All this incel yapping overlooks the obvious narrative risk. If the reader is meant to believe that new MC succeeds where old MC fails for Tara/Lisa, then the onus is on the devs to make it convincing. If new MC is subjectively less attractive than old MC or otherwise less appealing, cognitive dissonance from having played this game may overshadow immersion in the new narrative. I know I wouldn't be able to take the new game seriously if I thought the relationships with established characters were not believably motivated given their historical contexts.
This is why I hold it is safer to separate the main casts between games.
Yeah, still not buying it. The game has not come out yet. We don't even know the plot. We have no idea who the MC is. We don't know how Lisa or Tara fit into that world. We don't know what happens or what has happened in the past to Tara or Lisa in THIS world.
It is completely up to you whether you want to take the new game seriously and what you base that on. But making a rash judgment decision based on what you think might happen in a game that hasn't even been made yet is... well, it is up to you.
Cognitive dissonance comes from holding two ideas that clash with one another due to a discrepancy in the outer or inner world of the person. Basically, if you believe something to be true, but then find something that shows that belief clashes with the new information, you experience cognitive dissonance. So, how the new game will be viewed by each individual is entirely up to that individual. You can choose to hold on to the old information and refuse to believe the new information. But that is on you, not the author.
There are so many examples of characters being used multiple times to tell different stories in both literature and pop culture (movies, etc.). There will always be a low percentage of people who cannot let go of what they believe about a character from a different source. Yes, that can be a risk an author takes. But it is a worthy risk and a gamble that typically pays off.
Love to see the adolescent facepalm gang is alive and well in this thread.
People, MrJet shared some previews of his upcoming new game a few days ago. He included a pic of one of the girls.
Do you believe I'm right to think she may have been based on the same model as Tara?
I agree with both you and Aristos here. She very much looks like the same base model. I have been looking for that model! Kentrr typically makes minor changes to existing models. Occasionally, he makes major changes and you get a very different look that makes it hard to deconstruct and determine who the base model is. Most devs make very few changes to models (increase the bust and ass/thighs).
