On one hand, this new format is good and it’s nice to hear people discussing what happened and their quick thoughts on it.
On the other hand, I had a battle with time when listening to it because, well, there’s life to do… A quick summary list might be a nice addition in future for accessibility reasons.
The All Ages Air patch works on Standard Edition, however there is a tutorial on how to install both the SE English Patch and the All Ages patch into ME. If you want the original 18+ content instead (for some reason) and you are using ME, there is an 18+ patch to reinsert the SE adult content into ME.
The All Ages patch is as faithful to the original as can possibly be. In some situations the only change is a CG change, and in others (Kano’s in particular) the adult text has been cut out, and the HCGs have been swapped out for the normal sprites, while the story elements and context have been kept intact. It’s more about covering up the explicitly adult content with story, than removing stuff. I still almost cried in Minagi’s route, and this time around there wasn’t a H-scene to ruin the moment.
I’m planning to release the Suginami patch when EX comes out. I want to see if I can get in contact with any of the hackers from Doki (or elsewhere) to get an up-to-date version of RLDev, because I’m working with some annoying limitations right now.