It's complicated. The "bypass path" can either on dom1 = 5, dom1 = 4, or dom1 = 3/1 and answering in the negative to when Steph asks you "just talking?" when leaving the house. None of the other responses matter afterwards.
The dom1 path is determined at the end of Saturday night. Dom1=4 path is if you have confidence 2 or more, dom1=5 is same but invited Paul over. Dom1=3 is -2<confidence<2, dom1 is high voyeur stat AND confidence < 2, and dom1=2 is low confidence no voyeur.
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Overall, the update fixed some of my prior complaints about game flow, like having the sesex var automatically kick the player to a "bad end". On the other hand, some of the same simple issues are still there, like it's irrelevent for condition checks what you say to Jason about your comfort level, all that matters is what you tell Steph before leaving the house.
The Tori dialogue at Jason house still feels as off as ever, I see people above saying Tori's more sympathetic becasue she can't control Steph going crazy, but it's not like she actually does anything to stop it. On that route, mc is uncomfortable, and Tori agrees and sympathizes, yet our favorite bbc fetishist dev dare not have Tori interject and actually say something like "Jason, you should stop, they clearly aren't comfortable with this as a couple."
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Storywise, (and I see I'm not the only one), the "reveal" made me
dislike Steph much more, despite it trying to paint her in a more sympathetic light. Why? Because
it's all about her.
Look, I get it. She had a traumatic experience, and I'm not belittling or trying to displace that. A traumatic experience is exactly the sort of thing she should have communicated it to her HUSBAND, and not some rando. MC isn't a fuckboi boyfriend, he's her
HUSBAND. The entire framing of the conversation just assumes like this is the most understandable thing in the world.
Some other random musings with screens:
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How I wish the game let you respond.
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The famous "water drink" scene - if you answer that it bothered you, [a very reasonable answer in a couples talk about boundaries], Steph gets derisive and dismissive (note this is on HC playthrough).
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While others dislike the water scene, this has always been my most hated. On ALL paths, this scene still exists. It's not what she's saying, it's the way she's saying it, totally undermines the idea of a loving swinging couple.
"Well, just so you know, if you get yours I get mine!", such a nasty tonality. Can you imagine MC speaking to her on the phone that morning: "Look, it's okay if you want to have Donny over, but just so you know, I'm not gonna sit there idly, I'm gonna go find some girl at the club"?
Even a simple dialogue adjustment would have made a big difference to me, something like: "Hey [mc], I'm willing to try letting you do your thing with the threesome, but I'm also worried I may feel jealous or lonely or left out. If that does happen, would you be alright with me inviting Donny or Paul over?"