When will the update come out?
Usually, you alternate each month between LCC & MBML, last time it was MBML's turn, so I was wondering about LCC as it's been 62 days...
Thanks!
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I really hope that as little as possible has changed since I have learned to love this game the way it is, even love it's very few flaws!
What I have always feared regarding a dialog rework is that some characters' tone and personality might therefore be altered, and the worse would be if the tone and ambiance of the game was affected!
Even if not 100% perfect in the very beginning, it's still incredibly solid! That's why everyone loves it so much and that you get so much praise for your work!
Anyways... It's obvious that your decision was made a while ago to rework the game... I just hope none of the flavor is lost!
And your latest chapters for both LCC & MBML are MIND BLOWING!!!
Can't wait to see the story progress further!!
Oh! NiiChan!
While I think that some more work on the first episodes could be highly beneficial to bring them up to the same level of awesomeness and quality as your most recent chapters, I'd really, really, really appreciate it if you kept the original experience, mood, feel and genius take on depression and transformative experiences intact!
About the Trauma, Depression and related elements, plus the commentary on your perfect execution of showing how certain sets of circumstances can induce a deep transformative experience, a rebirth for someone suffering from conditions similar to the MC, please read my reply to Valkain, just a few posts higher!
The introduction part of the game is pure gold my man!
Hello Valkain!
I really like your constructive criticism! I totally understand your concerns and/or reasons behind the different points you make.
And you're tackling a FUNDAMENTAL aspect of storytelling: the suspension of disbelief.
~~{It might seem like I'm rejecting many of your ideas at first glance, but please keep in mind that I agree with most of your comments and that I'm bringing my take on your observations in order to add fuel to the debate, the discussion!}~~
Sure, during my first playthrough (I've just started my 2nd playthrough today), there were a couple of details that really shocked me, really making my mind go into a "WTF mode" at first, especially regarding the funny cooking reactions. But to be honest, I find this to be a very creative and humourous approach that just contributes to this Visual Novel's originality and that makes it stand out from the rest. Yes, the first food tasting scene felt a bit weird, but the consequenses were hilarious! But while it hurts a bit the suspension of disbelief, it creates a big mystery... And that's where it doesn't matter if it slightly affects the suspension of disbelief: because it serves the story much more. And as we slowly learn more about the MC's past, we're slowly gaining an understanding of what happened and why... We don't nearly have all the answers yet, but I find that the "ecstatic food tasting experience" is an interesting part of the story and a fun mystery!
~> FIGHT TALK: Having trained for over 12 years in Martial Arts and Combat Sports, I can definitely say that you CAN have a form of conversation while sparring and in certain types of real life (combat) situations, and sometimes... you can't: it really depends on the context.
A long monologue is ridiculous, except for when you're in control of the situation, like when the @$$hole tried to stab his GF and the MC had a strong hold of his wrist, to which he was applying constant force (very painful) up to the point where he crushed it.
And also, I don't think it's appropriate to expect hyper-realistic fighting scenarios from a Visual Novel. The author has been doing an incredible job of keeping the fight scenes as close to a real life scenario as possible!
~> I understand what you mean by saying that the MC is "TOO GOOD AT EVERYTHING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE."
But regarding the Fighting and Cooking Skills, I find that there is absolutely nothing wrong with his skills' level, here's why:
Fighting: As demonstrated early on, he might be good, but he's not OP (Overpowered). From the first scene (his traumatic experience), the MC is shown to be a normal human being, as he says many times later regarding this incident that he's not a manga hero that can take on 6 guys by himself... In fact, he got his ass brutality kicked... And in chapter 5, we again see his limitations...
You said you didn't have any problems with the MC's fighting skills as of chapter 4, and I can tell you that NiiChan isn't going anywhere near superhuman unrealistic fights. I wouldn't have any problems if the characters displayed extreme levels of fighting skills, as long as they didn't go into Marvel, Matrix territory, but as I said: from what I've seen, I'm sure NiiChan doesn't plan to go into crazy manga/anime territory.
~> Still about the "MC's too good at everything for a 24 years old", I REALLY THINK THAT THIS POINT ISN'T ENTIRELY VALID.
FIGHTING & COOKING SKILLS: Anyone who starts training at a very young age for a specific skillset and dedicates his whole life to his training over many years will become exceptionally gifted. And if your parents are masters in their field and that they're the ones who train you, you're going to reach mastery by adulthood...
So I really don't see what's the big issue with being a very good, but not super great fighter, and having developed his mother's supernatural cooking skills to a certain degree...
MONEY-WISE: You've got a point. Coming from a very poor background, it's unlikely that he'd have been able to afford that kind of car. I had NO IDEA how much his car is worth, checked... And HOLY $HIT!
Yeah, it's highly implausible that the MC could have afforded his car, but he's mentioned that he had been working multiple jobs over many years to gather enough money. But seeing as he's been working for years at high paying jobs in Tech Companies, IN A FANTASY SETTING, I don't find this to be such a huge stretch...
I mean... Come on! Yeah, many aspects of the story need to be plausible, but as with Hollywood movies, a big part of the story is about dreaming! And some liberties with social status and lifestyle are very minor details for me, and I suspect they are for the majority of the players...
If the MC could shoot laser beams out of his eyes... THAT would destroy my suspension of disbelief!
~> One last point. You said:
"[...] although I saw it weird how fast he switched from introversion to social in less than a week, considering that at the start of the game he still has issues with his past."
I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree with you on this. Have you ever suffered a traumatic event that caused you a Major Depression? I have. Multiple times.
The MC was 2 years in his depression at the beginning of the story. Even though he was still affected by the past, even though he still though about his trauma from time to time, there were many indications, subtle but very well though of clues in the "intro" (up to the first few days at the house) that, when put together and analyzed, gave a pretty good picture of what frame of mind he was in and at which step he was in his recovery process.
Someone that has been hurting for years inside and has a strong fear of opening himself again, allowing himself to feel emotions again, especially loving again, can SEEM like an INTROVERT. But unless it was the case before the trauma, it doesn't mean anything.
At the very beginning, the MC had already been through a big part of the recovery process. He had reached acceptance, and without going into a lengthy psychological analysis, I'll say that while he still had feelings of guilt and shame over failing to protect and find Irene, those had already been fading away in frequency and severity for a while (the opening dream: he said it had been a while since he had it).
From my personal experience and psychological studies, and from the infos given early in the game when MC moves to the house, it's clear that he was ready, "ripe" for his final step: letting go of the past.
And that's exactly what everyone at the new house told him, showed/taught him by forcing him to live in the moment and experience good feelings, showing him that it was still possible to have positive emotions.
I'll end with saying that the story illustrates one of, if not THE best way (in my experience) to free yourself from this kind of burden.
A total change of scenery, going from living alone to live in a house full of new and supportive people. New job, new town... The more drastic the change, the better!
Meeting new people, especially from the opposite sex, in a positive context/environment, combined with the previous elements, is THE PERFECT SETUP TO TRIGGER A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE, a sort of Rebirth.
Meeting, flirting and feeling that people are interested in you for who you are, having $ex, falling in love (even better), can seem silly, but for someone in the MC's Situation, it's like pulling your head out of the water after so long and starting to breathe again, it's really a life changing experience, the electroshock that wakes you up from your stupor, from your old emotional and psychological patterns that were only sustaining a depressive state!
So, I find that the MC getting out of his protective shell (as opposed to being introverted, something he never really was) in the first few days at the new house is just such a brilliant example of how people who are stuck in the past can experience a transformation that enables them to let go of their psychic chains and live again!
I have no idea if NiiChan had thought of this when working on the story and the Main Character's psychological development...
Maybe it's just a coincidence, but all the elements to support such a deep psychological insight are there!
So I would have a hard time believing that it wasn't deliberate on the author's part!
Take care!
NiiChan, I discovered MBML from a YouTuber (MxR) who recently made a video about it, going over a very short part of the game, with censored NSFW content (it's YouTube!), and while I downloaded the game mainly to see the $ex scenes, after 15-20 minutes of playtime, the spicy content soon became the last reason for playing!
I loved MBML, and I was sad that it ended so quickly, so I came looking for LCC. Since I knew that I had already played your second game, I expected that LCC, being your first, wouldn't be as good...
Boy! I WAS SOO WRONG!
I went through the whole 5 Chapters today, and I must say that it's a masterpiece!
Honestly, during the first 15-20 min of playing, I felt like it wasn't going to be a very good game, or should I say, Adult Visual Novel. But then... Everything kept getting better and better!
Yes, the format is about "daily life" and at first seems like it's just about getting girls into your bed, like the usual games, BUT! I said AT FIRST!
The story is very well crafted and put together. But the aspects that really shine are the "realistic" conversations (of course, there's an important element of fantasy... People, I mean Girls, don't act like this in real life regarding some more absurd aspects of the game, like all the girls you meet instantly fall in love with you, but that's part of the fun of the game!).
I got taken in by the story, I was actually very surprised to realize that very early on this story and the interactions with the other characters made me feel strong emotions and the further I progressed in game, the deeper I got emotionally involved!
What's awesome is how well written each character is, how much work went into fleshing out each one's personality, backstory, and I must say that I'm really impressed at how well you developed the characters' psychology! They all feel like REAL INDIVIDUALS, with drastically different personalities!
That's something even published novels written by well known writers often fail at!
I'VE BECOME A HUGE FAN OF YOURS!
I want to see... play... No. Live the rest of the story so bad! I can't wait for future chapters to be released!
And, if I were you, I'd concentrate on one project at a time, and finish LCC as a priority.
My experience as an artist and creator has taught me that working on multiple projects simultaneously is not very efficient, and over time, feels much less rewarding and encouraging as you're always working super hard on your projects, and yes, they do progress, but at a much slower pace than focusing on finishing one job first.
Why? Because creation-wise, everytime you switch between projects, you need a bit of time to just go check where you left things at, you need to refresh your memory, immerse yourself back into the story, the characters, your plans (story arc), and much more...
Whereas when you're dedicating yourself to one project only, your mind always stays in this universe you're creating and you don't loose focus on any part of your objectives.
There's much more to say about this, but I'll stop here, as it would be way too long to go through everything I want to say, and I also know that as a fellow artist and creator, you totally get what I'm saying, so there's no need to go into any more details!
Oh! Last point!
I noticed quite a few mistakes in the writing. Don't get me wrong: you've done a remarkable job! I feel that maybe English is not your Native Language (or Mother Tongue), and I would be more than happy to lend you a hand in correcting the mistakes, without ever changing the meaning of the original content.
PM me if you're interested!