He could, but what Cndyrvr4lf was pointing out a player can go in and change their affinity points to be Dik/Neutral/Chik just like changing RP points in other games. Even without cheating it would encourage someone to disengage from the story and just focus on points. I'm not sure there is a solution for a game that offers different ends since there will always be players than want to see them all.
That's because very few people in reality are truly neutral. How hard would it be to walk through life and not give a shit about anything? That's neutral, neither positive or negative just a simple I don't care either way.
What I'm really afraid of is that I think DPC has the ending already planned and the only real difference is who is going to be standing beside you. That's why I think this is so forced.
Yeah, Acting Lessons had 22 endings, but they were all basically the same except for who you were with and who your friend was with (or if either of you were single).
I can understand wanting more choice, but sandbox porn games are almost always worse off. I find the increased number of choices available means WILDLY less time spent developing character and writing an engaging story. Renders and character models are suddenly lower quality and the development takes far longer for something that ultimately has less content. They can work, but games like this where the focus is on one story with minor character choices often end up having a high quality. I guess that's what it all comes down to though, quality vs quantity.
One could argue that the scene in Episode 5 were she admits she was mad when the MC turned her down but says the two of them should hang out more is meant to be such a turning point. But like with a lot of things, we'll have to wait for Episode 6 to see if anything comes of it for those not on Sage's path.
I don't know. The MC can decide he asked Jill out just to spite Tybalt, and the game does remember that. Similarly, if you decline to kiss her during the date, even Jill will be unconvinced there's much between them.
I think you are going to the extreme on this. No one is saying we want a million branches or a sandbox/open world game. We just want our choices to actually matter otherwise why even give me a choice?
It's a common problem with morality meters. With good and evil you know where you stand. But with these filthy neutrals...
I agree in principal, but I do think DPC has been inconsistent in how he handles the idea of choices. Most of the time, we get relatively minor decisions that have a small but recognizable effect on the story, and all is well. But not always.
It's a problem with game rules vs reality. Absolutes don't work. Good/Evil might work for a general tendency but it isn't a guarantee in reference to everything. Good can still do evil and Evil can still do good. Example - Churches in the dark ages and their actions. Hitler (before he went totally crazy) - Turned Germany into a 1st world nation and really turned them around after WWI (and then he lost it and went crazy and went back to evil). I in know way think Hitler was a good person so please don't go there.
Sure, naming characters can help flesh out the world. But it is interesting that Monica is referenced by name so often when other, more significant background characters are not. Maya's dad, for example, has had a much larger impact on the story and even a brief appearance on screen, but no one has ever mentioned his name.
In one scene, Jade Says MC "My career and children" And no husband will tolerate a photo of someone else's boyfriend in the bedroom. Tybalt has the same hair as Jade (Eyebrows like a husband). Heredity.
Aside from this being a sex game.
I must disagree. I find the characters have relatively well established personalities, and often even distinctive voices. Swapping their dialog around would be extremely noticeable. In fact, the scenes where the characters act wildly out of character are noteworthy precisely because they are so rare.
That's true.
Good point. In all the books I've read and written, the antagonist vs protagonist is not that different on the morality spectrum. They each have their own view of what's good and what's evil. And both of them feel they are correct. That's why it's important to keep the characters consistent. When you have an MC with such a loving father as Neil and has all this love and respect for him, yet goes and basically leads on as many girls he wants, you have a conflict of character morality, to begin with. That's why the choices are important in games like this. But, it's not like DPA hasn't digressed a bit from his previous versions.
Acting out of Character is literally the definition of bad writing, btw. Characters in all "well" written stories are consistent. They can have their changes, but it must be consistent with their goals.
I think the Maya/Josy situation and how it resolved in the end of episode 4 is one of the most criticized parts of this game so far. I went back to play the rejected by them path for 5 just to see what would happen, and like you said basically you miss out on the sex scene and hanging out on blanket where nothing is resolved, and a phone call later in the episode (although the phone call seemed to have the opposite tone of the blanket discussion in the relationship path suggesting they were going for a full sexual relationship).
