glaslow
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I don't think most of them are doomed to failure either. People just seem to be just taking the idea of exploring the possibility of it personally and lashing out at me. The only one I know won't make it is the throuple and one guy listed games like leap of faith as happy ending, but the throuple fails there too. The one game that isn't really a harem (at least from what I have played.) where the throuple seemed to make it was Bare Witness and that ending feels super forced in my opinion. Even the chasing Sunsets one fails if you don't get one condition correct, which I guess this guy gets his pigeon hole happy ending kinda. Also in chasing sunsets the Lisa relationship fails. So it isn't like stuff like this hasn't happened at all before. I agree the DPC will do what he likes best and usurp expectations in some ways. We will find out in 5 years how it all endsTo be fair, while I don't think the other guy's pessimism is warranted I do think if any dev is willing to give a huge middle finger to genre expectations it's DPC. He already does it pretty regularly and continues to include elements many of his players hate simply because they fit his vision of the game, not because they build to the "best" narrative. And in some ways, that willingness to go outside the box and do what no one else does is part of what makes this game so great, but it can also be infuriating at times. See the sudden erectile dysfunction last episode, the puzzle box, or every discussion ever about minigames.
I can totally see some of the relationships simply not working out. The throuple does seem pretty doomed, and while with most devs I would expect some tightrope walk to get that perfect outcome I don't think any conversation about it will ever escape the shadow of the house fire. Bella's route is obviously a ticking time bomb, Sage is leaving at the end of the year, and Jill has her own shit going on. That isn't to say they'll all fail - in any other game I'd expect success to be the default for each - but I can see any one of them ending on a "just friends" note.
Of course, we still have a whole nother season ahead of us to solve some of this drama and further strengthen our relationships, so I think a lot of this stuff will go away once we're closer to the finish line. I don't think most of the routes are doomed to fail, and it could very well be that none of them are. I could see them ending up as super specific win conditions, but knowing how unhinged some people in this forum are I would dread the reaction if any of them are forced bad ends. But I can't quite shake the idea that at least one of these relationships just isn't meant to work out, no matter what.
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