Poll 2

Much of the consternation surrounding the recent updates seems to come from the selection of routes at the moment of their development: The Cuck route is well past the principal 'shock' and is lacking the stakes required to keep it compelling. I sort of picture that Bugs Bunny gag about 'you'd better not step over this line! Or this one! Or *this* one... !' Without that threshold of betrayal, it's difficult to stay invested in the premise. There's absolutely still space to explore there (and the latest premise with the online video was inspired!), but the narrative would be better served by re-establishing the mystery/ the consequences/ the transgressive conditions of the relationships. Build that sandcastle of trust again before the mean ol' bully kicks it down. Akemi's route is novel and well-imagined, but also not exactly what one would expect when reading the poster. Easy to imagine most of us looking for an intimate relationship drama and not a complicated family soap opera. The presence of a look-alike is fantastic from a narrative perspective- the initial mystery was handled very well, and the doubt that it instilled in each situation was wonderful. However, the reveal and subsequent communication with a 'long-lost sister' doesn't feel especially earned at this point. The explicit 'tell the MC to his face' family explaniation doesn't seem to be facilitating any drama at this point, merely contextualizing it in a clunky way. Feels like a lot of work went into a storyline that's not servicing the 'My Girlfriend Might Take Off Her Clothes for Strangers, Oh No' premise. Very happy to trust the process, some excellent scenes have come out of this work. I would be personally reassured to see a more grounded, relatable narrative, but I'm having enough fun for sure.

As many say, there's very little tension, but with the countless paths the story can take, it's very good.

What has dropped off is the pacing. Prior to the new writers, everything was extremely tight. Every update both moved forward the story, and included at least one scene that made the two week wait worth it. I don't often sub to this type of stuff, but I would have subbed indefinitely as long as that was the case. Lately, it just feels like a lot of filler content, or wasted episodes "building up" to something. It feels like everything has to be teased for multiple episodes before anything happens, and then once something finally happens, there is a several episode nothing period again. There's way too many NTR type games that are on the "check in every 6 months" schedule, as you know the pacing is so glacial that checking in sooner would be a waste of time. This game was the exception to that rule, but now it feels like it's just fallen in with that trend. And being used how it was before, waiting two weeks only to be met with a couple of characters sitting around talking, and the gallery to be filled with 10 different angles of a fully clothed mio in a dialogue animation- just makes it all the bigger bummer.

To the new writers: remember to add mystery and tension and bad decisions to the story. Bad decision making is essential to NTR. And can come from ANY character in the storyline, MC or female MC or side character just so long as there is drama, intrigue and consequence. Also remember not every storyline should get a happy ending. NTS is not my thing so I don't have much to request on that front but if I had to choose I would add more pain on the MCs POV than he was expecting.

My honest opinion: I felt that the game didn't improve and got worse.

Some of the tension isn't there anymore and I definitely miss it.

So I joined and started following this 2 or 3 updates before you added new writers, and honestly I also don't think its far enough in to make any real decisions on how the new writing is affecting anything at this time. However I will say that while the new writers have come in and seemingly made it easy to work on multiple paths at the same time, it still feels like we aren't getting an actual benefit from multiple writers at this current time. Now I started by saying I think its too early on because I think that much of this is just because everyone is still getting use to the new flow, but it is important to keep track of if having the 2 writers actually improves the worktime as atleast based on the updates I saw before and after, it doesn't currently look like theres much more being done than what would normally happen back when it was just you.... unless you were already test running by the time I joined so IDK. This is why I also pointed out that my prospective is too new to be fully releavant. Any ways I currently stand Neutral here if you couldn't tell from my ramblings.

I already made a comment about it on a different pole but always the option of letting fan made content be uploaded to the game like spin off routed and the likes or a competition route where you submit a story chapter for that route and you guys judge what one wins. Small or medium size ways to add more content without nessercerilly adding a whole bunch of work. But then that comes down to the thought of 'is there enough content being made' im in a 50/50 spot as akemi route yes cuck route...too much build-up without any cucking atm it feels like every other or 3rd update atm we get some good cuck stuff but also it's noticeable how the back story is needed to really feel the impact of the cucking. Which is what I feel happened in the most recent update with her getting her ass destroyed 🤭

Putting on Neutral. Cause I know certain chapters needed to be done to make it make sense for the story. But as of the current update. Akemi's path from being meh to me, to being really interesting. For Cuck Path, from my fav to dwindling down. But I am holding it cause maybe the chapter that is out rn is needed for it to be more impactful.

I found the game later so...

I dont think any of the routes are suffering right now. Still hope the Akemi route is where the sisters swap places without the mc knowing and end up getting revealed later on that the stuff akemi has been sending is actually mio.

more writers, more chapters and its faster right?