I'm not saying it can't happen bec it can but what are the chances ?? and you can look the static yourself of how many straight women cheats her husband with girls compared to cheating her husband with men's that's a very low chance and not the normal thin and very easy like you are making it to b.
Oh, my... lol! Who cares about the actual statistic? All that matters is that it can happen, and happens often enough that it can power an entire school of sexuality theory (sexual fluidity). Often enough to become a popular porn trope. Ultimately, often enough that most of the audience can contemplate it happening to this character. Nobody is arguing that it happens more often than women cheating on their husbands with other men.
How's that for marking your silly words?
there is no balance in the game between the male and the female's routes and you twisting facts to prove that everything is normal and fine ..oh btw can you show me some links for comparing wife cheating on there husband with girls vs cheating them with guys ?? NO?? I thought so.
You're complaining about fetish balance in a game that is... what, 30% complete? Does story progression necessarily involve a pie chart of which fetishes got how much air time? Maybe I should go over to ORS make a self-righteous snit about how Lena hasn't made out with a female hooker yet.
You keep thinking that raw statistic is a valid point. It's not. Not even the most focused-grouped corporate creation is measuring every plot twist through a general survey. Furthermore, nobody is arguing that women cheat with men more often than they cheat with other women. All that is being said, if you bothered to understand, is that because it actually happens, it is fair game for a story like this. Nobody is buttressing that argument on women cheating with other women being a more common occurrence.
At this point, I'm not even sure you know the meaning of the word...
There is an imbalance in the manner in which Jessica is willing to step outside of her relationship with Conner. It's presented as if doing so with a woman is almost like playing a game on easy mode. Whereas with a dude it's hard mode (absolutely no pun intended...). It's not just with Heather, though that's the big one. She's happy to become makeout buddies with Blake and forms a deeper connection with her than any non-Conner male besides maybe Parker. She can't stop going on about Eve's sexy accent and other little things like that. It's a matter of presentation and context.
On the other hand, if you give Victor a hand, you miss out on important plot details and get outright scolded in this most recent update. That's clearly a "bad option". Same deal with the bridge guy in an early update. If you use sex appeal on him you get in trouble with Rosa and miss a fun little scene with Parker. Speaking of who, it took MUCH more work to get anything done with him compared to the other main option Heather, and it's still only at handjob/petting area. Meanwhile sex has already happened at least twice with Heather and most likely will again before anything significant with someone else. Any progress with a male character takes a lot more work, particularly if it's not directly for work benefits.
There is mostly nothing invalid or unrealistic about any of this. Besides the idea that lesbian stuff 'doesn't count' anyway, which is problematic for a bunch of reasons. It's just a weird bias that is destined to miff some people. Particularly given that playing the game in a way that Jessica is 100% straight is not just an option but arguably the basis route (that's the only thing that makes sense right? How else can she go through the entire game happily ignoring all women?).
I think this sort of scaling is a common occurrence due to a lot of literary convention, and a not-insignificant amount of conventional wisdom. On the literary side, the heart of the standard romance novel conflict was always the overcoming of a "taboo", be it a social, cultural or sexual taboo. So, overcoming a taboo is supposed to take time. If it is easily overcome, then the taboo cannot generate that erotic charge that comes with transgressing it. For example, a manor lord having sex with the maid isn't as hot when the maid expects it like she expects her taxes and everybody's doing it. On the conventional wisdom side, it is a commonly believed assertion that women are sexually attracted to dangerous men. It is also commonly believed that female attraction points upwards (aka the man must be better at something... be richer, higher status, etc).
So, why the so-called "imbalance" at this point of an incomplete game (I cannot stress this enough)? Because most of the male characters Jessica is expected to eventually cheat on Conner with given the right set of choices either have an element of danger and taboo that must be overcome with effort (the Senator, the Mayor, Mr. Birch, Duncan?), or do not yet have that element of taboo or social advantage that could conceivably make them attractive to someone like Jessica (Tommy, Parker, David?). Parker had to look cool and useful for example, to get that hand job. That takes more story build up. Sex with the non-Conner male characters then are treated as either climax (cheap lol) or denouement, story wise. This means they come nearer the end than the beginning. By nature of this narrative design, it is unfair to call it "imbalanced" for as long as the game isn't finished. Give it room to get to its spots. Of course, all of this whining can be headed off by stoper working faster, lol!
Now, why are the girls "easy mode"? Removing the idiotic assumption that "lesbian sex doesn't count" (which stoper, I think, doesn't make), another way to justify it is that it's perceived as safer. If we're going to discover ourselves sexually, it is easier to think of doing that with someone who can't get us pregnant, and who we think will look after our needs better than your average two-pump chump. Plus, we're no strangers to finding fellow women attractive.
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. The downside to this is that there is less of that erotic charge that comes with overcoming a taboo. (Lesbians complain all the time about how lesbian movies are usually "coming out" stories, but watch anyway because overcoming a taboo is hot...) Stoper has handled it fairly well, I'd say, especially since it looks like both Heather and Jessica are breaking personal rules to keep going past where the "easy mode" should end, adding to that erotic charge. It's also why Jessica x Eve is the pairing I am most looking forward to. Although I do like me some "easy mode" Blake too. Maybe the taboo will come from her dad being opposed?
Also, I do not agree that the straight route is the "basic route", because taking the lesbian route feels just as natural. You can tell when the lesbian option is just tacked on. It doesn't feel that way here. I don't think stoper designed for a singular "basic route" or "canon route".
TL;DR The "imbalance" is natural to a female MC game like this because it's trying to replicate female MC romance novel structure and trying for a female MC mindset. Do not judge its "fetish balance" at 30% complete. Judge it at 100%.
