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hey. good luck with everything, okay? [cutting the rope connecting your boat to the dock] just good luck. [starts pushing your boat further towards the stream] just have a good luck out there

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Is this anything?

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no actually i don't think antivaxxers' kids should die from a disease. i don't think gun advocates' kids should die in school shooting. children dying is bad actually, even if they're children of people you don't like.

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Gods I Wish That Were Me

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I drew onsta and karina as chiikawas

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what if neopets aisha was in animal crossing ?

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So there's a new app coming out... I don't know why but I'm worried that they may have access to killing off a love interest soon, it's a collab with two other companies. After I played a few darker otomes I haven't been the same since💀 so I'm asking, will they butcher our main cast? I know it's a dumb question but I can't stop thinking about it, lmao

Obey Me: New App?

Yeah.... oof. I mean, I think it's fair to say that as a game, OM is already dead. It's been dead. Nightbringer certainly ran at a loss, the user base was decimated, and the 3d ~content was extremely cringe.

When you compare it with the likes of Love and Deepspace, well. There's just no comparison!

However, if you compare the original Obey Me with other games that have stuck with the Live2D look (eg Twisted Wonderland), it still stands up pretty well in the first two seasons in terms of story, content, and accessibility.

It still can't compare with games that haven't died, for many reasons that boil down to the game stagnating from its origins - a decrease in art quality, a massive decrease in writing quality, an increase in greed over f2p allowances, lack of communication to players etc.

But still, the core of OM is ripe for development with great characters, a great premise, and a fanbase that could be re-engaged and grown.

The sticking point is, as it always has been, Solmare NTT. A company renowned for killing games. Hell, they've killed OM twice already.

The companies they are stating they've worked with on this new app are a large outsourcing and marketing broker, and a small company that has worked on animation and sound for a few games - the one game still in service is Strawberry Prince With, and you can see some images from that on the site.

I do think it is possible for OM to return to its roots, and double down on the Live2D approach in a modern way but a) it would require art of exceptional quality (see Twst), and b) not piling on the micro transactions.

Unfortunately, both companies are heavily pro micro transactions - the above game for example has items of up to $80 in cost. Nightbringer was incredibly greedy, demanding large sums for little reward, compared to the original game where many considered it no problem to pay for VIP based on how generous the game was to both f2p and p2p players.

And NB also showed that Solmare are not on the ball when it comes to choosing mechanics and tech. Switching the entire base game from battle to rhythm lost a huge chunk of the fanbase. Investing in subpar 3D animation was a huge misstep. And both came at the additional expense of removing romance.

I don't play LaDS, but that game has shown just how big a potential market there is for otome games that are engaging, have consistent and good imagery, and that have ROMANCE.

Tears of Themis has also bounced back hugely, thanks to great art and consistent writing, showing that a game doesn't need to employ the tech of LaDS to be a more modest success.

And Twst, while not an otome, shows that battle based gacha games can thrive when the writing is well done, and the art engaging.

The rising success of smaller 18+ romance games, along with the overwhelming juggernaut that is LaDS, also shows the benefit in not just including romance, but going for full spice.

The Obey Me lads are primarily demons after all. Huge potential...

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This announcement has me sceptical purely because it is Solmare NTT and their track record is known.

However, the crowdfunding angle has me particularly sus, especially with the ambiguous wording. A crowdfunder to "celebrate the launch" of the app implies an app already created. But goals in the crowdfunder will apparently impact game features...

If the player base is being asked to fund the game, then it having micro transactions is unacceptable. If the player base is being asked to fund promotion, arguably the same is true.

But either way, people need to remember that Solmare NTT is not simply a small development company. It's in their name - NTT is the third largest company in Japan and the fourth largest telecom company in the world based on revenue.

There is no indication that OM is no longer owned by them. Their parent company has the means to make a LaDS like game a thousand times over.

If nothing else, the crowdfunder will simply allow Solmare to see if the whales are still in the ocean, and how much they're willing to be milked for.

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I'd love to be more hopeful but at this point, I think we all know better. Make no mistake, I would LOVE to have a great game with these characters once more, I miss my Mammon.

But I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed once again.

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Solmare has the chance to do the funniest thing imaginable and give us a third app

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Mayu and the J's (credit to Miss Raven for coining the term "J word")

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Infinity Nikki community right now:

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Apparently there’s an infinity Nikki bug that can trigger seizures due to flashing colors so anyone who’s photosensitive and prone to seizures should consider holding off on playing until this gets fixed

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Someone on Reddit went through and compared the scenes and yall it’s so ass they even got rid of the soaring through wishfield intro with the title card

Learning about the retcon to the infinity nikki intro feels bad… literally what got me so invested right away was the scene with dress suddenly coming to life and pulling us into a new world and now new players see a limited time banner they won’t be able to get after this event ends with random lore dump before being teleported to wishfield… bad bad bad who thought this was the move

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It’s also super illegal in multiple countries ToT

On a side note though: $10 for a bathtub is way the hell too much. What were they thinking?

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The black color swatch is one of the last sets you can unlock and to do so you need to have evolved the outfit more than once, this means four star and below clothes don’t have access to any of the color palettes that require multiple evolutions since they only have one (or none in the case of three star outfits) I think the colors palettes include black white pink and possibly purple

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANT DYE ANYTHING BLACK SURELY THATS THE EASIEST COLOR

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https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/s/B7iRGT5eK9

Yall need to read this ^ reddit post, i didnt quite grasp just how bad IN devs have been tryin to fuck its players over lately but this post explains it very well

Like this is so wild . Never change devs. Never change

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Learning about the retcon to the infinity nikki intro feels bad… literally what got me so invested right away was the scene with dress suddenly coming to life and pulling us into a new world and now new players see a limited time banner they won’t be able to get after this event ends with random lore dump before being teleported to wishfield… bad bad bad who thought this was the move

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I’ve been loving playing marvel rivals but these bot matches they sneak into quick play are killing me fr