Well allow me one little update in that case, to be a smidge more serious than the whole "hurp I'm a creep" and expecting criticism bits, I've been trained to think that way since childhood, but they're mostly jokes; I can honestly say after going through Emi's path, luckily without bombing once, this game has so many different... I dunno, emotional effects? Dependant on the choice of who to pursue with their endings. Rin's made me feel... actually like watching a sunset on a hill I guess would work. You know? Like, a warm feeling, with maybe a hint of sorrow. The passing of another day, and the coming of another night, from light to dark? I think this kind of thinking is why Rin's path clicked so easy.
But Emi's, well, that was just... It makes you feel both giddy and almost protective, I'd wager. And these are just two paths, in a free 18+ game. I'm honest in my opinion that if something like this were to be continued upon, however unlikely that is, like following the characters years after, be it as a book or just a visual novel with very few inputs other than "click to advance text and see next scene", I'd pay more for it than almost any thumb buster of a game that'd come out before and after it. The writing is just so well executed and thought out, it's insane. And let's be frank here, for a game based in the genre of "Let's pick from a group of girls to bang", I can't say it's actually been arousing in any way, which is something massive. Enough to make one realize that there's a world of difference between this and other games like it, like a well written romance novel and some sloppy half-assed porno.
So this goes out to 4LS. A bunch of brilliant, more than likely stereotyped people; You took a concept that fit on a SINGLE page in the back of a book of fan-porn, went past the unthinkable, and drove this game towards being a true epic in it's genre, and moreso out of it. I can definately see myself keeping this game around well after I finish it, just to relive the experience, at the very least once.
Yours truly, some long-winded goofball who may well admit to this game being the drive I needed years past to further myself as an artist, and now as a person.
But Emi's, well, that was just... It makes you feel both giddy and almost protective, I'd wager. And these are just two paths, in a free 18+ game. I'm honest in my opinion that if something like this were to be continued upon, however unlikely that is, like following the characters years after, be it as a book or just a visual novel with very few inputs other than "click to advance text and see next scene", I'd pay more for it than almost any thumb buster of a game that'd come out before and after it. The writing is just so well executed and thought out, it's insane. And let's be frank here, for a game based in the genre of "Let's pick from a group of girls to bang", I can't say it's actually been arousing in any way, which is something massive. Enough to make one realize that there's a world of difference between this and other games like it, like a well written romance novel and some sloppy half-assed porno.
So this goes out to 4LS. A bunch of brilliant, more than likely stereotyped people; You took a concept that fit on a SINGLE page in the back of a book of fan-porn, went past the unthinkable, and drove this game towards being a true epic in it's genre, and moreso out of it. I can definately see myself keeping this game around well after I finish it, just to relive the experience, at the very least once.
Yours truly, some long-winded goofball who may well admit to this game being the drive I needed years past to further myself as an artist, and now as a person.
