The Coffin of Andy and July - Episode 1 [Full Fan MOD Walkthrough]
2,406NOTE: IF YOU HAVE A STEAM COPY OF TCOAAL AND WANT TO PLAY THIS MOD, DO NOT SAVE OR LOAD THE MOD, IT WILL FREEZE AND BECOME UNPLAYABLE, IT MAY ALSO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS TO YOUR LEGAL COPY OF TCOAAL, PLAY AT OWN RISK (I've learned it the hard way, and the vision room does not work also because this mod is in version 2.0.14, which is outdated).
Another important note: Since TCOAAJ runs on an outdated version of TCOAAL, it may cause some more issues with your Steam copy of TCOAAL aside from the loading/saving freeze, it's best that you play this mod on a separate device that hasn't had TCOAAL installed yet to make sure it doesn't mess with the original copy of the game.
Play the mod here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/obo7vuhkyucg1ky/The_coffin_of_Andy_and_July.V1.0.zip/file
How to install? Just download the file, unzip it, click on the exe file and play.
The Coffin of Andy and July doesn't seem to have any official description so I'm gonna make one (which ends up becoming a review I guess):
As you can guess, this mod replaces Ashley with Julia, much like the Cali mod, this is yet another TCOAAL reskin mod where Ashley is still present in the story, and its mod creator decided to kick her out for most parts, the whole flashback scene about Nina's incident in Ashley's perspective is also there unchanged, but this time it comes with a bonus Julia's flashback which connects to the intro flashback, and honestly I don't know how the mod explains its story from there... On the other hand the edited sprites and custom made cutscene arts are somewhat decent, most of the events are changed slightly but again I can't explain how even half of them can happen.
(Spoiler: Julia discovered that Andy and Leyley locked Nina in the crate, Julia rescued Nina and then went to talk to Andy about it, said that she wanted to be on his side, from there Andy became closer to Julia, and he made her a priority just like with Ashley in later years, possibly because he didn't want her to tell everyone about what him and Leyley did to Nina, but there is no talk between Nina and Julia about this incident, Nina also stopped being friends with Julia in later years for some reason? And that Andrew asks Julia in a cutscene threatening her that if she wants to "leave like ____ was supposed to", which indicates that Andy was fine to lock Nina in the crate overnight or expected that Nina would die in that crate? We all knew Andy did not want to lock Nina in the crate and he did not think Nina would die from suffocation in the original game, so what he's saying in that part of the mod is like threatening Julia that he would lock her in the apartment like he did with Nina and the crate? If he meant it the other way which is Nina was supposed to leave the crate the next morning, then would that mean Andrew will lock Julia in the apartment overnight to teach her a lesson or sth? So many ways to interpret the scene but it's all confusing. Unless there's some deeper lore on how Nina didn't get along with Andrew and Julia then this mod's plot doesn't seem to make sense. And that's not the only plothole, since Nina didn't die, Leyley did not blackmail Andy, and Andy did not make the bloodoath with her, so the bloodoath could be with Julia instead, but then Ashley still says that Andrew promised to make her a priority, so like did Julia join the bloodoath too or sth? I have no idea, Andrew, Ashley and Julia still refer to Nina as blank texts sometimes too, even though it's made clear that she's alive and the incident did not become a murder like in the base game. Julia is pretty much OOC in this mod.)
In conclusion this mod could have some interesting story going on or it still needs a remake (like with the Cali mod).
And before you say anything about the author of this mod, I do not want to be involved in picking a side in any drama here, I'm just here doing the best work I could which is providing you the playthrough video of this mod. I love OG TCOAAL as much as the average TCOAAL fan, everyone can have their opinions but don't tread over each other due to your own personal preferences, some people just can not be argued with, but don't hurt each other because of some disagreement on the internet.