{"id":2071,"date":"2015-01-02T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2015-01-02T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:53:16","slug":"2015-releases-plan-and-loren-vs-seasons-of-the-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/2015-releases-plan-and-loren-vs-seasons-of-the-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 releases plan, and Loren vs Seasons Of The Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis is a fun mockup image I made a while ago to promote SOTW \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s the first post of the year! I imagine people’s main question will be: which games will be out next? since I don’t know myself<\/strong>, and after the big fail of last year (I announced like 5 games but I finished “just” 2), I’ll just say which ones should be definitely out<\/em> this year (not tomorrow though! could be even Summer or Fall! but still technically 2015).<\/p>\n

2015 Possible releases<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Nicole yuri<\/strong>: the game is at a good point. I don’t want to say “first quarter” officially, but it should be really out by April\/May max!
\n– C14 Dating<\/strong>: even this game is at good point, missing some extra outfits and CG scenes, but not much else. I don’t think will be done before Summer though.
\n– Queen Of Thieves<\/strong>: much depends on the yuri routes writing. This game should be smaller than others (for story’s length) so I think<\/em> could be out this year!
\n– PSCD<\/strong>: story and art are at very good point. All depends on the gameplay. I have some ideas but need to make experiments first. I include this on the list even if might be out very late this year!<\/p>\n

So that’s it. As always, remember there might be more, or different ones finished. For example, SOTW DLC could be out, depending how much extra art is needed (will be more focused on story-relationship than battles). But as I said I only wrote about those that should be really out<\/em> this year.<\/p>\n

Loren vs SOTW<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back to the title, those who follows me since long time might remember that when I finished Loren, I did a “Loren vs Planet Stronghold<\/a>” post.<\/p>\n

Here I want to try doing the same analyzing the various aspects of Loren and SOTW. Before I start I want to say that personally I don’t think one of the two games is better or worse than the other, simply they’re DIFFERENT \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people complained about Loren’s story to be clich\u00e8. I think 99% of stories ARE clich\u00e8 nowadays \ud83d\ude42 Anyway, with SOTW you cannot really say the story is clich\u00e8. Still most people liked the first two chapters, there are many mixed feelings about the third (for some being too open is good, for others bad) and many felt the ending was a bit rushed (the DLC should fix this hopefully).<\/p>\n

I still think that SOTW main story is better than Loren’s. SOTW 1 – Loren 0<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hehe this is quite an unfair comparison, simply because Loren has so much more characters! I read some reviews about SOTW saying that the “characters aren’t memorable”. What? Rowinda isn’t memorable!?! Chalassa? Krimm? Riley!?<\/p>\n

Ok Jariel might be too much “classic good elf”. Althea and Shea’s personality aren’t well developed for gameplay\/plot reason (since you can play as both). Still is true that Loren’s characters are awesome. Draco? Mesphit? Karen? I could go on… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, I’m not going to argue on this. Loren’s big cast and characters is what made that game successful, so here Loren is a clear winner. Loren 1 – SOTW 1.<\/p>\n

Gameplay<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another not very fair comparison since basically SOTW is Loren’s engine but greatly updated. Random items, more advanced skills, custom battle cut scenes, etc etc. And the difficulty had much more meaning. Hard difficulty is hard, and Nightmare… a nightmare \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

But is not just that, there’s the isometric map, and several small or big improvements. SOTW is the clear winner here. The only thing some people didn’t like is the “prevent grinding” feature I added. I am not sure if I’ll keep it in future games, even if that means that the boss battles will never be balanced (because if you can grind unlimited time…). But if that’s what people want… who I am to argue? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Loren 1 – SOTW 2<\/p>\n

Soundtrack<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a close one. I really like SOTW main menu music, and even the theme song is much better than Loren’s (hehe), but overall Loren’s soundtrack is awesome.<\/p>\n

Listen to those Loren’s tracks:<\/p>\n