Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[Parallax]

People who played with the mods were quite lucky actually. Imagine going through all that without any save points...... Honestly my first run was fun, but the later ones I did were to just see what happens in other endings. And stop repeating my playthroughs at an ending I liked. There's not much in terms of variance in different playthroughs except the ending. Eh, it was like an action movie, just as short and fast paced. Not my cup of tea tbh.

Spoiler: Lame

Gonna disagree with the RO though. What's there not to like about an unhinged RO who's out there to murder you and bang you at the same time? My unhinged a-- protagonist was into that s-it this time......

I prefer when MC is unhinged and RO tries to "fix" them. And if they're both unhinged then I want to kill RO even more. There's only room for one freak!

Fallen Hero world-building, that is kept behind the bane of broke IF enjoyers (which, let's be real, made up most of the IF ecosystem lol) called Patreon. Recently saw Fallen Hero's compiled Patreon contents shared by a member, and found lots of vital infos about the world through the Q&A section. Things about the Void, the Nanosurge, etc

What else write for Patreon? It seems like he doesn't like writing smut stories, weird fan prompts for ROs, and the kind of stuff other authors fill their Patreons with.
I follow all this world-building stuff; some of it is interesting, some of it is rather boring, but I don't feel like most of that knowledge is necessary in the game. Though I get it some of the stuff, like creating ReGenes or the Rangers history as additional "articles" in the game would be a nice.

 

[Farafare]

Right now? Just read The Soul Stone War 3 beta build and boy..... What do you mean that is all there is? Only 3 chapters, nothing actually happens.... NOTHING.... Short AF, it feels more like a prelude or unfinished than anything.
TSSW is not the most incredibly witty/smart/profound game, its fun, funny, and scratches an itch. And yes, its the beta build, maybe the link people shared didn't had all the material.... But boy, if the 3rd book is really just that... Freaking disappointment is what that book is.

I am so concerned about this too. If this is really it, imma loose my damn mind. Tree years for that? It feels like it's shorter than previous books. There's like no motion whatsoever. Manerkol part - crumbs and rushed out of nowhere, after all the "forbidden romance" thing in the first book and slow pinning in second.
Tssw indeed not the best IF in history. It always lacked in the field of word count, but it still got me on some stuff and it's like a guilty pleasure for me. I wasn't expecting a lot, bar was literally six feet under. I bought both parts and planned to continue buying as it releases, but now I'm seriously reconsidering and rethinking if I should continue to interact with it at all...

The other game author working on probably occupied all their attention, which doesn't help it also, cause progress on that one crumbs as well. And some bugs/typos are not being fixed. But it's whatever, I'm not invested much anyways.

 

[mrstankylegs]

Dangit, I missed out on Crowns of Ashe and Flames bashing! Many people here already mirrored my sentiments (the lack of agency, the pity party, the characters..) so I won't be a broken record.

Waty back when I wrote down this rant about a bunch of games I didn't like, but decided against it because I worried It was too mean. Can't help it, I'm a hater. Here's what I wrote down for Crowns of Ashe and Flames:

Someone has a favorite OC they wanted to show off, huh? Girl, that man forced a child into marriage. I don’t care about his Old Man Yaoi moments. Just write a novel about him and his boyfriend at this point, or draw a Webtoon.

Seriously, how can people even stand following their Tumblr blog? If I didn't think the author doesn't take the premise of their own game serioussly before, I certainly think that way now after I saw 'Here's sexy art I drew of the character who murdered MC's entire family and forced them into marriage as a child. He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'... like what are we DOING right now. Are we on crack

 

[seneya]

He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'

Wait, is that... an actual thing? lol. lmao, even.
Why do some authors insist on treating their characters that way, it becomes impossible to treat them (characters) seriously afterwards =_= Now all we need is an art of him in a leather get-up with a whip.
I guess some authors really are less interested in writing in actual story, and more in fawning over their OCs. The story is just a vehicle to showcase them.

 

[Gone_Dead]

Seriously, how can people even stand following their Tumblr blog? If I didn't think the author doesn't take the premise of their own game serioussly before, I certainly think that way now after I saw 'Here's sexy art I drew of the character who murdered MC's entire family and forced them into marriage as a child. He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'... like what are we DOING right now. Are we on crack

No way . I won't be surprised if the author decides to make the King romanceble and unkillable in the future. They could atleast try to conceal projecting their weird fetishes into the game.

There's just something about hating on games like this which is so liberating.

 

[mrstankylegs]

Wait, is that... an actual thing? lol. lmao, even.
Why do some authors insist on treating their characters that way, it becomes impossible to treat them (characters) seriously afterwards =_= Now all we need is an art of him in a leather get-up with a whip.
I guess some authors really are less interested in writing in actual story, and more in fawning over their OCs. The story is just a vehicle to showcase them.

Unfortunately, yeah. It's real.

There's just this huge dissonance between his actions and the way his character is perceived, both within the story by other characters and outside the story by the author themselves. It puts a bad taste in my mouth. Luceris wouldn't be so unpleasant to me if his character is exactly the same, BUT his actions are treated with the gravity they warranted. Why are y'all acting like he's just a quirky, mentally ill teenager. Why does he even get to have HEALING as part of his character arc. When did he earn that. Gosh, it annoys me. Literally just imagine him but instead of a white haired anime boy, he's an ugly, aging senile old man, and I wonder if people would still 'uwu' over him as he walks after a child into the woods to verbally taunt them about their dead family (before forcing them to marry him.)

Even the choices where you get to make him uncomfortable about the marriage pissed me off. One of the VERY few chances where MC get to have a backbone at all, and it's just a petty remark that annoys me more than anything else. What do you mean YOU are uncomfortable? Nobody made you marry a child! You did this!

 

[seneya]

Literally just imagine him but instead ofa white haired anime boy, he's an ugly, aging senile old man, and I wonder if people would still 'uwu' over him

It's a well-known fact that a villain could do the most vile s h i t possible, and as long as they're even mildly attractive, there are going to be people lusting after them.
I guess everyone wants to be that "special" one that "fixed him" and got all the attention and dedication and sexy times as a reward for that.
But as you said, the problem with Luceris is that he's treated inconsistently. The story markets itself as a revenge story, and a revenge story hinges upon having a hateable antagonist. It's one of those genres where it's arguably detrimental to make them too sympathetic, or sympathetic at all. It seems like the author started with the intention of writing Luceris as a monster, but then got carried away by their (and their fans') fantasies, and so his character became progressively more UwU-fied. I'll go as far as to say that this is one of the downsides of interacting with your fanbase too much during development: you might lose sight of the original vision and just... roll with whatever seems to be fun at the moment.
For the sake of the story, it really would've been better to make Luceris old and ugly. The amount of hate would've been something to behold. (or just, y'know, have the MC there as a prisoner w/o the marriage subplot that doesn't even feel necessary for anything beyond ~drama~)

There's just something about hating on games like this which is so liberating.

Let the hate flooow~
(probably because there are few places where you can express an honest opinion without being unalived for it bc it's mean to the authors or smth)

 

[Gone_Dead]

Unfortunately, yeah. It's real.

There's just this huge dissonance between his actions and the way his character is perceived, both within the story by other characters and outside the story by the author themselves. It puts a bad taste in my mouth. Luceris wouldn't be so unpleasant to me if his character is exactly the same, BUT his actions are treated with the gravity they warranted. Why are y'all acting like he's just a quirky, mentally ill teenager. Why does he even get to have HEALING as part of his character arc. When did he earn that. Gosh, it annoys me. Literally just imagine him but instead of a white haired anime boy, he's an ugly, aging senile old man, and I wonder if people would still 'uwu' over him as he walks after a child into the woods to verbally taunt them about their dead family (before forcing them to marry him.)

Even the choices where you get to make him uncomfortable about the marriage pissed me off. One of the VERY few chances where MC get to have a backbone at all, and it's just a petty remark that annoys me more than anything else. What do you mean YOU are uncomfortable? Nobody made you marry a child! You did this!

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I need to bleach my eyes. I never once imagined both of them to look like that. And its not helping the author decides to make them look like anime characters. In my mind he has the most anger inducing face.

And i have to ask, what is it with people feminizing male characters?

 

[seneya]

And i have to ask, what is it with people feminizing male characters?

I think it's about putting them into skimpy clothing? Idk.

 

[mrstankylegs]

I don't mind, honestly. Skimpy clothing, feminine men, whatever. Wear whatever you want. I even like femboys. It just shouldn't be the Child Marriage Man. Like, no, a chibi art of him with a frog headband doing his skincare routine isn't charming. I think him being uwu-ified makes me hate him more than I would if he's played straight. (Not that kind of straight, pardon the pun lol. He can keep his knight boyfriend, though that man should NOT have the gall to act all sad when MC tells him 'hey so uh im not cool about you dating my family's murderer tbh.' Again I ask, are we on crack,)

Sorry, not to harp on that same point too much, but it's just insane to me how that isn't bigger of a deal. Just because he did it to spite MC's sister doesn't make it less gross. Cool motivation, still child marriage.

 

[Farafare]

Damn, CoAaF is so anger inducing to me the more i hear about it the more my migraine intensifies. God, how I wish to delete that part of my brain that decided to read it.
This one and Night market, as well as thei authors - so goddamn annoying. And they think the write gold. Ugh

 

[seneya]

he did it to spite MC's sister

And I'm sitting here like... The guy had no problems murdering an entire family. If he wanted to "spite" the MC's sister (and maybe catch her, too), just capture the MC and make it known at every corner that if she doesn't come forward, the MC is getting horrifically executed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[SasariRomanii]

Unfortunately, yeah. It's real.

There's just this huge dissonance between his actions and the way his character is perceived, both within the story by other characters and outside the story by the author themselves. It puts a bad taste in my mouth. Luceris wouldn't be so unpleasant to me if his character is exactly the same, BUT his actions are treated with the gravity they warranted. Why are y'all acting like he's just a quirky, mentally ill teenager. Why does he even get to have HEALING as part of his character arc.

No word. Just GAG. Straight up vomit inducing.

Why do they look like that??? In my mind's eye the King is an imposing, fully bearded guy (still attractive cause y not, looks has never deter me from being a complete hater before and I won't start now or tomorrow).

Nice art style tho. Shame it was wasted on those bozzos.

 

[ADB446]

I don't mind, honestly. Skimpy clothing, feminine men, whatever. Wear whatever you want. I even like femboys. It just shouldn't be the Child Marriage Man. Like, no, a chibi art of him with a frog headband doing his skincare routine isn't charming. I think him being uwu-ified makes me hate him more than I would if he's played straight. (Not that kind of straight, pardon the pun lol. He can keep his knight boyfriend, though that man should NOT have the gall to act all sad when MC tells him 'hey so uh im not cool about you dating my family's murderer tbh.' Again I ask, are we on crack,)

Sorry, not to harp on that same point too much, but it's just insane to me how that isn't bigger of a deal. Just because he did it to spite MC's sister doesn't make it less gross. Cool motivation, still child marriage.

I agree with you, when I used to follow this author it always seemed like they would constantly defend Luceris’ actions. The child marriage thing is still sick to me and like someone else said, it hasn't been all that relevant in the story. Maybe later down the line it will be, but I don't know. Also, not to downplay anyones trauma but compared to what he did to the MC, him losing ONE person he loved is nowhere near as bad. And he gets to move on and have his happily ever after, while the MC will never get to see their loved ones again. This man isn't redeemable in my eyes, I try to look at things from both sides, but his irrational treatment of the MC makes him a completely unsympathetic character to me. It almost feels like his crappy choices are being rewarded.

 

[mrstankylegs]

I agree with you, when I used to follow this author it always seemed like they would constantly defend Luceris’ actions. The child marriage thing is still sick to me and like someone else said, it hasn't been all that relevant in the story. Maybe later down the line it will be, but I don't know. Also, not to downplay anyones trauma but compared to what he did to the MC, him losing ONE person he loved is nowhere near as bad. And he gets to move on and have his happily ever after, while the MC will never get to see their loved ones again. This man isn't redeemable in my eyes, I try to look at things from both sides, but his irrational treatment of the MC makes him a completely unsympathetic character to me. It almost feels like his crappy choices are being rewarded.

it feels like it should be more relevant, especially if you romance Helios, but I wouldn't surprise if this never changes, cause the implication of that is you're technically romancing your stepson and going too deep into that would be... Odd! It's been a while since I last played it, not sure if more has been added, the most I remember is Helios being uncomfortable when MC refers to him as his stepson to be petty. (Oh, so NOW y'all are uncomfortable.)

And yeah, I know what you mean about them defending Luceris. Once they said something along the line of how it makes more sense if you know what's going on through his head, then mention how his POVs that they've done on Patreon clear things up and like... NO, i'm NOT giving you money to read how your OC justifies marrying a kid after murdering their family. No thanks.

 

[seneya]

it makes more sense if you know what's going on through his head

How did that one gif go? "Cool motive, still murder." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Lovecraft]

Dangit, I missed out on Crowns of Ashe and Flames bashing! Many people here already mirrored my sentiments (the lack of agency, the pity party, the characters..) so I won't be a broken record.

Waty back when I wrote down this rant about a bunch of games I didn't like, but decided against it because I worried It was too mean. Can't help it, I'm a hater. Here's what I wrote down for Crowns of Ashe and Flames:



Seriously, how can people even stand following their Tumblr blog? If I didn't think the author doesn't take the premise of their own game serioussly before, I certainly think that way now after I saw 'Here's sexy art I drew of the character who murdered MC's entire family and forced them into marriage as a child. He's wearing a skimpy dress with his boyfriend, it has a thigh-high slit and boob window'... like what are we DOING right now. Are we on crack

I bloody forgot about that until you reminded me that it existed. Not only does the author and narrative bend backwards towards Luceris hes not even remotely likable, sympathetic or even redeemable. Man you killed a childs brother and their parents and then married them and you expect me to find you a nuanced character?? You're beefing with prepubscent child mate and he's not even evil in sort of cool or funny way he just seems like a sadist prick who's sole purpose is to torment a innocent child. Luceris fails as antagonist because I just can't take him seriously

 

[God]

The thing that makes no sense to me is the king is so hurt and angry about his wife death he does all of this, but moves on so easily? Really? Not really believable, like we’ve seen stories where immortals do not date for thousands of years after losing a loved one. I thought the whole thing was a back and forth and what MC sister did was retaliation, but hey king good everyone from MC family bad. This romance just feels shoehorned in and if I speak I am in big trouble.

 

[Lovecraft]

The thing that makes no sense to me is the king is so hurt and angry about his wife death he does all of this, but moves on so easily? Really? Not really believable, like we’ve seen stories where immortals do not date for thousands of years after losing a loved one. I thought the whole thing was a back and forth and what MC sister did was retaliation, but hey king good everyone from MC family bad. This romance just feels shoehorned in and if I speak I am in big trouble.

The romance doesn't feel shoehorned in it is shoehorned in it absolutely does not fit the tone of the story and I was so baffled on when I first read it I had to put it down for ten minutes restarted the game to the exact point see if there was any ****ing reason on why the homocidal psychopath of king who married a child has any reason on why he gets to have a romance comedy with his hypocritical loser of a knight.

 

[Gone_Dead]

The persistent hate for this game is honestly funny to see. The more it goes on, the more someone has to say lmao. At this point the game and its characters are utterly thrashed here. Surely someone must have sent criticism through Tumblr to which the author responded before. I'm curious to see how they deal with these very valid criticisms. Does the author go "you just don't understand the story" or do they go "then just don't read it broo" or maybe something entirely new?