Oh ok, I guess I misunderstood you. If you just meant 'dark route' as in manipulation, blackmail, maybe some fucked up sex every once in a while, then yeah, I definitely agree it can go on for a very long time. And based on my understanding, a route like that isn't ending anytime soon. What you're describing sounds most like the corruption route to me, but I'm not entirely sure what it looks like in the code; corruption route? dark corruption route? less extreme dark route? not sure. So, I was really only talking about the people defending a route that involves choosing the most BRUTAL option every single time and expecting that to go on indefinitely. If you're not one of those, then my bad
The brutal stuff was fun for a bit, and I guess I could imagine myself having fun with it for longer than is planned, but I think Neon's reasoning against it has a point. Plus, most importantly, it sounds like he just would be miserable writing that for too long, which is very understandable. Not directed at you necessarily, but if players really want to see a game continue on to completion, they have to realize that a dev only (or mostly) creating content that he actually wants to create is an integral part of that pact.
I only meant the idea that Nicki becoming just as dark and fucked up as psychotic Guy doesn't make any sense. Sure, it's possible I guess that she is into darker stuff that she never realized she was into until Guy 'showed her the truth' or w/e. But that can quickly become really corny and totally not believable imo. That kind of thing comes down to personality, is my understanding. Dark triads get sexual pleasure from the abuse of others, not normal people usually (talking about in RL; digital fantasy is a whole different ballgame). Maybe extreme cases of abuse and trauma can affect that. Dark Guy has certainly doled a lot of that out, but I think huge personality shifts might require something closer to torture, long-term kidnappings, trauma like that.. just my opinion.
My other responses up above should clarify my argument. I think we agree?