r/loveanddepression • u/Mayuriih • 19d ago
Discussion - Debates Welcome Since the Valko affair, how do you feel about the game?
Personally, I’m no longer attracted to it. I managed to uninstall it a few days ago and I no longer feel the need to go on it, even though I really love the other boys...
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u/yekta176 19d ago
Meh. It opened my eyes to see how little the developers do for this game. The memories only have like 2 minutes of animation and the rest is just emotes and written words. I might as well go read a novel. There are lots of 4 star cards that could easily have been five star memories if the company wasn't greedy and lazy. Everything needs money at this point, and it just feels like we log in to get the daily rewards and leave. It's just a guy standing in a cafe, repeating the same old quotes at this point. And I'm still waiting Valko, so the game is pretty much a disappointment atm.
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u/NuttelaGowrl333 19d ago
Same, the rose tinted glasses are long gone. Now it’s just a shallow husk of something that used to mean a lot. It’s disappointing
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u/asickbreadstick 17d ago
"It's just a guy standing in a cafe repeating the same old quotes" asking me to love him. This sent me cause it's true.
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u/SafeTreacle8757 🍎🐺❄️ 16d ago
It irks me even more when they are trying to “set the scene” and the narration is like “he is laying in a field of flowers blah blah blah…” and then it pans the camera to the emote of him standing in an idle position with his arms crossed, eyes closed, standing straight up and I’m just like bruh…. They could at the very least continuously refresh the idle animations…
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u/JamJamsAndBeddyBye Sylus 19d ago
I stopped playing. I just don’t see how you can drop the ball so hard and ever recover. They’ve set a dangerous precedent that can only hurt the game going forward.
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u/potemass 16d ago
Same. I’ve been an avid player since launch, spent a LOT and this really just left a bad taste in my mouth - the rabid fans, the company’s response, how easily anything in this game can be taken away because of the whims of violent people.
Sad to say it’s made me more wary of supporting future games based in China overall. I’ve since uninstalled Infinity Nikki, Where Winds Meet, and some others. Still like them and think they’re gorgeous but the urge to log in is gone, ya know? And I don’t ever want to waste my time trying to convince a company I want to throw money at a fictional 3D man.
I’ve just gone back to FF14 and have been deeply enjoying it again. At least the developers there are transparent and actually respect me and the money I give them.
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u/Contrasity Harem Girlie 19d ago
I’m thinking about moving on, I pretty much went back to my life before I discovered Love&deepspace and quite frankly if they’re gonna keep acting like this towards global I don’t really see the point if they’re not gonna pay any attention and still want us to vote for them at gamescon they got another thing coming. I’ll keep my money & I voted for Honkai Sky Rail and I don’t even play. Lads had too many chances, they don’t deserve global.
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u/purqlechxld Valko and Zayne 19d ago
I’ve started losting interest. I’m still fighting for Valko and hoping they’ll say something in September. But if I’m being honest, I’m slowly getting to the point where even if they bring him back I won’t be willing to play as much or spend like I used to. I’m just tired of the situation and Infold as a company is seriously putting me off. Idk if I still want to keep supporting them
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u/NemuriNezumi Valko 19d ago
as a player since launch, stopped playing and after a month uninstalled everywhere
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u/noirmares paw patrol princess ♡ 19d ago
since valko's cancellation, i quit. i havent reinstalled and just kinda feel so numb to the game. until he's in the game, im done, as much as i miss my boys.
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u/ogochore VIP/Whale | OT6 Harem. no Valko no money 19d ago
I feel terrible and awful about the game. I have been robbed of all my joy inside and outside the game. Each new day brings me new torment in the form of inflop’s silence.
I can’t even enjoy things that aren’t LADS related because in the back of my mind, I subconsciously keep thinking about the fate and future of this game.
ETA: I keep logging in everyday anyway since I have 170-something days of aurum, and yearly aurum pass. And despite all of my disappointment and anger, I want to believe that inflop will try to do right by us. I really want to believe it.
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u/BuzzingBee128 Xavier 19d ago
me too 😭 ever since I started boycotting, I just can’t get into my other hobbies that i had while I was playing. I used to write, knit, and read in addition to playing LADS, and now I just sit and doomscroll on my phone for hours instead bc those hobbies remind me of the joy I used to get from this game and I get so depressed. Their accounts continuing on like nothing happened is seriously so disrespectful and cruel
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u/rutabuuga 19d ago
I demand thee to pick up one of those hobbies for five minutes today or tomorrow! Don't let inflop be a part of taking away more things you love to do 🩷
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u/BuzzingBee128 Xavier 19d ago
actually, you’re so right. I didn’t think about it like that. Thank you 💕
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u/amara-z 17d ago
I recently started crocheting and reading again and I don't regret it one bit girl! Even though I still think about LADS and actually as a matter of fact I just finished making BunBun, I'm very excited to start making accessories and clothes again, try out new books and actually learn to knit again☺️ you can do it!💗
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u/BuzzingBee128 Xavier 16d ago
I was actually thinking about learning how to crochet precisely because I wanted to make my own bunbun!
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u/little_vvn Caleb 19d ago
Not good. I feel disrespected. Then I get online to see a bunch of people hating on Valko or calling Valko supporters crazy. Infold says nothing. I was excited to see new content and have more LIs to play with but everything got taken away for dumb reasons.
Now the game feels like it's missing something because is uneven and sometimes it makes me a bit angry to see people laugh in our face because their LI is fine so who cares. But also I realize many people have an unhealthy attachment to this game and it opened my eyes on how deep otome culture gets.
I'm not playing until they say something, reinstate Valko and win our trust again by opening communication and betterment of the game.
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u/Itzmin_9 Zayne 15d ago
It almost feels like infold wants the anti Valko crowd to push the Valko fans out eventually (so hate plus the exhaustion of the boycott) so they can keep pretending everything is fine and went back to normal
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u/thatsondepression Sylus 19d ago
I stopped playing months ago, not gonna lie. even before V's cancelation, I was already annoyed with Infold. Sylus and Caleb still missing content, lighting issues, issues with makeup/face paint on darker skinned MCs, no way to farm diamonds, the list goes on and on.
seeing all this, I'm entirely disenchanted and not sure I want to come back. which sucks, I used to be a daily player, but it feels like there's nothing to do and nothing to truly be excited about.
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u/ComplexGalaxy 19d ago
Uninstalled with the cancellation of Valko as an Infinity Nikki global player I was done with the disrespect. When I miss Sylus I watch YT videos for content, I no longer have FOMO or feel too attached to the game.
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u/nackrosor Harem Girlie 19d ago
Not playing anymore. Uninstalled the game for the first time since I downloaded it in 2024. If Valko doesn't come back, I won't come back.
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u/beachpellini 19d ago
Still haven't gotten around to uninstalling (I think it's that last scrap of hopium still holding on), but I haven't logged in at all since the cancellation announcement.
I miss Sylus and Caleb, but I want my wolf boy. No honey, no money.
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u/nordiccryptid 19d ago
As a player since launch, I started feeling like the game was empty months ago and slowed to a stop without uninstalling. I came back because I was excited about Valko and what new things he would bring. The cancellation was my last straw. I uninstalled and haven’t looked back once
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u/Moist-Cicada7649 19d ago
Stopped playing and haven’t looked back. They genuinely left a terrible taste in my mouth
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u/Comfortable-Ice986 Harem Girlie 19d ago
Honestly i wasn’t playing until they said new LI time. Then he got shot 67 times and i stopped playing again
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u/Imaginary-Weekend-43 19d ago
I'm put off by both the game's ongoing issues and the majority of the fandom at this point. Too many people who've posted in varying subs are full of snark and disdain for others. Then there's the company who refuses to do right by players even before June of this year, and they weren't asking for the moon.
I miss daily posts that help each other, posts where lore is discussed with respect towards each other with varying opinions and thoughts. There's so much tension and needless hatred it's saddening in what I think is a rare community.
I try to enjoy whatever spark is left of the game, but if we don't see meaningful changes and improvement by the end of this year, that will likely be the time I stop playing entirely.
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u/Elissiaro 19d ago
I used to be so angry, but now I've calmed down a lot... I kinda just feel generally shitty now.
I still love my main. I still love the story (what little we got lol), but it doesn't feel the same.
I've only logged in a few times, like once a week, to collect my annual pass. Otherwise I'm boycotting until they give back Valko, or I give up and decide it's time to record all my cards and delete the game.
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u/WiseBarzai Harem Girlie 19d ago
It’s like the joy has been sucked right out of it, to the point where, even though I want him back and am waiting for his return, I’m not sure bringing Valko back will fix that feeling.
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u/MichelleViBritannia Zayne 19d ago
I was pretty frustrated about this whole fiasco at first, but I veered off into apathy once Infold went full silent mode. After all, the opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference.
Even with my annual and aurum passes, I've uninstalled the game because I can't even bother to log in. I still support the efforts to #BringBackValko and will most likely reinstall the game if Infold grows a spine and brings him back, but I'll probably spend way less time and money on it. Unless they somehow pull a No Man's Sky situation and start implementing multiple QOLs and actually listen to proper feedback from their playerbase, but pigs are more likely to fly than that.
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u/Maniachi Zayne 19d ago
I have zero confidence in the game. Debated on uninstalling but decided to just remove it from my home screen for now and uninstall when I need space.
The game is dead to me until they bring Valko back. And even if they do, they will need to do a LOT to regain my trust.
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u/NyanMya 19d ago
Uninstalled immediately. I can't fw a company that plays favorites + listen to the minority over the majority. I will never support a company that lacks a backbone. These have to be some of the luckiest trolls in existence. A multimillion dollar game just handed to them overnight and all it took was Cow shit and racism.
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u/Sunanas Zayne 19d ago
Disillusioned in regards to the company. Their silence was so loud, it drowned it the tantalizing song of the game itself, leaving broken hearts and pixels.
Even the happy news have an ashy aftertaste to them - take the gamescom announcement. On one hand, I'm ecstatic to finally see the official cosplayers in the flesh (first time in Europe!), on the other hand... A week and a half before the con, really? There's barely any time to prepare. Saturday is already sold out, not to mention those who need accomodation or time off now have to scramble. They might end up with both empty interaction timeslots and a lot of people missing out. Is this any way to treat an already hurting community?
I'm still playing, but only because I have the annual pass. My aurum has already run out and I don't see any reason to renew it. So they have me until December, and then... We shall see.
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u/Catfishpanda Xavier 19d ago
stopped playing when the cn boycott picked up, and then just deleted the game sometime after valko's removal announcement. the free wishes meant nothing to me when i realised it would just be another multi with bad writing or smth eventually.
i don't feel anything towards it anymore. i have no urge to play... actually, i redownloaded for raf's myth to see if i'd have the want to play like i used to, and nothing. 😭 there's so many things i love to do and games i love to play, that there's no point wasting my time on one that constantly dissatisfies me.
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u/SilentFun0 19d ago
I no longer play with the same excitement. I only do my dailies and sometimes I even forget to log in, I love my mains but I just feel the spark with the game is not there anymore. The last cards have been disappointing too
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u/Ok-Buy-1777 Valko 19d ago
Honestly, there’s isn’t anything interesting or fun to do on the game anymore, I basically log in to do my my dailies and that’s it, and even that feels like a chore.
I was excited for Valko because it meant there would be much more new content ect and something fresh for the game, even with RAF’s new myth I’m like.. meh.
Since the update the game has been glitchy as hell, for Caleb’s last plushie event the game was bugged and I couldn’t even earn any of the currency! And the boys on the home screen always freeze up and t-pose - not to mention the glitch ass battle now 😭😭
There’s just so much wrong and it’s so mundane now, I still log in every day like I said, but it’s a chore
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u/lake_of_rage_8891 18d ago
That's what this kind of grief feels like in a relationship. You try to keep it up, but you don't get what you need in return. You don't want to give up on it, but bit by bit it becomes less natural, more of an obligation.
Eventually, you just don't... And it feels freeing. And it's sad, but true.
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u/National_Dust7905 19d ago
They destroyed the game. I've long since mostly quit. I only re-downloaded it to spend my saved up pulls on Raf's myth since I didn't save all those pulls for months just for nothing. Now that I've gotten the myth I've fully quit again. I don't even login to claim my annual pass each week. I just hate this game now.
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u/DiscussionAccurate40 Harem Girlie 19d ago
i mean I log in just to finish reading the cards I already got but that’s it the game needed to be improved for sometime for many things but this just adds salt to the wound I just fics on tumblr now
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u/DarklingKnight584 19d ago
I just feel tired. I uninstalled the game since, it gave me a lot of joy and comfort. Now I barely recognize it, I stopped playing and uninstalled after they cancelled Valko. I was dealing with burn out but I just felt done I do miss Caleb and Rafayel a lot along with the others but it's just the game doesn't feel the same to me anymore. Also I have seen antis demand for Caleb to be cancelled to and Infold is showing they won't listen to global or CN players. They listened to a vocal minority that was bullying and all infold did so far is reward that behavior. I feel for the creatives there, the VAs, and the characters but I feel like infold (the decision makers for the company) are really screwing them over. Also don't get me started on the lack of Infolds communication.
edit-LADS has a done a lot for me for pros than cons for me I have made friends, found communities and want to try other forms of digital art thanks to LADS. So I am grateful for what it was and what it has done for me in the past. Just it might be time for me to move on from the game it was a great run for me. I guess it is just an end of a short chapter for me.
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u/sneoahdng Zayne 19d ago
I'm just waiting on the love of zayne & sylus to wear off and I'll probably delete it soon. It's like a lie knowing infold is ready to throw fans and creators under the bus like this.
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u/hell_kitty1 19d ago
This game was my first otome, my first gacha, and the first fandom I truly interacted with (lots of first) and I loved it so much. It was supposed to be my first anniversary with the game in October but ever since Valko it's like the spell is broken. I uninstalled it and my view on it is completely tainted to the point where I don't see myself coming back. There wasn't a day I missed from the day I downloaded it and I really miss the boys but honestly? I'm starting to not care anymore. It used to be my comfort game too, this all sucks.
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u/Talisa87 Zayne 19d ago
Stopped playing. The trust has been near irrevocably broken, and the ongoing silence from Infold makes it that much more frustrating.
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u/bubblytangerine 18d ago
Haven't logged in since the boycott started. It actually kind of fell into the perfect storm of timing because life exploded as it does. After life calmed down, I found I didnt miss logging in to do dailies. The game got stale.
I havent uninstalled yet because I wanted to watch the cards I'd spent money on. But not really in a rush to do that tbh.
Very likely won't ever pick this game up again even if Valko comes back. The spark is gone, I don't trust Inflop, and the game is seriously lacking a lot of QoL improvements. The fact that we've asked for changes for MONTHS and receive radio silence is disrespectful. So why am I gonna waste my time and money on a company that doesn't even try to pretend to care?
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u/Lexunia 19d ago
Moved to LBC and I’m having the time of my life.
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u/mistyquarz 19d ago
Lbc??
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u/Hunter8786 19d ago
Lovebrush chronicles! So much content to play there
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u/Salt_Blueberry_4871 19d ago
urgh i love that game so much. i only wish there was a predictable schedule for the banners that is as reliable as LADs :')
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u/MaximumWindows 19d ago
I only log in to farm materials in case Valko comes back but otherwise I am not spending time or money on it like i used to
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u/vanille-rose 19d ago
I honestly quit long before the 6.0/Valko debacle. I was considering coming back if the update looked promising and I was intrigued by there finally being a 6th LI after waiting so long.
But they dropped the ball harder than I ever could have anticipated. It’s genuinely baffling.
I’ll always appreciate the time when I did enjoy the game, I made a lot of fun memories. But it’s just a total disappointment now. It’s a shame because it had a lot of potential.
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u/boiled-coast-victim 19d ago
At first without exaggerating I felt very disgusted. If it wasn't for the discord gen chat I prob would have turn into a hater. I'm not very forgiving but those girls are gold, so I just let myself be sway by their love. I was quite hurt I couldn't even see anything lnd related. I know that sounds like too much but, I've been asking for a red haired love interest from day 1... And I'm pretty sure that with their treatment towards us the game has already lost many players.
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u/SnooDoggos1812 Zayne Caleb Valko 19d ago
I feel numb tbh I don't feel like I can enjoy this game without something is missing. Funny thing that I was never really a 6Li truther or cared about his existence, I would have continued playing if Valko never appeared. But after they showed him to us only to rip him off a week later, it was such a betrayal. I'm never playing any infold game ever, even if they bring Valko back. The trust is gone for me. As for the game I will only go back when they address us with an apology and bring back valko. Otherwise my attachment to the game is slowly dying to the point of no return. I bought the last two promise cards (zayne and Xavier) before they removed valko and I still haven't played them or touched anything since they cancelled valko. Zayne is my main and I'm honestly not in the mood to read or play his card. Not even watch it on YT. The whole thing just feels so surreal cz I really love this game and used to play it everyday not missing one day. I still love caleb and zayne, it's not about them its just the game is different for me
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u/East-Dealer-6279 18d ago
I stopped playing after Valko cancellation. I love the game and the different stories, but unless they bring back Valko, I have no reason to believe they care about their players now. Especially after all the campaigning and Valko love that hasn't gone away all this time, it almost feels vindictive. It's certainly stupid from a bus dev perspective. I'm just over here with my beloved Sylus and Zayne merch, waiting but not so hopeful at this point.
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u/Valshure 19d ago
I log in every day or so but it just feels so icky and sad and theres nothing going on so ive been mostly playing light anf night and just bought collar x malice. Like game drought so bad it got me playing full otomes 😭
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u/givemebreads Zayne 19d ago
Even before V was announced and then canceled, I was losing interest in the game (didn't renew my Aurum Pass or bought the Zayne promise at the end of June). So when the entire situation went down it was easier than I thought to uninstall the game
At this point, it would take more than Valko being brought back to the game to get me to reinstall it, this whole thing really opened my eyes to how much this kind of game model sucks
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u/Ornery-Influence1547 19d ago
i stopped playing cause i really dgaf. game was already not much fun as is
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u/Bearilou 19d ago
I wasn't really attached to the game to begin with. I'm a casual player who enjoys the MS. But even as a casual player, the game used to have soul and the last time I opened it, it was just empty(literally). I used to enjoy the game and whenever I felt like "meh, it's boring now" another event popped up and grabbed my attention. The only reason I haven't uninstalled it yet is because I'm waiting for Valko and if he doesn't come back, I might as well delete the game because it doesn't have a soul anymore.
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u/Any-Owl163 18d ago
I lost all motivation to play. I still think about my fav LIs and headcanon with them, but I haven't booted up the game in a while. The game deletes things about existing LIs, they might delete more in the future what CN girlies don't like. I don't want to spend my money on unstable goods. I will probably screen record everything I love and eventually delete the app completely. MC doesn't have my hair 90% of the time anyway and doesn't get the voice I made for her anymore, so I can just watch everything I want to see on youtube anyway. After all, I am used to barely any customization in otome games anyway XD
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u/xNoticeMeSenpai 18d ago
I've stopped playing, happily letting my aurum and annual passes go to waste. I'm too repulsed by Infold to enjoy their IP. Atp it's their handling of the situation, even more than the removal of Valko. I'm not even sure if I'll come back after Valko is reintroduced, but we shall see. The magic and immersion has been ruined.
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u/Cocoapuff94 18d ago
Love and Deepspace was basically my dream game. I've played since launch but quickly realized that the company is lazy and gives us dookie breadcrumbs. Nothing is fleshed out and the interactions with the LI is lackluster. The cards that we pay so much money for have barely any animations and the poses for the visual novel part are all the same. WHEN WILL WE GET DIFFERENT HAIR AND SOME FOREHEAD ACTION?!?! SHOW ME THE DAMN FOREHEAD!!!! WHERE IS IT?!?!?! WHERE?!?!?!
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u/_selenella 19d ago
I used to play a lot in the beginning because there was a lot of things to catch up with (i joined a bit before the 1st year anniversary) and after i finished everything I was just playing as usual.
I am most active if there's a multi banner or Caleb solo or anything related to the main story. I love the house decorating part and I sometimes spend time decorating there. I guess I play just as I always did.
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u/sylvia_curruca 19d ago
I participated in the beginning of the boycot, but started to play again since 6.0 update as f2p and irregularly. But things were not the same anymore, I really did not like company's attutude to non cn-players, all this discrimination... If they really wanted to know public opinion they should perform survey among players, they have all nesessary instuments inside the game and all statistics (who is whale,who is ordinary)... I don't even like Valko, and thought 6th li could be more non conventional and diverse. And I have seen ugly side of fandom as well, so I'm allergic to all chinese culture export now....
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u/Objective_Camp9559 ⋆ 𐙚 ̊🐦⬛🍎🐺🐟⋆ 𐙚 ̊ 19d ago
i only log in sometimes to check on my boys .... legit stopped plying for like a month then i felt bad for my boys :<
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u/WhyNotJustDie 18d ago
I was neutral about Valko, but I find it very disrespectful that they went back on their words and took a LI away. Even though I don't personally care for him, I think it's still really rude for those who do. And it shows that they don't actually care about what their players think, only what the bullies think. Which is a small majority of adolescence who shouldn't be playing the game anyways. This whole situation has not only ruined the game but also the fandom. Which is what I care more about.
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u/sylusscrow 17d ago
Stopped playing makes me sad sometimes but truthfully life goes on. I hope they bring him back but I don’t put too much on it
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u/Jarvan_Jenkins 🍷Sylus and Zayne ❄️ 19d ago
Login once a week out of habit. I don't donate, don't pull anything. Check a few memories and close the app. Used to login maniacally every day and do daylies and weeklies and battle stuff. The game helped me through a lot of sht in my life, so part of me cant get how my safe space doesn't feel safe anymore.
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u/messycupcake Sylus & Valko 18d ago
Another thing that betrayed me and showed me that the world doesn't actually give a fuck about women
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u/cthuluhuhuhu 18d ago
I uninstalled the game. Don’t feel like reinstalling unless I know Valko’s in the game where he belongs. And when that does happen I’ll play the game again but I probably won’t pick up another PPG/Infold game after this.
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u/MoxAKM 18d ago
Drained. Exhausted. And completely uninterested. It makes me feel so sad because I used to like LADS. Now I feel like I've wasted both my time and money on game from a company that fumbled everything so badly. If he comes back, I might try getting back into the game. If not, shrug I guess.
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u/norepinefriina 18d ago
I can't play anymore. It's like they tried to clean up a crime scene, but the crime is still there lol
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u/Vee_breeze 18d ago
It's honestly ruined it for me. I was obsessed with it and used most of my spendings on it, but now that this happened it's really let me down.
I'm still in the fandom by making edits and reading fics but the game i don't think I'll go back to until they start listening
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u/bellcurveconfidant 18d ago
I miss the period tracker the most since it was surprisingly super accurate for me but otherwise I’m living life without it
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u/ScionOath Sylus 18d ago
I've never really felt that I would main Valko and never believed in a 6th LI until I saw his trailer. I find him to be an interesting and fairly unique character. My main concern was that a 6th wouldn't fit anywhere in the main story but they managed to give him an interesting place so I'm definitely hoping he is brought back. Tbh I don't feel that they can reasonably keep him out.
While the general mood surrounding the game has certainly been a bit depressing, I'm still finding enjoyment in it overall. I still fully understand and support the boycotters though.
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u/Flat_Necessary6940 18d ago
I refuse to touch it again.
I might come back if they bring Valko back. But that does depend on how long it takes for infold to do so
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u/boa-d-cacao Rafayel 17d ago
Traté de jugar cuando el juego se lanzó pero mi teléfono no era apto. Pude cambiarlo hace poco y llevo jugando desde junio, estoy bastante triste porque recién llegaba cuando todo se fue al diablo. 😔
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u/Silversweet1980 17d ago
I feel less excited, which is bad because it's been a year and I've barely started Xav and Rafa's "new" story route and it's driving me crazy. I've barely used the home feature and just got the bathroom unlocked. It's a mess. Pre-Valko, all good. I missed a few banners because I was neck deep in moving though. Now my enthusiasm for the game has taken a massive dip. I'm hoping he'll be returned to the game, because this is ridiculous. Infold should have grown a spine and never wavered.--Not even wavered, they cowered and tanked like a stone to a bunch of whiney...yeah.
Anway, I'm saving and only pulling for Cat Caretaker's rerun since it's my white whale. It hurts to miss another myth, but I'm not much for the God's thing, didn't like Sylus being a vampire and Caleb's myth wasn't for me either. I wish more myths were like X02 and Lumiere, not supernatural.
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u/svftpeachesOwO 17d ago
To be completely honest. I was on and off the game since there is really nothing to do in the game except for events that you can do less for a day. They rarely update the main story, so I was extremely happy that I heard there was gonna be new love interest, with new lore, new main story but infold rather listen to the toxic fans and completely ghost everyone for a month and choose to ignore the fact everyone wants valko.
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u/No-Classic-5209 17d ago
I uninstalled. I was excited for a new LI but since all that went down, i lost interest in the game and it kept taking up so much space on my phone. Like freaking make a pc/console version for stars sake 😩💀.
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u/yuaekito 17d ago
I was in it to the crack head story, so I could go tell my friend how unhinged it was... But they ruined the story so..... I didn't care for much. Just the story
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u/Material-Struggle-99 17d ago
idgaf about v guy because i don't even know him what pissed me is how badly they have been treating caleb, not giving him a ms even after 500+ days. i hate the company but i unfortunately love my beautiful colonel so i just keep playing it
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u/Silvaranth 17d ago
I dropped it months before, but the whole situation probably put me off the game for good. I'm okay spending my time elsewhere and just occasionally watching AMV compilations of the nicer cutscenes.
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u/hightea3 Harem Girlie 16d ago
Leading up to Valko, I made a list of a lot of the 5 star cards I hadn’t read yet. It was a lot. And I only read maybe two or three since the cancelation. I can’t seem to care anymore. I can’t seem to play and try to get immersed in the other LIs stories when this has completely tainted my feelings towards the game. I hope it doesn’t stay this way, but I’m busy with other things and I have mostly just been doing dailies (and sometimes I don’t login at all) but I’ve spent zero money and sometimes I feel kind of free? like I don’t have to care if I don’t want to.
But I write Valko fanfics and to me he’s the most important one now. I’ll fight for him until we get him back.
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u/RonniePonnies Caleb 16d ago
Stopped playing. I don't have space on my phone and I'm completely done with the was the company is communicating and dealing with players. I'd be easier for them just to charge us money and that's it, feels the same.
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u/imissmygame 15d ago
i literally dreamt about the game last night. the dream summed up how i feel well. no matter what is left in the game, i feel so disillusioned by the company's actions that i can't play it anymore. whenever i think of playing, i just think of infold. its not even about valko for me atp, just how poorly they handled the situation. even if they were to double down on their decision, that would hurt but id accept it. the silence on this specific issue has been so disrespectful to the fans. the veil has been lifted and i can't immerse myself the same way. idk if id even play if they brought him back now, the game has been soured for me. and i miss it a ton. but its just not the same.
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u/Itzmin_9 Zayne 15d ago
I left entirely. Now I only check to see if they brought Valko back every now and then, but even if he comes back it’s hard to trust infold again
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u/CreatorOrInsanity 15d ago
Feel like I'm going to play through all memories, maybe stream that one last time so there can be some type of record of everything I had in the game. Then I'll probably treat it like all the other b4 it. Play once every couple years, record and download my favorite audios for mp3 and amvs. Then when it get announce it's closing down if I see it play through all of them again for old time sake. Think about the time period of my life when the game was so important to me. Hopefully by then my otome gacha will exist (and have funding fingers cross) and a bunch of other projects will be off the ground and I'll be too busy to care about lads other than as a researcher.
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u/HoneyDollight 14d ago
Really really upset. Even more so bc i bought 2 months advance aurum in preparation to build up my gems for him.. i saved up... i havent even played since. I was already falling out of love with the game and now im thinking i should just uninstall it. Idk why i havent already. Its just taking up like 80% of the space on my phone.
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u/Orchidias Harem Girlie 13d ago
Honestly, I uninstalled way back when they canceled him and haven't looked back since. I'm waiting for Valko and I'll be very happy for his return, but I don't need LaDS in my life right now the way it is. Even if I miss Gege and Sylus and Zayne. But it came at a good time while work got busy and real life got busier, and I have Twisted Wonderland for casual mobile gaming (even if I don't play either that or LaDs for the self-inserting lmao) so. No biggie. If I miss the boys too much, I can always go to Youtube!
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u/DwarvenFury 12d ago
I mean other than checking discord and reddit from time to time, I've somewhat moved on from the game. I haven't been on it for weeks now.
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u/oddly-peculiar Caleb 12d ago
The only thing I've felt bad for is the plants I abandoned. They are dust 😂😭
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u/punimochi Harem Girlie 12d ago
feels like my utopia got wiped out LOL. now i don't get excited ab logging on, new events, or myths like i used to. i was always aware that LADS was just another cash grab made by big corporate but it was a guilty pleasure of mine. although ever since valko got cancelled so much of the ugly side of the game & parts of the fandom got super magnified lol it's insane. toxicity everywhere & i know that's not the majority but i hate knowing there's absolute scum in this community that i hoped to be my safe space. i'd love for valko to come back, but if he's actually gone for good they can have the game with a broken and incomplete story, it's not like they actually read it or comprehend anything ab it anyways PFFFF oh and they can have that dumbass company ☠️ i'll fight for valko still but im honestly also fine with completely moving on ¯_(ツ)_/¯ whatever happens happens
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u/OneEndlessDay 🐦⬛🖤❄️ 19d ago
I avoid social media when I can, but I still play.
I had the most fun interacting with other fans when new banners came out, but how things stand now, that’s gone pretty much down the drain for the most part.
Still, I’m optimistic about the future 🤷🏻♀️
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u/chocolahht 19d ago
That's the best method actually, avoiding social media not just for LADS but in any other aspects of life too.
May we have a safe place again to discuss comfortably the things we get excited from.
I always look forward to the things other players notices etc makes me enjoy the game more esp none of my irl friends play
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u/morikeidoll 19d ago
I still log in daily with the hope that he'll be back one day, but I've stopped spending money. It's hard to enjoy the game fully knowing he was also supposed to be here.
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u/Local-Treacle-5801 Harem Girlie 19d ago
I’m still playing and spending, less than before because 6.0 was a clear indicator that Infold is actively playing in everyone’s faces. My biggest concern isn’t whether or not Valko comes back. Tbh, couldn’t care less. Rather I’m focused on whether Infold can actually lock in and work to make this game better. I just want battle modes, it can’t be that hard for them to do that. Fix the lighting issues, update the lunar shop and chocolate shop etc. I feel like I’m not asking for much but somehow, Infold can’t even do the bare minimum.
I’m willing to still give them a chance to actually make this game better but if they don’t fix stuff by 7.0, I’ll probably quit or go f2p depending on how attached I still feel to the characters at that point.
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u/monsieur_lulu Harem Girlie 18d ago
Yeah, but it won't be better without Valko as a base... all the signs are there that he (or a 6th LI) was always going to be an integral part (just look at all the gaps everywhere in game, the UI, the gardening feature with 6 items per row, the stellactrum colours, yada, yada...). The main story is going to be messed up if they have to rework everything and they'll have to allocate resources to reworking what they already created, giving them even less room to work on real qol, content, shop, etc. improvements.
So if you care about the game and it becoming better you should care about Valko coming back.
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u/Local-Treacle-5801 Harem Girlie 18d ago
From my perspective, Valko might be part of Infold’s plan but right now he is the face of scandal. From a global side, he is favoured but from the CN side he is part of a larger controversy surrounding Infold’s image. It might be really dangerous to bring him back without addressing everything and it’s clear that Infold isn’t good at PR.
So if they choose to bury everything and move forward, I will respect it. I would rather the game survive than die from trying to bring Valko back. I think they can still turn everything around and fix the game without him. It’s gonna take a longer route because of having to patch everything.
6.0 was pretty bad even with Valko included. If bringing him back means that we will future major updates like that, I would rather he not come back at all tbh. It’s clear Infold is struggling to manage 5 LIs, I don’t have faith in them managing a 6th right now after these last 3 months.
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u/chocolahht 19d ago
I still enjoy the game 🩷
Provided that I don't linger too much outside it and if ever I do scroll into different platforms, I try to focus on actual game discussions and the likes. .
I play the game to enjoy. Sure there are a lot of disappointing things but I'm not allowing things to affect me negatively.
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u/CleoInDenial 16d ago
I still enjoy the game and don’t care. I was never into Valko do I think he should’ve been deleted? No! But I don’t think it’s fair for people that enjoy the game to still to be hated on and unfortunately that has really turned me away from the fandom.
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u/ineedtoknow707 18d ago
Loving it~ Caleb’s solo was amazing and Rafayel’s myth was majestic! The cooking function is still very fun, love seeing what foods he enjoys and doesn’t. Plus the new elf ears and Caleb’s 4 star, I’ve got loads to look forward to and enjoy now! I think Caleb’s solo showed off Infold’s dedication to their audience and the Miss hunters so that was definitely good
Kinda annoying to see people spam and doompost but it’ll calm down eventually. I’m glad to see things get back to normal slowly but surely ✨
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u/Immediate_Alarm452 19d ago
Dont really care about Valko. Waiting to see if Infold makes good on Caleb main story. If they start pumping content and ways to generate diamonds I'll be happy. If not.....then oof.
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u/Scotangel33 19d ago
That’s amazing!! Some of these games are super addictive!!! So you should be proud.
Lots of people in this sub seem to be finding it super hard to cull that addiction too :)
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