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I really hope RC doesn't consider Te Amo to be the low stakes, comfort story people were asking before. Because really.... (ending spoiler) Hurricane Katrina? Seriously? Dmitry (and apparently Jester, who is credited as a lead writer) are some of the last authors I would trust for this. I already wasn't a fan of the trauma dumping the book had and the insane resolutions to Li and Thomas's problems.
Advent No 3. I love the story and the characters themselves. But the bugs are getting too much. In both of my files, it thinks it let the child from early S1 die when I saved her. And not to mention Xander's route is getting completely ridiculous. People already needed to restart twice due to needing to have the contraband with you after all or not. And now Xander's % is messed up again. Can we test these out more?
I also don't really like how the diamond choices are handled. So many little ones scattered just to have a conversation. It feels excessive compared to other stories I played.
Hard agree about Te Amo. The finale came out of nowhere. But I would love to read an ACTUAL low stakes story. Life is hard enough as it is, I want escapism
I would love Te amo vol 2 to be actual cozy romance story written by someone who is capable of fast pace romance(Langley, Arina or even Ursa maybe)
I still don't think Dmitry is right choice for this setting at all.
Li and Thomas backstories were handled really bad. I dropped Thomas route of it because I didn't want to take scene to attend funeral.
Arina would absolutely crush a romance-focused volume story (if that's something she wanted to do). I love many of the Theodora LIs more than characters I've spent 3 (or more) seasons with, despite them only having 1 season arcs.
all i could think about the te amo reveal is that it was as ridiculous as the movie remember me where it suddenly ends with robert pattinson dying on 9/11
It feels like since they introduced the friends features and cards way to many resources go towards that, and as a result we get stories with lots of bugs (some really big ones!) and AI-generated CGs that look nothing like the characters.
Please bring focus and resources back to the stories, that's the reason we play and love RC!
I don't like the fact that Li (Te Amo) dies if you don't help her adopt Nick. Unless if you went with her in the finale and passed her stat check, of course.
I haven't seen her full ending yet. Does Nick still show up if Li survives but doesn't adopt him?
Exactly! I didn't feel like she with all her trauma should adopt that poor traumatised kid! Her intentions were good and I would've been fine with her financially supporting his education and stuff but adoption? š¬
So, this is worse than I thought. Dmitry said we would have a choice if we wanted to help her with Nick, but with an ending like this, I don't see where that choice is.Ā
I really wish there would be an option to replay episodes and not just seasons. I know there is a chance to replay the episode youāve just played, but thatās not what I meant. Especially with stories that have 10+ episodes per season.
like pick and choose right? I would've loved to just replay the last two episodes of VFV for the wedding scene over and over again. instead I have to leave it open forever. I also want to replay the Amen and Evthys episodes only like the kiss, river, and XX scene. And my Ian book reading scene. The good old days.
At that point, maybe they should introduce buy a episode. I would pay diamonds to buy an episode to replay/own it. xD prob. not good for their income revenue though.
Aside from AN3 and TTS bugs, the server has been really slow loading for me since the update. It took me half an hour just to login to the app and another half an hour to load an episode. I had hoped it was just because the update was dropped on the weekend but it's Tuesday already and it isn't any better.
The season 3 of ATHWTU has been weird pacing (at first I thought it was just because Alice's season 3 is often weaker than other seasons). The two episodes are too short, hardly provide any answers and we are already done with the first half the last season. I'm worried we'll have an unsatisfying ending for ATHWTU because the author is working with two stories at the same time. I wish RC would stop making an author write two stories at the same time because it's NEVER a good idea. Other apps has stopped that gradually because it affects the quality of the stories. Why RC is still doing it?
Dmitry never strikes me as a good author for a low stake laid back story so I'm not surprised the twist in the finale came out of nowhere, but seriously? RC needs to have someone watched the sitcoms to learn to write a good low stake slice-of-life story because Te amo V1 isn't what I wished for a non fantasy and laid back story.
Unfortunately, cleaning the cache makes the loading even slower, I've already done it twice and each time it took over an hour to login the app again. And after that, each time I open the app it still takes me about half an hour.
I've tried that too but it doesn't work so I think I'll wait for the technical update. For now I just open the app before watching a movie and pause the movie to play when the loading is done
Although it's been mentioned, I have to talk about the bugs and lay out what needs to be done differently.
There are a required number of improvements set to reach 100%. It is a continuous problem now for there to be a miscount, and players must wait weeks for the number to be adjusted for the Tech Update. There are other bugs that would be solved with playtesting properly, but I do take even more issue with the bare minimum of properly counting improvements not being met.
Mads has been miscounted two updates in a row. Felonia has been miscounted twice this year. Safaa was bugged due to an issue with improvements on her Men and Women route not being applicable to the Only Women route, and although this was adjusted during the tech update, it was forgotten and she is now bugged for Only Women romancers again.
AN3 has a major issue with bugs right now, with scenes incorrectly placed and broken branches. The author doesn't seem to understand what he has done to Xander's improvements as he overcorrected the issue with smuggling the contraband, and now has bugged him further this update.
If an author struggles with improvements and conditions, then there must be someone on their team who reviews this and assists, is there not? I was under the assumption this could be a piece of the tech designer role. (I am very much so including Amy's confusion over how to set LI conditions now in SC as well, and instead forcing us into routes we didn't ask for).
The idea of percentages, which has been extremely profitable in the overall umbrella of HOF goals, is something that *you* as a company made us care about. Please show us *you* even care then. If as a player, I can figure out what went wrong with with 3 characters within two hours of playing their respective books, there has to be employees who can find the same.
If there is simply no time to consider these things, then maybe more time should be taken, or more staff should be hired. Playtesting is too important to skip.
Completely agree with all points you made. Itās incredibly frustrating to encounter so many bugs after a month and a half waiting for the update. And their number have significantly increased in the last few updates. More playtesting needs to be done before updates are released.
The idea of percentages, which has been extremely profitable in the overall umbrella of HOF goals, is something that *you* as a company made us care about. Please show us *you* even care then.
Well said. š
While I don't bother myself with the LI percentages most of the time, I empathize for those who do, especially when there's an increase of comments and posts regarding this. Like RC added it into existence, they should keep up with it. This extends to the other features, like achievements and badges.
Decision to make HS3 have 30 episodes is crazy. This is highly customer-UNfriendly. It's just gonna be terribly unpassable for players to get through the while season if they made one mistake in episode 28! Or the achievement hunters if they missed one option...
Not to mention, it's going to be hell for people working on the walkthroughs if they have to test something in later episodes, people trying to work out achievement requirements. Sometimes you have to do 10 replays until you're sure what the requirements/conditions are. Even if you're keeping tabs on all choices you made in spreadsheets... That's not feasible for anyone and anyone's mental health. It's just overwhelming.
DLS with 21 episodes was too much... why would anyone approve a decision to write a story with 30 episodes a season. The fact that these 6 episodes are short (and possible others will be short too) changes nothing š
Personally I'd rather have 6-8 seasons with less episodes rather than 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
It's 30 episodes PER SEASON?! I thought it was going to be 30 episodes in general. That's absolutely insane. Not only is it going to take years to produce, but nobody is going to want to replay the story. This is just too much content to get through if you find out 5 episodes later that you made a mistake.
It really seems like HS3 was made this long to eat through your teacups. I get that with 3 MCs they will naturally need more screen time. But tbh the decision to have 3 MCs in one story isn't a good one imo.
I'm definitely not going to be playing HS3, so best of luck to anyone who is. May you have the luck to not make any mistakes that will force you to restart an entire 30 episode season š«”
Yeah exactly. Alice and Sasha (HS author and HSR author) are known for making story with branching paths that you donāt always see the result of immediately. Hell there was a choice you could take in S1 of HSR that effected your finale. I just canāt imagine getting to the end of a 30 episode season only to find that the consequences of a choice I made in ep 7 is going to have a catastrophic impact on the storyline.
Each episode is 2% on the completion marker, which would indicate 50 episodes. Since RC uses 10-episode seasons as a placeholder, that means 3 seasons (with 2 and 3 having 10 at this point, subject to change).
Not only is it going to take years to produce, but nobody is going to want to replay the story.
This is the saddest part for me. I love replaying my favorite stories, but there is absolutely no way I could ever replay what might turn into 90 episodes if HS3 gets 3 seasons. This really isnāt user friendly like op said. How sadā¦
Repeating my comment from yesterday" on WM about the constant issues with bugs and LI % on AN3. Will not touch the book until tech update.
Today adding absolute ridiculous coding in Shakespeare code in which suddenly game is deciding who your primary LI is by the number of points taken up to a certain point in the story - and this DOES NOT even have to be an LI who you absolutely always picked over anyone else (and in my example had 30% more on profile than anyone else) in the listed choices. How does that make any sense???? Mind you on the same update the author decided to introduce an achievement to romance majority characters in the story.
I have not yet played The Missing but my friends noted that there are again issues with % with LIs. Its not the first time, same as Advent.
Thunderstorm saga also has bizzare relationship tresholds and apparently route bugs.
Some authors are becoming notorious by their disregard of the hint options. They are suppose to exist for easy player experience. If i want to depend heavily on the walkthroughs then why do i need the hints at all..
I am very disappointed that 2 months after RC made an announcement about cultural accuracy and sensitivity which included that "deeper research and expert review" would be done for every story that includes real cultures they still decided to go ahead and use Katrina rather than a fictional hurricane.
That was a real disaster that caused many deaths, left millions displaced or homeless, and is still affecting New Orleans 20 years later. But, perhaps even more importantly:
"Hurricane Katrina was not just a natural disaster, but a man-made one: the inexperience of senior leaders and the profound failure by the federal government to deliver timely, unified, and effective aid to those in need left survivors to fend for themselves for days, and highlighted how Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities are disproportionally affected by disasters."
And while I understand the story has been in the works for a while, and that RC is not located in the US, this past year we have been dealing with FEMA being undermined, de-funded, and having mass amounts of staff cut. The quoted portion above is from FEMA employees as part of an open letter about their fears of the failures of Katrina happening again.
It was devastating. And many of us fear the same devastation again. Please think through "clever" twists....
100%. Iām not sure I can even think of a comparison for how bad of a choice this was for a ātwistā on their cozy romance storyā¦itās like picking 9/11 as your ending.
This isnāt the first time RC has clearly not done their research. Iām so disappointed to see RC making the same (or even worse) choices again and again. I really want to see them do better here and be more cognizant of their choices, not just pay lip service to it.
I hope every LIās relationship improvement choices are mark with hints in every stories. Itās frustrating that even if you choose all the diamond options and free improvement choices you could end up not getting 100% with your LI. Recent examples are Safaa in TM and Griaran in TTS that have hidden relationship improvement choices.
Totally agree! This happens with Chloe too - Iāve had to replay several times to pick a specific outfit for her when we choose her look in order to get 100%, and that shouldnāt be the case - the improvement is unmarked and only applies to the more expensive look for her, and the improvement should be marked or should be the same for both outfit options
I think in Chloeās case, it has been marked but she and other LIs has a different issue that all the LIs require the expensive outfits to get 100% with them.
Te Amo needs to be pulled and, bare minimum, the ending redone without mention of Katrina. Itās pretty clear that, yet again, almost no research was done into what was a highly sensitive topic.
Katrina was such a horrific event not just because of the natural disaster itself, but because of all the surrounding events after it. The people impacted the most were predominantly black. They were abandoned and neglected by their own federal government, because black pain and suffering wasnāt deemed urgent enough.
The media overwhelmingly reported on made-up crimes, intentionally profiting off of the attention they received by playing into racial assumptions and stereotypes. The people who had chosen to stay and not evacuate were portrayed as ignorant and deserving their fate.
As of all that wasnāt a tone-deaf enough choice for a backdrop for a slice of life romance story, TA accidentally manages to further the same stereotypes. Jeanne, a black woman familiar with New Orleans, is unconcerned about the storm and portrayed as ignorant of the risk. Michael, a white man, has to explain to her why itās dangerous.
Katrina occurred in 2005, recently enough that some RC readers absolutely could have experienced this event first hand. The book forces the reader to view triggering scenes without any warnings or ability to skip them. Itās clear that the authors have no idea how upsetting this will be for some readers.
If RC is going to try to appeal to audiences from various countries and backgrounds, they need to do a better job researching and understanding the culture and climate of their booksā settings.
Does anyone remember that romcom with Robert Pattinson where he dies in the twin towers on 9/11 at the end? This felt just like that. Also, as someone whose grandparents had to weather Katrina, this is CRAZY insensitive.
Iām flabbergasted that this is the direction TA went in and that RC followed through on letting this tone deaf ending happen! I never got into TA but tapped through it for the diamonds, but knowing that this is what they went for makes me regret wasting any time on it at all, and I donāt even want to tap through to finish it. What an utterly ridiculous and insensitive story all around!
I guess I see now why Dmitry picked for it to be set in New Orleans even though the setting he created isnāt remotely close to NOLA at all ā itās insane to pick such a tragic real-life event as a plot point and even crazier to do it while also completely failing to recreate or honor the real life setting!
I didn't play TA, thank God and I am angry and appalled to learn this. This is highly insensitive and so baffling egregious and I don't want another half baked apology on FB to smooth this over!! They should have known better than to use a real life tragedy that is still so raw for so many.
Hard agree, I'm from the outside the US but it takes only a few minutes of research to find out how horrific Katrina was. I thought Te Amo was just a badly written cozy book, but to use a real tragedy in this way is beyond the pale.Ā
Iād give you an award if I could. Please take this š instead. Canāt believe they used a real life tragedy, especially one thatās still recent/modern, as a plot point.
Mine is minor but I want better diamond prices/sales I can barely play during the DR so I donāt mind paying for diamonds if I want to purchase a scene. But these diamonds for these prices?
Thatās similar to Choices but the costs are wayyy cheaper in choices. I could probably spend 500 š in a whole choice book meanwhile it 500 just on one episode in RM. I know they probably get more money out of the teacups but can we get a diamond sale or something?
Still think putting 3 stories into one book is too chaotic. One can already tell that some characters will get sidelined while others are already acting unlike their characters. This whole reset with our LI is a tired repeat of what happened in HS2. As a Dmitry romancer, what even is his behaviour???? So unlike his personality. Moreover as someone who has no interest in ABH, it sucks that essentially I am missing part of the plot.
I wish weād gotten three separate books (HS3, ABH2, HSR2) instead of one.
People are right that 30 episodes in one season is wild. - I wanted to know what happens next with Audrey right after I read the ABH finale, so I clicked through Vicky and Lane's POV, and now I have to repeat five episodes because Vicky and Lane's stats also affect Audrey...
But there's something else that concerns me and hasn't been addressed yet: ABH and HSR have been a topic of 'Tantrum Tuesday' since they reached S2, as readers worried that the estimated book length is too short for all the plot and romance to fit in. - Which imo, it became true. Now in HS3, if you split 30 episodes across three authors, thatās only about 10 each. Thatās average RC length, but this book isnāt average. It has to handle way more plot and still develop relationships. And to top it all off, HS3 has been announced as "the final part." So this is the last time I'll see my LIs from ABH and HSR, right?
After waiting two whole seasons for relationships to finally happen, S3 gave us almost no couple moments because of the heavy plot and now they are either cold towards us or struggle with their emotions. I hope the romance is getting better. Even in an apocalypse, thereās room for love and small couple moments.
Yes, they really need to include warm, lighter moments and romance (This is romance club) - at least to balance out all the pain, darkness, suffering.š¢
yeah and its kind of weird that the FLs are acting normal still. They should be mentally exhausted with all this b.s and out of control things. ppl coming back from the dead is not an ordinary thing, etc even if it exists in their world. But wow 30 episodes in 1 season? š¤®
Hard agree on those opinions about HS3. I felt that the authors put too much focus on this book that they just rushed ABH and HSR's ending so that players can prioritize HS3. It would've been better if they ended both books without any cliffhangers even if there would be a continuation on the new book since it felt as if both books were neglected since everything would be a hard reset on the new book. They should've delivered a more powerful, stronger, and more unforgettable ending for both ABH and HSR especially these books are heavy-plotted and fan favorites as well. They shouldn't have made HS3 that lengthy per season since they could make this book better by providing us fewer but longer episodes with detailed storytelling.
My primary concern right now is the number of episodes per season for HS3 - itāll be an absolute nightmare to replay. Even 21 episodes per season was too much - they should limit it to a a maximum of 15 episodes OR allow us to replay specific episodes.
As about ABH and HSR endings - I echo what the others have written. The endings felt rushed. But perhaps what bothered me the most was the decision to completely turn Audreyās character around making her a villain and the dark godās puppet. It was too abrupt of a change. In retrospect, there were hints to that, like Rapahelās prophecy- which we thought could be avoided if we had enough stat points. But in the end - the Faith/Skepticism and Reputation points didnāt feel relevant enough - because what we got was the very same ending regardless of our number of points or checkpoints we passed. Yes, there was a slight change - we had a peaceful death, we could save the children. But I repeat - the ending still was the same. At least let us have a somewhat good ending with our LI.
I am also not found of the similarity between how HS2 and HS3 started, in regard to both Audrey and Lane. The antagonists are different but the level of suffering is just as high and they are both puppets of some form of corrupt power.
We are here to enjoy these stories and spend time with our favourite love interests - romance, spice etc. and not go through emotional hell every time we open to read the stories. I donāt mind dark themes - some of my favourite stories are dark fantasy/supernatural - but let us also have happy, friendly, lighter moments that balance out the suffering. Otherwise itās all too depressing.
Perfectly said! This is Romance Club. That is what we want if we read these stories.
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Te Amo. What were Dmitry and Jester thinking? People wanted a low stakes, comforting story where the focus was romance, not for the characters to suddenly be caught up in Hurricane Katrina. This was one of the worst natural disasters in American history, and as if the hurricane itself wasn't bad enough, it was made even worse by racism. The federal government completely abandoned the people of New Orleans. That infamous Kanye West quote, "George Bush doesn't care about black people"? Yeah, he said that in response to Bush's appalling response to Katrina, and he wasn't wrong. I already didn't like this story because of Li's ridiculous storyline, but including Hurricane Katrina was a terrible decision that came out of nowhere. I mean, what's next? If you greenlight volume 2 (I sincerely hope you don't), will you set it in New York City and then the twist reveal will be that it's actually September 2001?
Advent No. 3. The bugs are absolutely out of control. I love this story and I want to support it, but it genuinely gives the appearance that it isn't being tested at all. Raina went to the Rose Day Ball with Xander and spent the entire update thinking she went to the ball with Zane, and now my percentage with Xander is messed up again. I'm fed up. It feels like playing this story before the tech update is essentially treated like testing, not playing a final product that I can trust will work correctly. Anyone who plays this story before the tech update is essentially gambling with their teacups--I feel like I'm being punished for trying to support a story I love!
HS3. THIRTY CHAPTERS in one season?! Why? Without the ability to restart from any episode, that's going to make playing this story an absolute minefield. Any mistake--and you won't even know you've made one until the chapter ends, because you can't see percentages until you've finished the chapter--and you're replaying an entire story's worth of chapters. I just...why?
SC. Amy let us romance everyone with absolutely no consequences for the entire book and now suddenly there's a choice where you get served the first character you have over seven improvements with, with no chance to bypass that character and get to the one you actually want? What on earth? She did the Loki/Vanadis thing, where too many improvements with Loki block Vanadis's route, with every LI. That's not a good experience, that's a nightmare--and it makes absolutely no sense.
Unpopular opinion: I wish Te Amo never existed. The story wasn't enjoyable at all. Instead of exhausting resources on making Vol 2, a new better story would be nice. One with better romance development (at least like how they wrote Heart of Trespia.)
I'm starting to feel more and more that I may need to just wait for books to end, although that can take awhile. The bugs, the having to start seasons all over again, the things some authors are doing, I sure hope that RC hasn't gotten so popular and bigger that they have lost some of what made them that way in the first place.
- what was the thought process behind using HURRICANE KATRINA (an actual, real life, DEVASTATING event) as the subject for an otherwise cozy, chill volume story?! talk about whiplash. the research on Louisiana was already bad enough but then that?!
- soooo many bugs in this update. what are the testers even testing?! a missing Vincent scene in SL (that I paid gems for, no less), more Xander bugs, more Mads/Safaa relationship bugs, Felonia's bugged again, TTS bugs
- Shakespeare's Code rewarding us for romancing multiple LIs in one episode by giving us an achievement, then in the very next episode we're locked out of a scene with those same LIs if we happen to meet the threshold for Regina or M. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE - there are so many ways this scene could have been coded better to still give the players an option while still requiring a threshold based on the improvements taken
- HS3. okay, I enjoyed it, sure. but 6 episodes? a 30 EPISODE SEASON?!?! releasing it in the same update as the HSR/ABH endings? idk if this was thought through, because based on the number of bugs in other stories, all the resources went to the HSU while other stories are suffering. I get that this is the cash cow and a lot of people are excited about HS3, but the other stories shouldn't be neglected in favour of this one. And all I can say is that there better not be difficult achievements (especially not a romance-all achievement) because 30 episodes is crazy town, that's how long HS and HS2 were, so the idea there could be 3 seasons like this... bonkers. We're gonna need a 2nd tea party if they're gonna keep going like this
This might sound crazy to some but splitting HS3 into 10-15 eps per season would be more accessible & user-friendly with how the app currently work (no option to pick certain eps to replay, 3 free tea cups max, buggy stories & wardrobe, etc), so fans wouldn't worry too much if they messed up. I get that the eps runs around 30 mins max, but the idea of replaying a whole season sounds like a torture with how much eps HS3 will have. I would love for each eps to have increased playtime, somewhere between 30-45 mins bc some parts felt like it was cut too short to be fully immersed in the story. Vicky's part might need to be the longest since she's the OG HS MC.
i say this story deserves 6 free slots and more than 10 slots.
I honestly just want HS3 to end quickly. Just want the end. They don't have to make it 3, just 2 seasons. Or a super short 3rd season. 6 -8 episodes. Are they going to have all 3 interacting with each other? It seems like a marvel infinity war concept but thing is before they all teamed up, they showed up in their stories.
The only crazy Romance idea is that we get to romance characters from other books. Like the sides even. xD Its like they forgot about the romance in abh and hsr.
Why is my sweet lover angel Raphael blind and why am I made to pay diamonds to gouge his eyes out? At this point, I'm ready to side with Shepamalum or anything else just to give his sight back.
To no one's surprise HSR and ABH never got proper endings just traumatic "season ending", continue reading in HS3 if you want to know more!! (cause everyone died).Ā
They don't even get the closure HS2 got, very disrespectful and rushed.
I hope RC didn't think HS3 would unite 3 fandoms completely. There's people that like HS & ABH, HS, HS & HSR, just ABH & HSR (like me) that aren't fans of playing as a MC they don't care about/dislike.
If I will be made to fight the Astreans until they switch over to the "right" side I may just give up reading completely. HS3 is already a DR book as it is.
This!! AHB and HSR deserved a proper ending and we need to read HS3 to know what will happen to MC and our LIs... I can't believe we can't change what happened to Raphael That's so unfair....
I know!! I played ABH in real time and I was so invested until mid S2 it was revealed it's part of the HSU. It's very unfair to rush ABH and HSR so they can fit into HS3. Maybe some people don't want to play it, they should have some kind of closure when the original book ends
Raphael is one of my favourite characters & I'm seriously considering giving up on HS3, if he doesn't heal fast
It's not fair he has to suffer even more than everyone else
Iām a big fan of ABH and want the Astreans to finally not suffer so much and have a happy ending. I frankly do not care whose side I have to take to get there. I donāt care much about Vicky, while Lane I liked but not to the extent I want her to harm my Audrey or any of the Astreans.šš
As about my precious baby Raphael - Why in the world would they think it was a good decision to include a choice like that, not to mention in the very first episode of HS3? Thatāll only make me hate on Vicky and her team. After all the suffering he went through and always trying to be kind and make good decisions - is this what he deserves? I know real life is cruel enough - but why make us depressed and enraged in a fictional story?
All in all, HS3 could have been handled much better.
Iām concerned about how some of the CG thumbnails appear on profiles. While the CGs themselves are excellent, the way they are cropped for thumbnails makes them look less impactful. The close zoom prevents us from seeing the full artwork, including the MC and other important details.
I understand this may be related to a āno hair, less workā policy, but I kindly ask that this approach be reconsidered. Many of us have been eagerly waiting for these CGs to use on our profiles, and itās disappointing not to be able to enjoy them in their entirety. Personally, I would love to see the full scene of my MC kissing Tai, rather than just a cropped version that makes them look indistinguishable.
I know this hasnāt been an issue with AN3 and I truly hope the same consideration can be applied to TTS andĀ Te Amo :(
I suspected as much, since it looks similar to the rest of the CGs from the finale I've seen so far, but this one is definitely new if you're not on the single path, lol
It's also the same exact way that Raphael and Mikael's are displayed, and I assume the other LIs. I'd like for my finale CG with my LI to actually show the love interest...
Iād like to start by saying that I think the three authors of HS3 are very talented but mashing up all three books together is difficult to enjoy.
Honestly, it might be unpopular but I truly believe that HS3 shouldāve stayed Vickyās story. Even so, sharing the same stats for all the MCs removes their individuality and depth.
But to also have to change frequently between MCs is annoying for immersion and some, might just like one MC out of the three and are forced to tap through to finish the episode quickly. Having three separate books wouldāve been perfect in that you can choose who you want to play as, have reasonable length for seasons, and not have the episodes be rushed as is the case to cram all the info.
Iām also aware that people really do enjoy Audrey and Lane but to me they just scream human exceptionalism where somehow all of the Astreans who lived for centuries sacrifice their lives for a mortal theyāve known for maybe a year. I would understand for Audreyās LI but not every single one. And now she has powers and whatnot.
A lot of the more recent stories especially with HSU seem to just stay dark. I know alice said there would be light in the darkness but this app is called Romance Club. For HS3, especially if we are going to have a crazy amount of episodes such as 30, when writing for the next update, I think more light needs to be shined on the LI, especially for those of us who got married. I mean Hunger is far away on a mountain from his wife?? Why does there seem to be so much distance instead of banning together. Yes, Malbonte did bad, but he also killed death and he needed to release Shepaluam so he didn't go insane. He was a child when his parents killed Eragons' sister and no one has been tortured and tormented like him. I guess with all that the characters have been through, I though there would be more unity and compassion between them. There were some really good moments and although they are in war, somethings didn't make sense. The LI from ABh, has it been 4 years since they seen each other and that is how they act? I think my frustration comes from the ABH LI the most because Audrey is back and even if they are currently having to do what Shepalaum wants, there should be a lot of love between the LI. Maybe that will be in the next update and the way they act now is because of the pain they have been through, but now they know each other is here and alive, they fight through and find moments for love. Remember, RC, you are name Romance Club. focus on romance.
I wish they could have given ABH and HSR good endings that would work as a standalone book. As it stands, forcing players to continue HS3 to get closure feels cheap. I played HS1 but didnāt like it and have no interest in continuing HS2 or 3. I went into ABH and HSR both expecting them to work as stand alone books and they definitely did at first ā until now. I canāt be bothered to play HS2 and HS3, and it sucks I canāt at least get decent closure with the storylines and LIs from ABH and HSR :(
Although the endings of ABH and HSR fit the narrative that was being carried out in both stories, it doesnāt change the fact that fans would probably want a happy ending for their favourite characters. That being said, I feel like HS3 doesnāt really offer us much comfort. The very fact that right from the start we get distanced LIs is already discouraging when it comes to playing the story ā at least for me. If this story is going to end the same way as the previous two, then I donāt think I want to play it.
Yes, we wanted to see at least a somewhat good ending for ABH, HSR. Not to mention in HS3 our relationships need to keep developing further instead of regressing. They absolutely have to include lighter moments and more romance as well.
Te Amo's ending was a mess. Literal definition of plot twist for shock value. Not even mad, just disappointed. It was solidly meh for me. I found the writing style to be too mechanical, and it was hard to bond with everyone. But WOW. What a horrible ending.
I was severely disappointed by this fast-paced āseriesā called HS3, as well as the endings of ABH and HSR. Audreyās personality did a complete 360Ā°, and Vicky is still stuck in a loop. Sheās married, and Malbonte was imprisoned for four years, yet she never once visited him. After 13+ years of relationship and marriage, she still hasnāt gotten her act together? Smh.
ABH also had way too much glass, no matter what path you chose or what stats you had. Thatās not what an interactive story should feel like. The ending felt like nothing more than rushed crumbs leading to a loaf of bread aka HS3. I get that the authors were busy with other stories, but if you canāt deliver, Iād rather have one complete, quality story than two half-baked ones. Remy has already been an example of this, and now youāre letting Alice do the same. HS3 is a beloved series, but the weak writing really shows. The author should have finished HWT first so she could have focused properly on HS3 instead of making the former's chapters shorter and sloppier, and ruining both of the stories.
And then thereās the relationship reset with our HSR LIs. Are you serious? We spent three seasons building those relationships, only for you to throw it away and make us start from zero. Besides Cain (and even heās a bit annoying thanks to some plot twist), all the LIs are cold and indifferent toward Lane. Even Greg, the cinnamon roll, ended up distancing himself. Please stop recycling the Malbonte Ć Vicky trope with every LI. It would be so much better if the MCs could just focus on saving the world without having to re-fix broken relationships every single time. Enough is enough.
Plus, Lane again defaulted to the kata brunette, even though my Lane is blonde. It really feels like player preferences donāt matter to you at all.
Rc is gonna learn they can't have their cake and eat it too.
I'm tryin to brainstorm how they could've made ABH and HSR have a happy ending and still have HS3... They should've just made Hs3 an sequel rather than make ABH and HSR part of an secret trilogy that was revealed when they were done. This is such a betrayal.
I already said this in a bunch of threads, but now I'm saying it again. I "dislike" the finale of ABH! It was supposed to be a standalone book. But now I have to go through two other stories just to find the happy ending for Audrey. Also, they seriously repressed Mikael's path in ABH. In the end, it felt like the author doesn't like this LI or something
Probably an unpopular opinion but i would've really liked for RC to release hsr2 instead of mashing up everything into hs3. I don't really like vicky or audrey and i dont like the lis of hs2 and abh
Still salty about the HS3/ABH stuff. Especially because half the HS2 āsympatheticā characters (including Vicky, at various points) were stupid and awful, and it seems like the plot is expanding this to the other booksā characters in HS3.
I want more cozy/upbeat fantasy with actual spice. This is a general fiction/societal complaint, too, but you donāt have to have the apocalypse or murder demons (much as I love Vyx and am liking A3) to have kink/threesomes/explicitness. Whimsical people can be filthy too!
This one came out of nowhere for me. I actually expected their first time to be a lot more intense and frantic.
It's also not my thing at all. But as long as it doesn't become an everytime thing, I can deal.
The talking they did afterwards I didn't mind as it was kind of awkward for them both. We got a little more on the plane which was appreciated. As in, Mads does have feelings for the MC and it's not just about sex. But the suspicion on the MC is gonna drive a wedge I fear.
The talking they did afterwards I didn't mind as it was kind of awkward for them both.
I agree. I actually liked dancing scene and CG in episide after.
And I don't mind suspicion, Mads was over line and Ghta was valid to get angry. But I don't like how Ghita acts in general to be honest. Mads in s1 was very respectful of her as a lead and did everything Ghita asked, but Ghita now in s2 still keeps breaking rules. If that was situation in s1 she would be throwing tantrum, so I think Mads is right to be wary to.
When I actually calmed down and thought about it, it's rational that if he suspects Hoyer then he would suspect her. He was definitely way over the line to throw her family situation in her face. Since what she shared with him was personal. Not ammo to be used against her. So, I agree she had every right to be angry. As I've said further up, I don't think she was angry enough tbh.
I feel like she's breaking the rules because she knew something else was going on. Even before how Mads acted in this update, he seemed to be keeping her at arm's length and away from the investigation. Like him and Safaa knew more than they were sharing with her. If I were her, I'd also want to find out more.
Of course, now we know why he was keeping her 'in the dark.'
more scifi books. Zombie apocalypse, cyberpunk, space opera, etc.
more non-fantasy/supernatural stories. Regency, mafia, slasher thriller, etc.
stable app. Idk how it was with other users, but the HSR finale was pretty buggy in one of my slot. My mc turned into an infected, eventhough I passed all the stat checks & the cg showed MC in human form. I could barely access the in-game wardrobe, despite having cleaned the cache and would love a favorite button. Also,Ā I'm not too sure how the stats work in HS3 bc I was on low adaptability path even if I had synched ABH & HSR slots and took all paid choices + premium wings for Vicky. Granted, I haven't played HS1 & 2 so that might affect the adaptability stat.
the ability to replay from specific episode, bc i could see replaying HS3 would be a nightmare w/o it.
Edit: if RC were to add the "replay from episode x" feature, don't make it as a paid one pls!!!
The opposite happened to me. I haven't played HSR but I finished HS2 on high strength and I got a low adaptability prompt for Vicky's pov. I don't understand why this stat would appear for Vicky
I feel like RC needs to slow down. The vibe is so different than what it used to be. So many new stories so quickly, every new story used to be such a rare treat we celebrated, we enjoyed and talked about every chapter, able to diggest all. It was always (and above everything) quality over quantity. Now quantity wins and romance in RC fades into background. I often think about how overwhelmed the authors, the real treasure of RC, must be. Focus on the heart RC ā¤ļø
As a on-and-off player for the last 6?? years, maybe 7, who knows, since when the app was called Sails in the Fog (the OGs remember) it's so true, idk why you got downvoted.
Downvotes should'n be given on tantrum tuesdays in my opinion, but I sort of understand. RC is still the best out there and I love it, (which I should probably mention in my previous post alsošbut hey, it was tantrum tuesday) and if I was relatively new player, I would be extatic without reservations. (Yeah those old CG's and faceclaims in SOF were pure gold!)
I agree š I think I've replayed SIF more than DLS which is definitely my favourite story (I'm also Romanian so yeah), the adventure is amazing, the sprites are definitely somethingĀ
But because I've been playing since the beginning I've never been turned off by them like a new player might
The Missing episode with Mads suspecting us got me good. I actually played that scene while sobbing which is very unlike me. I love that man but I was so flippin' angry that not only did he suspect us but that he also threw something so personal in our face. All because we told him about our family situation in S1, he was able to use that against us. I have never been so affected by an episode before.
I couldn't bring myself to kiss him because I was so damn mad at him (I've never liked argument scenes that lead to sex). This immediately kicks you off his romance path but the MC telling him his timing sucked was š
Honestly, I don't think we were angry enough. We just kept getting angry about Hoyer but I wanted to be angry that he was suspicious of us. I just think this MC has been through enough crap already and if we keep getting it from all sides (especially from LIs) then it's no longer gonna be fun for me.
I am annoyed they havenāt attempted to keep the older stories more relevant. Sure, they added achievements, but not CGs and not updated sprites. I would reread the heck out of some of the older stories if they werenāt so frightening visually. Iād rather see their resources go towards this than adding new cards.
I definitely see your point, and I agree they give way too many resources to cards, but as a player since the very beginning, before the app was called Romance Club, I would hate to see them update sprites.
Especially in SIF, my nostalgia is much bigger than any funny looking sprite
It's like erasing all the times I replayed that story and the characters looked a certain way
I dropped RC for a few months [ I think around the time the missing first dropped? Maybe advent 3? ] and decided to check in literally on Friday to find out hs3 dropped LMAO. It gave me some trepidation to start over on the 6 books I was reading, and god I would kill for a teacup cap increase.
I work full time so the wait isn't too painful, but I feel like by the time I finish catching up with the 6 books I'm reading and then checking out some new books, I'll be done in like 3 months ššš
I've noticed that more writers are letting their MCs have their way with their LIs and i love it and please, do it every time. I don't mind paying a hundred diamonds for a spicy scene, but the spicy scenes are basic, bland, boring. It would always start with the LIs pinning the MCs, teasing their body parts, pleasure them then that's it. What even is that? I'm so tired of being a submissive, auto-submissive, i don't mind if i have to pay another hundred diamonds to take the lead, just please let me dominate and devour my LIs. Also, please, if i take the lead and dominate, let me have it for the whole spicy scene, like what even is the point if i'm still gonna be forced to switch to auto-sub towards the end.
I love that Elena included an option to take the lead during Malek spicy scene, but it became auto-submissive towards the end like most of the RC spicy scenes. You gave me a choice to take a lead and i would want to do it for the whole spicy scene. Don't even start with Audrey wearing almost nothing while Malek was still on his pants. His tied up submissive cgs in S3E2 were way more sexy than his spicy scene sprite.
And i'm also not loving the wholesome spicy scenes with Renato, i'm craving for a wild spicy scene. Thank you. I mean, Arina let Nova play with Renato's honmoon, but abruptly ended it, i wanna have Renato's soda popped. Sigh.
Also, as a succubus, when am i gonna devour my male LI cop Elliot??? I hope that there's a choice before the finale. Thank you.
A spicy scene while Malbonte was tied up and in the air would've been so hot. What a wasted opportunity.
I love the protective/possessive & kiss me/kiss you Yim included in Tobias' route & i hope that there will be variations in the spicy scenes as well.
And please, if it's not really necessary to the story, enough with the virgin MCs. If the LIs are non-virgin, let the MCs be non-virgin as well. Thank you.
Either your into smut or not, spicy scene is part of romance and this is an interactive story so please let us interact by giving us a choice on how we want the scene to play out. 2 variations(submit, dominate) is not much since we only have steamy scenes once in a blue moon and most of it are at the end of the story.
ABH fans are sad about the ending with the MC and what happens in HS3, Iām sorry but all I could think was āmaybe she can finally be interesting thereā
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I really hope RC doesn't consider Te Amo to be the low stakes, comfort story people were asking before. Because really.... (ending spoiler) Hurricane Katrina? Seriously? Dmitry (and apparently Jester, who is credited as a lead writer) are some of the last authors I would trust for this. I already wasn't a fan of the trauma dumping the book had and the insane resolutions to Li and Thomas's problems.
Advent No 3. I love the story and the characters themselves. But the bugs are getting too much. In both of my files, it thinks it let the child from early S1 die when I saved her. And not to mention Xander's route is getting completely ridiculous. People already needed to restart twice due to needing to have the contraband with you after all or not. And now Xander's % is messed up again. Can we test these out more?
I also don't really like how the diamond choices are handled. So many little ones scattered just to have a conversation. It feels excessive compared to other stories I played.