VN Ren'Py Abandoned Bitch Squad [v0.4.7] [IcarusLabs]

[Seagal]

Where is this NTR talk coming from? There's no NTR in this game that I saw and read.

Maybe a moderator needs to review the game and if they feel the game needs an NTR tag then they should add it, and if they don't then they should make a note on the opening post that states there's no NTR. While they're at it, they should also give advanced warning that posts bringing up NTR will be removed with possible warnings or thread bans.

I'd feel bad that if a moderator had to do such a thing, but it's extremely disrespectful and damaging to the developer for a small number of thin-skinned users to keep bringing up NTR if the tag is not warranted.



"For a game to be classified as Netorare the following conditions must be met:

1. The protagonist's significant other, a very close friend, or in some cases, a close relative is stolen from him by someone seducing, coercing, blackmailing, outright raping them, or by using other techniques. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are literally stolen, but the negative feelings experienced by their significant other might make it seem so.

2. The one who loses their loved one almost always finds out about the situation and suffers from jealousy and the feeling of helplessness arisen from an inability to change anything. The one stealing the lover and/or the stolen loved one might rub it in by humiliating the loser in private or in public.

3. The trait does not apply if the character having sex with someone else does not have a close loving relationship with the protagonist, and if the protagonist does not experience jealousy and other negative feelings upon finding out about the act. In other words, the ties between the partners and their forcible separation is important to the netorare fetish. For example, an unrequited crush or a potential hero(ine) on a different route would not count for the purposes of this fetish.

4. The act of stealing must happen while the protagonist is in a relationship with the stolen significant other. Scenes of heroine's past relationships do not count as Netorare.

The game is usually portrayed from the perspective of someone losing his significant other, in order to delve deep into the jealousy aspect of the fetish, however, for story purposes the game might switch between multiple POVs and also portray the events from the perspective of the stolen SO."

 

[Malika1234]

Loved all the lesbian scenes! Keep it up! love the VN and can't wait to see what happens esp with the GF.

 

[ItzSyther]

Why is the protag so forgiving to people that caused him misery? I just don't get it. The game is lacking well, choice. I should be able to decide if I forgive anyone and just go for 'pure revenge' the only choices I saw was related to sex/adult situations which is fine and dandy (cause porn game) but I would of actually liked to influence the story but oh well.

 

[HentaiKami]

Why is the protag so forgiving to people that caused him misery? I just don't get it. The game is lacking well, choice. I should be able to decide if I forgive anyone and just go for 'pure revenge' the only choices I saw was related to sex/adult situations which is fine and dandy (cause porn game) but I would of actually liked to influence the story but oh well.

From what i understood, protag isn't forgiving, but he was instructed to bide his time and act like he has forgiven everything by the "sponsor" he contacted in episode 2. Basically wait until we find perfect opportunity and i train you to do socially safe, for you, revenge.

 

[Bestinian]

We have a mystery that is doing relatively well. Not everything is in place yet, a few things are obvious, but there is the danger of it getting a bit out of control.

Most likely scenario is that there is definitely an external force involved when it comes to the bitch squad. Their mission is still not clear, and they seem to be at worst uncaring about the people they destroy, or at best dupes for most of the problems in high school. Thematically the game is going for a eye for an eye makes everyone blind theme, but I do find it interesting that the darkest things that have happened thus far are done by the MCs gang, and anything done by the Bitch Squad post high school has a general level of justification. For example, even if the sorority didn't release the sarah pic, they did by admission refuse her entry even though she had enough points, only to separate the group. There are also hints about the sorority itself having been manipulated by outside forces, as in requiring photos recently, and the increasing number of sexual pledge requirements.

While I am unsure as to whether or not Sarah IS the one who put the images of the MC in the slide show, if that does turn out to be the case, the game has much work to do to have that outcome make sense. She would have to have a reason to be spying on MC and Tommy's room and the MC himself since before even running into him at college, which would be odd. It's also the obvious "not obvious" choice of the culprit. Annie also generally falls into the category, but would requite her playing the MC through much of their lives together to work.

So that means we don't have enough information to know who has done it as of yet. Which moves us on to the main thing for the next episode. The game is nearing the point that questions need to be answered soon. Not all of them, but some, which can then move to new questions as it goes forward. There are three big unknowns that are out there right now, What happened in high school? What is the BS's goal and all that entails? and Who is responsible for putting for targeting the MC? All of those don't need complete answers, but at least 1 or 2 of them need to be addressed.

Some of what happened in high school is irrefutable, Charlotte threw Amber naked into the hallway, no one denies it. Same with someone, most likely Emma, releasing the naked pics of the MC, and whatever it was that happened to Tommy. Charlotte and Emma are undeniable bullies in school, and the first images we even see are of them, and their apparent BFs mocking the MC, with Sarah, Annie, and Kate looking uncomfortable with it. It's also fairly clear that Kate's initial prank wasn't meant to be malicious, like making fun of the virgin loser or whatever, as the MC had been with girls prior to his hell year based on internal dialog and his reactions at college. The main question then is was his bullying egged on by the BS, or was it a byproduct? The BS had a reputation of being harsh prior to all of this, well deserved. So, why did they add Annie to the group? Most likely due to her rich mother, or better said rich father, but there was a plan happening even back then.

Which leads to the second question, why did they all go to the local university at what seems to be the last minute? They have a plan, and the player knows far more about it than the MC, from what we see in college they are vicious to anyone who messes with the group, but they don't seem to be doing what they did in high school. At least at first. But every time they talk to each other they hint at some further goal, and the subtext seems to be that it is for some greater good, but there isn't much to go on beyond that. It is clear that the dev is working to make them sympathetic, but for that to really land we need to know WHY they have done the stuff they did, and at least some of what their goals are.

The third question ties into the first two. Why is the MC being targeted? Unless the surveillance is on Tommy and not him, then someone has been watching him and thus he has been a target at least since university started. Why?

If some of these questions aren't answered soon the game risks the problem of having too many balls to juggle at once.

Other than that, the game does well at most things, though the sorority hazing stuff was somehow handled better in a game like BADIK (that hurts to say), where the main LI options weren't doing anything slutty or hinted at doing anything slutty with guys outside the MC. The one who suffers the most from this is Annie, the first girl we meet, and clearly the slow burn LI in the game. No one outside of "every girl must be pure until the MC" would have issues with Charlotte or Emma slutting it up, and Kate is shown as clearly being uncomfortable with sucking dick to get into the sorority, correct me if I am wrong, but the game either hints or flat out says annie would or did blow a guy if Amber isn't sent after her... which confuses things with her a fair bit. IN fact Annie's story is the one that the dev seems to have the most trouble making work currently. The player is told that the MC and Annie were close once, but none of it comes through in their dialog much at all thus far.

 

[Alfius]

We have a mystery that is doing relatively well. Not everything is in place yet, a few things are obvious, but there is the danger of it getting a bit out of control.

Most likely scenario is that there is definitely an external force involved when it comes to the bitch squad. Their mission is still not clear, and they seem to be at worst uncaring about the people they destroy, or at best dupes for most of the problems in high school. Thematically the game is going for a eye for an eye makes everyone blind theme, but I do find it interesting that the darkest things that have happened thus far are done by the MCs gang, and anything done by the Bitch Squad post high school has a general level of justification. For example, even if the sorority didn't release the sarah pic, they did by admission refuse her entry even though she had enough points, only to separate the group. There are also hints about the sorority itself having been manipulated by outside forces, as in requiring photos recently, and the increasing number of sexual pledge requirements.

While I am unsure as to whether or not Sarah IS the one who put the images of the MC in the slide show, if that does turn out to be the case, the game has much work to do to have that outcome make sense. She would have to have a reason to be spying on MC and Tommy's room and the MC himself since before even running into him at college, which would be odd. It's also the obvious "not obvious" choice of the culprit. Annie also generally falls into the category, but would requite her playing the MC through much of their lives together to work.

So that means we don't have enough information to know who has done it as of yet. Which moves us on to the main thing for the next episode. The game is nearing the point that questions need to be answered soon. Not all of them, but some, which can then move to new questions as it goes forward. There are three big unknowns that are out there right now, What happened in high school? What is the BS's goal and all that entails? and Who is responsible for putting for targeting the MC? All of those don't need complete answers, but at least 1 or 2 of them need to be addressed.

Some of what happened in high school is irrefutable, Charlotte threw Amber naked into the hallway, no one denies it. Same with someone, most likely Emma, releasing the naked pics of the MC, and whatever it was that happened to Tommy. Charlotte and Emma are undeniable bullies in school, and the first images we even see are of them, and their apparent BFs mocking the MC, with Sarah, Annie, and Kate looking uncomfortable with it. It's also fairly clear that Kate's initial prank wasn't meant to be malicious, like making fun of the virgin loser or whatever, as the MC had been with girls prior to his hell year based on internal dialog and his reactions at college. The main question then is was his bullying egged on by the BS, or was it a byproduct? The BS had a reputation of being harsh prior to all of this, well deserved. So, why did they add Annie to the group? Most likely due to her rich mother, or better said rich father, but there was a plan happening even back then.

Which leads to the second question, why did they all go to the local university at what seems to be the last minute? They have a plan, and the player knows far more about it than the MC, from what we see in college they are vicious to anyone who messes with the group, but they don't seem to be doing what they did in high school. At least at first. But every time they talk to each other they hint at some further goal, and the subtext seems to be that it is for some greater good, but there isn't much to go on beyond that. It is clear that the dev is working to make them sympathetic, but for that to really land we need to know WHY they have done the stuff they did, and at least some of what their goals are.

The third question ties into the first two. Why is the MC being targeted? Unless the surveillance is on Tommy and not him, then someone has been watching him and thus he has been a target at least since university started. Why?

If some of these questions aren't answered soon the game risks the problem of having too many balls to juggle at once.

Other than that, the game does well at most things, though the sorority hazing stuff was somehow handled better in a game like BADIK (that hurts to say), where the main LI options weren't doing anything slutty or hinted at doing anything slutty with guys outside the MC. The one who suffers the most from this is Annie, the first girl we meet, and clearly the slow burn LI in the game. No one outside of "every girl must be pure until the MC" would have issues with Charlotte or Emma slutting it up, and Kate is shown as clearly being uncomfortable with sucking dick to get into the sorority, correct me if I am wrong, but the game either hints or flat out says annie would or did blow a guy if Amber isn't sent after her... which confuses things with her a fair bit. IN fact Annie's story is the one that the dev seems to have the most trouble making work currently. The player is told that the MC and Annie were close once, but none of it comes through in their dialog much at all thus far.

Agreed 100%.

Agree with everything accept your last paragraph.

In BADIK Sage arguably had sex with Chad(?) (Sorry it's been while since he was in the story) sometime before she crossed paths with the MC. I actually love the way BADIK handles sex in general. Everyone is having it.

What the hazing tells us is that all the members in the BS, apart from Sarah, are sexually experienced (Including Annie and Kate). No, they do not want to be forced to do it for the sorority, but they are fully prepared to take one for the team. I don't understand what is controversial about that. It shows that they put the BS above everything else.

In terms of Annie and the MC being close. Close as a family, Brother and sister, friends, BFF etc. Being close does not imply anything sexual or romantic. One can even assume that when they were close that she did not have a BF during this time. Obviously as they have grown apart, she had BF/sexual partner(s) since then. It is very clear from the group dynamic that Sarah is the only girl in the BS with no sexual experience.

I don't understand why it's a big deal if she gave the guy a BJ (I'm also not 100% sure she did, but she was willing to) She is clearly a big girl that is not AT THIS STAGE romantically invested in the MC and because of her Loyalty, would do anything required of her, including a BJ, for the BS.

 

[TeslaCoil]

The game becomes more interesting with the mod patch I see...

 

[Bestinian]

Agreed 100%.

Agree with everything accept your last paragraph.

In BADIK Sage arguably had sex with Chad(?) (Sorry it's been while since he was in the story) sometime before she crossed paths with the MC. I actually love the way BADIK handles sex in general. Everyone is having it.

What the hazing tells us is that all the members in the BS, apart from Sarah, are sexually experienced (Including Annie and Kate). No, they do not want to be forced to do it for the sorority, but they are fully prepared to take one for the team. I don't understand what is controversial about that. It shows that they put the BS above everything else.

In terms of Annie and the MC being close. Close as a family, Brother and sister, friends, BFF etc. Being close does not imply anything sexual or romantic. One can even assume that when they were close that she did not have a BF during this time. Obviously as they have grown apart, she had BF/sexual partner(s) since then. It is very clear from the group dynamic that Sarah is the only girl in the BS with no sexual experience.

I don't understand why it's a big deal if she gave the guy a BJ (I'm also not 100% sure she did, but she was willing to) She is clearly a big girl that is not AT THIS STAGE romantically invested in the MC and because of her Loyalty, would do anything required of her, including a BJ, for the BS.

I should have been more specific. Sage is shown in BADIK as being at least a former party girl and having a current boyfriend, who she hasn't banged in a while. The girls in BADIK who are shown or discuss banging other people during the time of the game are either the GFs of other characters, side girls, literal hookers, or faculty. The game has problems but does an admirable job of setting the personalities and expectations for the player to avoid any issues. Annie generally is the worst defined of the BS. A lot of this is due to only telling the backstory of her and the MC and not showing it. But even in the present day times, all we still really know is that she wants to make things right, maybe, with the MC. This is because feels bad, sort of, over what happened to him in high school. And she Might or might not be secretly into him. There isn't much that is solid about her. So in the game itself she becomes a bit of a blank slate, which the first girl you meet in the game probably shouldn't be.

Ok, so she has had relationships before? Nothing wrong with that, but we get zero indication of that one way or the other. Is her sexuality new, and a change from who she was before? No real way to know? Did she get a new BF after joining the Bitch Squad? Maybe, maybe not. With nothing to go on again, it makes players fill in the gaps. This is different than learning about say Ashley's past, which was delivered quite succinctly, she was bullied by Charlotte, and had a BF before but it all went to hell because of the rumors. Simple, efficient, and effective. And that is because Ashley was not close to the MC before, Annie was, for five years they were stepsiblings/best friends but we have the least information on her.

Thus with nothing to go on, players will naturally assign any trait that the text can support, true or not. She is just as likely to have been sucking dicks behind the gym, as having had one BF that was great and fizzled out.

 

[satirious]

I should have been more specific. Sage is shown in BADIK as being at least a former party girl and having a current boyfriend, who she hasn't banged in a while. The girls in BADIK who are shown or discuss banging other people during the time of the game are either the GFs of other characters, side girls, literal hookers, or faculty. The game has problems but does an admirable job of setting the personalities and expectations for the player to avoid any issues. Annie generally is the worst defined of the BS. A lot of this is due to only telling the backstory of her and the MC and not showing it. But even in the present day times, all we still really know is that she wants to make things right, maybe, with the MC. This is because feels bad, sort of, over what happened to him in high school. And she Might or might not be secretly into him. There isn't much that is solid about her. So in the game itself she becomes a bit of a blank slate, which the first girl you meet in the game probably shouldn't be.

Ok, so she has had relationships before? Nothing wrong with that, but we get zero indication of that one way or the other. Is her sexuality new, and a change from who she was before? No real way to know? Did she get a new BF after joining the Bitch Squad? Maybe, maybe not. With nothing to go on again, it makes players fill in the gaps. This is different than learning about say Ashley's past, which was delivered quite succinctly, she was bullied by Charlotte, and had a BF before but it all went to hell because of the rumors. Simple, efficient, and effective. And that is because Ashley was not close to the MC before, Annie was, for five years they were stepsiblings/best friends but we have the least information on her.

Thus with nothing to go on, players will naturally assign any trait that the text can support, true or not. She is just as likely to have been sucking dicks behind the gym, as having had one BF that was great and fizzled out.

The what where when why and how many Annie has banged isn't important at this stage. Alfius keeps bringing it back to that to redirect discussion of the actual flaws in the story. To put it simply, the actions of the main character make no damn sense unless you ignore what has been written and only focus on the tits and ass may get to glimpse or hear rumors of.

The school is supposed to be one with actual standards. It is not general admission. Idiots need not apply. The main character gained acceptance on merit. Thus, we are to take it that he isn't a single brain cell moron that can not see what is right in front of his face. Even if he's fresh out of High School, he's still smart enough to understand that stepping in front of a moving train is dangerous and putting your hand in fire is going to get you burned.

If we accept those as the simple baseline for who the main character is, then everything that has happened between him and the bitch squad thus far makes no sense at all.

The MC and Annie were not besties. Even if he once thought they were closer than they were, he had years of torment to learn that wasn't true. They have not lived under the same roof in roughly a year. Any thought that he should feel some sort of loyalty to her is hand waving for the purpose of narrative necessity. Annie makes it clear that he comes last when the choice is the BS or him.

Her desire for the end to hostilities is all about getting rid of a minor annoyance that may conflict with the clout chasing goals of her dear friends. It also makes it easier if her favorite sacrificial lamb is compliant. Of course she wants the abused to just shut up and take it. The bitch squad don't need anything that can cause bumps in their road to conquest.

If the main character has a brain, then he doesn't trust any of them enough to think peace is real or even an option. Unless he is brain dead, he would have learned any niceties from the five girls is a pretext to further attacks. Unless he has had all of his basic understanding of simple survival removed, he would never allow Emma to walk beyond his door. Nor would he have continued anything with Sarah the second he realized they were no longer alone. Especially once he understands that it was planned.

Those and other obvious problems is why the defenders keep trying to make this about sexual habits. It makes the defensive ground easier to fight on.

 

[Bestinian]

The MC and Annie were not besties. Even if he once thought they were closer than they were, he had years of torment to learn that wasn't true. They have not lived under the same roof in roughly a year. Any thought that he should feel some sort of loyalty to her is hand waving for the purpose of narrative necessity. Annie makes it clear that he comes last when the choice is the BS or him.

The main character might be smart but socially mid, until he had his fall senior year.

As to Annie, we just have zero to go on. He had five years of them being close as brother and sister, according to the game itself, with them only becoming estranged his last year of high school, the divorce HAS to have happened soon after the inciting incident, because there simply wouldn't be time for it otherwise. The problem is the backstory is important for figuring out Annie at all, and the backstory is barely there. And the main issues when it comes to the BS are ones I mentioned before, we need to have some idea as to what they are actually planning, soon if the dev's attempts to humanize them are going to work at all.

 

[alri]

I think what probably should be pointed out is that regarding the actions of the Bitch Squad, we've only heard everything from the pov of the MC and to a lesser degree Thommy and Ashley. It may very well all have gone down exactly like they say, but it might also be a case of unreliable narrator, at least to some degree. It wouldn't be the first game that pulls that stunt either. Everyone that ever played the original Final Fantasy 7 probably knows what I mean.

The school is supposed to be one with actual standards. It is not general admission. Idiots need not apply. The main character gained acceptance on merit. Thus, we are to take it that he isn't a single brain cell moron that can not see what is right in front of his face.

I'm pretty sure that the MC did not get in based on merit. He got in because his father is an alumni of the school. MC's grades, whether due to the bullying or his intelligence, weren't good enough to get into the school without his fathers help.

Also, when people are emotionally compromised, whether positively or negatively, they sometimes do things without thinking things through. Happens all the time in real life too.

 

[robrize2169]

i think the biggest mystery here is why do the bitches decide to go to the same uni as mc if they were supposedly going somewhere else. this seems a bit fishy to me. they are targeting mc for a specific reason, and perhaps that reason turns out to be Sarah, since i think she is our hacker. just my theory though.

 

[Bestinian]

I think what probably should be pointed out is that regarding the actions of the Bitch Squad, we've only heard everything from the pov of the MC and to a lesser degree Thommy and Ashley. It may very well all have gone down exactly like they say, but it might also be a case of unreliable narrator, at least to some degree. It wouldn't be the first game that pulls that stunt either. Everyone that ever played the original Final Fantasy 7 probably knows what I mean.

The problem with using an unreliable narrator in this game is that we have sequences entirely divorced from the MCs perspective. So while we have reason to doubt his interpretation of the scenes that happened, we don't have a reason to believe that they didn't happen, or didn't happen as we have been shown them. It's clear that there is supposed to be more to the BS than meets the eye, but it also makes clear that Emma and Charlotte for example are at the very least nearly as bad as the stories was as neither of them denies any accusation. They both don't see it as being that bad, but their victims clearly did.

And if the game wants to pull a Cloud reveal, it would need a lot more groundwork to have it make sense, FF7 even barely pulled it off.

 

[Satorius]

Just finished the last update. It is pretty good enough that I was reading the story. (start from the begining) So I guess, it keep me captivated regarding the story. The only problem is to see the MC, do not have any problem to have any sexual interaction with the Squad Bitch, but it turn around complaining about them. I guess, sometime he just think with is Dick like we all do if you are a man ahah.

 

[Bestinian]

Just finished the last update. It is pretty good enough that I was reading the story. (start from the begining) So I guess, it keep me captivated regarding the story. The only problem is to see the MC, do not have any problem to have any sexual interaction with the Squad Bitch, but it turn around complaining about them. I guess, sometime he just think with is Dick like we all do if you are a man ahah.

Yeah he is uneven. Feels like a bit of a split personality at times.

 

[WastedTalent]

The main character might be smart but socially mid, until he had his fall senior year.

As to Annie, we just have zero to go on. He had five years of them being close as brother and sister, according to the game itself, with them only becoming estranged his last year of high school, the divorce HAS to have happened soon after the inciting incident, because there simply wouldn't be time for it otherwise. The problem is the backstory is important for figuring out Annie at all, and the backstory is barely there. And the main issues when it comes to the BS are ones I mentioned before, we need to have some idea as to what they are actually planning, soon if the dev's attempts to humanize them are going to work at all.

Yeah I haven't seen any good in any of them. Just typical selfish bitches behavior. They refuse to take seriously what they did and won't even admit to it. They honestly think they are not culpable for the problems their original prank caused nor do they own up to the fact of how much influence they had on the actions of others. So either they were really dumb which from the way I believe her name is kate responded and got all the "me too" crowd on her side I have a hard time believing she's that stupid maybe they aren't all as smart and cunning as she is but they certainly aren't dummies. So, at what point do they open their eyes or admit they caused serious harm to others? They act like nothing they did was that bad it was just a stupid prank blah blah blah. The tap dancing and no actual revenge taking place is going to wear thin. At some point either the MC and his friends start gaining ground or is this going to be 3 years in the works and then we see something happen? I'm not asking for instant closure but at least get one of the girls to drop out of school and return home a failure... have the MC pick them off one by one or something until it's just Kate left alone with no friends. It appears revenge is becoming an after thought while the MC is getting busy with the very people he blames for everything that happened. I liked the original concept but dev if you're going revenge you gotta ramp it up and make it happen at this time it just looks like everybody is frenemies... I know some of that is by design but honestly if you drag this out too long it's going to make the idea and plot less enjoyable.

 

[boobsrcool]

Banner and description makes this sound a lot worse than it is. good game so far some likable characters with more depth than youd expect and different paths

 

[IcarusLabs]

The last Patreon-tier release is out.

That means that the general public release of EP3 is one week away!

It will be released on 1/27!

 

[CrazyRabbit]

That game is a very good surprise ; every character has way more depth than I thought... Also the bullying and the destructive vengeance are well written.
I'm still unsure if I'll go down the path of the destroyer or the merciful.... Some deserve the destroyer (Emma and Charlotte mostly, Kate deserve some too...) but others....like Sarah...poor Sarah... Hope we'll be able to help her move on...
Also we need to help Amber, the girl will end up being Kratos if we don't do something....

Only 3 points are bugging me (those are not criticism, just thoughts)

1) The relationship points are underused ; I mean we can be Ennemy or Lover with a girl but the scenes with her will be the same. I know... it'll ask way more renders and writing to put this feature in the game but I do hope one day we'll have that little subtility ; it makes the game better in every way.

2) About Kate, I noticed at the very beginning of the game, when MC is getting bullied in the hallway ; she looks sad and remorseful (much like Annie) yet with her interaction with MC, we never see that remorseful side of her. Until a certain scene with MC and Rachel, Kate is just dismissing MC. Have I made a wrong interpretation or am I missing something ?

3) (More of a rant than anything) .....Annie.... Annie might be the worst of the Bitch Squad all together. Watching his stepbro getting bullied without doing anything, never hanging out with him ever since she found the other girls, never ONCE apologizing for everything MC went through and her never being there for him, again never ONCE aknowledging the bad things the BS did....
Annie is a jerk and roaring hypocrite.
But what a pleasure to refuse her offer , it buttered my croissant if may say so myself. Seeing her breaking down as we spit on her offer, that shouldn't give me so much Schadenfreude but hey....
I actually don't want for her to be friends with MC again, no one needs someone like her in their life... Hope we can cut ties with her and rubbing it in her face some more.

Anyway, I loved the game ; it ticks every tropes I love. Big thanks and bravo to IcarusLabs

 

[drifter139]

That game is a very good surprise ; every character has way more depth than I thought... Also the bullying and the destructive vengeance are well written.
I'm still unsure if I'll go down the path of the destroyer or the merciful.... Some deserve the destroyer (Emma and Charlotte mostly, Kate deserve some too...) but others....like Sarah...poor Sarah... Hope we'll be able to help her move on...
Also we need to help Amber, the girl will end up being Kratos if we don't do something....

Only 3 points are bugging me (those are not criticism, just thoughts)

1) The relationship points are underused ; I mean we can be Ennemy or Lover with a girl but the scenes with her will be the same. I know... it'll ask way more renders and writing to put this feature in the game but I do hope one day we'll have that little subtility ; it makes the game better in every way.

2) About Kate, I noticed at the very beginning of the game, when MC is getting bullied in the hallway ; she looks sad and remorseful (much like Annie) yet with her interaction with MC, we never see that remorseful side of her. Until a certain scene with MC and Rachel, Kate is just dismissing MC. Have I made a wrong interpretation or am I missing something ?

3) (More of a rant than anything) .....Annie.... Annie might be the worst of the Bitch Squad all together. Watching his stepbro getting bullied without doing anything, never hanging out with him ever since she found the other girls, never ONCE apologizing for everything MC went through and her never being there for him, again never ONCE aknowledging the bad things the BS did....
Annie is a jerk and roaring hypocrite.
But what a pleasure to refuse her offer , it buttered my croissant if may say so myself. Seeing her breaking down as we spit on her offer, that shouldn't give me so much Schadenfreude but hey....
I actually don't want for her to be friends with MC again, no one needs someone like her in their life... Hope we can cut ties with her and rubbing it in her face some more.

Anyway, I loved the game ; it ticks every tropes I love. Big thanks and bravo to IcarusLabs

in regards to Kate being remorseful, I doubt she can be. she puts on an act to have this image of being a good person. I was starting to like Sarah but considering she used MC as a way to gain admission to the sorority, it shows she didn't change for the better since high school. the entire group in beyond redemption since they decided to release all of those pics and videos based on a shaky guess at who released Sarah's pic. also what Sarah did could be considered as sexual assault considering MC clearly didn't want to do it. I can't wait to see the day the group realizes no one in the sorority released the picture and the realize they ruined innocent lives for their own pathetic goals