So, I've completed Part 1, and I enjoyed it a lot. The story is engaging. The characters are well developped and it doesn't take long before we start to care for them. I really appreciated the Now and Then structure; the flashbacks give us some more lore and help us understand what's going on in the 'now'. It is surprisingly well written (compared to so many other AVNs). We get friendship, drama, bits of humor, love, suspense...; the whole package. First, like I do with many games, I tested it for free, but after those 8 hours of fun and engaging content, I knew I had to buy the game. IMHO, let me tell you that I think it's worth much more than the 1$ suggested price. That is a 5 stars for me. Great work, and thanks for sharing.
Overall enjoyed this VN, but I gotta say that the latter part of the game feels pretty lackluster.
(Light spoilers, nothing specific) There was some sort buildup with cannibals, but that just didn't really amount to much. Even a strange emphasis on that bandit woman (no I wasn't expecting her to be an LI), but she just ended up getting shot by Julie and that was it.
Overall, the vibe I got was that the developer was getting burned out and just wanted to be done with the story. It just felt rushed and anticlimactic at the end.
When I heard about multiple endings, I thought it would be actually different endings. Not really, it's pretty much same ending, with the only differences being how romanced everyone.
sydney left the showers after saying in her head that she didnt want to send me mixed signals and then it went straight into a sex scene thats one of the bonus scenes
A great story; out of all AVNs I've played, this one feels the most like reading a book. While other AVNs opt for a mostly light-hearted and heroic story with lots of variety, this one is more harsh and realistic, though it does also have emotional, happy, and sweet moments.
I have to say that the story can drag on some occasions. One problem is that there are actually too many lewd scenes. I think that being intimate with fewer LIs is better if you don't want the story to stall too much.
The visuals & animations are decent, though nothing to write home about. You'd play the game for its story & writing. And while there are small hiccups here and there, it's still a complete and very much enjoyable experience.
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Do I have to download both 0.99 and the 1.00 patch for the full game?
This game is great. One of the best AVNs
WOOO update 1.00.0, so glad I waited!!!
Thanks and honor to ILSProductions for not leaving this great game/story going dead.
1.0 has been out for over a year, the new file is just changing the directories of the patch around.
So, I've completed Part 1, and I enjoyed it a lot. The story is engaging. The characters are well developped and it doesn't take long before we start to care for them. I really appreciated the Now and Then structure; the flashbacks give us some more lore and help us understand what's going on in the 'now'. It is surprisingly well written (compared to so many other AVNs). We get friendship, drama, bits of humor, love, suspense...; the whole package. First, like I do with many games, I tested it for free, but after those 8 hours of fun and engaging content, I knew I had to buy the game. IMHO, let me tell you that I think it's worth much more than the 1$ suggested price. That is a 5 stars for me. Great work, and thanks for sharing.
Emmie... why would you do that dev :(
Hi, can someone guide me which version do I download? never played the game and there are a lot of links lol (playing on PC)
NowandThen-0.99.0-pc.zip
Overall enjoyed this VN, but I gotta say that the latter part of the game feels pretty lackluster.
(Light spoilers, nothing specific)
There was some sort buildup with cannibals, but that just didn't really amount to much. Even a strange emphasis on that bandit woman (no I wasn't expecting her to be an LI), but she just ended up getting shot by Julie and that was it.
Overall, the vibe I got was that the developer was getting burned out and just wanted to be done with the story. It just felt rushed and anticlimactic at the end.
When I heard about multiple endings, I thought it would be actually different endings. Not really, it's pretty much same ending, with the only differences being how romanced everyone.
sydney left the showers after saying in her head that she didnt want to send me mixed signals and then it went straight into a sex scene thats one of the bonus scenes
Saying it like it's a bad thing... Quite straight, no mixed signals indeed)
(No spoilers)
A great story; out of all AVNs I've played, this one feels the most like reading a book. While other AVNs opt for a mostly light-hearted and heroic story with lots of variety, this one is more harsh and realistic, though it does also have emotional, happy, and sweet moments.
I have to say that the story can drag on some occasions. One problem is that there are actually too many lewd scenes. I think that being intimate with fewer LIs is better if you don't want the story to stall too much.
The visuals & animations are decent, though nothing to write home about. You'd play the game for its story & writing. And while there are small hiccups here and there, it's still a complete and very much enjoyable experience.
I agree. I was actually getting tired of all scenes Carol was getting (this was before I found out about the unlock all scenes thing).
I can't seem to download this through the Itch launcher. Would you mind looking into that?
I'm on like, ch3 so far, and all this exposition is like, making it really hard for my conscious to see Carol as anything other than my daughter