Cheating should definetly be an option, but it should be optional and opt out of any of such scenes.
IRRC cheating is ur choice, or at least i can't remember a scene where u were forced to cheat.
It doesn;t seem like my choice - when I leave Lauren I suddenly call penelope for a date - not sure why because I wouldn't do that as I would at this point call that cheating - and I have never done that to any girlfriend - I agree the dev can't spend all his time on just one girl, but once a LI is chosen all the others should be relegated as simply friends and yes the MC could still help them out when they need it, but to sleep with them see them naked etc.. NO. You are right just because Lauren is sweet and innocent does not mean she can't get some kinky scenes, but the MC should be the determining factor of which he is willing to do with her, and she hopefully will not ask others to help her experiment - should only be the MC now that he is her boyfriend
- I'm not sure which scene with Penelope u mean. But it's not like u will be forced to cheat on Lauren with other LI's even if u go on a date with them, see them naked etc. and yes i agree, the wording, as well as the scenes with other LI's could be better in the case u are in a relationship.
- Yeah fully agree, please no more of these experiments
- The mixed hotel room on the trip was one point where i really didn't understand why Lauren wasn't an option, if she is the gf...she would have been the logical choice and it would have been good for her story progression.
- The best solution for pretty much all u said would have been a branching/split from the main/common route to a Lauren route, if u choose to date her. That would have the advantage that the focus would be on Lauren and their relationship, u could have a way more coherent story/events/dialogue/consequences that way. Overall a way more enjoyable experience.
The disadvantage which comes with that is, u would need to change pretty much all scenes/dialogue/character interactions, some scenes only slightly (a couple of sentences), other scenes would need a complete replacement and/or unique scenes for her path (like the shared hotel room as example).
In short it would be a large amount of extra work, which most devs/studios only do at a late stage of the game, so they can reduce the work as well keep the branching to minimum. Too much branching, especially early on, will slow down the progress to snail's pace. And if u consider the large amount of girls in the game...
The problem i see with this game is:
The story/structure is an absolute mess, it makes often no sense and while it seems like there are paths like Lauren/Chloe gf path, there are no paths, nor cohorent storytelling.
Instead u have many scenes which stand independently and play in succession, but they are not really connected or influenced by other scenes and decisions.
Which in return leads to the problems u mentioned, or scenes which just make no sense story wise, like the Emily park scene (even if u ignored her), Emily changing college (even if u love her), Lauren is pretty much only ur gf in scenes where she is present, or that really nobody gives as much as single fuck ur dating Chloe the most popular girl, u would think the other girls would react to that or Imre.
