The son was much better to play as, while he is a smart-ass he does actually care about his family. He seemed more believable to me. The only thing that was out of character was the incident with the aunt in the bathroom if you ask for her as the reward, that felt like he was possessed by some psycho (maybe his inner father? lol). I think one of the main reasons i hate the Dad story is because your choices don't match the dads reaction. For example, the aunt is playing with you in the hot tub and you can choose to let her continue, yet the dad still says Fuck you! and that shes disgusting etc. He complains that his wife is emotionally unstable yet he goes from 0 to 60 in an instant. To me, the father is the real piece of shit in the family and has driven his children away and his wife to drink, i can't sympathize with him.
You're right on the point about this but on the same time terribly wrong. There are more than only a few problems with the
Fathers Charakter but that is only in part
"his" fault.
- The Dev puts way more work and thought in the
Sons Charakter and his story.
- In Part IX is clearly mentioned
(white he is fucked by the aunt) that the
father didn't had any stable and lasting relationship before he got the
mother pregnant, which in turn was the catalyst why both married without having actual deep feelings for each other.
- While you're right, that working from home and not having any time for your own
children is the shittiest move you can pull as a male... It seems as the
father is working that hard so that his familiy lacks nothing. Both
children get a good education,
Mommy dosn't need to work
(that's how it seems to me at least) and they can decide on a whim to take a vacation the other day.
After replaying it again yesterday I came to the conclution that the
sons story is at least partial a retelling of the Devs own past and that the
son is either how the Dev actually was or wished to be
(yes, this is not only fiction there are actually people out there right now who are even more messed up than what we see in this game!).
I also think that he
(iRL) at least once fucked his
cousin, she's the only main female cast we can't name after all.
But hey, these are only the thoughts of another writer... :tf: