I'm a little disappointed about the Chapter 2 streaming limit

[FragolaGelato]

I just finished this game and it's so good I can't stop raving about it to any of my otome-playing friends! On the same note, I really wish I could see my favorite otome game Let's Play-ers commentate on the game's story, but they're only allowed to show up to Chapter 2.

I can definitely understand why they set that limit in order to encourage more purchases. However, I'm really sad I can't watch alongside a Let's Play-er and watch their reactions to the delicious plot twists. I absolutely love watching those types of playthroughs, since it's not unlike reliving my first wonderful time through the game.

Any of your guys' thoughts on the streaming limit?

[Eamxu]

Well, I understand where you are coming from. My friends enjoy it when they see me having a meltdown when I play angst games. We usually just to live comments on our chatrooms. What D3 does is really understandable since the selling point for this visual novels are the stories, not the game play like FPS games. I mean, if I were to watch some play through a VN and see how the story ended (complete with spoilers and all), the chances of me getting the game would definitely go down. "There's nothing to look forward to anymore" - this kind of feeling.

Prolouge would be fine for me.

[FragolaGelato]

Originally posted by Eamxu:

Well, I understand where you are coming from. My friends enjoy it when they see me having a meltdown when I play angst games. We usually just to live comments on our chatrooms. What D3 does is really understandable since the selling point for this visual novels are the stories, not the game play like FPS games. I mean, if I were to watch some play through a VN and see how the story ended (complete with spoilers and all), the chances of me getting the game would definitely go down. "There's nothing to look forward to anymore" - this kind of feeling.

Prolouge would be fine for me.

I understand your perspective too. I know that visual novels are super heavy story-based so Let's Plays do show a ton of the game. However, in my opinion the most fun Let's Plays to watch are actually story-based since that's where most of the fun comes from for me--sharing that reaction of awe and emotion in response to a plot twist or powerful event in the story.

Personally speaking, it was a Code:Realize Let's Play that convinced me to buy that game for myself, after watching the masterful execution of an emotional end-game plot twist. I guess I'm also the type of person who loves replaying my favorite game stories over and over. That's why I don't have such a negative opinion of Let's Play-ers "spoiling the story," since for me that 1) gives me the sense of joy and thrill of seeing their reactions and 2) just makes me want to buy it myself and play it again at my own pace even more.

[Eugie]

I understand, but I think it is fair enough for the company to let us go until chapter 2. Some companies don't even allow it sometimes. Watching reactions are interesting as well, but the company needs support from the customers definitely. This game definitely needs more purchases!!

[spacey_72659]

Aware this is a super old post but... this disappoints me as well as a let's player. I bought this in order to share with my viewers, and then saw I can't. In that case I probably wouldn't have spent the money or bought the game since I don't have time to play games that I'm not recording. (This is what I get for playing so many games that developers are ok with you sharing that I didn't even look before I wasted money)
So... sadly, this was a waste of money for me in this instance and that's disappointing because it looks really good but... now it's not going to be played at all probably, and, while I literally only hve a handfull of people who watch my game play on these types of games, I've played plenty where people buy the game BECAUSE of the play-throughs, or watch after they've played just to relive the game and enjoy others commentaries... in fact, if I'm ever on the fence about a game, I look for Let's Plays to see what it's like and if it's worth buying for me. And then I buy, play, and then I might watch other play throughs.
I can understand why the limit sharing, but, especially after several years, it's not helping them as much as they think.

[fishychoo]

Just jumping in on a old post to give my two cents but as someone who is trying to look for otome content to stream on Twitch I agree with the other users in that the whole appeal with VNs is the story, so to just watch someone else go through the entire game is not a great business strategy. Still as someone who has no idea what the main bulk of this game is I'd say a 2 chapter limit is reasonable depending on how many playable routes there are overall.