I don't always get it right when it comes to speculation but this time with 0.161, I was very close indeed. There was a certain level of violence for those who chose the Morello solution, which I predicted, after having said that in RL some forcefully delivered words would have been more realistic, in the case of professional gangsters dealing with teenagers & street thugs. Apparently it still didn't please all the Aiden-haters. I would point out that this saga is not Aiden-heavy, as some fans have complained, it only seems that way because of recent events. This story is Dylan heavy, i.e. he's now a second MC FFS. If the rest of PD13 is ever delivered people will see what I mean. Putting it politely, what Dylan wants is not something I want to see & yet I still don't call for a violent comeuppance for his thoughts & deeds. I just want him to emigrate.
When it came to tit flashing or groping, assuming the Morello solution wasn't chosen, these scenes were as unrealistic as I'd surmised weeks ago. It's a good job the pepper spray had almost magical deterrence properties, (ever heard of gangs grabbing things out of people's hands & passing them to & fro between themselves? I've seen it in city centres in the middle of a crowded street, let alone a gang HQ), otherwise I hate to think what might have happened to a beautiful woman in a sexy outfit who'd just been on display, or closely examined & who was heavily outnumbered by free-wheeling scumbags, in an out of the way location. Everything I said previously about the situation was right, (as in, lacking realism) & viewers had to swallow a disproportionate dose of 'suspension of disbelief'. Who knows how much more will be required now that all the pretext of subtlety has gone?
So, inevitably with AWAM, there's the old "but you the player make the choices" statement to think about. I would say, after waiting for the length of time that fans have become accustomed to, how many are going to make a decision which leads to nothing much happening? Sophia turned around & went home is perhaps realistic but not very entertaining. We've all learned greater patience playing this but come on....
Did I enjoy this update? Speaking as a fan who up until now has relished the blackmail & doesn't especially care how far Aiden goes, one who has defended the route against a backdrop of constant complaints & attempts at kink-shaming over several years, who basically ditches many a moral scruple when it comes to imaginary pixel people & who appreciated the balancing act that L&P achieved with the tasks, NO. It was the most disappointing update to date.
What the hell was this meeting for? Animation practice could be a reason but was a meeting necessary, if we didn't even learn the fifth task? AWAM is not only in danger of abandonment but of becoming another juvenile series of fairly unrelated & illogical events, like many of the games out there which don't claim to have class.