A silly question about game progression?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:46 am
[Sorry that I haven't registered, I'm kind of a forum lurker now, in the past I've registered on so many and then just left, I feel bad for wasting the space for a profile. >.o I really don't know that I'll return after having my confusion resolved & thanking, haha.]
First, how I came about playing;
So, I was talking to a friend on the phone, he asked me about running, me, of course, replying with something eventually leading to my heart problem.
"What is it?" "Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome.." He replied with, "Oh, you have arrhythmia?" I replied yes, figuring it was close enough. Then, he started talking about some 'Visual Novel" I figured, just a slideshow of images with text, or a picture book, nothing interactive. [I'm surprised, I've grown to love VRGs, you'd think something like that would have come to mind.] He tells me about it further, and it seemed interesting.
Later, he sends me a link to the download of the game, the site telling me nothing about it, and it looking like anime, and the word 'hentai' mentioned, I just kind of ignored it. [Not too big of an anime fan.. Ergo Proxy, Elfen Lied, & Cowboy Bebop are about where I stop, and even those irk me from time to time. And, want to avoid hentai like a plague. Porn = not my thing. Animated porn = much, much less so. haha.]
Later he starts sending me scenes from it on youtube, immediately seeing the imagery and emotion, I was interested. Later, sending me a gameplay video, I realized it was what he had sent me the download for before, and I dug it up.
Now, on to my question;
I just got an ending with Emi, obviously, I can see where you'd get the multiple endings there, but, after the credits started rolling, I had no idea what to do. [And, in playing, didn't see how I could end up with anyone else? I figured maybe it's a linear path, each girl in a row. But, now, browsing here, I see you can get any one first..]
I skipped the credits, ended back at the main menu, figured, okay, I load my file, and it's a fresh start with my progress saved, that must be how it works.
No, it took me back to my only save, last night before I went to bed..
Should I skip through and finish the credits for further options? Should I create an additional file? I know the chapters I went through are saved considering their images on the main menu, but, I still kind of thought it would progress rather than cause me to start over multiple times, or something to that effect. >.o
If it is done by separate saves, if I go through the story with the same girl again [Required, as, since I saw it as, well, a normal game where, you just progress to the end without having to start over unless you want a different ending] Will it register that I've gotten them all? Or, is that even important? I hear people talking about completion, but I haven't stumbled upon how to see that, either.
It seems it's come quite obviously to everyone else, so, I feel a bit stupid. I'm sorry. haha.
I would've asked him, but he just went to bed, and, if I have a chance of not having to wait to play, I'll take it.
Playing around with it, still, I may end up answering my own question considering how long it may take for a reply, regardless, any help is greatly appreciated, even if no longer needed. c:
Thank you!
First, how I came about playing;
So, I was talking to a friend on the phone, he asked me about running, me, of course, replying with something eventually leading to my heart problem.
"What is it?" "Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome.." He replied with, "Oh, you have arrhythmia?" I replied yes, figuring it was close enough. Then, he started talking about some 'Visual Novel" I figured, just a slideshow of images with text, or a picture book, nothing interactive. [I'm surprised, I've grown to love VRGs, you'd think something like that would have come to mind.] He tells me about it further, and it seemed interesting.
Later, he sends me a link to the download of the game, the site telling me nothing about it, and it looking like anime, and the word 'hentai' mentioned, I just kind of ignored it. [Not too big of an anime fan.. Ergo Proxy, Elfen Lied, & Cowboy Bebop are about where I stop, and even those irk me from time to time. And, want to avoid hentai like a plague. Porn = not my thing. Animated porn = much, much less so. haha.]
Later he starts sending me scenes from it on youtube, immediately seeing the imagery and emotion, I was interested. Later, sending me a gameplay video, I realized it was what he had sent me the download for before, and I dug it up.
Now, on to my question;
I just got an ending with Emi, obviously, I can see where you'd get the multiple endings there, but, after the credits started rolling, I had no idea what to do. [And, in playing, didn't see how I could end up with anyone else? I figured maybe it's a linear path, each girl in a row. But, now, browsing here, I see you can get any one first..]
I skipped the credits, ended back at the main menu, figured, okay, I load my file, and it's a fresh start with my progress saved, that must be how it works.
No, it took me back to my only save, last night before I went to bed..
Should I skip through and finish the credits for further options? Should I create an additional file? I know the chapters I went through are saved considering their images on the main menu, but, I still kind of thought it would progress rather than cause me to start over multiple times, or something to that effect. >.o
If it is done by separate saves, if I go through the story with the same girl again [Required, as, since I saw it as, well, a normal game where, you just progress to the end without having to start over unless you want a different ending] Will it register that I've gotten them all? Or, is that even important? I hear people talking about completion, but I haven't stumbled upon how to see that, either.
It seems it's come quite obviously to everyone else, so, I feel a bit stupid. I'm sorry. haha.
I would've asked him, but he just went to bed, and, if I have a chance of not having to wait to play, I'll take it.
Playing around with it, still, I may end up answering my own question considering how long it may take for a reply, regardless, any help is greatly appreciated, even if no longer needed. c:
Thank you!