I think I played the original Big Brother like two years ago. I never had any desire to replay it. There are two things that stand out in my mind when I remember the game. First of course is Eric. The second is the story that Kira tells Max about how Ann was strong and independent as a child. She tells him how Ann changed after both Ann and Kira were kidnapped by a child molester. Kira got away but Ann was held captive for a week. When Ann was found after that week, her spirit had been broken. I thought what a terrible thing to put into this story. What was worse was Max's reaction. Instead of feeling sorry for his mother, having some compassion for her; his only thought was to wonder how he could use this information to get into her pants.
There were a several things that I disliked about the original story. Max is pathetically weak. Eric is in control of the story in the beginning. Before Max can get rid of Eric, Kira takes control. When Kira's influence starts waning Alice takes charge. Max is the archetype douche bag MC. He doesn't truly care about anyone but himself as the above story demonstrates; but it doesn't really matter because the whole family is that way. After knowing Eric a week Ann let's him tell her how to raise her kids. After two weeks she's willing to send her son off to military school on Eric's say so. Alice, who was so happy that her mother has a boyfriend, is willing to betray her mother for clothes. Lisa becomes friends with Olivia to try to steal Alex. Kira manipulates her whole family.
To be honest what I liked about the game was I thought the render of Ann was hot. Perhaps that's one of the reasons I dislike Eric's character so much, because there is no opportunity to keep him away from her. The other reasons are that he is the start of everything I dislike about the game. Max's inability to stand up to Eric. The fact that everyone in the family is willing to betray everyone else in the family for Eric (even Max has a route to befriend Eric.) Just the fact that there is such a route shows what a douche bag Max can be.
I think I'm just going to walk away from this game. My hope when I saw it was that it was going to be a better game than the original. A game where Max wasn't so weak. A game where the family members cared about each other a little bit. These games have come a long away since the original BB, apparently not this one. It looks like it will be basically the same story with the same flaws (at least my perceived flaws.) There will just be some additional scenes and maybe a continuation of the same sad story.
