BeingADikDik
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Don't get your hopes up, they're probably all bad endings ... lots of mongoloid babies upcoming
TonyMurray
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But the points are tied to those major decisions (and minor ones, too), so it's sort of the same thing, isn't it?
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No, it's not completed and no one understands why there's the tag here. The last update with the last Chapter, the Epilogue, is announced for the end of 2024 or early 2025.
Rehwyn
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Eh, not really. The point threshold for Jaye to propose polyamory is incredibly tight. You have like a 2-point max leeway from getting every possible point with her (it requires 95 Love at a point where a maximum of 97 is possible). To me, thresholds with that little margin for error feel a little synthetic because it means you can do everything right in the relationship except one or two minor choices and get completely different outcomes.
The point system is useful because it helps simulate an accumulation of small negative or positive actions. Someone might notice when you've flirted with them a dozen times compared to only like six. But having one missed opportunity isn't likely going to change how they feel, so having 1-2 minor choices have a major impact feels lopsided.
In comparison, choosing something like commitment vs open relationship, to cheat vs not cheat, or whether or not to tell a huge lie is going to be something a partner remembers no matter how many minor gestures you've made. It feels real for these choices to have a major impact entirely on their own.
So, to me, relationship outcomes feel best when they're primarily based on major choices, with points being a secondary factor. For the best outcomes, it feels fine to me to have no margin for error with major choices, but when it comes to minor ones it really feels best if you have reasonable wiggle room so you don't have to metagame every single minor choice, including ones that aren't necessarily intuitive.
In the case of Jaye/Mal poly, not only do you need to get all the major decisions right but practically all the minor ones too, which is probably one source of frustration for many here. If the point threshold had been just a bit more forgiving, I suspect there'd be fewer complaints (though definitely not no complaints, for reasons already discussed at length).
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TonyMurray
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There's also an option to end up with neither girl. And it's poly because it will be MC and Jaye and MC and Mallory separately, with no sexual interaction between Jaye and Mallory.
TonyMurray
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From what I gather, that one would have potential scenes with some of the side girls in the epilogue. Linda and/or Erica, Lisa, and maybe Fiona or Bianca, I think were namedropped.
Rehwyn
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Technically both situations are poly, just the difference between a vee and triad polycule. But let's not get into semantics again.
As for why, Jaye specifically says she won't be doing anything with Mal when she proposed poly and that "you aren't that lucky". I'm willing to believe her, but we might get lucky and she becomes more open to experimentation later on in the epilogue. Jaye has admitted she gets turned on by reading and thinking about MC with other women; maybe she'd be interested in at least a threesome where she doesn't directly interact much with Mal. Wouldn't get your hopes up too much though.
Doubtful it will happen, as what's to come is basically an epilogue detailing what happens after. Another flashback to Sarah might feel very out of place.
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love the idea of "and" in
, at least in my playthroughs at least Erica is aware of what's going on with mommy and does not seem to be terribly put off by it
TonyMurray
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If you chose either of them in the chalet during the storm, the other one is awake and knows about it. Doesn't matter which you choose. If you don't choose Erica though, there's nothing for Linda to know about, but I think she's still aware of Erica's feelings/hunger towards you.
BeingADikDik
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The chances that the devs give a Linda and Erica throuple ending is zero. Reason 1) Patreon. Reason 2) They won't reward bad behavior (heck, barely any reward for good MC, but I digress). Breaking up Ray's marriage = bad = MC deserves to be punished = neither Erica nor Linda. If MC chooses Erica and encourages Linda to stay with Ray, then maybe we get Erica + 2 travel buddies scene, but who knows. They'll probably end up being Thai Lady Boys that will peg MC while Erica watches.
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I'm in Chapter 2 of this game so far, and I'm obsessed. I'm at the part where Jaye and MC are finally reconnecting on the boat, and Jaye breaks the fourth wall to smirk at the player as she checks out MC.
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Bianca! That one I would look forward to.
TonyMurray
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Who said anything about a throuple ending? You might have gotten "5" from my "2+2" post there. And it seems you're still hung up on the "result" of the open relationship path, which is all down to the girls' characteristics. It's not about punishing bad behaviour at all
I love this game so much. The models, the facial expressions, and especially the humor.