Hey, Tim. Do you know when the review embargo is up? I have a physical copy reserved on Amazon Prime, but I’m really on the fence after hearing how the story lacks character interaction and any kind of emergent narrative. I’m hoping the reviews are positive enough to convince me, since the concept of this game is…

If they’re upset now, just wait for Meghan’s first royal abortion!

Saga Frontier did it in ‘98. This isn’t uncharted territory, and it’s not too much to ask for a game touting it’s 8 story path’s to have some character interactions.  

A Saga style story was what I was hoping for too. Something like a scenario system, where you play a character’s 1st chapter and let’s say it stops in Town A, Then begin another character’s first chapter and at the end you can decide to go Town A and bump into the first character in a small unique story event that…

Wow...Any idea why they chose to go down that route? Did they think that’s what people wanted?

It’s not that their stories don’t converge into one big arc that bugs me, but the overall lack of interaction between characters. Creating emergent story telling (or the illusion of it, at least) was the biggest potential draw for me. Characters meeting and having a unique event which carries over into the main story…

Why hasn’t some intrepid cosplayer done this yet to Tommy and her ilk? Get in costume, grab a bell and start shouting shame while walking in front of ‘em.

I must be missing something, I see the part about “tossing the DNA kit” whatever that means and the demeaning tone, but where’s the sexual assault?

or acknowledge how his wife got here...

I hope she doesn’t find out about Dany... O_O;

Admittedly I haven’t watched a pop music video in several years, but have things gotten..sluttier? 

So, the standard nubile age for anime.

These all look great, vintage anime. Right down to giving every female a massive chest.

For anyone worrying about the quality of the game since it’s being developed by APLUS, IGN did an interview basically saying that Arc is being very hands-on and discerning. A few excerpts:

I will bet my weaboo card that Bancho Mako is playable. It’s the whole reason this game exists!

I blame Hunter S. Thompson. 

Damn, the lack of character interaction is really disappointing. I know it’s a ton of work for the writers and devs to create story paths and dialogue for an exponential number of character combinations, but it’s something that’s so rarely done that, if done well, can really make a game stand out. I’ve been praying…

Don’t forget his notorious chemistry issues

Um, doesn’t social media have rules against gross shit like this??

I’m the dummy who’s gonna need an explanation. Looks like he’s injecting caulk into an artificial stomach?