We’ve just added a new content update for Countess in Crimson. This update is quite substantial and focuses on Ashley’s side of the story, making it deeper and more coherent overall.
Apart from adding new narrative scenes in Chapter II and IV and adjusting some dialogues, there is now a new gameplay segment in Chapter V where you play from Ashley’s POV which also features a new sex scene with Ashley and the Countess.
The usual reminder: you will have to start a new game to experience new content. If you have an active playthrough, it’s also necessary to finish it first before updating the game as loading a save file from previous version will cause issues.
Enjoy!
18 comments
The Poet - 08/05/2023 21:31
Do we have ETA for the Magdalena update? Want to play all these small updates together with the big one and experience the story again. Thanks for making games like this!
Astaroth [admin] - 09/05/2023 02:39
Rough estimate: 2-3 months. Though it always ends up taking longer than expected (seems to be the case in the entire gaming industry).
justarandomguy - 02/05/2023 17:13
6.8G ?? saw this game on another site, n asked for it to be compressed; but was told it’s not possible, like 99% of other games are. you’re probably hurting your customer base volume b/c of the size of the game; i know myself n about a half-dozen others commented about this on the other site, n u know what they say about advertising n sample size…
Astaroth [admin] - 02/05/2023 17:26
If you have problems downloading the game from an unspecified “other website”, it’s really not our problem. However, as many of our legitimate customers may have similar concerns, I feel like this should be addressed.
The size is due to the fact we’re using motion stills instead of static images. These video files are already compressed and hence the download file can’t be really compressed more than it is. We assumed that in an age where many AAA games are 100GB+ and broadband internet is widely available, the download size for Countess in Crimson wouldn’t be an issue. We understand this might be a problem to some players but at this point there’s not much we can do.
We will most likely be using static images for our future games, which will reduce the the download size significantly.
Dark Slaver - 04/05/2023 18:10
You’re pretty restrained in your reply considering this chap pirated your game and then came here to complain about the size of it.
Astaroth [admin] - 04/05/2023 18:24
Yeah, I just noticed I initially wrote “it’s really our problem” instead of “it’s really NOT our problem” 🙂 (corrected now).
Still, I feel like some of our legit customers may want to know why this game weights much more than our previous game and deserve an explanation.
Razamat - 10/05/2023 08:27
Did the size of the game really have that much negative impact, I wonder?
I really enjoyed CIC with the motion stills, it’d be a shame to get rid of them. Luckily CWI didn’t suffer for their lack, so I’m here for whatever direction you guys go. 🙂
Tony - 07/04/2023 11:12
Is this the update you were eluding to in the previous post that you are in the last stages of code testing end of March and it would take around couple weeks? Im just wondering if i should replay now or another big update is coming soon-ish and i should just wait patiently. The only reason im asking is because the version went from 0.8.16 to 0.8.17 and not a bigger jump to smth like 0.9.
Astaroth [admin] - 07/04/2023 15:45
Yes, this is the update I mentioned before. There will probably be 1 or 2 small updates will additional sex scenes, but no gameplay updates until version 0.9, which will introduce a new character – Magdalena and more additional content. Version 0.9 will take at least to 2 months to arrive.
Ronnical - 07/04/2023 05:14
I know i asked this before, but will it always take longer for the update to be released on Affect3d? I would really like to play it now, but it’s no problem for me to wait.
Astaroth [admin] - 07/04/2023 15:55
We try to submit updates to Affect3D as soon as possible but it all comes down to when someone from their staff is available to upload the update. Sometimes it takes a bit of time.
Also, with some bigger updates, we prefer to wait a bit and see if players report any problems so that we can avoid having to submit several hotfixed versions on platforms we don’t have direct access to (like Affect3D and Nutaku).
Ronnical - 16/04/2023 19:41
Thank you for answering! This game really is one of the best adult games i have played, the animations are awesome and i can’t wait for the new character. One thing i would like are cumshot animations, do you plan on including them in future games? It would be a nice addition imo.
Astaroth [admin] - 17/04/2023 17:16
Cumshot animations require realistic liquid physics simulation (at least for the quality we’d be satisfied with), which we honestly haven’t had the time to explore so far. I don’t see a reason not to include them in future games if we can.
Ronnical - 21/04/2023 23:47
Yeah i guess they are hard to do, not many adult games have good ones. Very nice that you consider them in your future releases! Have a nice weekend
Andrew - 06/04/2023 21:03
Thank you for the update.
How long can it take until it’s available on Steam?
Astaroth [admin] - 06/04/2023 21:07
Should be available in several hours.
gloogloo - 06/04/2023 16:16
I love all the work you guys do, It would be awesome if ashley had a demon form, just a suggestion 🙂
Astaroth [admin] - 06/04/2023 19:05
Sure, but that wouldn’t really fit the story.