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Post by phoray on May 19, 2020 5:20:02 GMT
Woow the "final" route of Cinderella Phenomenon took like 3 hours or something. Again I was doomed to the bad ending. Went to the guide and realized that out of 21 choices, I had only gotten 6 wrong. Six! They just really want you to get that bad ending don't they?
Anyways. Waltz was a bit of a childhood romance direction. I liked the pictures on this route, and I liked the complexity. Protagonist finally had a real heart to heart with her dad and I felt so inspired by it I sent my own father a text. So I'd actually have to say, although the romance was above average, it was the story around it and the cast that shined the most. There was a lot of death too.
I don't know why they lock reconcilation with dad behind this specific route. I guess to leave fans conflicted about which they would go with. Glad I can always head canon. Time.for sleep! Play the final route tomorrow. I am so preparing myself for heart break.
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Post by phoray on May 19, 2020 2:08:54 GMT
Cinderella Phenomenon
This game pokes at my mommy issues
Now it pokes at my daddy issues
And it pokes at my "crying is for weak people" issues.
So sometimes I'm getting choked up at just basic dialogue, not gonna lie
So far ranking: #1 prince rod, because they are the best match of personality and dynamic #2 Rumpel, because he made me laugh even if sometimes he made me facepalm. His ending was more complicated #3 Karma for being all over the place. The ending was very tidy as well. But boring.
What's left is Waltz and Fritz. Online says play Fritz then Waltz but I just have this feeling that Fritz's route is going to totally wreck me so... Saving him for last.
I still haven't gotten tired of the music. I even don't mind re reading some stuff. I'm also judging who actually needs the Healing Love of the protagonist the most.
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Post by phoray on May 18, 2020 17:05:35 GMT
Played another round of Cinderella Phenomenon. This time I went for Karma because they have the people I'm interested in locked behind completion gates. Similar to Mystic Messenger. So now I have to romance two people I have little interest in to get to the ones I am interested in. Outside of Prince Rod :heart:
His storyline was a twist on Beauty and the Beast- he was cursed to be both after he bedded a witch before running off to the next shiny thing. So, like the protagonist, kinda deserved it. But he had a bad temper, and his compliments were over the top and he was just secretive. Not the right mix for me. So when I got the Bad ending by literally putting my sword through him, I was like.. "oops."
I am amused that I can only get Bad Endings without a guide. I don't understand on whether or not there is a point system but it is not obviously intuitive what I'm supposed to be doing to keep my potential love interests from dying. They want me to flip between challenging and passive too often.
Next will be uh... Rumpel. A perv at first glance, wonder what he's really like 😅
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Post by phoray on May 18, 2020 4:35:57 GMT
Cinderella Phenomenon *Crying* I got a bad end *Sniffles* This is written so well, how is it free? *Sniffles* I gotta save that boy. Time to go find a guide. Edit add: Even the happy ending is complicated! But I got it. Also. It will be really hard to do the other stories knowing that Prince Rod dies it his curse doesn't end. Talk about conflicted 😭
....and then I googled and found out he doesn't. Whew. What a relief, that was a toughie that was really going to eat me alive inside. I'd have felt too guilty to try the others
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Post by phoray on May 17, 2020 8:17:49 GMT
Seduce Me I stayed up way too late. But I finally got my "go to fight a demon war" ending, even if I didn't get to see it. It took becoming a lesbian (maybe) with a succubus, but all in all, neat. Also learned what killed grandpap on this route. I hate her parents so much, though
The flaw of this visual novel is that they were really lazy with the writing, and copy pasted a LOT and just changed names. I found it immersion breaking that the plot line I had with 5 different demon guys was nearly exactly the same to read with just a few flavor text changes at key points. It wouldn't have cost more to have moderately different un voiced lines Still, I felt like some flavor text tried harder than others.
#1 Damien ( only one to notice your bruise. And the fact that he's so often in your head makes the romance seem more realistic. Niceer sex scene) #2 Erik (better back story, better lines, magical wedding ring, nice sex scene) #3 James (like his self control and bookishness. He also formally proposes. Sex scene had it's moments ) #4 Diana (meh romance. Would have liked to just be bad ass friends who end a war together.) #5 Sam (never really going to like him for his force kissing. Kinda implied he is unemployed. ) #7 Matthew (dead last for total lack of sex appeal.) had no interest in becoming an actual demon or dating her super normal female friends at school. I do like dialogue, I do like choices. I do like romance. But this needed more juicy world building and a stronger protagonist. She only really got to be strong on her "ignore the men" route.
Ah well. Entertained me for 6 hours for free
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Post by phoray on May 17, 2020 4:10:28 GMT
Seduce Me I'll say this for these visual novels. They're quick. I got a "normal" ending? With Damien With no guides. Which left me saying, "that's it?" At the screen. So I pulled up a guide, and quickly auto skipped to get the ending I deserved. Still, I'm left disappointed. I wanted to get pulled into the Demon World and fight a war. Instead, I made my incubi boyfriend into a human and lived happily ever after. the main character in this game is far more passive than in "Confines of the Crown." Don't get to be a clever intrigue expert with double dagger weilding badass. Instead I get to be Belle from Twilight. Bleh. Maybe the Demon War is on another path? (If there is one at all). Also I want to keep to Incubi part of my boyfriend, magically enhanced sex sounds amazing. That all said, I did have this interesting feeling when I began. So there is forced kissing from two of the harem boys and that really ticks me off, it's explained that they may die. So I put big X's on them as not happening. Then I found out that they could consume the character's sexual energy just from touch alone. And THEN I felt like super paranoid. Damien had volunteered to romantically carry me done the stairs-- had he dined on me? James had offered his arm to walk me to the dinner table. Had HE dined on me?! So I found myself feeling kinda... Victimized by four of the five, although Damien later claims that they wouldn't randomly consume me. That left Matthew as the only one who had never touched the main character. But he was such a baby face I couldn't imagine trying a romance with him as my natural first choice. So I went to Damien since I was at least attracted to his sprite/voice actor, even if it was possible he'd taken a nibble. Anyway. Just a weird sensation to get that I character. As a real person, I'd always enjoyed erotica written about succubus and incubus. But I guess when I was putting myself into the role of victim, it was kinda uncomfortable and paranoia inducing.
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Post by phoray on May 17, 2020 0:11:29 GMT
Confines of the CrownRound 4, from a reload so it'd go a bit faster. The Gaston route is shooting for amusing and silly, and it managed it. Gaston ends up being sweet in the right way and out of all the options for her husband, I think he's the best. It left me feeling like if I could blend the Oscar route with his- confess feelings for Oscar, save the Princess and find her someone that really cares for her. And use the boon to go buy some land and be Grand Lady with my childhood love, Prince Oscar. I'd have been really happy, it would have been perfect.----Instead, only the very underwhelming lesbian maid is an option for the main character, Madeline. The game wanted me to pick between the maid and going back to work with Oscar. The maid was considered the "happy ending" and I chew on my lip before just making a save and trying both options. And my heart wanted to go back to Oscar, not play as Sappho with a sweet simplistic maid. even the auto dialogue of the main character pointed out that she had no mind for intrigue, which is straight up calling this gal un clever. So I rolled with Oscar, got some epilogue text for this "normal" ending, then reloaded for the Happy Ending, and got to see Gaston and Cassidy really looking adorable together. So, rankings: #1 Callum for mutual appreciation of skills, lust, mystery solved, and everyone mostly happy. #2 Oscar for his heartfelt sweetness. And especially his calling Madeline out on her bullshit at the last minute. he loses points for the whole mystery going unsolved and only he and Maddy being happy. #3 Gaston is not an LI for Madeline, but he made Princess Cassidy the most happy. #4 Nazagi. The more I thought on it, the more I realized that he essentially blackmailed himself into being Princess Cassidy's fiance by saying literally no one else would want her and he knew her secret. He doesn't even say he likes Madeline romantically, just that he finds her mentally capable enough to have her bare his children. Which continues on the whole lie of everything...it's just messy. And I had to follow a guide and pick things I would never have picked naturally. Additionally, Madeline is written to care about Oscar, at the bare minimum platonically, and her complete abandonment of Oscar on this route is just OC. I never tried any of Delores's endings. She is an unlikable, if logical, woman. but her endings make me think that the sort of MAdeline that would run off with her like that wouldn't have made it as far as she did anyway. so OC. The game is done for me. It was a surprisingly mature game for something so light and quick. Princess Cassidy being transgender...what self hate can lead someone to. And what being powerless can make anyone do; whether you're wanting the crown or just wanting to tell everyone to fuck off so you can live your own life already. I downloaded another visual novel called "Seduce Me." it's free and rated positively.
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Post by phoray on May 16, 2020 5:09:52 GMT
Round 3 of Confines of the Queen and I'm left shaking my head a bit. The "poly" end is happy, in a way. Not the kinky fun hijinks I was hoping for but instead a happy ending with a question mark. Like, choices were made, alliances were struck, and we all made the best of it. But poor Oscar was completely abandoned by his closest friend and I have no idea if Callum got relieved of all his angsty confusion either.
I think Oscar the Childhood sweetheart was the most well written, considering how short the story is. It's more believable that someone you grew up with finally throws caution to the winds and goes for the romance you've been carefully ignoring all along. At least two people are happy on That route But Callum's storyline had it's fuzzy cute moments and actually explains what's going on with the rest of the mystery and I think everyone ends up happy on that route.
Interesting little story. First playthrough took 2 hours. 2nd took a lil over an hour, and I reloaded a save for the 3rd, so it was just under an hour. There are technically 15 different endings but I got no interest in what's called the "normal" and "bad" endings. 4 hours of entertainment for $7 wasn't a bad deal.
Edit: okay, discussion about the game I've read elsewhere implies one of the routes I was skipping is very funny. So I will give it a run tomorrow. But then I'm done 😋
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Post by phoray on May 16, 2020 3:59:53 GMT
picked up a Visual Novel called the Confines of the Crown. Played through to the quick short happy ending with default lover boy. Which was adorable. I will have to steel my heart to try out other lover boy options while finding out the rest of the true mystery . Just played round 2. As far as I can tell, the first 3 "chapters" are pretty much the same. It splits off more drastically after Chapter 4. The first time I played, ended up with Oscar the childhood sweetheart. And it was sweet, with some dramatic moments to keep it from boring. Callum? Seemed more like LUST and appreciation for battle skills. Still, I ended up giggling twice so I enjoyed myself even if the romance wasn't as... thourough. Now I'm after the dark nerd, Nazagi, and Hoping I can finagle the poly triad ending.
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Post by phoray on May 14, 2020 17:25:50 GMT
I still get great joy about the Templar I blackmailed about something. And then I had Hawke act like they had no memory about it the blackmail, and he was like, SO PUT OUT.
"Ya know? The person you BLACKMAILED me about?!!"
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Post by phoray on May 14, 2020 5:24:03 GMT
Ended my Origin Subscription. I did get to play Vampyr and try a couple of other games out of it. Not a total waste of $10 Then I picked up a Visual Novel called the Confines of the Crown. Played through to the quick short happy ending with default lover boy. Which was adorable. I will have to steel my heart to try out other lover boy options while finding out the rest of the true mystery Re Bloodlines fylimar I played most? Of it? I think I ran into a big and literally couldn't continue. I was keeping on eye on the New Bloodlines coming out, hoping for Controller options since keyboards hurt.
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Post by phoray on May 13, 2020 3:35:29 GMT
Scrolling through Origin Basic Vault Access and wishing I liked puzzle, sports, or looter shooter games. I'd be so blitzed with choices. Probably doesn't help that I have to have a Controller. I liked Greedfall, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroit Become Human, Vampyr, I liked Pyre. Hell, I even enjoyed Mystic messenger. I like dialogue, I like Choices. *Mentally waves arms around.* What is there to play? I'm enjoying Deus Ex: Human Revolution. No customisable protag, but can choose missions that you accept - other than the main one, obivously - different ways of completing most - if not all - quests. Dialogue choices that do seem to mean something - so far, at least - and an interesting skills system. There seems to be two. Is the one you're recommending from 8 years ago?
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Post by phoray on May 13, 2020 2:40:21 GMT
Scrolling through Origin Basic Vault Access and wishing I liked puzzle, sports, or looter shooter games. I'd be so blitzed with choices. Probably doesn't help that I have to have a Controller.
I liked Greedfall, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroit Become Human, Vampyr, I liked Pyre. Hell, I even enjoyed Mystic messenger. I like dialogue, I like Choices.
*Mentally waves arms around.* What is there to play?
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Post by phoray on May 13, 2020 2:14:15 GMT
Tried the Demo for Plague Tale: Innocence. It looks like I would enjoy it once. It reminds me of the Last of Us. I am not willing to buy it for $45 though, since my preferred game has Choices. Wait for a Steam Sale, <$30 seems fair
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Post by phoray on May 13, 2020 1:25:33 GMT
That would be so weird. is she in a super different or higher up position? I once left a job I kinda hated for a summer, only to come back during a school semester. It felt like putting on old skin of who I used to be.
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Post by phoray on May 12, 2020 18:18:37 GMT
if the Inquisitor is brought back as the PC of Dragon Age 4 it will not make sense that the Inquisitor would abandon their LI's to chase Solas .... Of course there is another alternative concerning the Inquisitor which would prevent them conducting the search. It occurs to me that at the end of May the Dread Wolf take you, Solas sends a message to the Inquisitor that he is sorry, having admitted to Charter that he spilled his plan to them in a moment of weakness. You will recall that the last person he apologised to was Flemeth/Mythal, immediately before he killed her. So may be DA4 will begin with him killing the Inquisitor. Holy Crap. Or maybe Stones them. and everyone made into stone will be un stoned after Solas is defeated.
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Post by phoray on May 12, 2020 14:08:55 GMT
I like the Hinterlands. I do most of it, so that gaining the favor of important people to get our place at the negotiation table doesn't feel like such a joke.
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Post by phoray on May 12, 2020 3:49:29 GMT
DnD Coronovirus edition
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Post by phoray on May 12, 2020 0:57:23 GMT
so Sera says something about Leliana being "one of us" or "playing on our side" or something and I still can't decide if she means a lesbian or stabby stabby spy.
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Post by phoray on May 12, 2020 0:42:51 GMT
When you say she didn't have the right to make this decision "regardless of any and all information," do you mean that you'd still condemn her actions even if absolutely everything else she could have done, including spreading the information in order to let the rest of the village decide for her, would have gotten the entire village killed? I'm trying to parse this correctly. She had knowledge the rest of the town didn't have, and perhaps the education to truly understand the situation. Maybe she suspected, rightly, that the people would want to mount a defense, a trap, or an attempt to escape if they were informed. And she decided, probably rightly, that it would only result in a slaughter/enslavement of the entire town. So to save herself, and the people of the town, she decided to keep them in the dark. I firmly believe she had no right to make this decision. It's cowardly, even if, perhaps, the best strategic thing to have done from a Military/Utilitarian stand point. If she'd told the village, and they'd all gotten themselves killed, and all we'd found was an abandoned town and some codexes, maybe some words from the survivors in the cages we freed, to piece together the whole story, then she wouldn't have committed the crime she was being tried for in the first place. So what is the timeline of your question? The moment the Templars wanted to trade food and goods in exchange for people was the moment she would have realized this had become a slavery transaction. So she is absolutely guilty of selling the first batch of people into slavery. It's only later she finds out that the slaves are dying and that they're in a hostage situation. so even if THAT was the moment she'd tell everyone, then she would be tried as a slave trader at the very least. I'm not a utilitarian so there is very little that is going to redeem her for me. I'm not putting myself in her shoes to try to see what decision I'd make. I'm putting myselves in the shoes of the villagers. And I see someone who has made my village into a little pig pen. At intervals, she's sold my fellow pigs on the market, while telling my fellow remaining pigs and I that they just decided to change careers and move one state over to start a better life. I am not a pig, an infant. My fate is my own, and if I choose to risk likely death by sneaking through the snow at night to potential freedom, that's my choice. And she took that from me.
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Post by phoray on May 11, 2020 20:54:41 GMT
The townspeople were not soldiers. Considering Orlais, I'm pretty certain they didn't even choose her to "lead" them, but even if they did somehow democratically vote her in, they wanted her to make decisions about trade. She wasn't a general.
Regardless of any and all information, she had no right to make this decision for them. And she's a horrible person for assuming she could make this decision on their behalf. She is literally responsible for death, I don't care if she tried to reduce her death toll, she's responsible for it. If it got down to it, would she have sent herself in the stead of a child? or would she have sent the child on? we all know the answer. Continuing the "deal" with the Red Templars was as much about protecting herself as anyone else.
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Post by phoray on May 10, 2020 22:16:00 GMT
Someone hasn't been paying attention to Dragon Age Origins I just started replaying it. I haven't noticed anything so far, unless you count the blood spatters. someone I should look out for?
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Post by phoray on May 10, 2020 22:04:41 GMT
That's pretty damn racist. ALL men do not find WHITE WOMEN attractive. Hell, tons of people were gramp about not getting to bang Viv, and she doesn't match that description at all. Pearly whites refers to teeth not skin colour 1. Black women may have full lips, but they won't have red lips unless lipstick. 2. teeth is whatever, I don't think they spend a lot of time in a video game to depict someone with bad dental hygiene 3. "nice facial features" is so subjective and ambiguous it's difficult to argue 4. long legs...again, whatever. Lots o' guys like lil shorties. can't be 4'8 AND have long legs. 5. ...small noses: african americans tend to have wide/broad noses. Additionally, asians think Americans have big noses. so mostly, it was 1 and 5 I took issue with.
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Post by phoray on May 10, 2020 21:56:54 GMT
For as big a production as AC has become, they haven’t done a great job of putting out a good one for 5 years. So the team size doesn’t mean quality. Hell, RDR2 ended up boring as fuck despite the polish. I'm a story girl. At the end of the day, I want a super strong interactive/flexible narrative. I get bored by games that you could watch online like a long movie with intermittent fighting sequences. So AC Odyssey was pretty weak to me, from that point, as they locked you into having a kid, and even if you were playing a pacifist ish character, locked you into threatening people with death during dialogue scenes.
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Post by phoray on May 10, 2020 21:08:04 GMT
Seems relevant here Sylvia raised a good point yesterday which I wanted to touch on... David Goldfarb @locust9Still amazed by how clueless the general public is about game development. What assumptions make you crazy? Sylvf @sylvf1That every studio putting out games people slot into the "AAA space" is at least a thousand people strong, and any inability to hit the scope/fidelity of a 1,000+ workforce is a studio failing. Okay - first off, the industry isn't very transparent to general public, and things like team sizes and production budgets are things studios may or may never reveal. And even if they do share any of that info, it's usually some time after the game is already out. And without that info, it is hard to manage expectations. But setting aside that, it is a good reminder that "AAA" productions do vary a lot in team sizes and budgets. For DA4, at a guess based on previous games, I figure they have a team of ~350 and a budget of 35-40m. Which is solid, no doubt. But there are studios like Ubi, CDPR, Rockstar that can put 1,000+ devs on a team, with production budgets ~$100m. 1,500 were involved in building Witcher 3, so managing expectations is important. And I'm probably one of the most guilty here for having a pie-in-the-sky wishlist for DA4. I'm going to have to work on dialing that back. But yeah, those new features and fleshed-out side-quests do take Dev-time & $$$. And now we're seeing upcoming games like AC: Valhalla, boasting 15 studios working it. Who knows how many devs that translates to, or their budget, but you can bet it's huge. Same with Cyberpunk. BW can't compete on that scope of production, even if you were to factor out other issues like production woes, etc. BioWare seems to have this perception that it's a huge company as they have multiple studios and a long history. But all of BW put together is probably around 550-650 devs, while a company like Ubisoft has 13-14,000.
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