2nd playthrough when I saw her in a new light because of her cinematics and that won me over to her side by a mile before others were close to being better for me. Tho Even if I didn't like her I still don't think she should be avoidable either as the scenes with her seem necessary for the characters growth. Only time I think a character should be avoidable if it doesn't progress the story or a character in some way and is just some pointless fun side activity.
Yeah I don't mean completely avoidable, the partnering up for class is main plot and thats all fine. But the game doesn't give the player the choice to either keep doing other things with her, or just back off and do the assignment and nothing else. My main problem with her is that her uniform prank on Nami never gets answered for. Well I guess the MC can threaten her in the gym when she's bench pressing, but she never expresses remorse or apologizes to either of them. It just seems like she's a forced LI, you can't choose to NOT ask about the other girl in the picture (so you could just finish your homework and go home.) So then the next day the MC is all apologetic to her and soon after is given the choice to open up to her about Summer. But -nothing- she has done up to that point has given me any confidence that she could be trusted that much, so I keep it to myself.

I mean its kinda like Jill in BaDIK. You can't NOT ask her out in front of Tybalt. (...or maybe you can? Its been awhile, I just remember it as being unavoidable.) All you get to choose is if you did it to piss of Tybalt or not, which is a real asshole thing to do (to Jill. Don't give a shit about him.) But the game doesn't give you a clean way to not start the Jill path if you're intending on picking J&M eventually.
 

Krytax123

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Yeah I don't mean completely avoidable, the partnering up for class is main plot and thats all fine. But the game doesn't give the player the choice to either keep doing other things with her, or just back off and do the assignment and nothing else. My main problem with her is that her uniform prank on Nami never gets answered for. Well I guess the MC can threaten her in the gym when she's bench pressing, but she never expresses remorse or apologizes to either of them. It just seems like she's a forced LI, you can't choose to NOT ask about the other girl in the picture (so you could just finish your homework and go home.) So then the next day the MC is all apologetic to her and soon after is given the choice to open up to her about Summer. But -nothing- she has done up to that point has given me any confidence that she could be trusted that much, so I keep it to myself.

I mean its kinda like Jill in BaDIK. You can't NOT ask her out in front of Tybalt. (...or maybe you can? Its been awhile, I just remember it as being unavoidable.) All you get to choose is if you did it to piss of Tybalt or not, which is a real asshole thing to do (to Jill. Don't give a shit about him.) But the game doesn't give you a clean way to not start the Jill path if you're intending on picking J&M eventually.
Bella knows Nami is coming for her, pretty sure at some point Nami will prank bella.

Bella even appreciates the MC's loyality if you tell her that youre gonna help Nami. This is her reply (and her view on siblings):

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Dessolos

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Yeah I don't mean completely avoidable, the partnering up for class is main plot and thats all fine. But the game doesn't give the player the choice to either keep doing other things with her, or just back off and do the assignment and nothing else. My main problem with her is that her uniform prank on Nami never gets answered for. Well I guess the MC can threaten her in the gym when she's bench pressing, but she never expresses remorse or apologizes to either of them. It just seems like she's a forced LI, you can't choose to NOT ask about the other girl in the picture (so you could just finish your homework and go home.) So then the next day the MC is all apologetic to her and soon after is given the choice to open up to her about Summer. But -nothing- she has done up to that point has given me any confidence that she could be trusted that much, so I keep it to myself.

I mean its kinda like Jill in BaDIK. You can't NOT ask her out in front of Tybalt. (...or maybe you can? Its been awhile, I just remember it as being unavoidable.) All you get to choose is if you did it to piss of Tybalt or not, which is a real asshole thing to do (to Jill. Don't give a shit about him.) But the game doesn't give you a clean way to not start the Jill path if you're intending on picking J&M eventually.
fair points yeah it does feel like it's the Bella game at this point. Never thought about these points since I liked Bella after a certain point but yeah if it was someone I dont trust or hate like Vanessa then yeah Id probably feel the same as you. I personally started to give her a chance after the shower scene and she just got better for me from there and the prank felt like water under the bridge to me. Chapter 5 actually made me start to dislike Nami a bit at least if you are on the Bella path.
 

Niuul

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Bro, this was discussed, re-discussed and over discussed again and again for tenth times here.

Are there sex scenes in the first season of BaD? Iirc yes, a lot.
Are there sex scenes in the first season of SG? As far as I know - no.

Would a player expect a sex scene in a game marked as "Adult only" like BaD?
It's safe to assume, they would certainly expect it.

Will BaD live up to these player expectations? Definitely yes.
Can the same be stated about SG? Absolutely not!

Do you understand now? By presenting SG as an adult game, Ocean would not be breaking any of Steam's rules, but it would be giving players the completely false expectation that the game would have sexual content. Unfortunately, most people still refer to "adult content" as "containing porn", although this is not entirely true.

So, Ocean removed everything that could be considered as porn content, even just images of genitals. Added the "Occasional Nudity" tag and submitted the game to Steam. They carefully reviewed the content, especially Bella's boobs, and told him - this was not an Occasional, but Frequent Nudity!

As I understand it, he tried to change their verdict, but Steam was adamant and he gave up. As a result, the game received the tag "Frequent Nudity" and with it restrictions by age and country. And here we are. :HideThePain:

I won’t even start about the part of the story related to the music licenses; if you want, you can find all this drama in the thread and in the dev logs.
Changed Season 1 to have it not be restricted on steam, only to have it restricted on steam. :WeSmart:

Granted, it's not like season 1 was ever going to have actual sex scenes with the way the story (or lack thereof) is going so far but I guess people just really wanted to see Nika's dong in that change booth. Although it does suck for the dev to put all that time in to trying to re-edit/render S1 to make it through the restrictions only to not make it. At least with season 2 and beyond they won't care about it anymore and won't have to dance around the steam nonsense.
 
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Naps-On-Dirt

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fair points yeah it does feel like it's the Bella game at this point. Never thought about these points since I liked Bella after a certain point but yeah if it was someone I dont trust or hate like Vanessa then yeah Id probably feel the same as you. I personally started to give her a chance after the shower scene and she just got better for me from there and the prank felt like water under the bridge to me. Chapter 5 actually made me start to dislike Nami a bit at least if you are on the Bella path.
What shower scene? I just went through a replay yesterday, I remember the MC talking with one of the other players and I think you see her feet in another shower at the end of the scene, but all I remember was that the MC was being warned about her. What was said that made you give her a chance?

I haven't finished the new update, I ran into missing renders while taking Victoria for a walk after pizza and drinks at her place with Nami and Mila, so I guess I'm waiting for a new update or something.
 

Dessolos

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What shower scene? I just went through a replay yesterday, I remember the MC talking with one of the other players and I think you see her feet in another shower at the end of the scene, but all I remember was that the MC was being warned about her. What was said that made you give her a chance?

I haven't finished the new update, I ran into missing renders while taking Victoria for a walk after pizza and drinks at her place with Nami and Mila, so I guess I'm waiting for a new update or something.
the one where the MC gets handcuffed in the girls shower and Bella is the one that comes to save him from the prank. Not sure if it's changed in the rework yet to play it. I forget what she said exactly but it was that entire scene that made me give her a chance.
 

Adhdclassic

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What shower scene? I just went through a replay yesterday, I remember the MC talking with one of the other players and I think you see her feet in another shower at the end of the scene, but all I remember was that the MC was being warned about her. What was said that made you give her a chance?

I haven't finished the new update, I ran into missing renders while taking Victoria for a walk after pizza and drinks at her place with Nami and Mila, so I guess I'm waiting for a new update or something.
Bella path go to the gym with her.
 

yossa999

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Changed Season 1 to have it not be restricted on steam, only to have it restricted on steam. :WeSmart:
Yeah, that's a bummer. On Steam. I haven't kept up with the latest news, but as far as I know, it's available on Epic with fewer restrictions, so it's still partially worked. And of course, it is now clear that it was necessary to either remove all nudity, or not bother with the censorship at all (not sure about music licences tho) But this became clear only now, after everything happened.

Granted, it's not like season 1 was ever going to have actual sex scenes with the way the story (or lack thereof) is going so far but I guess people just really wanted to see Nika's dong in that change booth. Although it does suck for the dev to put all that time in to trying to re-edit/render S1 to make it through the restrictions only to not make it. At least with season 2 and beyond they won't care about it anymore and won't have to dance around the steam nonsense.
Let's be honest, this wasn't just Nika's dong.

But look at this from a new user's perspective, you see the game in recommendations, the only tag that could be considered adult is "Frequent nudity". You fall for the screenshots and reviews, buy the game and actually get what is promised. Some nudity and the story/relationship building/charactes.

So the only ones who could be disappointed are some of the old users. But you can't please everyone. Some people are still sulking that the psycho MC is no more and Marla’s gun was taken away.
 

Naps-On-Dirt

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the one where the MC gets handcuffed in the girls shower and Bella is the one that comes to save him from the prank. Not sure if it's changed in the rework yet to play it. I forget what she said exactly but it was that entire scene that made me give her a chance.
Huh. Thats not how that scene goes for me, but I don't know what you mean by "rework". Maybe I've only played the rework? Or, also very possible, because I made no Bella choices up to this point, she wasn't chosen in the code to save me? But if I gotta already be on her path to get the scene then its not gonna help convince me to get on the path. (For me, the next class finds the MC handcuffed, and the airhead twin cuffs herself to the MC while uncuffing him and then loses the key and hijinks ensue...)
 
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