Sorry buddy, but this argument has been proven wrong. Zoey creates tension and internal conflict for the MC and the player, plus given the pitfalls of his Lis, it makes you question the correctness of your LI's choice, but not destruction. Your understanding of her plot mechanism is incorrect. This already seems like an unhealthy fixation.
The problem is: Zoey is just a thing to forgive. The MC has clearly moved on; the story isn't about Zoey. Her arc was done. Any sane male going through 1st year of college and having women coming at him from every direction wouldn't care about some wanna-be-ex wanting to be de facto girlfriend #1.
How has this already been disproven? We don't know yet what the consequences will be if we choose Zoey over the current girlfriend(s).
We can have sex with many girls, especially on the Others route, but no this isn't a harem game.
What argument?
Because destroying path is the player choice. Make stupid decisions, play stupid games, push the wrong buttons. There is no forced mechanic return to Zoey. There aren't even any traps on the path that DPC likes to set up - for example, Jade is a time bomb for Sage's path, which the player doesn't know about. With Zoey everything is obvious, if you want to come back, choose.
Yeah, but that would still mean that Zoey is the one who instigates the final choice, not MC. Especially the quote of her DIK version makes her worthy of her "title" of The Destroyer.
You just answered your question perfectly, without the need to write further. You, the player, do this by your choice. End of story. Your further subjective opinion on how you evaluate their past relationships and their influence, how “deep” it is, has no bearing on the issue, it is demagogy.
I love playing this game, having fun, seeing the consequences of my decisions and causing chaos. I ruined the M/J path by going back to Zoey just to cuck shrimp for fun again. (again, I'm the path destroyer, not her)
You have issues. Hurting myself by playing the game with imaginary characters? By exploring it?
Initiate or not, she has no control here. If it were forced based on the past dynamics of MC/Zoey during Episodes 9-11, say if Zoey's high score led to an auto-selection to return to her - then yes. But we don't have that.
Dude, relax. I've noticed for a long time that this toxic guy is walking around different discussion threads and everywhere he says how bad this "insert any name" game is. There's no point in arguing with him.
As far as I know, Josy still hasn't forgiven MC for leaving her at the crossroads. How will she react if he leaves her and Maya in episode 12? No, they won't forgive him. They will hate him until the end of the game. Returning to Zoey will ruin the relationship with the entire main five (MC of the others will be able to fix this over time).
If a girl (tries to) conquer a man of which she knows he is in a relationship, she is called a homewrecker. That is why "we"call Zoey "The Destroyer", even though in the end it's Tremolo's decision.
True, she seems extremely close to forgiving MC during the HOT/DIK event in episode 11, but Josy isn't completely there yet. This choice will at best reset that progress and at worst make it much much worse.
Personality? She's obviously more mature and healthier than the other teachers, including Bella, by being on a dating site, and actively "breaking up" with the MC for professional reasons. (Compare: Cathy.)
Someone's deflecting, and it ain't me.
I see you like wasting time and hurting "people."
Welcome to my ignore list Mr. Passive-Aggressive.
Yes, we could have NEVER have chosen any romance partners or options before. But the game sets up in nearly every other scene the option for intimacy or gaining + points with a character. It's been doing this for years, as design, as how Renpy games are setup.
A lot of simping energy without objectivity here.
1. Came up with a non-existent problem.
Yes, the player is to blame, and those who played the previous game from DPC know that he likes to play the player. So yes, I blame the player. Don't choose the fucked up desicions if you are get angry because of this
what is the actual story of the game itself?
