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>>> SPOILER MOONVALE SIDE STORY EPISODE 2 <<<

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The FBI closed duskwood, no one comes in, no one leaves, all because of....Jake...Cops, FBI, all after Jake in Duskwood and the first thing he does is send a video to us just to prove that he is alive.

yes, that's all I have to say, this man is hot

Yes. Yes! YES!!

That man is literally the EPITOME of GIVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO ME BECAUSE I WILL WORSHIP THE GROUND YOU'RE WALKING ON. And he does. And he will. And he deserves my whole life. Will wrap it up and give it to him as gift while drooling with the stupidest, love drunken smile on earth.

We all know that man is perfect, and yet he's like: Wait, let me show you again, and again. And 5 times more. And I'm breathing it. Man is really going for overkilling my heart with every words he says. 😩

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Can I be annoying for a sec? Spoilers OFC

When we started talking about the messed up video we sent again and how it's unsalvageable, all I was thinking at the time was : DO YOU KNOW WHO COULD FIX IT!?!?!?!?!💓💞💕💖💝💘❤️💖💞💝💕💞💘❤️💞💖💕💝💕💘💞💝💓💖❤️

But then I remembered he's MIA Sooooooooo. Then I just got sad 😭

Yesss, that's exactly what I thought as well. I was like: I KNOW HOW TO! I KNOW WHO CAN FIX IT.

And then I was like: Fuck, wrong game!

But I just love situations like this anyway. Even if it's not Duskwood and a different game, some moments definitely are, and I believe so, a bit sneaky done by everbyte. Like, as if they know 'let's say this because the Duskwood fans will immediately thing about Jake'

I really wish he would be back and help us with that case. I need my baby back. And I need the girlie, screaming, heart eye moments back. I miss the giggling, squealing moment I had with Jake's attention. 😂

YOU BETTER COME BACK ASAP MR HACKER DON'T MAKE ME FIND YOU! BECAUSE WHEN I DO, YOU'RE IN FOR A RIDE. (just joking you're in for kisses, and then I kick your butt. Lovingly. But I will!)

(Oh and btw, there is no way you might be annoying. You're not. And even less when we are all fangirling together! 💚)

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Ahhhhh!!!!!! So pretty!!! *-* Aaaand JACK AND SALLY, MA LOVES!!! *-*

Amazing idea to make it with those profile we got from the others now. It's bringing back Duskwood times 🤭

(If you look for me, I'm on Pinterest and Picsart, working on my profile 🫡)

Macie's profile on Moonvale! Dedicated a little more to my story 🤭 Soon more of my MCs/characters

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-> Spoiler episode 2 <-

As some might now, in the German language, we don't only use 'You', we have a 'more' polite form when talking to strangers or authorities or elders. So wie use 'Sie' to adress unfamiliar people. It's a form of respect blah blah blah.

Anyway, what is hilarious to me, when Eric gets thrown out my Whitemore, and they scream at each other, Eric shouts 'Answer me!' which would be 'Antworte mir!' in German. Which would be the normal form without the extra polite/respectful way.

What makes it so funny to me, and which is a perfect example of Germany. Even though Whitemore is screaming at Eric and kicking him out, Eric doesn't just use the normal, casual form 'Antworte mir'

No, even if we Germans are threatened and get kicked out by a very weird maniac, Eric screams the formal and polite form for addressing strangers, 'Antworten Sie mir!'

And it's hilarious, because that's Germany. Even in such a situation it's like 'Yeah but he is a stranger so we have to use the respectful form while screaming at someone who's definitely rude to us, has a riffle in his hand and just used said riffle. But we have to shout in a polite/ respectful way'

Don't know if that's funny to non German people but I know we have some Germans here so I wanted to point it out xD

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Just mean like, for example, so many people loved Interstellar so much, but for me it was one of the most boring movies I've ever seen, even if I'm a Christopher Nolan fan.

Let’s all allow everyone their own opinion 💚

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Nymos gives me kinda (MCs) handpuppet vibes ngl xD

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Let’s all allow everyone their own opinion 💚

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Waaaahhh, nooooo, now I feel sooo bad for him but ahhhhhhh THIS OPTION IS REALLLLLL

⚠️MOONVALE EPISODE 2 SPOILER ⚠️

ERIC IS NOT A HOMEWRECKER CONFIRMED!!!

But I'm sure there will be more flirts in the future if they are not marked as before 🤣

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I SAW THE TRAILER OF EPISODE 2 AND THEY SHOWED FOR A SPLIT SECOND THE MINE!!!!!

JAKEEYYYYYY BABBBYYYYY

Waaaahhh noooo I'm sorry

-> Spoiler episode 2! <-

While it does look like the mine in Duskwood, and maybe it's even the same location, sadly, it wasn't about the Mine in Duskwood. It was about the cave in Moonvale Eric found at the end of episode 1. So sadly, I don't think it was supposed to he directed towards Jake but Adam. :(

But it does look the same.

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Final thoughts?

Yesssw, I was already working on it. Your wish is my command 🫡

-> Moonvale episode 2 spoilers! <-

(Includes my thoughts about the story itself, the game, the design, the changes everbyte promised us, the Ai art thing, the episodes pass, some words to the character and of course about the Duskwood side story. Oh, and it's long)

So... Where do I start here?

It was definitely an interesting episode and damn, very, very long, which is mostly a positive thing. It was definitely longer than Duskwood episodes were. Or maybe it just felt like it.

For me, personally, this episode was definitely much more bearable than episode 1 was. It was more exciting, more happenings, especially more video material which I love and is necessary to make the game thrilling and exciting and to add the adrenaline to it. Watching it and not knowing what is going to happen etc. And for people who played Duskwood, we all have calling traumas, I believe.

However, I have to say, I bought the episode pass so I had all the contents free so just watch and didn't have to pay with gems. So I believe, which I still don't like, people who can't buy the pass because they can't afford or similar, they still have the same problems with running out of gems and all that. Which is sad. But my problem with the 'premium'/ episodes pass is, that you have to pay for every single episode the amount of money. Which is unfair and let's be honest, just manipulation. At least the way they did it. 'You can only buy it here' and '50% off'. Like, come on. 50% off? Really?

Don't get me wrong, I definitely understand that Everbyte needs to earn money. And I also understand that they need to earn more money now. Everything is more expensive, all the costs that come with making a game, the actors, getting locations and all that. I do understand. And I have to say, it was 5€ for me, which is, in my position, every couple of months not too bad. But many people aren't that lucky. They can't afford it and it doesn't change the fact that the gems system is kinda... ouch.

However, I believe getting the episode pass saved me from many problems during the game so my experience was probably better than the once of others.

Let's get more into the episode itself. I think the story line is interesting and has a lot of potential. And it can be great, however, I have to honestly say, I'm missing something. I'm missing something that keeps me hooked and makes me want to keep playing. Sadly, for me, there is a big difference. When I played Duskwood I was always like "Oh man, I hope the episode doesn't end. Please don't end, please, I need more. More information, more chats" etc. etc. etc... But while playing the Moonvale episode I was just like "How much longer? How much more is left? Is it over soon?" I liked the story. And luckily, in between there were moments in between that gave a new push of excitement. But around that? I was more like... Hm... That's damn much episode but it didn't kept me hooked. I wasn't like "I have to keep playing!"

I have to say, I can't deny that Jake's character was a big part, yes, maybe even the biggest part why I loved the Duskwood episodes so that. And of course it's a mystery game, not a romance game. But it's also the story itself. It's good, but it's more of a 'yeah I keep playing because maybe the next episode will be better'. You know what I mean? I'm just missing something that makes me feel like "I have to know what happens next! I have to know more. More story, more interactions with the characters!" and not just "Yeah, it's good, I keep playing"

And I'm also still missing the depth of the character's. Like we got more about Charlie, and in my opinion, he's the most interesting character in Moonvale. Violet is... silent. Eric is... not too bad but also somehow boring, for me. And Ash... I don't like her. Really not. She's so bitchy and always so... haughty, in my eyes.

And for me, I also think the episodes are too dry. Too much talking about things that aren't really that exciting, of course it's only the second episode, but still. And I also really don't like how slow the damn chats are. Of course, I think it's a way to make the episodes longer, which is a way to go, but in my eyes not a really good way. I would kill to make those chest faster. I think there should be an option to set the pace like it was in Duskwood. Simply because for people who think it's too slow and dry, like me, it makes me lose interest and it's more like a "Yeah, whatever, let's finish this".

I think a great addition to the game was definitely the 'Story' part, where we had to post the story. And as we all have seen, there was also a Duskwood picture, so I can very well imagine that in the future, that's might be the way how we are going to reach the others, by posting a story.

Speaking of Duskwood, let's go in with the side story. Which was, of course, also not too much yet, but it gave us a great inside of what is going on and it's very interesting what is happening. Like, they're shutting the whole town down. No messages in or out, no signal and now all of them are brought away by, obviously, the FBI probably. And of course all that is happening because of Jake. Shutting the town down etc. Which is absolutely exciting and the biggest reason why I keep playing Moonvale. I think it's very interesting how NYMOS was brought in and I think it's a believable way why the dw characters can't reach us. And I also loved how Everbyte included that the characters are speaking to us. Like Dan, Thomas, using our name and reaching out to us and not just talking with the group like they are still waiting and hoping for us. And at the end also Cleos video and that she spoke about Jake and all that... It's just a big relief to see them back and all that. And I think in the future it will definitely bring us a great experience.

Back to Moonvale: I also though some chats did not make much sense to me. Like, some theories and stuff, I think they forgot a bit about the end call with Adam in episode one and that he was alive there and all that. Even if he didn't talk etc. I don't know, I think some chat path weren't that logical. But I love how they kept using the right time line. Like 'last night', 'now it's morning', that's often a big problem xD

And some more positive about the game design now. I think the way the mini games are designed isn't too bad. It's still cute and has more of candy crush but it doesn't bother me that bad anymore like it did at the beginning. I'm glad they changed the backgrounds and the messanger chat layout. It's more realistic again and also the sounds are more realistic. The theme music is more realistic and I really like that and I'm happy everbyte went that way now.

I'm also glad we got a bit more profiles of the character's. Like the picture and videos. It makes the whole thing more real.

Sure, we still have some Ai in the game and I still don't support that. But I'm glad at least Charlie and Violet both have a real picture now and not just AI generated pictures. It would be best to completely remove Ai, we talk more than enough about why. But I can go with it, for now, as long as it doesn't come back like in episode one. (Of course I don't protect Ai art here now, and as I said, I would prefer it it were more real like on Duskwood. With stock photos and stuff. But fact is, AI art is indeed a part of this world now, if we want or not. And even if it's not good, there is also not much to do against it. Which doesn't mean I like it)

I'm sad we didn't get the option to chose out own profile picture and background etc. To really customize our profile and the game experience. And it's still only Ai art, which is really disappointing for me. Especially also because you still have to be lucky when you pay gems for more wallpapers and so. Why not letting us just buy what we want as profile picture. It's still a way to make us buy more gems if necessary which is sad. And like, how am I supposed to customize my profile to make it more *realistic*, when I only have background and wallpaper that aren't even close to what I personally like? It just makes it less real, in my eyes, and that's very sad.

And I also think it's a bit annoying that we still haven't Charlies and Violets contact with names just because we don't have them in personal Chats yet. I would very much prefer it they would see the names instead of the numbers.

Let's talk about the mini games for a second. First of all, too much. Really too much. Why not staying with only three per break? I mean, that more than enough. But sometimes 4? And then having only a short chat and having to play again... It's too much in my eyes, really. I found them much more bearable this time, however. Still not that easy but better than in episode one. Those killed me. Way too much and too hard. It just added onto the not so great play experience. This was better here, in my eyes, but still a bit too much in my eyes. Keep it calm, don't make us play so many, we lose hearts, gems and time. We play for the story, not for the mini games. I get that we need to do that in between, but four are just too much.

So, a bit more about the story itself. I think it was really interesting with Eric and Whitmore. Like, I somehow liked him xD. I just love weird characters and I thought he looks really cool for this role. (I won't comment on any acting here.) The way he suddenly appeared, with that look, those eyes, I loved it, gave me a good amount of chills. He gives me 'wannabe survival trainee'- vibes. Like, you know, those guys who train in case the world ends? He gave me those vibes. Likes it. Whitmore is approved. xD

I think it was very interesting that whitemore also had a tarot card. Like, we got 'The Stranger', Whitmore got 'The Liar' and ad Unknown said, he is indeed lying. So we are, apparently, somehow connected with Whitemore definitely. And it's obviously that whatever is happening, we are a big reason for it. I feel like someone is challenging us to solve this case. Maybe Unknown, maybe someone else, I don't know.

Unknown is my favorite character so far, to be honest. Yes, I'm a simple person. But he is obviously somehow important for all this and knows things that might be important for us. The Greenside Motel story is very interesting for me as well. I like how they made this mystery around it. The room Adam got and how we have the theory that the room was for us and not for Adam himself. The bonus with doing the Viral Story gave the whole thing an extra touch and made it more exciting. The comments we get, what the people say about the Motel, the whole stories and stuff, I think it's very interesting.

And I also liked the little bonus about the girl who was asking for Eric. Seems like those two had a rather stromy relationship or anything since Ash said 'Like she has any right to know' and stuff like that. I really do wonder how Charlie managed to deal with her.

Oh, and another big thing: WHERE THE HELL IS BRIAN?? Like two episode and dude didn't appear? Sus! Come out, say hello. I don't have time to wait.

So, long story short, my opinion in a few words: The story is great and has definitely potential. However, I'm still missing something that really keeps me up on my toes and and give me that adrenaline like feeling. The episode was definitely much better than the first one, although, in my eyes, sadly,.. chewy and still a bit too dry.

(Oof, so, that was a lot, actually. And the first time I really made a whole post about my thoughts. I'm sure I forgot about things I wanted to mention but if so, I will just add it to this post by reblogging. I hope you found my answer likeable and you had some fun reading it. Of course, if you want my opinion on something specific you can ask away any time.)

I also apologize for the rather negative answer here. It's sadly how I feel about it and please don't forget 'it's just my opinion', my opinion about the game and the characters. You can like it much more than I do. I don't try to make people sad or anything with it. I'm still looking forward to episode three and how the story will continue. 💚

Thank you very much for asking, lovely anon, I'm always happy to see people are interested in my opinion and my thoughts to it and I hope you have a great game experience. Have fun, detectives! 💚

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Everone like: ERIC'S FLASHLIGHT!!!!

And I'm like: HIS FUCKING JACKET!!!!!

Spoiler

But hey, maybe if Whitmore doesn't burn the jacket, it might be a proof for the cops. Eric could be like "Go there, you will find my jacket there as proof I was there"

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Anyone else got War of the Worlds vibes from the episode?

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I mean, Whitmore gave me hard vibes when they were in the little bunker little thing with that psycho. And Eric in the hut, the alarm etc. Gave me those vibes xD

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Here we go again

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Don't take it the wrong way but since I didn't play episode 2 by now, it's the first time I don't like your posts. What do you mean WTF 😭

WHAT'S HAPPENING??????

Pahahahaha I'm sorry, dear anon. Don't worry, I don't take it personal. Your ask made me laugh a lot, actually. I can understand why you think so. I would probably feel the same if I saw hysterical posts like that and don't have any context. xD

But hey, keeping you on your toes and cause some excitement (hopefully xD).

Hopefully you will soon see the reasons for my posts when you play the episode. The 'WTF' was very much accurate for it. xD

Hope you will have much fun playing the episode. And let me know if you agree with my 'wtf' xD 💚

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I managed to update my Moonvale, but I'm on the first episode and I feel like restarting everything, because I didn't use the Duskwood dialogue option in Ash and MC's conversation 😭🤡

Wahhh, nooo, oh damn, that sounds so stressful right now. I would be the same probably. Well, if you did not decide yet, I have to say, I would recommend starting over with Duskwood code for the side story.

Or you feel like replaying twice so you can play it now without code and then restart again and play with Duskwood code. But I guess replaying with Moonvale is kinda... A hard decision. However, I hope when you play episode two you will have lots of fun and enjoy it. 💚

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Episode 2 is out???? Fuck me gently, I started to replay Episode 1 months ago and never continued... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO 💀😭😭😭

Yesss, I've seen several people with the same. I did have the same problem kinda. I restarted and didn't start playing right away so I speeded through it the last two days. Like, I really speeded, didn't do much extra chats etc. xD

Hope you can finish the episode fast and simply so you can join us in the episode 2 club, heh. Have fun playing! 💚

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Seriously? I went to bed yesterday because I was like: How much more until the episode is over?

I had exactly only 5 minutes left

Finished the episode now