Hard to Love [v0.23 + Ipatch + Walkthrough Mod] (2025/ENG)



Near-death experience usually forces many people to reminisce about their past, bright and happy memories. So does MC, reliving his most brilliant memory - his first love. And with old wounds still open and new yet to heal, Main Character is forced to go back to his parental house and his old dysfunctional family. Being stuck there, fighting demons of past and present, he wonders about love. Why did the girl he loved abandon him and their love child? Has she ever loved him? Is she alive and still remembers him? Should he move on and try to establish something new with someone else? Maybe with a woman he always looked up to? Or with his partners or friends? Someone else entirely? Or should he focus the rest of his life on raising his daughter right? Follow the MC on his paths of uncovering truths and fixing mistakes as he tries to sort out his love life and protect his daughter in Hard to Love...

0.23
ADDED:
• New scenes involving Nanami, Amber, Madison, Elizabeth and Isabella
• 701 new renders
• 4 new achievements
• Walkthrough updated for Episode 4 decisions
• New "Save Name" screen (beta version)
• Added notifications for LI's corruption and love level increases
~ CHANGED:
• Modularized RPA archives for easy updates - players now only need to download changed content
• Replaced music and sound assets handling code
• Replaced character definitions code
• Replaced title screen code
• Replaced notifications code
• Achievements system code changed
• Updated Walkthrough coding
• Removed shaking effect on sex scenes
! FIXED:
• Corrected Episode 3 variable errors (fix for old savegames)
• Resolved Paz SMS bug (picture click issue)
• Fixed some render clipping issues from previous releases
* TECHNICAL:
• icode changed, previous versions may not be compatible
• JPEG and PNG images replaced by AVIF format
• JPEG color banding and DDS texture issues fixed on all renders

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