I keep hearing the term Porn Logic. Does it really pertain to this game. Porn is 95%sex 5%story. this game is 5%softcore 95%story. So can this really be classified as porn. Even if they add sex still feels like a R rated possibly NC-17 venture.
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Actually with APM it's not so much a thing this "porn logic." It's not really needed at this point to use as a work around. It's a story that leads to sex... rather than sex leading into a story, like 80% other games out there, and why it stands out so much from other games.
Yes, it is a game with a world of unlikely events happening with specific personality traits that all come together. Just as winning the lottery... very unlikely of it happening but it does happen. The right mix of circumstances with it happening to the wrong type of people and you get a train wreck. At every turn, all these events could have avoided.
It starts with David getting friendly with Alexia. Nothing wrong with that. But had David worried his wife Anna might get jealous or not like it, should have been David's first concern... but a young and attractive woman giving some innocent attention is an ego boost even if David had no intentions of cheating on Anna... BUT... how likely is that simple interaction is caused by a raging psychopath hell bent on destruction is behind it all? As unlikely as having a psychopath setting into motion a wicked plan is, it just happens to involve David... a clueless idiot basking in the attention of a pretty lady he meets at a gym.
Then there is Anna, a wife and mother, loyal more to the institution of being married than the person whom she married. So long as Anna could hold on to her loyalty to the fact, she is married all is right in her world. Add that David isn't very talented to please Anna physically (some women place a lot of importance on that aspect), but in terms of the marriage it was good enough to remain faithful. Now is it Anna's fault she chose David who is lacking in so many ways? No it's not. She sold to herself that David is a good man and he'd be enough for her. Likely as they grew older those defects in David would be more and more an issue for Anna... just as she is discovering them now.
So... the future of the game:
*All it has to do is remain consistent with the established character builds... the characters will act accordingly to their personality traits... human weakness and mistakes being part of it all
*It stays away from the stupid... Anna isn't going to give another character a tit job because it feels good but
do so to arouse the male because it excites her seeing him so aroused... just as how a BJ works in the real world; damn few women really get off on giving one for their pleasure.
*keep the plots real... Anna has certain motivations, triggers, weakness and strengths, desires, fears etc. But Anna is an evolving character and that is key. We are already seeing some of it with the Chris BJ. With David's plot lines he is going to do david things and only harsh reality can change is character like if ever he finds Chris cheating with Anna
*being totally strategic with new themes and how they are introduced... Timothy/Dale, something way out of the blue, that normally would have failed on its face, worked! It actually solved ongoing plot issues and address others in the future by the way how defined part of Anna's character... so if MP does introduce BBC or another trope that doesn't yet fit the storyline or characters, it has to be handed carefully or done in such away it keeps plausibility
*timing and pacing... perhaps one of the hardest elements to maintain... the whole Chris route is progressing just fine. Handling of Hank and the progression of Hank using daddy issues on Anna is working well...
*The really important aspect that will make or break the story is how all the pieces fit together and works off each other. Its why the first time Anna has penetrative sex is so important to the whole game... it's not important just who that will be but how it will affect the rest of the paths that come after it. So in a looping argument, who is first really does matter after all... a catch 22. Now as the parts working together is it a good idea to have Robinson/Chris getting in each other's way... should there be conflict between Jake and Marvin... does it really make sense that Marvin total bows to Kendra's will... all these loose pieces can add or subtract from the game
