It's not a netori game but it's only a "cuck game" if you choose to make it one. It's not very difficult to play in a way that Steph only ever has sex with another man in a threesome with the MC *after* he spends a lot of time talking her into it.
Also, that was the most biased summary I have ever seen.
The game does not have a non-sharing route. That's true. If you aren't interested in a sharing game, don't play it. It even tells you this pretty blatantly at the beginning. Especially in this new update, but going back several updates as well, at every key point where Steph could potentially hook up with another guy, you can choose to end things, and it's a game over. If you continue to play, you have to content to sharing her.
But Steph is only a "horrible human being" if you have unrealistic expectations for human behavior, especially in reaction to others' behaviors. A lot of the complaints in this thread blame Steph for having sex with another guy (or guys). Though the only reason she does that is because the player literally **talks her into it** as a way of convincing his wife to let him get away with sleeping with another woman. He is literally **visualizing the other woman naked** while he is talking his wife into first flirting with and possibly sleeping with a stranger. If anyone is a "horrible human being" it's the MC.
OTOH, if you play games for fantasy or wish fulfillment, etc. (which a lot of people justifiably & reasonably do), I can understand that this is a difficult position to take about a Player-Character. No one wants to imagine themselves as a bad person. People naturally rationalize their own behaviors. And no one ever really wants to get what they deserve. So this game isn't for everyone. Personally, I love it. To each their own.
Eh, first off, a dev of a game all about a woman "exploring her sexuality" obviously paint Stef in a picture where they excuse all her actions, just because. It's apparent you would find no fault in anything she does, her actions or justifications because of your biased outlook.
You said my summary was biased? How? I clearly called out the paths I chose and if you truly look objectively at what Stef really says, not what you think she says, you'll see what I sumarized was true.
1. Stef lost control in the bar. NEITHER of them said the evening was ok to have sex, just to go talk to other people and see where things went. Stef ADMITTED she lost control and things went much farther than she intended when she got jealous of Gina, and then "Ms. Hyde came out" and she was determined to fuck Donnie no matter what the MC said or did. This is
obvious based on the fact the player has little to no say in events other than to talk her into just going over and talking to Donnie. After that the only choices the player has related to Stef having sex is if they want to be there or not, period.
2. As others mention ed, Stef's whole thing about if the MC went to Jason and Tori's, she was going to go fuck someonme else, is NOT about swinging or sharting, it's all about Stef being selfish and apeasing to
her ego.
3. Stef leads the charge with having sex with other guys basically for the first few encounters, because that's
her desire, and as she proved with the Donnie, and/or Jason scene, it really doesn't matter what the MC says or does (unless playing HC), she will fuck and suck whomever she wants, when she wants it. Stef
only seems to care about the MC after the fact, primarily, (based on the story) after Tori trells her how selfish and inconsiderate she is. Stef's approach to the entire "let's explore a bit" was internally a "
I finally have a YES, greenlight to fuck everyone!!!!" How it that obvious? See Friday's event, also her other actions with other guys.
4. I'm not sure how you think a fantasy of imagining another woman naked, even if you're married, makes someone a "horrible human being", because that's a
far cry from going well past any boundaries that were loosly discussed and bringing some rando dude back to your bed to fuck. And then fucking him regardless ifd her HUSBAND agreed to it or not. Is Stef a "horrible person"? I wouldn't say that, but it's very blatantly obvious that she's a narsassist type personality, where only
her ego, her wants, and her desires matter to her. She only feels remorse after the fact wheh she realizes she may have taken things to far and it actually impact her marriage.
Summary is this.. The game isn't really about another man's wife, unless you want the MC to be considered "anotther man". The game is really all about Stef. There's no couple both dabbling into swinging or even sharing, it's all a plan for the true MC, Stef, to manipulate the situation to get what she wants, which is an open marriage. She says she doesn't "need" the group sex or sex with rando strangers, but really wants it. She wants it so bad that it was impacting her thoughts and actions, even outside it being tied to memories of her former BF.
Stef doesn't want to
admit to herself she's a slut because she doesn't want to have that title, but her actions all point to her being exactly that. There's nothing wrong with being a slut, or liking sex, the issue here with many people is that Stef wants everything to only go Stref's way. She only relents when she realizes that her actions may have very serious consequences, but even then, depending on the choices, she does it anyway, regardless of what her husband/player MC, says about it.
If the player wants to excuse and justify all of Stef's behaviors that's up to them to do. I will say that any IRL relatrionship that has nothing but focused on one partner doing what they want, regardless of their partners wishes won't end well. In this game, the premise was to experiment and then Stef goes
hog wild for 3 entire days, and then only after the fact does she say why, and then she's not apologetic about anything she's done, only apologetic abvout the consequences. As I mentioned in the summary thoughts, this is like someone being caught after stealing and they aren't sorry they stole something, they are only sorry they were caught.
Time will tell if the dev tries to tweak this mess into something, but the entire entry into the story paints Stef in a negative light to many people, and her selfish "me first" attitude is also off-putting to many people. Add in the entire "reveal" where she explains and justifies things but never really apologizes for "losing control", simply says that she does one or more times. The MC at this point, with her backstory and her apparentl lack of self-control should really add options for hoe the player/MC steers things going forward, but time will tell. Up to this point it's been very much a "Stef show" and the player has had limited ability to steer some things, and others not steer at all. Not having players be able to control the story is never good for any game about choice.
