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I think that the appeal of having the two win together has significantly gone down (for me) with the latest chapter. I've been playing the three PC's as loyal to each other, operating on the assumption that everyone else could be lying or trying to manipulate them, but with this chapter establishing that Olivia has been lying to Kane and Seth no matter what my choices every character decision I'd made in the previous chapters seems to have gone out the window.

I'm not trying to pressure the dev into writing another game than the one she wants to do, nor do I want to restart the argument over multiple protagonists that's been done to death in this thread already: I respect that that is the format the dev has chosen, but this chapter certainly illustrated why the story would work better for me (again, for me) with either Olivia or Kane as the single protagonist.
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Possibly, but it does mean that regardless of her reasoning, I've been making decisions for a character without knowing their true motivations, undermining any attempt to roleplay the player character(s). Of course that may be a more serious issue for some players than for others, depending on our preferred playstyle. I know some of us don't roleplay at all, and in that case may reasonably consider it a non-issue.
 
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I think that the appeal of having the two win together has significantly gone down (for me) with the latest chapter. I've been playing the three PC's as loyal to each other, operating on the assumption that everyone else could be lying or trying to manipulate them, but with this chapter establishing that Olivia has been lying to Kane and Seth no matter what my choices every character decision I'd made in the previous chapters seems to have gone out the window.

I'm not trying to pressure the dev into writing another game than the one she wants to do, nor do I want to restart the argument over multiple protagonists that's been done to death in this thread already: I respect that that is the format the dev has chosen, but this chapter certainly illustrated why the story would work better for me (again, for me) with either Olivia or Kane as the single protagonist.
I may have just missed this point as I only play Good Dom/Evil Dom routes. Could you clarify exactly what Olivia lied to Kane and Seth about in chapter 6?
 

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Thank you for such a prompt and detailed reply. Yes, I saw that scene, but to be honest at the time I didn't think of that rather obvious thought. It turns out she lied not only to Kane and Seth, but also to Alessandra, who first made contact with her (after "kidnapping" Olivia) by offering her a new job and a new life.
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Thank you for such a prompt and detailed reply. Yes, I saw that scene, but to be honest at the time I didn't think of that rather obvious thought. It turns out she lied not only to Kane and Seth, but also to Alessandra, who first made contact with her (after "kidnapping" Olivia) by offering her a new job and a new life.
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Yeah, all of that remains to be seen and I'm sure Tess has a plan for where she wants to take this, but it certainly (at least to me) casts a new light on most of Olivia's behaviour in the early chapters, e.g. her (feigned?) worries about what could have happened to Seth and Kane or her doubts about her ability to handle her mysterious new job, now that we know she has in fact been specifically trained and prepared for this.

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Olivia's first major "moral" decision, as far as I remember, is how to treat her kidnapper when Alessandra offers her the chance for revenge. That decision (again, to me) takes on an entirely different tenor if she knows what is going on and is making a considered, tactical response based on her training, rather than just responding in the moment.
 
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Yeah, all of that remains to be seen and I'm sure Tess has a plan for where she wants to take this, but it certainly (at least to me) casts a new light on most of Olivia's behaviour in the early chapters, e.g. her (feigned?) worries about what could have happened to Seth and Kane or her doubts about her ability to handle her mysterious new job, now that we know she has in fact been specifically trained and prepared for this.
I have two assumptions
The 1st (highly unlikely) is that the whole Olivia cheating thing that came out is one of those mistakes in chapter 6 that Tess mentioned in her post above. But I don't really believe that; I think Tess approaches the dialogues with particular care and scrupulosity.
The second assumption is more straightforward:
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Olivia's first major "moral" decision, as far as I remember, is how to treat her kidnapper when Alessandra offers her the chance for revenge. That decision (again, to me) takes on an entirely different tenor if she knows what is going on and is making a considered, tactical response based on her training, rather than just responding in the moment
Olivia's first major "moral" decision was when she was asked to be a fake policeman and mock people on the streets.
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That pulled me out of the story for a few cuz we was in olivia's mind when she got kidnapped/ offered the job so its a bit of a cheat for her to act the way she did internally.

Also imo, the bigger reveal is that callista is straight lying to her son/ keeping him in the dark, cant imagine that kane would be cool with all that
 
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Olivia's first major moral decision was when she was asked to be a fake policeman and mock people on the streets.
By "moral decision" I meant good vs. evil, not the moralityone/moralitytwo flags set by two specific choices on the good path.
 
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That pulled me out of the story for a few cuz we was in olivia's mind when she got kidnapped/ offered the job so its a bit of a cheat for her to act the way she did internally.
Firstly, it's not necessarily that Callista has revealed all of Olivia's tasks in great detail at all (I wrote about this in a previous post)

Also imo, the bigger reveal is that callista is straight lying to her son/ keeping him in the dark, cant imagine that kane would be cool with all that
Callista should not interfere directly. I'm more than sure she's already done the best she can for Kane so as not to violate Gambit's terms in doing so. Here is the answer to your question:
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To few male models in Daz, they all look related :)
Firstly, it's not necessarily that Callista has revealed all of Olivia's tasks in great detail at all (I wrote about this in a previous post)



Callista should not interfere directly. I'm more than sure she's already done the best she can for Kane so as not to violate Gambit's terms in doing so. Here is the answer to your question:
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Perhaps not the kidnapping, but the job offer should've definitely been known about.

Regardless of what her motives were, how would you feel if your mother spent your whole life prepping you for a cruel game that you had no choice on whether or not you'd join? Id be pissed off at such a betrayal But that part falls on the players own feelings of the situation so thats fair enough
 

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I'm sorry but I don't see killing the karlsson daughters/everyone as evil at all. A 'revenge/re-education' scenario where you just do the same fucked up shit to them wouldn't be satisfying or even morally better because in the end this is just continuing this whole abusive concept of treating humans like trash. Besides I find it funny that the game can even prescribe Kane to be 'evil' or 'good' when he clearly is coerced throughout everything. The game has a problem where it refuses to decouple choice taken with personal preference. It somehow tries to imply that the character must find enjoyment in picking fucked up choices when it could be simply nothing personal and just trying to expedite getting out of a situation where he is a literal slave.



Circling back to the daughters though, These creatures have clearly little regard for human life to the point that its a lost cause to try to even re-educate them. I highly doubt re-education with the same fucked slavery/humilation crap would even teach them that this is fundamentally wrong. Regardless, Even in real life, Many countries don't want to re-integrate people that have raped and killed children/women/people into society.


Ideally, an ending where Dr.Kane prescribes everyone a slow beheading is preferable. (y)
 
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Perhaps not the kidnapping, but the job offer should've definitely been known about.

Regardless of what her motives were, how would you feel if your mother spent your whole life prepping you for a cruel game that you had no choice on whether or not you'd join? Id be pissed off at such a betrayal But that part falls on the players own feelings of the situation so thats fair enough
You're right, from that point of view Kane has a lot to be offended by. And it seems cynical enough that the Mother (if GK is Callista after all) is forced to abide by Gambit's rules but not give full information to her son. But I'm sure she loves him, constantly keeping a check on what's going on with him. Callista enlists the help of intermediaries (probably Veronica) and she probably has other sources in Joy Facility, but she's a strong woman and does what needs to be done, whatever it takes.

Given how important Kane is to the Karlsson's Group, he (like Olivia) wouldn't have been left alone anyway, so (I assume) he was doomed to this Game from his birth and Callista's escape from Alexander. But Callista managed to bring him up properly, making a decent human being out of him. I'm not excusing her, but imagine the feelings a Mother might feel, having to pretend to be dead to her own son.

Perhaps one day we will still see a family reunion scene in which Callista apologises to Kane and Seth and it will be very touching and we will all shed some tears.
 

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I'm sorry but I don't see killing the karlsson daughters/everyone as evil at all. A 'revenge/re-education' scenario where you just do the same fucked up shit to them wouldn't be satisfying or even morally better because in the end this is just continuing this whole abusive concept of treating humans like trash. Besides I find it funny that the game can even prescribe Kane to be 'evil' or 'good' when he clearly is coerced throughout everything. The game has a problem where it refuses to decouple choice taken with personal preference. It somehow tries to imply that the character must find enjoyment in picking fucked up choices when it could be simply nothing personal and just trying to expedite getting out of a situation where he is a literal slave.



Circling back to the daughters though, These creatures have clearly little regard for human life to the point that its a lost cause to try to even re-educate them. I highly doubt re-education with the same fucked slavery/humilation crap would even teach them that this is fundamentally wrong. Regardless, Even in real life, Many countries don't want to re-integrate people that have raped and killed children/women/people into society.


Ideally, an ending where Dr.Kane prescribes everyone a slow beheading is preferable. (y)
I think we play different games. In my KG, my MC Dom doesn't feel like a slave and makes the decisions that are close to him. In Good Dom's main playthrough no one has humiliated the MC, and the MC himself has tried to show his best side. I haven't seen any shitty decisions in this game so far (and no one is forced to make decisions that are truly Evil). Аnd there really are a lot of different choices (variables) leading to completely different consequences.

If you want to learn about a game where there really is no choice (it's like there is, but it's actually a sham and the MC's failure only leads to the failure of the quest and the entire storyline), then play Fashion Business. And Karlsson's Gambit is perfectly fine with the decisions, in my opinion. Perhaps you just don't like the femdom themes and this utopian world. Try playing another game, why torture yourself like that?
 
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Perhaps not the kidnapping, but the job offer should've definitely been known about.

Regardless of what her motives were, how would you feel if your mother spent your whole life prepping you for a cruel game that you had no choice on whether or not you'd join? Id be pissed off at such a betrayal But that part falls on the players own feelings of the situation so thats fair enough
No time to get to everything, but all I would say is that perhaps it's not Kane or Olivia that is driving her actions but Seth. And is she really in control? Sometimes, someone may gamble that some small chance for three is greater than a stronger chance for two but guaranteeing the third goes down. Callista does not know everything anyway -- certainly she has not shared everything with Olivia, and even Olivia is not aware of everything either -- one needs to be very precise with statements/fact and not context/conclusions from clues/dialogue. Easiest example is there is a chasm of difference between knowing The Karlsson Group is coming for you with some nebulous idea of being "tested" (and even knowing another person is important somehow according to yet another person telling you) versus actually knowing why/what the exact details are, etc. Would Callista even know that level of detail anyway?

Anyway, have a great week all! I'm getting too slammed to be good on here as I'm taking a very far off trip in July and prepping all my business stuff ahead of time too...I may still try and share some images before I go!
 
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