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No need to remove the review. I'm sure most of the things still hold up in it. The game didn't exactly do a complete U-turn with the later updates.

Of course everyone is entitled to the way they perceive the game and its scenes, but personally I don't see how the 'show love' command in the game could be viewed as a rape. Each character you are able to 'show love' with gives a clear consent, or they just flat out refuse to do anything with the player. I don't think the lack of romance == rape. And just to make it clear to anyone reading these comments - You cannot 'show love' to children characters.

author=NTC3
Glad to hear that several hours I spent on writing this did not go to waste!

Now that I think about it, I still have a couple of questions that didn't really fit into the review:

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What, if anything, does Dirt do?

How exactly does conversing with the Girl affect her? I noticed that overdoing the praise turned "gives you a faint smile" back into "seems to give you a faint smile", so I did not try it too much since.

On the same topic; which of the conversation options with Moonless are good ones (if any)? I thought "Good boy!" was suspicious since it's clearly a girl, and I didn't dare to try "Give me a paw!", or the other option.

Oh sorry it took me a while to reply. It's been really busy lately D:



Oh and NTC3, thanks to your review, I already tweaked the game a bit accordingly. I especially agree with the dialogue with the new gods :D That's now changed to keep more mystery.

author=psy_wombats
Haha, I'm glad the intro was addressed. The girl I have no idea how I'd handle, though. I hear this game is a thesis of some sort? I'm interested how it's presented in an academic setting.

The girl thingy just doesn't end to a sudden game over now. It just says she is not willing.... <_< ... >_>"

The game was only a part of my thesis work, practical part to be more precise. (the thesis is divided between practical and theoretical works) I study graphic design - so I was looking into horror aesthetics and thematics, especially in video games. I threw in few dead baby jokes and pictures of the rape scene and called it a day.

nah, I'm actually pretty proud with all the theory I was able to come up with and learn from different books, etc. It's done now and I got fairly good feedback from it. I haven't gotten the grades yet for it though.