Thst comment doesn't. I just don't think her path isn't all that. Of course her path feels more like a realtionship, cause she has nothing else going for her other than a relationship.
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This one take i'll have to hard disagree with haha. Only because her path feels like a real realtionship to me more than most other paths in other games , so hard for me to see it being overrated. But I can understand a general dislike it for because it does not start good you think it's all about sex initially and takes time to form into something that feels like a real relationship to me. But I also don't see the appeal in Layla as a LI path or LI either haha and she is a fan favorite by alot of people.
Yeah, it all comes down to preference, for me Layla is my number 2 or 3 girl, but you don't like her path. So it all comes to personal views and opinions.
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Seriously, dude, you're playing a dating/relationship VN, what else should a relationship have going for it? Relationship and sex is literally the goal of this game. xD
I can understand saying "I don't like this path cause for whatever reason I don't like Lexi", but saying that a commited, mature relationship that is a most beautiful example of companionship that brightens and improves someone's life and shows what an impact it can have on a person, has nothing else going for it is ridiculous.
Like every girl in the game is a relationship, so that is irrelevant, and sex isn't everything. I don't need like 20 sex scenes to know a relafionship is good. Erynn has 't gotten full sex yet, her relationship is good. Layla finally got to full sex, her path is good. Val is builing up, no sex there. And so on ,sex is not the be all end all.
And are you saying Erynn, Layla, Cara, Nikki, etc. Don't make him fell good or improves his life, cause they definitely do. Its ok to have preferences, I don't like Lexi or her path really, you do thats fine but to try to say its the best path, is just your opinion.
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I'll die on this hill with you. I like Layla as a character and appreciate her role as the best friend at school but I've never really cared for her romance route. She's way too naïve for me.
Nice deflection and strawman, dude. You were literally saying that Lexi path is bad cause it has nothing going for it than relationship.
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I have to agree with the others, Lexi's path is the one that feels more like an actual relationship, at least one between adults, where sex is a relevant part of it.
I can understand also your point, that besides the relationships part of it her path can feel like the least connected to the story, but that's true also for other LI, e.g. Valeria's isn't any better for example.
And that is true, all she has going for her is a relationship, and apparently that and sex is all you care about based on your past comment, which is fine, that is your preference. But to say Erynn doesn't work, just cause in your experience you have no friends that got together, or to say hhe lexi path, once again is just your opinion. I am done reponding csuse we are going in circles, I was just stating my opinion, which apparently you can't take and must defend your queen.
I disagree with the one that feels like an actual relationship part. They all do, just because some Li's are younger ,or have more trauma and problems in life,doesn't invalidate their relationship. And once again sex is not everything, their has to be more imo.
I like Layla too and while I agree that she's a bit too naive and sheltered, there is also freshness there for me. It's maybe naive and hopelessly optimistic of myself, but I would rather date/marry a girl like her than someone jaded and who has had like a dozen men before me. Then again, I grew up on stories of my grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. who were each other's first lovers and stayed together until death. I know it's unrealistic these days, but I would rather be a girl's first and only lover than get an "experienced" woman. In psychology it's a well known fact that the more lovers a woman has had the harder for her it is to connect with a man. In other words, a girl/woman will form a healthier, stronger bond with her first boyfriend than her 10th and thus the first relationship has a higher chance of succeeding.
Lmao, either you didn't actual read anything I wrote, or you have reading comprehension problems cause I pointed SEVERAL times (among it in my huge post) that the reason Lexi's path is rewarding is because it's far more than just sex. But you're right, we're going in circles, but it's not due to me.
Also, I'm looking how *I* or rather the MC improves the girl's life, not how the girls improve/affect the MC's life because MC is not a real character, he's just a half-crafted stand-in for me. And, even if I look at it your way, Lexi and Nikki are ahead of the pack.
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I think the difference between Lexi's relationship and someone like Valeria , Erynn or Layla. At least to me personally Lexi feels more like a virtual girlfriend relationship while the others just feel more like a romance relationship. Which is why I think her path is done better than most other games not just in this one. Tho I will say the other relationships are starting to go in the direction of they feel like a boyfriend / girlfriend relation more than a romantic relationship like with Layla's first time now that is starting to feel like a girlfriend relationship or heading in that direction in the way it feels to me. Erynn probably as well in the next few updates they are basically there but feels more like an unofficial boyfriend / girlfriend relationship to me.
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I agree, Lexi and MC start off very physical (the airplane, going to her house to hook up, the shower scene, etc) then start to pivot towards romance with the concert. The Erynn/Alexis rift puts everything on hold for a bit and then after they patch things up, the romance of it really starts to kick in around training camp time and into Iris's reintroduction. I could be wrong but I think Lexi is the character he goes on the most actual dates with.
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If I'm going to self-insert, it's Nikki all day for me. She checks just about every box I look for in a partner.
Assuming the Erynn situation went down the same, I wouldn't put myself in a situation to be hurt like that again (even if it was a misunderstanding). I wouldn't date Alexis because that's too close to Erynn. Layla is alright physically, I just don't like her naivety so I'd probably try to be friends. I'd 100% be friends with Elena because of the banter. Val I'm unsure of because I think MC got extremely lucky in being able to break her shell, and I don't know if I'd put in that much effort or be able to reproduce what he did. Cara does absolutely nothing for me. Can't imagine a scenario where I'm hooking up with my teacher so Gabi is out. Iris wouldn't happen cause there's no way in hell I'm taking a pic of someone topless in public like that. I wouldn't be into Tori, she's too bitchy. I don't know enough about Mira yet to make a call.
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It migh very well be because I'm an old person and for sure everyone is free to prefer the path they want, but I agree.
I play VNs for many reasons, but like Dessolos mentioned in the post above yours, Lexi's path is probably one of the 'easiest" for me to enjoy for what it is, a relationship between 2 adults.
Do complications exist? Absolutely, also very dramatic ones, but if I have to remember my best times... they all lead back to interactions very similar to Lexi's path.
Sure as hell, despite all the love I had for her I hope I'll never be forced againto fly to another country to bail a partner out of her abusive father's house.
Hi, just started this games, may i ask if ethan problem would be solve earlier or get dragged till now in this game? Because i hate that prick
I agree with pretty much everything except Nikki/Alexis. I love Nikki, she's great, but she's too much of a gym fanatic for my taste even though I love fit girls (Val has same problem). Not sure she can dial back to the level of finding a good balance between gym and normal, healthy social life. Aside from that I love Lexi as a character just a tiny itty bity bit more. I would just try to find a balance and eventually peace with Erryn so that I could coexist for Lexi's sake. Never friends, but not enemies.
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It's gonna be dragged on for a long long loooooooooooooong time I fear.