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what the players wanted to do or not had nothing to do with it.Man, can't believe I missed such a lively an generally well-rationed M&J debate.
Well, here's my 2 cents anyway.
I think it comes down to people being OK with stealing a girl from their current partner in adult games, and since Josy straight-up tells the MC she has a boyfriend, then most people, even the Maya haters, don't/didn't seem to have a problem getting with Josy.
With Maya, she said it then rescinded it, which meant that it came as a shock later. People didn't understand why Maya withheld that information and were and still are incredibly judgmental and view her as a terrible person who committed an unforgivable sin, even though it really wasn't that bad.
MC falls in love with Josy regardless of our choices, and regardless of our choices he goes to her place for dinner.
the only thing we decide is whether to stay with her afterwards, which unless we have very high moral ethics seems to me to be quite an irresistible temptation. but even if we choose to go home this does not change anything that will happen, indeed what should be seen as a sensitive gesture towards Josy (not to take advantage of her emotional state) becomes a black flag towards her
so the player is thrown into a romance (the first one in the game), in which he may or may not see himself again, but this changes little, and then his path is blocked off by Maya. it seems to me to be reason enough to create ill will
the only obstacle between Mc and Josy is Maya, the only obstacle between MC and Maya is always Maya, the only obstacle between MC and the trouple is always Maya herself (Josy tells us)
is there a difference between mental and psychological breakdown? I ask sincerely, perhaps I am missing some linguistic nuance, I was referring to that anywayWhy not a mental breakdown. You wrote about trauma yourself. If trauma is not dealt with, it can lead to a mental breakdown.