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I generally agree with you, I don't have much interest in incest myself but it is not hard to pretend there step related, so that is what I do. However, it has been well established in this thread that there is just too much going on, too many characters and the wait time for "follow-ups" with this character and that character is far too long, it hurts AWAM.L&P would have been better off if he'd created 2 games. Unfortunately that would have been a full-time job. Alternatively he could have opted to complete AWAM within a more reasonable time frame than 30-40 years, which wouldn't have demanded F/T working but would have needed more focus on Sophia. Both methods would of necessity have not included time-wasting side jobs & numerous duplications of characters, kinks & situations. Then he could have brought out a sequel game featuring Dylan as the MC & expanded his adventures as he got older & stopped being a virgin. IMO, there is no room in a game, (any game), for 2 official MCs, it's a contradiction in terms.
As I have no interest in incest, I began playing AWAM out of curiousity having seen quality renders of Sophia & Patricia on PD2 visiting the school, in what looked like a very clean city. As always I was in search of escapism. I was aware of incest content but back then managed to avoid most of it. Right now the stories & characters that interest me are in long-term limbo, or have most likely been written out. It's years since we've seen Alyssa, Aiden isn't due back for 5+ years, Nathalie isn't scheduled to reappear until 2035 at the current pace, Bennett is nowhere & there's more but you get the idea. I basically hoped for more interactions between Sophia & adults, (as in a proper extra-marital affair) but this has been noticeably absent for a long time. I only stay with AWAM because of quality renders & out of curiosity, which is where I came in.
As an aside, I play the Aiden path but I don't do it because I want to see Sophia turn into a "filthy whore," there's 100s of games out there like that & they are boring in the extreme.
L&P decided to drop the realism, (at least there was a veneer) & the class (apart from the quality renders), to focus on a game devoted to school-boy wish fulfilment, with a huge cast of good-looking teens, that wouldn't look out of place in an early-'60s beach movie. That concept of a sex race between Dylan & Sam is risible but it's not limited to them, with other characters also playing catch-up. So much for the realism....
What's ironic is that AWAM moves at a pace which will ensure that the teen fans of today will be middle-aged, with teens of their own, by the time they get to see their favourite 'shota-lite' shag Sophia. AWAM doesn't move at the pace of the average teen porn game. I'm guessing that by that time there'll be a whole new generation of fans asking whether Sophia has had sex outside of marriage yet. That's if we believe AWAM will still be around.
It certainly seems like L&P has lost his way with AWAM and is scrambling to keep people happy, I think L&P has made the mistake a number of devs have done, including myself. That is we have all these ideas and we cram them all into one story, instead of saving some for another story.
You're right, this story is called A Wife and A Mother, it should be about Dylan, Ellie, and Liam + Sophia, but I think Alley Cat and others are pointing out that there is some unnecessary stuff going on as well, this drags AWAM down and extends the wait time. The stuff with Dylan watching them shower at the gym and scenes with Dylan and Ellie wasn't needed. All that stuff really should've been skipped and the shower scene at the gym was hot, but it really shouldn't have been added and neither should any of the scenes between Dylan and Ellie, which don't include Sophia.The point I'm trying to make is that Sophia/Dylan/Ellie/(Liam) are the main story. It's not just about Sophia. It is therefore wrong to pretend that events presented from Dylan's perspective steal Sophia's story. Rather, Dylan offers a part in the story of AWAM.
Also, I would not call Sophia passive. It's just that she's portrayed as a character who doesn't act out of her own motivation and thus functions poorly as an MC on her own. That Dylan works better here at the moment is, in my opinion, mainly because he is pursuing his own goals. This was already the case from the very beginning. Take the basketball game or the swimming lesson as examples. In both events, it was Sophia who only reacts while Dylan and Sam have an interest in Sophia which they pursue and even start a competition due to it (including Dylan's first decision about how to handle Sophia's interaction with other guys). I don't know which day it was, but the game didn't turn around as you depicted. It is just a very slow build-up, because there are to many side stories.
It would be fine if it served a purpose but following Dylan's interaction with others and the whole girlfriend route for Dylan just bogs down a game called A Wife and Mother, it's not called My Mom or a Girlfriend.