I remember picking up the game around when it first came out, playing for a bit, then deciding to wait because there wasn't a lot of content. Saw it on Steam, decided to pick it back up, and whoa, there's so much content now. And I love it.
I've found myself hugely enjoying the Kiyoko content thus far. Haven't been able to free Kiyoko yet, but the stories about Keros (I wish there were more of these, myths in general are good fun!), the stories you can tell Kinu, just all the vignettes that occur when you play and talk with her. The stuff about how Kitsune society is basically equivalent exchange has me wondering how steep the price will be for freeing Kiyoko and my character's family from eternal imprisonment, because this game seems to go deeper in the character department than the original CoC did. And if Keros is the patron of the Kitsune, I have no doubt he (Or more likely his priest/ess) will demand one.
Hell, I've actually found a Kinu vignette involving her mother's jealousy of her talent, and I actually don't know which option (I.E., save file) to continue with going forward because I'm unsure which reaction makes the most sense from her perspective; kitsune society which her mother is supposed to be educating her on would seem to indicate forgiveness would make sense. On the other hand, she's a kid; does that make her unable to forgive her mother in the short or long term for the deception? The content, Kinu especially so far, seems to live and breathe in a way; I've walked in on Garret and Brint talking together, Cait and Brewyn having fun times on their own, seen Brint and Cait get in on fun times out in the field, had Arona comment on not fucking certain things (and Cait agreeing!), and in general the game is definitely more than I expected it to be- and I love it.
I've also found myself questioning if I've made the "right" decisions in other places. I chose to kill the Alarune, on the basis I didn't feel I could trust her... and I still don't know if I made the right choice in the context of my quest. I did the same thing to the Behemoth, as a mercy kill... and I don't know if I made the right choice either, even if the text and Cait indicate it brought him peace. I remember CoC being very blunt and straight forward about the "right" choice for your chosen path (This option is "pure", this option is "corrupt"), but it doesn't feel as straightforward here because these creatures aren't fully daemonic, but cannot be purified. It's been different from what I was expecting, and I'm quite taken with it on the whole.
That being said, I really want to help Queen Alissa plant daisies based on what Ryn has said, and I don't think I will have any second thoughts on that. Well, I want to catapult her into a volcano, but there doesn't seem to be a convenient one nearby.
Apologies if this is out of place, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how well written the content in the game is outside of the sex scenes, to the point where it at times it feels more like I'm playing a TTRPG or similar than anything else, and wanted to talk about it.
I've found myself hugely enjoying the Kiyoko content thus far. Haven't been able to free Kiyoko yet, but the stories about Keros (I wish there were more of these, myths in general are good fun!), the stories you can tell Kinu, just all the vignettes that occur when you play and talk with her. The stuff about how Kitsune society is basically equivalent exchange has me wondering how steep the price will be for freeing Kiyoko and my character's family from eternal imprisonment, because this game seems to go deeper in the character department than the original CoC did. And if Keros is the patron of the Kitsune, I have no doubt he (Or more likely his priest/ess) will demand one.
Hell, I've actually found a Kinu vignette involving her mother's jealousy of her talent, and I actually don't know which option (I.E., save file) to continue with going forward because I'm unsure which reaction makes the most sense from her perspective; kitsune society which her mother is supposed to be educating her on would seem to indicate forgiveness would make sense. On the other hand, she's a kid; does that make her unable to forgive her mother in the short or long term for the deception? The content, Kinu especially so far, seems to live and breathe in a way; I've walked in on Garret and Brint talking together, Cait and Brewyn having fun times on their own, seen Brint and Cait get in on fun times out in the field, had Arona comment on not fucking certain things (and Cait agreeing!), and in general the game is definitely more than I expected it to be- and I love it.
I've also found myself questioning if I've made the "right" decisions in other places. I chose to kill the Alarune, on the basis I didn't feel I could trust her... and I still don't know if I made the right choice in the context of my quest. I did the same thing to the Behemoth, as a mercy kill... and I don't know if I made the right choice either, even if the text and Cait indicate it brought him peace. I remember CoC being very blunt and straight forward about the "right" choice for your chosen path (This option is "pure", this option is "corrupt"), but it doesn't feel as straightforward here because these creatures aren't fully daemonic, but cannot be purified. It's been different from what I was expecting, and I'm quite taken with it on the whole.
That being said, I really want to help Queen Alissa plant daisies based on what Ryn has said, and I don't think I will have any second thoughts on that. Well, I want to catapult her into a volcano, but there doesn't seem to be a convenient one nearby.
Apologies if this is out of place, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how well written the content in the game is outside of the sex scenes, to the point where it at times it feels more like I'm playing a TTRPG or similar than anything else, and wanted to talk about it.
