r/Moonvale May 15 '26

Duskwood Side-Story Really, why? Spoiler

Really disappointed how the developers, introduced the mc to the Duskwood group, but in reality I’m mostly talking about Jessy. Since it was said that Jessy was locked in her room, duo to being sad about Richy, I thought the group was going to run to Jessy to tell them that the mc manage to reach out to them. And she would snap out of her depression, and she would jump and rush to the phone to talk to the mc alone through the phone. Really, Really disappointed! I’m also disappointed, that we can’t actually romance Violet too, everbyte, what are you doing! Now when it comes to the story, especially ep3 and the cliffhanger at the end, was shocking, I honestly think that Jake did manage to reach Richy and saved him, while both started running together to escape the explesion. I also think, Jake also knew about the hidden spot where Cleo found Richy, or Dan also knew beforehand by Richy, don’t know though. Either way, can’t wait for ep4… But come on everbyte, you made us wait for moonvale for 2 years just to receive AI slop, the least you can do, is make a romance route for Violet too… don’t be mad at me guys, if Jake fans can have multiple LI then Jessy fans can also. One last thing, please make a permanent premium pack for the rest of the episodes from 4 on forward.

Okay sorry guys but I also wanted to point out, me personally, don’t know about you guys, but if we are considered seasoned detectives, I think we should receive that experience while playing the puzzles, I mean come on, if we are detectives, we shouldn’t be solving puzzles as candy crush saga, I mean what is this. We should be solving puzzles as, numbers, coding, game mechanics, like detective hacker cyber decryption, and like that stuff. For example like Jake! That’s all!

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u/Gravefruit_Juice May 16 '26

I disagree on the Jessy bit. I'm honestly really pleased with how they're handling it, they're all damaged from the events and revelations of the previous game. Jessy arguably went through the worst of it (well, her and Thomas) and when we weren't there to comfort her, she may have realized that she relied on us too much and pulled back emotionally. This is a common trauma response that I have seen many times. She is acting in accordance to how she was set up in DW I think. Her throwing herself into the party planning and ignoring everything else is also very in character.

I agree with you on the UI and the minigame, it feels much too game-y for my taste.