;w; I'm very behind on the game's content but I finally played through this patch... Gunnar's fate made me so sad that I literally will not progress until I know I'll be able to see him again D: 

Not me being happy that Gunnar's finally getting more attention and then....That part. So upset now lol

That cant be the end of his story, right?? Plenty of supernatural things in that world, something has to bring him back... Dont care if the mc has to make a deal with the nameless one (who i suspect is involved, considering the red eyes before the cave)

anyone else having issues playing  it on newer android devices? Can only get a bit into tutorial before it crashes on me. Haven’t played it because of it

pretty sure Gunnar's not dead, before his relationship log disappearing, I looked on his log, and on love section, there's finally something there

exact words: Maybe the infiltration mission will finally show Gunnar that you can be trusted. (Req. No hate heart, 60 likes, the following event:

Admit that you belong to Gunnar either when Torben answers the door in bareshare OR during the card game in Northcrest Barracks at night.)

Now my thoughts on this update:

;I find Scar(Seth) to be this very intelligent person or something, but I guess, perhaps, most of his decision were heavily influenced by Gunnar, since, as the others pointed out, what was the aim for the infiltration?( iirc even Gunnar monologues about the whole plan being stupid when we're in his perspective.)

And at this point, it's very obvious that Gunnar's not the type to push his ideas\thoughts if Scar already set up his mind. So I guess, despite knowing the plan's gonna fail, he just went along with it. prepared to sacrifice himself for the dumb boss.

I guess the reason why Tank is fond with Scar is because they're both dumb. haha.

;I don't really mind being 'stuck in the middle of nowhere', but I hope we can do minor stuffs before the continuation. 

something like; tending Scar's wounds, talking to Tank, or whatever. because it just.. er.. 'ended' there after we got stuck. kinda cold to end the update that way haha

;I like the idea of sucking Dulrig's dick in front of Gunnar(and in my case, Gunnar doesn't have likes with me yet, first time receiving one because I have bombs to blow the iron bar or something, still waiting for more ways to increase his like towards me without presenting myself as a total whore. plus, I don't have lewd fame in Bareshade AND Northcrest, and only had sex with Logan, Bernard, Hayden, Korg, and ofc, Dulrig. so I like the idea of Gunnar being shocked, seeing my character happily serving Dulrig. lol) (but I guess the whole point with Gunnar's character is total domination on you, so my wish is pretty doomed.)

;as someone also pointed out, and my biggest issue too, couldn't we provide a little bit of support for Gunnar before leaving him? now, I'm all up for "Escape, leave me here, I'll give you some time, please take care of them" scenario, but man, we're a herbalist ffs, who has healing potions, bombs, and even love potions! we could like, smoke bomb our way through towards the escape route. an opportunity for "green and red choices" actually.

don't have resources on you? then Gunnar gets heavily injured, providing no hope of surviving once we leave him.

you have resources on you? then Gunnar remains unscathed, increasing his odds of surviving once we leave him.

cuz, for me, this is Gunnar's start for a better relationship with us, the "watching each other's back" idea finally starting after being suspicious at us the whole time. so I really thought before we leave we can you know, an exchange like this:

"You know very well that Gunnar has no chance against the guards all by himself. The only thing you can do for now is provide all the resources that you can spare.

So you start on dropping your extra resources on the cold path, receiving an odd look from Gunnar."

Gunnar: What are you doing?

Y: Can't you tell?

Gunnar: Still a smartass huh? Be my guess.

"Were you expecting some gratitude for him? Too bad, he's not the type to do that. You should be aware of that already... Right?"

Gunnar: Hurry. They're getting near.

"He doesn't need to say that. You can hear heavy, many footsteps from afar. So you hastily remove all the resources that you think he'll need"

Y: Okay, that's all. 

"Gunnar looked at you with an unreadable expression. Is he still suspicious towards you at this very moment?"

Gunnar: Now hurry, they're catching up.

"You're already packing your things up as he said that, The thought of telling him to come back safely crossed your mind, but you know full well that Gunnar's just gonna shut you up. 

So you went towards Tank, leaving Gunnar behind."

Gunnar: Y

"You turned around to look at him"

Gunnar: Thanks.

-Gunnar likes(loves) you more-

so yeah, that's all i guess. i like and im invested on where the plot is going, but I really wish we could have done something more.

i don't care about Scar being dumb, in fact, knowing that Gunnar's probably the "brain" between Scar(boss), Tank(brawn), and him actually made me like him more. but in terms of being a herbalist, we barely did something throughout this infiltration. 

but overall, i love the update. Gunnar saying "thanks" made me hard.

So, is Gunnar dead?

Wow, what a great plot and lore for this update! And finally some character development on Gunnar! I really, REALLY hope there's more the player can explore with his new development :,D

No! I am not in denial! Not at all!

I love the game and I was very happy to see more Gunnar content because he's my favourite hausubando. However, having thought about it some more, I have some hopefully constructive criticism.

- SPOILER -

1. As others have pointed out, is it advisable to have an update that effectively renders the game unplayable, since we're stuck in the middle of nowhere? The only way to enjoy it and continue playing the game is to just do it in a separate save, but then you're continuing to play in a world where all of this hasn't happened, it's a little jarring.

2. The plot isn't as good as it could be, in my opinion. What was even the plan of this inflitration? What was the aim? They knew his father was a shapeshifter or at least crazy or something, what were they going to do if it hadn't been a trap? I think it's just that the omniscient writer knew that the mission would fail, so there was no need to have a coherent plan of what a success of the mission would entail. 

3. My biggest criticism, and not just because Gunnar is my alpha dom hausubando - it is always frustrating in stories, and this story is far from being the only one guilty of this, when the characters have to suddenly become dumber or weaker for the plot to move forward. There was no need to leave Gunnar alone or for him to die(?), taking into consideration the player character's skills and resources. The justification that was given was that Tank is too dumb and the player character is needed to help get Scar to safety. In that case, why on earth take Tank? Why not take Korg? Or hell, why not Logan? Gunnar is characterized as very distrustful, but surely if he can take the player, then he can take a player's close friend as well. And Logan has three hearts with me and would definitely want to come. We just saw him in another update beat up like tens of werewolves at once, surely he could single-paw-edly deal with a bunch of guards in a narrow corridor? Or at least he, or Korg or whoever, could be relied on to take Scar to safety, while the player character, who has defeated tens of orcs, swamp monsters, werewolves, corrupted Roushk etc., could help Gunnar win the fight easily. This ties into another problem, where there is a huge cast of characters, but they're mostly location-locked and don't interact with each other, even though it would make perfect sense for the player character to make use of his multiple contacts and close friends to help with such a situation.

Alternatively, my character had like 100 exploding bombs with him. Why couldn't he use them to blow up the corridor and block the way for the guards?

Having the player be able to make such decisions and affect the story based on their previous actions (eg. having hearts with Logan or Korg, having bombs with him) would give the player agency and reward them for making certain decisions before. As it stands, the player doesn't make one single decision in this whole arc! I'm just tagging along while decisions are made for me, I can't affect the story at all.

If for plot reasons you still need the mission to fail, then that's fine, there's a myriad ways you can do that. But it's just frustrating and takes one out of the story when if you think about it for one minute you could see how the player character, who is consistently characterized as smart and resourceful, could make better decisions and help out his friends in a better way at each step, but he doesn't, because the writer needs him to be dumber/weaker for the story to move forward.

That's just my opinion, I understand that this is mostly an erotic game and that's what we love it for, but the world and story are truly engaging and I would love for them to develop, but if this game is to have a proper story apart from the smut, I believe the storytelling has to improve somewhat.

Gunnar has always been the best husbando, better than Bernard or Logan, if he's dead I stop playing lol

does anyone know how to advance orc´s war? i just did the final trial but orgram says nothing about groth missing.

Noooo, that was so wrong dude... ;-;

Why the hell are y'all giving spoilers in the comments!? The update hasn't been out for even a day damnit

Well this was definitely a twist! I must admit I'm conflicted, for a number of reasons... I do love the plot progression, but so many shocking revelations and changes at once is nuts! I can't believe I only started suspecting halfway through...

My goodness, this new storyline update was severely intense, to say the least. Though the game focuses on lewdness, which is greatly appreciated of course, the story is enthralling and unique in the highest regard. I have played quite a handful of visual novel rpgs, but none have made quite the positive emotional impact on me as this one has. Without spoiling anything, or much I should say, the music highlights the tense atmosphere the characters undergo, especially towards the final scenes; it is a great addition. I am intrigued to see where this episode goes in the future. Fantastic work, Hyao.

This Sounds very exciting, cant wait to get into it.

Nothing turns me on more than the plot