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Wow big shame, just checking in now. This was and still is one of the best games on here that I have played. A true shame
- Aug 4, 2017
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Project wasn't doing well enough financially and dev had to take on a day job to sustain themself. After that, they just didn't have the time, energy, or motivation to continue working on the game anymore.
- Feb 10, 2018
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I'll always happily rep this game and the creator who made it all possible. It's too bad he didn't have the opportunity to even join another dev team or something to gain some more stable financials to help support this gem.
- Jan 24, 2020
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I think this game should be given an honorary completed tag. Its too good a game to have people passing it up over the abandoned tag. It could pretty much be considered a finished game anyway, albeit one with a cliffhanger ending. If any mods around here have the power to do so, please at least consider it.
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- Feb 10, 2018
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I'm in agreement with this sentiment, the game was getting big enough size wise to be where he could have split the game off again into another build, as like Chapters 11 onward, or just a big Part 2.
i still hopeful that this game gets picked back up or given the chance to finish, the story really compelling, the art an animations are solid.
- Feb 17, 2018
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Add me in to the group that feels enough was accomplished in the first 10 chapters to call this "finished". Book 1, at the very least, with the remaining chapters being the "Lost Tales".
I don't know if that's how the site works, though, since the abandoned represents both the absence of the creator and the (unfortunately real) lack of completion of the game.
I don't know if that's how the site works, though, since the abandoned represents both the absence of the creator and the (unfortunately real) lack of completion of the game.
- Jul 24, 2018
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As a huge fan of this game, i also agree that at very least it doesn't deserve to be avoided due to "abandoned" tag. Chapter 1 was finished and although it was left on a cliffhanger, many other games would literally have a second game for second chapter, most popular example being Timestamps. So, yes, a finished tag is fitting.
Such a good one too and now it's abandoned.
Actually a good rival for summer timer or atleast starting to in a different setting
Actually a good rival for summer timer or atleast starting to in a different setting
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I agree with everyone saying that this should have the completed tag. I've come back to play it through at least 5 times already.
This was one of the best out there, and I really hope the dev would be able to come back to it.
This was one of the best out there, and I really hope the dev would be able to come back to it.
- Apr 19, 2019
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Give it a completed tag, easily one of the best games out there.
Yeah I say give it the completed tag. It ended on what was like a volume one complete thing honestly.
- Feb 17, 2018
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Because of the return to life (temporarily) of this thread I decided to fire up the game again and played through all 10 chapters.
Really, it's stunning to be reminded how good this game is. The characters are fleshed out, not just throwaways and the story...
I thought I had it figured out as the basic rotten-man-in-power-tries-to-take-everyone's-land tale but it is so much more. Adding in mysteries, magic, religion, cults and more subplots you can shake a nutubust at, this story could easily go for a dozen more chapters. And it's LONG. It's a reader's delight.
Plus, whether by design or desperation, Ancho back-loaded tons more sexual encounters as the game progressed. Rare indeed are the AVN's that live up to the N, but Fantasy Valley is one of those.
I hope that Ancho at least finished the story for himself, regardless of whether or not he would ever release it publicly again. As a writer and a reader, I would find it too irresistable not to find out where the tale ended up.
Really, it's stunning to be reminded how good this game is. The characters are fleshed out, not just throwaways and the story...
I thought I had it figured out as the basic rotten-man-in-power-tries-to-take-everyone's-land tale but it is so much more. Adding in mysteries, magic, religion, cults and more subplots you can shake a nutubust at, this story could easily go for a dozen more chapters. And it's LONG. It's a reader's delight.
Plus, whether by design or desperation, Ancho back-loaded tons more sexual encounters as the game progressed. Rare indeed are the AVN's that live up to the N, but Fantasy Valley is one of those.
I hope that Ancho at least finished the story for himself, regardless of whether or not he would ever release it publicly again. As a writer and a reader, I would find it too irresistable not to find out where the tale ended up.
- Jan 24, 2020
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It truly is one of the best VNs on the site. There's so much passion oozing from every aspect. Its just such an all around joy to experience. Great writing, characters, art, you name it. It just sucks the way it ended up. Abandoned with, to my knowledge, no real release on any legit platforms(Steam, Itch.io, GOG, etc.). This game could easily be lost media in a few years. It deserves so much better.
- Feb 17, 2018
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I wish I had more knowledge of game platforms to pitch him about Steam. I am sure he could have made enough impact there to keep his enthusiasm for the game. Alas, I was clued into that platform after Ancho disappeared.
- Jan 2, 2023
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Is there any other game like Fantasy Valley you guys would recommend