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i think a lot of IFs nowadays don’t get planned out enough. they make tumblr pages to hype of the game but then they rush through making the demo.. a lot of IFs lack key story elements and just cause a lot of questions. do people forget to brainstorm and do rough drafts before releasing stuff to the public?
also, i dont think people shouldn’t be making their fans pay for things that keep readers updated. i understand accepting donations but making people pay $10-20+ MONTHLY just to see 1-2 progress reports and Q&As of a story that’s still technically in its PLANNING phase is insane work. they should at least make the planning stuff free and public so readers know wtf is happening
also, i dont think people shouldn’t be making their fans pay for things that keep readers updated. i understand accepting donations but making people pay $10-20+ MONTHLY just to see 1-2 progress reports and Q&As of a story that’s still technically in its PLANNING phase is insane work. they should at least make the planning stuff free and public so readers know wtf is happening
It's the fault of the Wayhaven author. Ever since she started that trend with the Patreon gig, everybody else did.
Despite the Wayhaven author actually releasing a book a couple of decades later, unlike the others who do nothing.
I also love hearing about this Infamous WIP. It's all "Seven! Avina! Band! MC! Toxicity ™!"
They forget that nearly all the choice of games that had been released, never actually had any such hype before even getting published.
I'll enjoy hearing the screaming when it gets abandoned like all the other WIPs and the author just receives a healthy 1200$ monthly income through Patreon snippets forever.
They forget that nearly all the choice of games that had been released, never actually had any such hype before even getting published.
I'll enjoy hearing the screaming when it gets abandoned like all the other WIPs and the author just receives a healthy 1200$ monthly income through Patreon snippets forever.
I'd say the author is more on the extreme side of "don't change the story to please the readers. Write one you are pleased with". And her attitude irritates anyone reading her responses on character criticism. Similar to the "A tale of Crowns" author. But at least she's releasing games unlike some (quite a low bar we've set for authors to clear huhSee if you don't like books where the mc is not given importance then don't go for it. The author explicitly stated that they are catering to their own characters and not the mc. So yeah.
)For someone who is not accostumed to that style of writing and gameplay, obviously they wouldn't like it, but personally I didn't find it quite as bad considering i've been plaing chooseyourstory.com games for a while now.
The point of Book 1's story as far as I got, was how this seemingly omnipotent, but benevolent and full of love for the creations under their protection, entity's (MC) is swept away by the whirlwind of events happening around them, with them being powerless to change their course. Though I'll have to admit that being forced to act like a goody two shoes against Milo just reflects the author's inability to write the choice/route on... expressing anger towards him? At least that's the nr.1 complaint I had, though there is the concern with the male RO sucking (not everyone wants to be forced to choose between a time-ticking bomb like Gabriel or to be a part of a poly relationship between Milo and Malcolm. You either accept the fact that either of them (Milo or Mal) will still continue their relationship while also romacing you or you just default to Gabe. The only sane one amongs the ROs is Hazel, though my favorite is Belladonna for obvious reasons.
Anyway, I'm following the story due to the lore being interesting, but compared to the likes of Fallen Hero and A tale of Crowns, I agree that it falls short on the romance department.
And, by the way, it seems that Infamous is meant to be played as an MC who had a relationship with Seven and then kicked him/her out of the band. The silent responses are really romantic, and I can see the story working with an ambitious MC in mind.
Anything else though? If the MC tries to be a goody two shoes, the game treats him/her as still being ambitious and it's jarring!
Perhaps it would have worked better as a romance novel like the 12 package deals found on Amazon.
Anything else though? If the MC tries to be a goody two shoes, the game treats him/her as still being ambitious and it's jarring!
Perhaps it would have worked better as a romance novel like the 12 package deals found on Amazon.
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I think the only book to have that kind of hype is the infinity series. Because infinity series is the IF GOAT (even if i think that the third book was weak in comparison with the other two.)
Lords of Infinity
Man...nothing happens for like 2/3rds of the "story" if you go the city route
At least the estate route has you cuddling with the best girl in the series and chilling with Karol of Loch and fighting bandidos
In their city its just blah blah blah club stuff who cares blah blah blah being edged by the same exact political argument played out over years
plus if you've romanced the other girls you get nothing from them but like a hand touch from ms. Warcrime once.
Man...nothing happens for like 2/3rds of the "story" if you go the city route
At least the estate route has you cuddling with the best girl in the series and chilling with Karol of Loch and fighting bandidos
In their city its just blah blah blah club stuff who cares blah blah blah being edged by the same exact political argument played out over years
plus if you've romanced the other girls you get nothing from them but like a hand touch from ms. Warcrime once.
Not a fan of “I, the Forgotten one”
You make me put up with the world’s most obnoxious set of side characters and then make me be heterosexual for some boring dude?
Unforgivable lol
But in seriousness I didn't like most of the cast they treat the Mc like complete garbage and the MC just has to deal with it and then go on a self hate inner monologue later in there room
The queen treats you like ****
Your brothers are annoying and also treat you like ****
The only family member who doesn’t is your sister but she it feels like you become her parent almost immediately after meeting her
Like I get it the MC’s entire family and life sucks please stop reminding me every 3 seconds
Game you want me to help these people making me dislike most of the characters right out the gate is not how you do it lol
You make me put up with the world’s most obnoxious set of side characters and then make me be heterosexual for some boring dude?
Unforgivable lol
But in seriousness I didn't like most of the cast they treat the Mc like complete garbage and the MC just has to deal with it and then go on a self hate inner monologue later in there room
The queen treats you like ****
Your brothers are annoying and also treat you like ****
The only family member who doesn’t is your sister but she it feels like you become her parent almost immediately after meeting her
Like I get it the MC’s entire family and life sucks please stop reminding me every 3 seconds
Game you want me to help these people making me dislike most of the characters right out the gate is not how you do it lol
If i have to wait 10-15 chapters for 7 to become likeable I’m never gonna buy this game
Also if 7 isn’t on there knees begging for forgiveness for the **** they put my mc through (they have been nothing but nice and didn’t vote against them AND even apologized when 7 told then why they where mad right after the argument)
Viewer ratings will skyrocket after mc commits murder
Can you tell me in what order should I play?
The authors of medieval fantasy games have weakness to create a stories where MC is hated / a black sheep in the family / has trauma / mental problems etc. Think about these many wips where we play royal or noble...Not a fan of “I, the Forgotten one”
You make me put up with the world’s most obnoxious set of side characters and then make me be heterosexual for some boring dude?
Unforgivable lol
But in seriousness I didn't like most of the cast they treat the Mc like complete garbage and the MC just has to deal with it and then go on a self hate inner monologue later in there room
The queen treats you like ****
Your brothers are annoying and also treat you like ****
The only family member who doesn’t is your sister but she it feels like you become her parent almost immediately after meeting her
Like I get it the MC’s entire family and life sucks please stop reminding me every 3 seconds
Game you want me to help these people making me dislike most of the characters right out the gate is not how you do it lol
I wish I could play MC that is "perfect princess" type and everyone loves them... And then they fall in love with sad depressive RO with trauma!
Rather they would expect MC to beg on the kneesIf i have to wait 10-15 chapters for 7 to become likeable I’m never gonna buy this game
Also if 7 isn’t on there knees begging for forgiveness for the **** they put my mc through (they have been nothing but nice and didn’t vote against them AND even apologized when 7 told then why they where mad right after the argument)
Viewer ratings will skyrocket after mc commits murder
I was paying one creator +$15 for early access content for a few months and I stg every month the updates were maybe two or three pages worth, even less for the other project that was maybe like five lines of dialogue at most every update. No free extra side content either. I even checked out one of the projects recently, and even after months, all the content that had been added could be read in less than five minutes and the plot hasn't progressed at all.
Of course I understand that these authors have their own lives and I appreciate the effort they put into their work. The output wasn't the problem for me. It was the price. I'm not wasting over 15 bucks for a five minute read when other authors are offering full chapters and side content every month on their patreons/kofis for less.
At least that author was actually putting out something though. Others just disappear with no warning while still taking their supporter's money and repeatedly make false promises.
Mhmmm that's something I notice a lot. Some of these authors be gone for months at a time and only come back with a side story with 2k words. While in those months gone they still were taking patreon payments. Payments that were suppose to be for chapter updates, side content, commissions, etc.
But you can't speak up about it because that's mean.
About that, where is my stone cold, intimidating, war-crime loving, general with a not-so-hidden psychopathic streak for violence?
I mean, sure he/she is forgotten, but in the beginning I thought of the protagonist as a looming and deadly figure with a mysterious military background and millions of atrociously dissected little skeletons in his/her closet.
All for the good of the kingdom, of course.
Because it's the most affordable way to make a character that is not overtly overpowered. And that is one of the very few ways to spin a digestible narrative of meaningful length and character development.
Say, if you start with a character that is a 'lean, mean, fighting machine (tm)', what is there left to do? Other than for an author to keep coming up with ever increasing challenges that your MC will easily deal with? That would get boring very fast because it renders your choices weightless
And "I can fix him" trope will only carry you so far. Because the challenges for your perfect MC can be spawned easily - while there's only so much traumas one RO can carry, before you need others and that will turn your game into a psychiatric ward.
But there are too many games where MC has trauma. This is boring already. Recently, several new WIP appeared and guess how they all start:
MC is imprisoned..
They are tortured..
Great pain..
Blah, blah, blah...
What is wrong with being overpowered? It's fun sometimes, but tis does not mean that MC must be mary sue without problems (I didn't mean the previous comment).
But the authors are afraid of it and constantly create an excessively tragic MCs that seem to be hated by the whole world.