This is one of my most anticipated VNs and I was keen for the next episode but hearing about this remaster to set expectations accordingly would've been nice!
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If you have been following my patreon or discord, a remaster was announced a long time ago. I'm sorry you guys wanted a ep5, but there were a lot of reasons I need to remaster ep1. There were features that players have been asking for a long time and it requires new coding and new saves. But this is more of a remake because some scenes are completely redone so there's new content sprinkled in. Sorry that this was a surprise for you but I hope you will still check out the remaster. It's worth a playthrough, even for returning players. I will be getting back to ep5 now and making new episode.