“as much as i love and support yim, i cant really understand why they put so much professional language intheir stories and make choices based on it. it suffocated you as the player. even with the pop-ups it does not make things easier and you cant just start code blue right after an update because you WILL fuck up because you(an average player) dont know anything about operations. same thing was in hhw when in the first episode you race with sunny, how am i supposed to know all of this to win”
To sum up and to celebrate six years, a few top-3 for RC from me.
Top-3 most favorite stories:
1. Legend of the willow
2. Code Blue*
3. Hell or high water OR Theodora**
Top-3 most favorite LIs:
1. Flint
2. Felonia***
3. Kazu
Top-3 most favorite MCs:
1. Jules
2. Mei
3. Theodora
*it was a very hard choice! I'm absolutely obsessed with CB, but LOTW was my very first story in the app (and the very first VN), I had been reading it since its beginning for several years and I has been loving it (and replaying once a year) for all these years. That's why I decided to put LOTW above CB.
** both of them aren't perfect. HHW is a little bit rusty and ruthlessly cut to two seasons instead of planned three (I'm still heartbroken over it), and third season of Theodora was really weak, plus its finale was rushed. But I love them both so much, HHW has its vibe, it's characters, its amazing diversity and Theodora has a BRILLIANT first season (first season of Theodora supremacy) and a pretty decent second season.
*** the example how one LI can carry an entire story. ABH isn't my cup of tea, but Audrey is one of my favorite MCs (she's after Theodora) and Fel is perfect.
THE RC MEDICAL DRAMA IS WRITTEN BY YIM WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK EVERYONE
For those who don't know, they also wrote Hell and High Water, arguably one of the stories on the app! I find their characters really relatable, and HHW did a good job balancing high-stakes tension with cosy "everyday" moments. (plus if HHW's boat talk is anything to go by, Code Blue will hopefully be well-researched from a medical standpoint)
Apparently, a Code Blue is shorthand for a medical emergency (most common example being cardiac arrest.) Depending on the hospital, there might be a dedicated team to deal with a Code Blue, or everyone within a specific radius has to report to the emergency. [IHM Australia]
In the first photo, many have noticed the RC posters in the background. In this shot, W: Time Catcher and The Missing are visible. There was also one of And the Haze Will Take Us and maybe others that I can’t remember. Dr. Cool’s shirt also has a reference to Heaven’s Secret.
Then I noticed in the CG with Jules and Kenedi that Jules’ cell phone case has a pic of Baku, the little otter from Hell and High Water (Yim’s other book). That’s such a cute little surprise!
I hope Yim keeps surprising us with these little nods. 😁
