the choice and points system is garbage honestly. I never liked the type of AVNs where you had to min-max shit like that to be able to get a scene or whatever like here. Look at ass, don't look at it, you don't know what it does without mods... may increase or decrease points. It's inconsistent and depends on the mood of the dev. Reminds me of the early days of AVNs, and that's not a good thing. Also Nyx writes this game hypocritical as shit, one moment you lose points when you look at a girl, the next they ogle you like there's no tomorrow. Come the fuck on.
Honestly... I don't see any other way to do it in those pure VNs (or even sandboxes/point n' click) without becoming kinetic or the choices becoming meaningless... Of course, there are many ways to do it, good or bad... I don't mind them here... What I don't like is the presupposition of choices based on variables. Like... "Oh... He said something back then, so he wants to kiss/fuck her." Like, this game makes me want to play the romantic guy, but, even if it was some kinda Casanova game where you just fuck around, I would indulge myself, but I'd think it's a design mistake nevertheless... Like it happened in Miranda scene. She's gorgeous and I was, like, "oh, God... What do I do..." But the game made the decision for me, so I just sat back and relaxed
I get the annoyance of it but the way Nyx has done it is true to life, if a girl likes you and you check out her ass she'll like the attention and like you more, but if a girl dislikes you and you check out your ass then she'll think you're a creep and dislike you more. To quote HIMYM it's the
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Yeah... I get that... But it's like I what I wrote above: this should control the girl's AI (in the broadest sense, not AI in the contemporary sense, but her mind, behaviors, and so on) but not the player's choices. I know the existence of "free will" has been a serious philosophical/scientific debate since the dawn of time, but those games here presuppose it. If it were a game playing with this theme, I'd get it, but I don't think it's the case.
Yeah the Laylena path is great, our teased but not 100% confirmed throuple path. Valeria won't step on her new friend Layla's toes, to get on her path you need to not be on Layla's path and get maximum points with her at training camp. You'll know if you've done it right with Val if she comes to your room. I would recommend trying all of the paths at some point, but beware that the next update is going to fuck your saves. So you may want to hold off.
Yeah... I don't even know if I want the throuple to become a reality... I think it'll be an easy way out... I know I'm being kinda masochistic here, but what made the story great is just the dilemma of "what do I do? I love Layla and I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I love Elena too!" If it happens, it'll have to be at the end because, dramatic-wise speaking, there's nowhere to go from there. Like, in many games here, I wouldn't care and would enjoy the threesome, but this game stirred those feelings in me, and I guess that's what made it kinda unique for me.
I'll try Valeria's path. She's awesome too, but I think I'll wait since you said the next upgrade will break saves... I think I'll have to create a mod to delete Layla, though... I can't resist her... I'll certainly take Elena's path, but I don't think there's enough content right now to justify it — I've already unlocked all her scenes, even though I was somewhat loyal to Layla (couldn't resist the hot tub scene, though...)
P.S.: If anyone's curious why I haven't played all those paths yet, it's because I played this game this week only. My first run ever.