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I've seen so much people say good things about a tale of crowns on tumblr, reddit and other if spaces, maybe it's on me and I came with too much expectations? Since the setting, not playing as a white American/European mc for once in royal settings sounded awesome........ But it was such a letdown, it suffers from the same bland mc, no choices, ros who are more into each other than mc in every other twine wip, I think it would have honestly worked better as a visual novel.
I understand the mc being naive, they are a fish out of water, buts it jarring to see this 25 year old acting like a child sometimes, I expected them to slowly get better, but they don't, I went with A because they seem cool, but I'm not a fan of slow burn so I restarted and went after X because I thought at least mc would be getting some(kind of like M from WH) ....but even in their route you don't... I mean X gets some mc just gets nothing (which is fair because they know each other for a week). I then decided to try the magician, but they are pretty boring so I came back to A, but it's been like 10 chapters and mc doesn't seen to mature and everyone dogpiles on them (even me in this comment sorry) you have people doing way worse things in the story, sorry if it's long, should I keep playing, do they(mc) get better? Anyone felt like this while playing?
 
BiscuitB said:
I just wish there was a way for Itchio to remove some of these IF which are dead. I mean it was SCOUT that go me into this. It's been dead for 5 years whats the point.
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If anything they should get labeled as abandoned after a length of time of no activity on the developer's part (if it's still listed as in development that is). That way no one is under any assumption that it's still being worked on but also leaves them there for posterity or for fans to revisit every so often.
 
cloudyday said:
I've seen so much people say good things about a tale of crowns on tumblr, reddit and other if spaces, maybe it's on me and I came with too much expectations? Since the setting, not playing as a white American/European mc for once in royal settings sounded awesome........ But it was such a letdown, it suffers from the same bland mc, no choices, ros who are more into each other than mc in every other twine wip, I think it would have honestly worked better as a visual novel.
I understand the mc being naive, they are a fish out of water, buts it jarring to see this 25 year old acting like a child sometimes, I expected them to slowly get better, but they don't, I went with A because they seem cool, but I'm not a fan of slow burn so I restarted and went after X because I thought at least mc would be getting some(kind of like M from WH) ....but even in their route you don't... I mean X gets some mc just gets nothing (which is fair because they know each other for a week). I then decided to try the magician, but they are pretty boring so I came back to A, but it's been like 10 chapters and mc doesn't seen to mature and everyone dogpiles on them (even me in this comment sorry) you have people doing way worse things in the story, sorry if it's long, should I keep playing, do they(mc) get better? Anyone felt like this while playing?
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I doubt it'll get better the ATOC author is one of those authors who doesn't take criticisms well and surrounds herself with yes men.
 
A VN dev that decided to set their story in early 2008 has all their characters who work minimum wage have phones worth thousands and food that wasn't sold yet in the region for maybe a decade (and it didn't even exist yet). Please just say it's loosely based off of the year or decade before I play so I'm not taken out of the story.
 
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Authors be trying to make mythology lighter and softer, meanwhile I think for example this here would have made for a good premise/worldbuilding piece. Just imagine the scene.

"In antiquity this sylvan landscape was the scene of a strange and recurring tragedy. On the northern shore of the lake, right under the precipitous cliffs on which the modern village of Nemi is perched, stood the sacred grove and sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis, or Diana of the Wood. [...] In this sacred grove there grew a certain tree round which at any time of the day and probably far into the night a strange figure might be seen to prowl. In his hand he carried a drawn sword, and he kept peering warily about him as if every instant he expected to be set upon by an enemy. He was a priest and a murderer; and the man for whom he looked was sooner or later to murder him and hold the priesthood in his stead. Such was the rule of the sanctuary. A candidate for the priesthood could only succeed to office by slaying the priest, and having slain him he held office till he was himself slain by a stronger or a craftier."
 
Re336 said:
I agree with every point you made here 😂. When I was done reading Sword of Rhivenia, I just felt disappointed. I was really hyped when it was published too. The demo was really fun, but the full book? It just feels like a prologue and the constant berating we got from every character is just infuriating. But I was still hopeful. It's only book one after all. But when the demo for book two came out, nothing changes. It's just the same thing as book one 🙃. The stat check, how am I supposed to raise my combat skill when the story never provided me with the opportunity? What about my swordsmanship skill? Why can't it protect me from just one measly rebel? Why does it have to be combat? This story has ridiculous amount of skills but they never come in use. The peasants and everyone you know still talk **** on you. I feel like the author just brushes off the critics the players made.

As for Arcadie, the story flopped the second Ariana dies. I thought we as the MC can betray Ariana and joins the rebel, that would be fun. Instead she died and we're forced to become the ruler then it's all sword of Rhivenia all over again. It also felt unfinished, turns out there's a second book coming out. Didn't the author say it's a standalone book? What happened with that?
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I cried after Ariana dies and deleted the game
 
SpiderBLACK said:
I cried after Ariana dies and deleted the game
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Ariana is the sister right? I hated that ***** lmao. She acts all superior and it got on my nerves. MC is forced to play second fiddle to her and if we wish to challenge her we get humiliated instead. In fact, i was elated the entire family was murdured and sucked dry of their blood. But cant really let that stand uk, nobody kills my family other than me. Becoming the ruler afterwards felt like we were thrown a bone. Like youll never be a better ruler than your sister but be one anyway cuz that ***** is dead. And the pity show by the two ROs and the "you dont understand, youre a child" attitude from the antagonist whos apparently not that much older than MC and is also a RO. Cant really stand stories which give this vibe.
 
seneya said:
...are warmongers that I felt zero pity for. #theantagonistdidnothingwrong
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Oh ****, I haven't realised we were talking about Arcadie. Daaaaaaamn, I'm so glad that I pirated that one, and haven't given a cent, because what in the actual **** is that game?
First you play as a classic trope of MC being a little *****, who is overshadowed by their sister who is the best thing to ever grace the planet, while you're basically a peasant in disguise. But that's only the beginning.
Your fam gets murked, which was aight, I get that, but the antagonist is like, even if they agree with you, or you with them, they're still like nah, you have to die because reasons. But then, your sister is graced by the Gods and has that power or whatever that was, I can't recall perfectly, it's been a long time since I played.
But then! She gets ****ing murked, even though I'm pretty sure I'd kill her myself, so now, by the grace of plot and pity, you are given powers to wipe out everyone and anyone, and yet, you only use them ****ing once, and it wasn't even intentional. Rather, it was just you being big mad or something.
Fast forward a little, we have those two ROs who are aight ig, though I find it fun how one of the ROs, the one that has money and connections, has to be there to save your *** in the world of politics with the retards of the kingdom, because it is not like you're the ****ing ruler with superpowers, and then! The antagonist shows up, and because he has blood of your parents on his armor, suddenly he's untouchable? But that's not even the bad part!
At the end, we need to pity him? I mean obviously we don't have to, since I recall killing him, but making him a RO, right. He's a RO who kills your whole ****ing family, and you're supposed to feel bad for him? To let him live? At least make the guy ****ing likeable, like God damn! He appears for one page at the beginning, and then at the end, and solely based on one "philosophical convo", someone is supposed to fall for him?
That's exactly why I never even bothered with the second book, since the first one was pretty *** imo
 
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