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Okay, just got to the end of this demo, and I'm not happy. My enjoyment of this game has dropped substantially. Using Rape, in any way, is a no for me, that's just an unfortunate reality of the world that should be 100% left out of games, and I feel that was arbitrarily tacked on to make Russel even more of a "bad guy" character. Low blow, and uncalled for.

And it sucks because I was trying to romance Russel, but it feels like he just got shafted by a bad plot, and it somehow ended up with MC crushing on Carlos.

I hope the next one has some improvements, but if it doesn't, it just might be enough to kill this studio for me

Labra3 years ago (2 edits) (+5)

I think you might want to check out the second part of the dev log for build 15. It goes into a little bit more detail on that topic and could maybe help alleviate some of those concerns.

Asirah3 years ago(-4)

I understand what they're saying, but that doesn't change what I said. I feel it's something fantasy things should 100% leave out. Like how in those Viking and Medieval TV shows you have women being sexually exploited or abused. It just inherently pisses me off.

Labra3 years ago(+4)

No, no, I hear ya. It's a... difficult subject to include as a plot device to say the very least. There's definitely valid arguments to be had if it even should be included at all, especially if it's not the main focus of a story (e.g. a character recovering from being sexually assaulted) but since this is, to a degree, still very much based in reality and they have somewhat touched on social issues before I'm personally willing to see how this plays out.

However, I can definitely unterstand if people can't or don't want to deal with anything as awful as this in their fiction, not matter how it's handled.

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Asirah3 years ago(+1)(-6)

I didn't even try Echo because I heard it's too sad for my tastes. I love the music from Echo and Lucia, but the story is not great. Another novel I've played through is much simpler, called Our Life, and it's much better than this. I don't even know what the fuck is up with the dreams/nightmares. I assume mental damage due to trauma, but they could have done it better

Frostclaw3 years ago

Hopefully you decided to continue and check out the latest demo (especially if you are/were a Patron), because there is plenty of further story.

As far as Russell goes, he's in no way an available romance option at the moment. Even though his target goal was met, he's still an extra romance option, and won't be worked on until most of the primary plot is done with.

Rape discussion is also something that, while controversial, shouldn't be ignored and left out because it's uncomfortable. I say this as a rape victim myself.

All I can really say on the matter is, there's more than meets the eye. Considering all the supernatural aspects that are going on in Santa Lucia, I'd say that's a very obvious thing.

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