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~Beyond the Border~ => Akyu's Arcade => Topic started by: FinnKaenbyou on May 24, 2017, 02:41:46 PM

Title: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 24, 2017, 02:41:46 PM: EDIT: I'm stopping the LP. Here's why. (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20822.msg1345366.html#msg1345366)

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WHAT UP FOLKS GUESS WHO'S BACK FROM THE DEAD TO PLAY CASUAL GAMES AND HOPEFULLY MAKE YOU LAUGH

Part 1: 24/05 - Thelma and Louise, Director's Cut (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/425.html)
Part 2: 25/05 - Sheer Heart Attack (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/598.html)
Part 3: 26/05 - His Name Was Earl (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/965.html)
Part 4: 28/05 - Ampheta-MINE (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1204.html)
Part 5: 30/05 - You Can't Handle The Ruth (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1313.html)
Part 6: 01/06 - Mandatory Tragedy (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1579.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 24, 2017, 03:00:57 PM: fuck

yes

Edit: oh my god

Could this be the worst game Finnkanken has LP'd, taking that much-deserved title from Fading Hearts?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on May 24, 2017, 04:11:07 PM: So this is pretty much a reskinned diner dash, but with doctors. And PLOT.
This sounds like a fun disaster to watch from afar!
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 24, 2017, 04:38:59 PM: Quote from: Zengar Zombolt on May 24, 2017, 04:11:07 PM
And PLOT.

Woah now, let's not get ahead of ourselves
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Serela on May 24, 2017, 04:49:32 PM: Now now, Rou has lp'd much worse games than this.

What was the one where we were glad when it turns out the true end is where you MURDER EVERYBODY? Because EVERYONE was secretly an absolute douchebucket? Azure Lobby or something?

Man, that was something.

It's time to enjoy Gorgeous Pretty Beauty Drive-By Clinic.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 24, 2017, 05:34:38 PM: Quick note for people - I'd prefer being referred to as Finn rather than Rou nowadays, if that's okay. >.<

Quote from: Serela on May 24, 2017, 04:49:32 PM
What was the one where we were glad when it turns out the true end is where you MURDER EVERYBODY? Because EVERYONE was secretly an absolute douchebucket? Azure Lobby or something?
That was Cafe 0 (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,16180.0.html), a literary masterpiece. (The developers put out another game in the series I haven't had the nerve to play. It's probably better like this.)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 24, 2017, 05:59:47 PM: Aye aye.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: PX on May 24, 2017, 10:32:11 PM: I just read that Cafe 0 thingy. Oh boy. I guess I'm looking forward to the rest of this?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 25, 2017, 09:04:27 PM: Part 2 - Sheer Heart Attack (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/598.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on May 25, 2017, 09:18:12 PM: So we unlock healing touch to save Earl next chapter right?
Earl will have a sudden I WANNA LIVE moment right?
Right!?!?!?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Hello Purvis on May 25, 2017, 10:34:37 PM: This art style looks hyper familiar.

Is this connected to that one thing I used to see floating around tumblr that was all "What happens next?!" and the some choices. And frequently got parodied with absurd edits?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 25, 2017, 11:15:25 PM: (http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm114/Roukanken/hearts/killhim.gif)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Third Eye Lem on May 25, 2017, 11:50:11 PM: Also, that Delicious crossover. What's next, we have to do a hidden object minigame next? Those are the worst kinds of games for me...I'd probably get a heart attack as well just from looking at one.

Either way, good job so far. I look forward to see where this ~~ambulance~~ train wreck goes next.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 26, 2017, 07:17:38 PM: Part 3 - His Name Was Earl (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/965.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 26, 2017, 07:29:33 PM: For at least a year, every time someone says "what's the worst that could happen" I'm going to think of that stupid ambulance.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: PX on May 27, 2017, 02:21:45 AM: Why is a flashback constantly flashing back to the present?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Your Everyday NEET on May 27, 2017, 02:33:27 PM: Calling it! The paint is the cause of the crash. The radioactive from the paint poisoned the driver, causing the ambulance fly into the cliff.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Serela on May 27, 2017, 05:45:10 PM: So clearly Ruth
mixed up Earl's medication and sent him into a coma.
It's been hinted at at least three times.
Mister man goin' "It's not like you mislabeled his medication Allison!"
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: AzyWng on May 27, 2017, 11:34:21 PM: Welp, I have to say I think I'm in love with your style of LP's, Finn.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 28, 2017, 05:52:08 PM: I'm slowing down my update schedule to every other day to avoid burning out. Apologies. >_<

And on that note!

Part 4 - Ampheta-MINE (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1204.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Chaore on May 28, 2017, 06:17:03 PM: You know it's painfully obvious they just googled up a random amphetamine for their narcoleptic to take.

And didn't even do it correctly.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Serela on May 28, 2017, 07:02:58 PM: Ruth is the best character.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Tamer Anode/Cathode on May 28, 2017, 08:16:40 PM: wait hold the hell on how do you even make it through medical school and become a surgeon if you have narcolepsy that severe
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Chaore on May 28, 2017, 08:39:11 PM: Quote from: Threefingered Ancient Caster on May 28, 2017, 08:16:40 PM
wait hold the hell on how do you even make it through medical school and become a surgeon if you have narcolepsy that severe

...I dunno the medication he's taking that is shown to solve the issue?

It's not like he's a jackass who normally forgets his meds constantly, he was just a jackass who ignored the fact a hospital director was literally stealing medicine to try and do his job.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Your Everyday NEET on May 29, 2017, 02:47:42 AM: [attach=1]
She might as well has a volcano erupting on the top of her head.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on May 30, 2017, 05:02:04 PM: Part 5 - You Can't Handle The Ruth (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1313.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on May 30, 2017, 05:26:18 PM: (http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm114/Roukanken/hearts/busted.png~original)

Was the double entendre here intentional?

Because regardless of whether it was or not, good job
:V
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on May 30, 2017, 09:00:40 PM: With every update I'm more convinced that falling off a cliff is the best thing that could have happened.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 01, 2017, 01:56:57 AM: I know I'm voting for the cliff!
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: AzyWng on June 01, 2017, 05:39:59 AM: Quote from: Purji Costavis on June 01, 2017, 01:56:57 AM
I know I'm voting for the cliff!
Voting?

Honestly, I'm rooting for the cliff.

It hasn't irritated me in some manner once, which is much more than can be said for literally every other thing in the game.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Serela on June 01, 2017, 02:15:10 PM: Well, this -does- seem better than most of the stuff Finn has played! Other than like, Hatoful Boyfriend.

...it's not like that's a high form of praise though, given how bad almost all of them were :V

I just want more Ruth.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 01, 2017, 04:43:22 PM: Quote from: Edible on May 30, 2017, 05:26:18 PM
Was the double entendre here intentional?
~~No, actually~~ OF COURSE IT WAS I'M A PROFESSIONAL

Part 6 - Mandatory Tragedy (http://finnkaenbyou.livejournal.com/1579.html)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: CyberAngel on June 01, 2017, 04:58:08 PM: Don't want to be That Guy, but... It's just nowhere near being interesting and I have no idea what you people see in this game. I mean, it sure is a notch better than that House M.D. thing, but... there's just nothing outstanding. Things like Cafe 0, Bermuda and, hell, even Two Steps Back are at least so bad that they're actually entertaining in their own ways. This... looks about as exciting as a flash game.

(No offense to you, though, Finn. By gods, one can tell you're TRYING to do your best with this...)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Edible on June 01, 2017, 05:14:30 PM: Next time on Heart's Medicine: The story of how Allison paid her way through med school after winning a malpractice suit because Flashback Doctor left her old man on a stretcher for 8 hours post-cardiac arrest to deal with a bunch of people with glass in their arms.

Quote from: CyberAngel on June 01, 2017, 04:58:08 PM
Don't want to be That Guy, but... It's just nowhere near being interesting and I have no idea what you people see in this game. I mean, it sure is a notch better than that House M.D. thing, but... there's just nothing outstanding. Things like Cafe 0, Bermuda and, hell, even Two Steps Back are at least so bad that they're actually entertaining in their own ways. This... looks about as exciting as a flash game.

(No offense to you, though, Finn. By gods, one can tell you're TRYING to do your best with this...)

Someone has to sift through all the trash, or we'd never get to see gifts from the gods of gaming like Romance Detective!
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 01, 2017, 06:53:03 PM: OK so I just got informed that for some reason all of the images for this LP just collapsed. I have no idea why, they were showing fine for a few hours after the upload but they've suddenly stopped. I'm hoping that it's a problem on Photobucket's end because finding a way to reorder and reupload 400+ images plus rewrite all my updates would be...not fun. :<

EDIT: OK, things seem to be working again. False alarm, everyone, move along. :V
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on June 01, 2017, 07:03:48 PM: My headcanon is that only one word was heard on the hospital that day, echoing through the sepia halls.
HIDEBUUUUUUUU
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 02, 2017, 01:17:32 AM: Hell with Daniel, let's hook up with Ruth.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine!
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 02, 2017, 06:49:24 AM: OK. This is a bit of a rough post to make, but after some thought I feel like it has to happen.

For those who want the tl;dr, I'm probably calling off the rest of this LP.

There's a few reasons for this, but the main one is that I'm simply not having fun working on it. I have carved out a niche for myself LPing bad games and turning my complaining into an art form, but honestly I'm starting to get tired of all the caustic criticism I'm throwing around. There's an underlying negativity that's really messing me up in a lot of ways, and it's not worth the hits and the comments (as much as I appreciate the response).

The LPs I remember most fondly were for the games I actually enjoyed. Hatoful Boyfriend, Cthulhu Saves the World, Chroma Squad, games like those. It's difficult to find titles that I can play off of like that, though, and playing bad games to laugh at them is something I've used as a bit of a placeholder. The problem is that pushing through bad games tends to leave me in a lousy mood. I don't want to spend hours concocting a well-written-whinefest when I could be doing something genuinely fun instead.

That said, I don't want to leave this game totally hanging for people who are curious. If people so desire, I'll write up a basic summary of the remainder of the plot (I plan to play through the game casually in my own time, which should only take a few hours since I don't have to worry about capturing footage or writing commentary). Otherwise there are a few youtube playthroughs you can hunt down if you're hungry to see how the story ends. (Spoiler alert: An ambulance crashes.)

Apologies for dumping this on people so out of nowhere. Hopefully I can find a game soon that's both fun to play and good to riff on. >_<
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 02, 2017, 08:45:41 AM: I wouldn't mind a synopsis once you finish it up.

Also: I think I found someone: http://thebootydiaries.tumblr.com/post/161345524202/redsuspenders-she-left-htis-guy-for-a-bee-a
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 02, 2017, 10:38:24 PM: So as it turns out writing a synopsis for this game was harder than I thought, mainly because it's not finished. Like I mentioned Time To Heal is the second game in a series, and a lot of plot points in it get carried over to the sequel, Hospital Heat. I cheated and watched a playthrough of that to get a grasp of the plot, which answered a lot of the remaining questions but ALSO produced new ones as well.

To summarise everything as neatly as possible;
- The little girl's dad gets saved, then turns out to have another condition which seems terminal until Allison figures it out at the last minute
- The ambulance crash happens after Daniel falls off his roof, drunk as hell after his dad told him how much the new ward stank. Allison managed to save Daniel from the crash, but Joe died instead.
- After the accident Daniel cuts himself off from everyone and has to be convinced to testify about the crash. He then immediately leaves for India on a journey to discover himself, causing Allison to fall for Connor instead.
- At the very end everyone has a party for the new ward, only for Ruth to burst in and tell Allison her mother is dying and is on the way to the hospital.

This then leads into the plot of Hospital Heat, where:
- Allison's mother Mathilda is dying and needs a new kidney, which is why she came to Allison, but Allison initially rejects her
- All the illegal dealings from the last game catch up as Victor (head of the board and Mason's father) puts the hospital under audit
- The letter for Ruth was an eviction notice - she's been struggling to pay for her old home since her mother was put in a psychiatric ward (turns out she kidnapped a random girl and claimed the kid was Ruth)
- Allison helps Daniel hide the facts of his drug addiction, destroying her relationship with Connor in the process
- Sophia is pregnant with Joe's son
- It turns out Daniel's father John was partners with Victor back when the hospital started, and Victor got kicked out for disregarding the lives of patients to make more money
- Mathilda had blackouts after her husband's death, and one of these blackouts caused a fire that nearly killed Allison. She left Allison's life out of a fear she was a danger to her daughter
- Victor finally exposes Daniel's lies, getting him kicked out of his job and taking over the hospital. He then immediately plans to tear it apart to get revenge on John
- Daniel gets a new job at Queensborough and helps figure out what's wrong with Mathilda, turns out she needs super-complicated conscious brain surgery
- While the surgery's happening the hospital catches fire thanks to Victor's budget cuts, leading to Allison PERFORMING THE OP HERSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BURNING BUILDING. She'd have died if Daniel didn't barge in to rescue her
- With Little Creek gone, all the doctors have to work at Queensborough instead, and it seems like they won't get on with the doctors there
- Connor starts a relationship with a Queensborough doctor, having moved on from Allison (note - Connor was actually 100% faithful, it was Allison who messed it up)
- Ruth's problem is solved by all the girls (Sophia, Allison and Jenny) teaming up and living with her
- Victor goes missing after the fire, and it's implied that Daniel might have locked him inside the hospital
- Daniel's also back on medication again, so I'm sure THAT will go great
- oh and
Ruth bangs the janitor

But yeah, that's where the story ends for now. Apologies it wasn't the neat concise ending people were hoping for. >_<

EDIT: I almost forgot to link this beautiful moment where Ruth proves she's definitely the best character. (http://i.imgur.com/fn7NxAY.png)
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 02, 2017, 11:03:13 PM: Dang.

Wait, if Daniel has to save Allison, what happens to Mathilda?
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: FinnKaenbyou on June 02, 2017, 11:21:08 PM: Quote from: Purji Costavis on June 02, 2017, 11:03:13 PM
Dang.

Wait, if Daniel has to save Allison, what happens to Mathilda?
Oh, whoops. He rescues both of them right after the operation ends.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: Edible on June 03, 2017, 01:32:02 AM: Holy shit, that's some B-grade soap opera right there.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: Third Eye Lem on June 03, 2017, 01:46:40 AM: Quote from: Edible on June 03, 2017, 01:32:02 AM
Holy shit, that's some B-grade soap opera right there.
Forget that! Doing an operation during a fire?! That's something right out of Trauma Center!

If nothing else, GameHouse knows how to keep you hooked. Sort of.
Title: Re: The Labcoat is Real, I Swear - Let's Play Heart's Medicine! (Cancelled, See OP)
Post by: Serela on June 04, 2017, 02:52:45 AM: The synopsis was worth it. This really does sound exactly like watching a soap opera.

ALSO RUUUTH