Interesting. My youngest is in to horror. Its not my thing but she loves it for some reason.
Next is the reveal, then MC meeting Tori (no idea what Steph will do), then there are multiple scenes for Steph's trip. If we are near the end of the game, I don't see how there is a possibility of any swinging, just solo play which contradicts all the dialogue that says they will only do things together and the trust diatribes, etc. The dialogue and the actions are still not matching up. Then the dev wonders why we think Steph is a liar/cheat/untrustworthy. Its a head spin.
Horror is the best! The Nun II just got released on HBO Max. It was awesome!
I am replying to you, my friend, because I wanted to talk about horror! but the rest is for the general thread.
The problem in the VN is the way "swinging" is being used. "Swinging" is an umbrella term that encompasses a large lifestyle of sexual behaviors. The acts that the devs use in this VN are indeed considered swinging. But everyone these days has their own goddamn definition of everything. Their personal definition of cuckolding, of NTR, of toxic behavior. Just this evening I saw a post from a guy asking if a VN had NTR in it. When it was explained that there was not and what was portrayed in the VN, he said that it
was NTR based on his
personal definition.
Definitions aren't personal. We have a huge book that has all the definitions in it. And for the more modern folks, there is a website dedicated to explaining definitions of more 'slang' and 'urban' usage of words. We use definitions so that everyone knows what the hell another person is talking about. Otherwise, what is the point?
In this case, swinging is ethical non-monogamy with the exchanging of one or both partners. If you get in the weeds, there is hard and soft swinging. Open relationships are part of that lifestyle. "Sharing" is part of swinging. Swinging is a lot of things. It is not subject to someone's personal definition. Now, what a person does in their own home with their own lives and what they want to call it is completely up to them. But when communicating with other human beings, personal definitions don't mean shit.
This VN is specifically about having an open relationship. Having one or both partners have sex with someone else with full knowledge and consent of the other partner. That, my dear fellow sympathizers, is swinging. It may not be
your type of swinging. But it is swinging. And that seems to be the biggest rub in most of the current complaints. Once you accept that this game is about open relationships, a form of swinging, then you'll be fine. You can choose to continue to patronize the VN or look for something more up your alley.
It is what it is.
