MisterMaya has said in the past that characters with wallpaper backgrounds on the phone are the LIs. From there we got 9:
Ah, good to know. I'm new, so missed a lot of the discussion. Hopefully there's a walkthrough for the three main routes by then (in game would be best!), trying to do that blind is more work/frustration than reward.
Had to dig up an old post to find mine, it's been a while since I finished this.
Long term it would mean too many replays of a game I don't want to replay that many times. No offense to MM but I don't think the story is worth 9+ replays, especially once it is more complete. I barely stand BaDIK at 5 (and now you need even more with the Others route causing branching too). Characters like Rose I've already soured on so I have no desire to see in lewd situations.
Back in the classroom when you had the speech introduction to Mike, you had a choice between a charismatic type speech and an intelligent type speech. You picked the charismatic one, and the dream sequence was with Caroline. Go back to that speech and pick the other option, you'll get a dream sequence with Selena in place of Caroline.
I don't wanna go too OT but I liked it until the endings.
You are right. Ending are always terrible for most devs. One of the best ending I ever played was Leap of faith.
I'm going to be honest, I'm not one of the Rose haters (hate is a strong word, don't anyone take it personally, it's just a genralisation). As long as both MisterMaya and myself make it that far, I'm going to enjoy giving Rose some sweet, sweet loving. It's going to be like Zack and Miri Make a Porno, with Hold Me Up by Live playing when we finally get down to it.
It would be kind of funny if Lana and Rose drag the MC out to a club, messy drunken threesome happens, Rose has to struggle with whether she can/should move forward with MC, and the MC can stay or get off those rails. Heartfelt solo scene comes after.
It's not like I'm telling everyone to avoid Rose. I was just using her as an example of one fewer route I would have to run in this. I've gotta be really into something to do want to do it 9+ times. There's quite a few multi route VNs I just didn't bother seeing all the content on so I could move on to other things (LoF, CoBD, Deliverance). Others I do try to see all the content (BaDIK, Intertwined, Acting Lessons).
I'll rehash my beef but I can't speak for everyone. In my opinion she shouldn't even be at this school. Her goal sounds well enough but her character isn't actively doing anything to reach said goal, at least not at this point in the story. Instead, her entire character arc/personality is centered around being comedic relief/learning to deal with blossoming feelings for her best friend. It's already an overused trope and her doubling down on the library gig when the MC realized it comes with access after hours put the final nail in the coffin for me. If it was any other LI that took the job, then I'd understand. They don't know the MC, they don't know his aspirations, how he works, etc. Rose does and she took the job anyway and the MC forgives her because you can't dump any of the LIs 2 episodes in. Lack of player agency is a pretty huge negative in this VN but I think it's simply to give us a chance to understand each LI before the route system kicks in and then we'll get more power.
I kinda more blame the dev for that. They wanted the lingerie store plotline, and more forced Aurora time to defrost their animosity. It seemed out of character for Rose.
I think a lot of it (from what I've seen people speak about, at least) is because she's the childhood best friend and maybe as well that she's a bit clingy. There's a lot of "stay in the friendzone where I put you" sort of talk. Personally, I have no issue with it, and that can actually make it sweeter, which is why I made my comment about "making sweet, sweet love" the first time it happens.
I can totally see a threesome with Rose and Lana, and the idea should be celebrated (just in case MisterMaya sees this!). I don't even mind if it's only a drunken one - actually, I half expected something to start up when they came home drunk in Ep2...
No, absolutely. You only mentioned her, and not in a way that suggested hate, but I was referring to the broader scale of people not liking her "trying to get out of the friendzone". That part of my response wasn't directed at you, it was only that you prompted me to speak about my own thoughts on her.
There should definitely be more than one clerk on staff. Might be something suspended disbelief is supposed to handle. Then again, this is a weird amalgamation of law school and college. They are vastly different experiences. Selena might be a terrible librarian as well. Maybe she spends all day thinking about Caroline.
