Why does everyone seem to dismiss Brooke in this thread?
I think she's quite sweet.
When I played Chapter 5, I didn't pursue Brooke at all, mainly because I wanted to concentrate on Denise and Macy.
See, this is one of the biggest things I love about this game. You get INVESTED in your characters and, just as importantly, you are not punished by choosing options that you want to do, because of your own morals. In so many other games on here, I feel forced to follow a path that the Dev laid out for the MC that is mostly based on what the Dev thinks the MC should be. So I find myself just numbly following a walkthrough to get to the good scenes. If you don't follow that path (and act with your own morals) you most likely get locked out of content or even game-overed. And yet, in this game, I can be myself and do things I feel are right, not just blindly follow some logic path that, frankly, makes no logic to anyone but the Dev.
Naughtyroad has made a game here that is all about the characters and the back story. He leaves the MC job up to us. As a result, we can totally lose ourselves in the story and be the player we want to be, without too much risk. And, when there is an important fork in the story to decide, he gives us plenty of warning.
So, basically, I guess what I am saying is ....
Seriously, this game is on the same level as most of the novels I read. And I read a LOT! On the order of 100-125 or so novels a year.
