Like I said despite her screentime, I haven't felt like she has any impact in the plot so far. But I do skip all her scenes.
How would you know about her impact on the story if you skip every single one of her scenes anyway? In my opinion, her impact is quite visible. Without her, there wouldn't be a swinger route. Without her, there wouldn't be NTR (some like it, some don't), wifeswap, hotwifing...you know, all those fetishes. This would be an entirely different game without her. Angelica wouldn't exist. Erica wouldn't exist because the baby wouldn't exist. Hell, not even the therapist would be needed at that point. You'd prolly be left with Miranda, Jessica, and her roommates.
Well, I guess one could argue that these storylines could still be a thing if they just happened to be freshly divorced or whatever, but you get my point.
You might not be a fan of Lara's visuals or the character in general, but saying she's got no impact on the game I can't quite wrap my head around. Lara's got her own storyline aswell as shared storylines with MC. You get to make choices for her.
I sure as hell am not. Lara is fugly as all sin and quite literally the worst part of the game. Like other users have suggested here before the best thing that could happen would be having an option for a quick divorce and her character to be written off the game entirely for those who wish to follow that path.
So, uhm, you're saying she's got no impact on the story while on the other hand saying there is no story without her? Fair enough that you'd like a path like that, but since it doesn't exist and she plays a major role in the game...well, sounds pretty contradicting to me.
As for her visuals, well, I beg to differ. I'm well aware that arguing about someones taste is pointless, and I do have to respect your opinion on that, but have you seen some of the creatures populating our planet? There are actual abominations where "fugly as all sin" would be a very much fitting description, but Lara? Damn. But ay, it is what it is I guess. I for one would take a Lara (talking appearance, not character) over f.e a Miranda any day of the week.
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