The Golden Rose: Book One by Ana Ventura

If you or somebody you know have it VPN is legal in basically the whole EU, at least for now. Some bums in the EU Commission and Parliament don’t much like it and may again try to neuter it (again) soon-ish, but for now it is perfectly legal to use VPN services to make Netflix/Amazon or whatever other streaming service of your choice think you are vacationing in Australia from your couch/office chair or whatever wherever.

Course that is just my personal take, but since they reap the benefits of being global wherever and whenever they can make it legal…why shouldn’t I do the same with my much more limited opportunities to legally do so?

Unless of course Germany has a specific anti VPN law.

About the game itself seems promising thus far, definitely a huge ass game, so it is gonna take me a while to properly play through it as summer in a busy time for me. :persevere:

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Hello I finished the game and there wasn’t like a prompt for me to write my name in to save my data? How will we be able to import our play through from this game into the sequel? Also does lance have any body hair or is he smooth?

CoG policy is that save games aren’t implemented until the next game is… submitted? Approved for publication? Something like that.

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So , i like play my characters tsundere mode , Not acknowledging the feelings and being a tsundere or being a really rational person in the games , so i was trying this with Alessa , And there was no option like that in the inn scene , so i just choose the option in which you step away and say you dont want her , and now she is back to her stoic self
Have i broken her route or is it still continuing?

I thought that option was a clear indication that you don’t want to romance her?

I always chose sarcastic or flirty options regardless of playthrough, so i might be wrong though.

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It is. Like, you literally tell her you don’t want her?

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Oh , now i have to replay i really want Alessa’s route lol
So now i have to break character and choose a flirty option ( i hate flirty options but anything for Alessa)
Ughhh…

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I don’t remember seeing a flirty option without a corresponding flustered option (which would fit the tsundere type pretty well), but maybe there really isn’t one in this case. Anyway, unless the option specifically says something like, “You tell them you’re not interested but you’re obviously lying through your teeth”, you should probably expect it to end the romance in a CoG game (not necessarily in other games…).

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Well, you could also not flirt, go oblivious and let her approach you :rofl:

There are four options if i remember correctly

  1. Touch a few strand of hair and say " Goodnight"
  2. I think its kiss forehead
  3. Think that maybe she is inviting you in
  4. Step away because tis wrong
    If i could act oblivious i really would ,
    Steel my resolve and choose the 1st option , i can do it ( maybe lol )
    And can i maybe skip this scene will she still approach me later on ? ( But i really want the scene i am really in a delicate situation because of a game lmao )

You could refuse when she asked you to escort her back to her room. BUT i never pick it lol. So i don’t really know the result of it.

Due to the nature of IF games in General (at least CoG/HG that i played), saying no to certain stuff asked by an RO, usually ended their romance or hit the relationship , so i got REALLY paranoid, lol.

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You can dodge all flirt options and if you are playing a man she will approach you and confess her crush in the tavern. But no, I don’t think you’ll be able to play a tsundere in TGR, the characters won’t chase you.

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Switch into dere dere mode for just a moment. Just one moment!

The oblivious route was tough - I did one playthrough and picked all the sweet, romantic options, before “erasing” that run from existence and playing dumb (because my character was much like yours, rational and not much on the feels). But it was fun.

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I feel like i have played too much Wayhaven

( wait is it illegal to mention another game in this thread i hope i dont get sued plz moderator plzzz no)

and have spend too much time arguing with Ava
Thats why i cant pick the flirty options now lol

But Alessa i am coming , I will pick the option, just wait , Just you wait
Okay here is my plan

  1. Spend 20 minutes working out
  2. Open golden rose
  3. Pick the 1st option
  4. Close golden rose
  5. Spend 30 minutes trying to calm myself
    All set and ready to go !
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I picked the option where you say that she can find the way to her room herself .

here i was thinking she would come crying to me and cling to me tightly then say " Player-Name-Sama plzz escort me dont leave me alone i cant live without you purrrrrrr"

But she said “Okay” ,
I immediately regretted my life decisions and restarted the game , so in short DONT PICK THAT OPTION

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That… doesn’t remotely sound like Alessa.

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This. Seriously, have you MET the woman?

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I’m glad that Alessa is not a “dere” type, she’s a good friend for my MC. If she acts any “dere”, I’ll not hesitate to throw my phone into volcano😂

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Hadrian has enough dere for the both of them. :two_hearts:

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It wouldn’t be a problem unless it’s a Yan type of dere, those are crazy asf

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