Bruceleefan

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The dark secret for Bella is hinted at when the MC kisses her in the library (if you did it), he comments to himself if he had known he would have run away instead of pushing her. So far that, the warning at the beginning of the game, and bad memories from AL (developer's previous game) are what the theories are based on.
What he actually says is he would have called for help. When you kiss her she starts crying and says please stop. I think her husband left her & she is deeply depressed.
 

mindern

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That could indicate some dark secret, but I don't think so. I think Bella's inconsistent behaviour around the MC, where sometimes she barely tolerates his existence and sometimes can barely stop herself from sleeping with him, may indicate a problem; brain tumour maybe?
I raised the idea before, I interpret the inconsistency as her biology rubbing up against her morality. She doesn't want to cheat on her husband. With full rationality she pushes the MC away, she pushes him towards Jill and always says after they're together "never again". When emotionally and physically intimate with him she loses control (it's like a sneeze she says). Which is a fairly common biological response. There's entire systems built into human biology to make us want to fuck. Systems to assuage guilt, bond us to people. Every man here knows the change in how you think after you cum. Brain chemistry is a fickle mistress.

On top of this she says herself the MC has awakened something in her that's been long dormant (in bed after the kiss she masturbates and says how no man has made her feel like this in years). I take her inconsistency as her being in that first stage of an affair. The flood of hormones, the affair fog as they call it. She knows it's wrong to cheat with an 18 year old but every time the MC initiates with her (IIRC it's always him at least starting things, he might not kiss her first but he's being sexual with her first) this repressed sexuality and desire to be intimate takes over and she gives in... only to come to her senses and tell him they can't be together when the dopamine wears off and she's got the proverbial post-nut clarity.
 

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Actually there is, but not in a single game save. Save the CHOICE screen where he decides to be friends with the girls or love with the girls. The play the first option. Stop and save, load the CHOICE screen and choose the other option and go with Jade. Can do it in a single game save but you can play though both then choose the option you prefer to continue.

I do this at every major CHOICE option so I can play through every game alternative.
 

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That could indicate some dark secret, but I don't think so. I think Bella's inconsistent behaviour around the MC, where sometimes she barely tolerates his existence and sometimes can barely stop herself from sleeping with him, may indicate a problem; brain tumour maybe?
Someone else noted he really said call for help and they thought it might have been a reference to her having severe depression which would be a logical guess.
 

always86

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DPC on Bella bets a lot of his reputation as a good "writer", the explanation must be simple and credible




my love will cure her
I'm no leaning towards the death of a child or husband. Someone suggested a while back that it might be a possibility. She has some kids books at home, she seems to want her husband to come back having forgiven him. That suggests he is alive (although this could be part of her being fucked up). I think it's possible the kid died in a way the father was responsible for.
 

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Sex scenes aside (it's a porn game after all :Kappa:), the three paths provide perspective on characters.

Sage's path gives an insight into The HOTs's daily living. Their rules, the way Sage delegates to Quinn, their dynamics. We get more backstory for Sage and Riona. Quinn's troubled crush for the MC becomes more evident. We see how much Ashley is uncomfortable with HOTs' standards unlike Lily. We can observe the way Sarah and Melanie treat their respective daughters...

Bella's path is totally focused on her. If you don't choose her path, she has no screen time in the episode, except the library scene with Josy and Jill.

Derek's path is maybe the least interesting, but it gives you the opportunity to bond more with Derek, Rusty and even Tommy. We also discover why the MC was naked after the crazy night in the strip club :LOL:.

So it's better to play the three paths to get the bigger picture.

So those are just pictures, not actual scenes? Alright, then I don't care to unlock them.
 

Cndyrvr4lf

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It's a key part of the "game" element of this game. Lots of the images are quite good and worth getting, especially if you are a completionist like me.
Same here. Sides even if it isn't you're preferred route there are bits and pieces of the story scattered all over. So I find I learn more about who, what, where and why by doing all of them.
 

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Edit: Patreon link fixed.
"Expired URL".

Quite a progress, from tech standpoint. Although DPC might wanna expand the scope a bit as compared with relatively short and linear 5 ep. so it still hardly tells us about any deadlines. My bet is early october.
So those are just pictures, not actual scenes? Alright, then I don't care to unlock them.
People's obsession with them is beyond me, yeah. But I must admit that their presence makes my favorite free-roams parts a bit more exciting explore wise. Plus there're heavily overlapping across branches so you can unlock majority of them either way.
 
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Cndyrvr4lf

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"Expired URL".

Quite a progress, from tech standpoint. Although DPC might wanna expand the scope a bit as compared with relatively short and linear 5 ep. so it still hardly tells us about any deadlines. My bet is early october.

People's obsession with them is beyond me, yeah. But I must admit that their presence makes my favorite free-roams parts a bit more exciting explore wise. Plus there're heavily overlapping across branches so you can unlock majority of them either way.
For me it's the completionist in me. I'm the same way with video games.
 

jackofshadows

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For me it's the completionist in me. I'm the same way with video games.
Sure, I get that, it's like with achievements, no matter how retarded design they might have. But I prefer when achievements are encouraging some different approach to a game (highest difficulty, certain conditions - something challenging instead of do 100 of this or 100 of that). But even we're talking about "find all the secrets" kind of stuff - spotting these things here is not hard at all. And given the game's nature (it's just a VN we're talking about) it offers too little to me. Like I said, the fact that I do exploring with a bit more thouroughness is nice enough but renders themselves? Without the context they're worthless to me.

The biggest draw to look for another paths like was mentioned above it to look at the big picture since I'm curious about BaDIK's storytelling after all.
 

Cndyrvr4lf

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Sure, I get that, it's like with achievements, no matter how retarded design they might have. But I prefer when achievements are encouraging some different approach to a game (highest difficulty, certain conditions - something challenging instead of do 100 of this or 100 of that). But even we're talking about "find all the secrets" kind of stuff - spotting these things here is not hard at all. And given the game's nature (it's just a VN we're talking about) it offers too little to me. Like I said, the fact that I do exploring with a bit more thouroughness is nice enough but renders themselves? Without the context they're worthless to me.

The biggest draw to look for another paths like was mentioned above it to look at the big picture since I'm curious about BaDIK's storytelling after all.
I like exploring even on the "bad" paths or -RP ones. Even the fails are occasionally hilarious and since we got a bit till the next update gives me something to do. Or they open up my state and I can go back to my regularly scheduled summer shit.

Renders as I understand it aren't associated with any in game scenes so they're amusing to find. I'm mostly after the scene's and the "other side" of the story.
 
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