1/3
3 Years of Service
Oof... I don't want to be harsh because obviously this update took a lot of work. However, 0.3 isn't in the same league as the previous two releases by an incredible margin. 0.1 and 0.2 were able to balance some serious stuff with porn and comedy. The 4th wall breaks were there, but they were short and didn't really interfere with the sex scenes. 0.3 has lost that balance and the experience is overall poorer because of it.
Burned already had good comedic moments and witty dialogue, throwing all that away for slapstick scenes with a time traveling T-Rex comes off as completely tone deaf (not to mention it straight up isn't funny). The most grave error is the sexual content being interrupted by irrelevant stuff. Remember how the Pearl Harbor movie "missed the point", yeah splicing in slapstick scenes either during sex scenes is that kind of mistake in spades. It feels almost as if 0.3 was a April Fool's update and not meant to be canon or taken seriously in any way. Even if that was the case, it still wouldn't have been a enjoyable ride.
Who is the audience for this game supposed to be now?
Not the people who liked the previous style of comedy. That's barely there anymore.
Not the people who enjoyed the existing story and character dynamics. Those have been sidelined.
Not the people who were here for the porn and stayed for the plot, nor for those just looking to fap. Interruptions and excessively bizarre cutaways kills the mood.
I've seen many games go through large transitions but, regardless if there is a major change (like a new art style or some other contentious content), the quality is usually similar or improved. However, this release of Burned is perhaps the most amazing swan dive into a titanium plate I've ever seen any adult game take. What was once a game that was far more than the sum of its parts, is now a smashed together pile of conflicting ideas.
If I'm being 100% honest, I'd rather watch Burned get the Abandoned tag than see more updates like this destroy what was shaping up to be a fun, sexy, and quality game. The only real complaint I had about previous versions was a lot of the renders had clipping errors. Otherwise, high praise. Now though? Yikes.
Burned already had good comedic moments and witty dialogue, throwing all that away for slapstick scenes with a time traveling T-Rex comes off as completely tone deaf (not to mention it straight up isn't funny). The most grave error is the sexual content being interrupted by irrelevant stuff. Remember how the Pearl Harbor movie "missed the point", yeah splicing in slapstick scenes either during sex scenes is that kind of mistake in spades. It feels almost as if 0.3 was a April Fool's update and not meant to be canon or taken seriously in any way. Even if that was the case, it still wouldn't have been a enjoyable ride.
Who is the audience for this game supposed to be now?
Not the people who liked the previous style of comedy. That's barely there anymore.
Not the people who enjoyed the existing story and character dynamics. Those have been sidelined.
Not the people who were here for the porn and stayed for the plot, nor for those just looking to fap. Interruptions and excessively bizarre cutaways kills the mood.
I've seen many games go through large transitions but, regardless if there is a major change (like a new art style or some other contentious content), the quality is usually similar or improved. However, this release of Burned is perhaps the most amazing swan dive into a titanium plate I've ever seen any adult game take. What was once a game that was far more than the sum of its parts, is now a smashed together pile of conflicting ideas.
If I'm being 100% honest, I'd rather watch Burned get the Abandoned tag than see more updates like this destroy what was shaping up to be a fun, sexy, and quality game. The only real complaint I had about previous versions was a lot of the renders had clipping errors. Otherwise, high praise. Now though? Yikes.