Just wanted to say that I absolutely love this game!
There were so many hilarious, glorious moments, the dynamics between the trio is amazing, Gabriel’s sheer presence is a sight to behold and I am eternally grateful he was turned into a romance option.
I think I read how some were a bit disappointed about how at least this game was more the main trio’s story than the MC’s, but I didn’t mind that and actually enjoyed it. MC is a small fish, there is so much they don’t know, and Gabe, Michael, and Raquel have so many secrets, ambitions, and are strong characters that it was a pleasure to support them with whatever they want to achieve. Those three and Mouse, Rook, and Bishop, as well as Kaidan are wonderful characters. I have less strong feelings about the crew you end up picking as you simply spend more time with these other characters, but I still liked them.
At first, I was skeptical about the dice roll system, but truth be told I’m now in love with it. The way it was implemented is amazing. Looking at the code, I can imagine that it must’ve been a pain to beta this and look for bugs and mistakes. Much respect!
Any critique I have is mostly a pet-peeve.
I liked that you could choose MC’s physique, but I noticed that it was commented on less and less later in the game. I’d imagine that it must be much more difficult for Gabriel to catch a heavier MC from falling down the tower than catching a light weight. And when romanced Gabriel und MC accidentally swap clothes in the church, I can’t quite see Gabriel remotely fitting into the clothes of a 48 kg, possibly small MC.
A minor thing that would probably require another relationship check: In Chapter4P2, Gabriel runs “his hand along the top of his head, scratching his hair through the mask.” MC then wonders if Gabriel even has hair. If MC romanced Gabriel, they should already know that he does have hair. After all, they run their hands through his “soft, slightly wet hair” at that opportunity.
In Chapter1A, MC can ask the waiter if he speaks French in French. “Parles-vous Français?”. If you got that from a native speaker, then everything’s fine and I’m wrong. But from my understanding, it should be “Parlez-vous français?”. “Parles” is second person singular and goes with the pronoun “tu”, “parlez” is the form for second person plural with “vous”, the proper choice to address a stranger. Also, I don’t think French capitalizes language words. But take that from someone who’s not a French native speaker.
I like that there’s at least once the option to have MC speak more languages than just English.
Something about the relX changes in the hangouts with the crew that I think are set for the wrong characters. If this was already fixed, my bad:
Hangout Rel+ that seem to be set for the wrong characters
Kaz’ hangout: Label KazPubgoinghomeReal
This is Kaz’ hangout, but the relationship stat that’s raised twice here is Hayne’s (set RelHayne +2, *if MCfemale RelHayne +2)
Justin’s hangout: *label Convers_Return2
You get RelAnna +1 on the choice about what Justin did before joining the Archangels.
Carly’s hangout: *label Convers_Return8
When you choose to go to Mike Donald’s, you get relCharlie +2.
Thank you again a lot for this game!