I honestly given up on replay for now. When i get past familiar parts i probably will regain interest, but definitely not now.
Try to step back and look a bit objectively before going in to the superposition of "there is mod to fix that" and "there is mod to skip this". No sane human will ever imagine amount of water this game hold and amount of grind without mods. But first impression very important, when it's ruined and shortly after someone told "hey there is mods to fixt this and that" most people will flip a middle finger at one suggested it, it's very normal reaction.
Maybe this is my internet age showing, but I 'grew up' in a time where the expectation was to lurk moar before joining into a large community. Even the sheer size of the download section of the OP told me I should find out what I'm getting into before I get into it. (and I did, learned about the care packages and why I shouldn't install them, URM, guide mod, a few other mods which I didn't end up using in the end.)
Even found out about the huge ayane love choices like Sprungler just found and vowed to grind for them when I did my proper playthrough, and I did. Over a week of grinding and then two and a half months to reach current update.
Kinda feel sad for itch players for that reason.There are so many hostile walls in the game if you're blind. Though the >10gb download size would make me question the game in the same way.
LOL. Forget about me. MC has been completely sex-obsessed for 54 days. Ami has been completely sex-obsessed for 54 days. Ayane has been completely sex-obsessed for 54 days. The problem isn't lack of sex. The problem is the world's shittiest story and most incompetent characters.
You haven't even met half of the characters yet, this is still a classic VN to you. The porn comparison was because you want to feel good immediately. Even harry potter has the part of the story where he's just a kid who lives under the stairs with abusive guardians because his parents are dead.
This game repeatedly causes people to break down with emotions, and there's a ton of testimony in this thread about it. Most games on the site don't get people emotionally invested like this one does. At the point of the story you're at, it's merely comparable to them.
There's a bunch of pretentious fluff surrounding events that you usually have to read through and that never fully goes away, but you don't even know why I can get a bunch of people in this thread telling me too soon when I poke a stick in just the right spot. Even all of the insults I've given you are written in a way to dare you to keep going (With the aforementioned guide mod ofc, maybe the autovn mod if you can't stand affection grinding. Hope you havent got any missed events)
The CH4 camping event with Kaori and a little of Ami. Something about happy stories and a few deer parts.
So if I re-download it here, will I get the newest version? Or will I have to track it down
If you download from the OP, you will get the version in the thread title unless the download specifies a version. On the 1st, you'll need to find the link posted in the thread by someone, op takes a while to update. It's also likely a patch file to come out first so you'd need the previous version anyway
(remember we won't have an update for this month since we're getting lilfest instead)