Talk:Side Stories/@comment-5672532-20130130101206

Okay - think I finally caught up on ye old backlog.

First off, Safin! Took me awhile to notice, but congrats on breaking into the Side Story Scene!... Scenestory... Whatever. A New Life was very sweet, and I liked the fireworks scene a lot; although the ending reminds me a bit of the old Conan movie; but that was another story. Could it be that even after Chapter 3, the (Monster Girl) Quest will continue? We can only hope. :)

Anonymousperson/swhoshouldreallyjoinus: For some reason I wasn't expecting PMGQ to be a full repack. Let me say I was pleasantly surprised! The humor and polish was very good, and though I haven't visited where your story has most likely been gestating for some time, it's obvious a lot of time was put into the testing of it. I laughed. I laughed a *LOT*. For one, I couldn't stop hearing all of Ash's lines - especially those godsawful puns (<3) in the old English VA for Ash's voice. Good times!

On the other hand, a thought. I've already received some criticism - both positive and less so - as a writer of relatively verbose mods about the density of my text. The first 'act' - Ash meeting Alice - has pretty much every paragraph have some kind of change. The middle - pretty much everything from the Four Bandits up to Alma Elma - was a little more sparse, and although what was there was still great quality, I can easily see the same readers that had those complaints ctrl-skipping and missing a lot of the humor that made the mod so great.

Despite that and a little confusion about the nature of sword/ball moves and if I should really be caring about using one or another (I, of course, beat enemies down with normal attacks and then slung a ball. It is the only way), I really enjoyed this and am curious and enthusiastic about reaching the point of divergence. I'll be looking forward to the next installment... With certainty.

And as an aside - was I the only one who thought the Nuzlocke way was the only way to play the game as a kid, before it even had a name? I somehow missed the whole idea that Center's could revive your mons, and would mournfully deposit said mon into a box the moment they fainted. On the plus side - it really is the best way to play the games.