Why would you say that I don't understand The Godfather, or lied about having seen it numerous times? Why do you think I'd do that? That's just an egregious, unfounded insult. My take on this classic is as valid as anyone else's. Doubting my veracity, or critical faculties regarding films, doesn't make you correct. I was even at pains to make the point that several other POVs & actions were included in the film, without having to make any of the characters 'official' 2nd MCs. There was no need for AWAM to make Dylan an official MC & reduce Sophia's role to that of dumbed-down, giant-jugged, stereotypical bimbo MILF, which is what has actually happened following Dylan's promotion. She didn't need to regress mentally when in the presence of handsome teenagers with little knowledge or experience of sex or relationships but with an outstanding ability to spew endless, oily compliments. That has nothing to do with the game moving into the middle of the story but is rather about the Dev's decision to appeal mainly to one core audience, while simplifying the storyline & characters (& how), which makes the story easier from his POV. If Michael Corleone had been the main character in the original movie the title would have reflected this. He wasn't & it didn't.
AWAM, on the other hand, has IMO, changed out of all recognition to what it was originally advertised as & purported to be. Other major characters in The Godfather weren't set up to completely take over the story & Don Corleone's personality remained the same, as did his physical characteristics. AWAM, by contrast, now has a different MC & the former lead looks as though she's had plastic surgery, even though the text makes clear that her helium filled, gravity-defying, appendages are the result of Dylan's childhood demands. No doubt he'll drink from them again, if the game follows the standard, well-worn trajectory & assuming it still exists in 20 years time.
Whereas it was obvious from the very start that incest & teenagers would feature heavily in the overall story, I'd contend that there was no indication that a teenager would take over the leading role, or that Sophia would herself come to behave like a 15-16 year old. If the story was always intended to develop as it is now, shouldn't there have been some indication of this in the mission statement? As it stands, the whole promo blurb could do with a re-write.
As for kink-shaming, please don't confuse that with understandable & quite reasonable disappointment at the way L&P has chosen to develop AWAM. I don't kink shame but I've often been on the receiving end of it & used to spend half my time on the thread defending the blackmail & its' fans, (such as myself), from this very activity, as white knights, moralisers & general blackmail haters came to have their say. They were eventually gifted the Don Morello choice to get rid of it, (but still complained that it existed at all). It would have been great, IMO, if a choice had been provided to select a route without the incest, or at the very least, not be forced to have Dylan as the new MC. As it turned out, my decision to hook Dylan up with Emma & turn him into an ordinary, even likeable, teenager, finding his way with the opposite sex, was overtaken by a general disdain of the fans for his, IMO, suitable girlfriend.
I've stated in the past that although there's no game left to play from my POV, I stayed with AWAM out of love of quality renders & human curiousity. Now that it's become glaringly obvious which way the game is going, there's only curiousity left. All we're ever really going to agree on is that the side jobs should be removed.
Hillarious for Eliie, but for Dylan and Christine it would be a blessing in disguise, since they could see/meet each other more often. Would be hard for Dylan, but then again who gives a flying fuck what some noobs think when his girlfriend is the head cheerleader?
