Sad that he couldn't do it in different paths. Nothing against those who prefer hard NTR, but I'm not one of them. Even if Imight enjoy playing something a little edgier than free spirited swinging, my red line is that there has to be a possibility of good ending, which excludes the last scene being one of beta cuckolding
Tacos is the game for you
The Male MC is fucking all the girls he want and there will be good endings
The plan is to avoid the divorce after 5 years of marriage... and this will be possibile in the good Endings
- even if that was an episode along the way. I often mention the possibility of games exploring themes like actual cheating being followed by a possible reconciliation arc, but there just don't seem to be any devs willing to go there.
You are describing TACOS... that is focused in exploring in deep "themes like actual cheating being followed by a possible reconciliation arc".
I could go with those terms as well. But concerning causing any character(s) to suffer, I'd put Always Fan
please explain better.. are you saying ALWAYS FUN???
in a catergory of its own. There's a lot of fantasy in the story, but the initial rough content that you need to engage in, if you even want to get into the sharing route, is more than compensated for by the bulk of the story. And it's not that hard to imagine a main character that genuinely didn't love Em initially, then warmed up to her, perhaps even by contemplating the consequences on her of her trust in his choices. Took me months to go beyond those first days because I really wanted to check the sharing route, but couldn't bring myself to knowingly bring her harm. But in the end, the MC was had redeemed himself, I got a perfect ending, don't think the love route (vanilla) could end better.
Cruelty in general, whether from or directed at the MC, is something I'm not keen on exploring.
In AWAS Valerie is the main MC... she is an actress super-star.. BUT THE #1 ACTOR IS DARIUS (BBC) her husband is just an agent/manager that is working in her production agency office (Val is not the main star of the agency but her husband is trying to help her to rise her carrier) VALERIE must deal with Darius to becomes the #1.
If you are talking about Valerie's story you have to take into account that she is a famous actress and that the production, which her husband also works for, is trying to expand into show business as any production company must do..
so this story is very well described... it is obvious that the showbiz world has rules that are a tad different from the lives of non-actors...
for example, she is an actress and has to play roles in which she passionately kisses the actor she works with... in this case the Husband is not an actor... so if he gets jealous it is obvious that Valeria has every right to tell him to fuck off
That's why I think the perfect play that fits what you write is TACOS...which unfortunately is unique...
in fact even PineappleExpress has a much less explorative story in the paths of fidelity/infidelity... it is a rather short story with choices that embellish other paths and that ends only with premature game over where the couple breaks up in divorce.
All other games mentioned are weak if compared to Tacos
but AWAS here is one of the game that should be very good as the best fgames that exploeing the relationship between women and men within a progressed worldview that diverges with the usual cliches of medieval male-female relationships from a culture that is retrograde and stuck in the first millennium.
We now live in the third millennium ... millennials have advanced marital relationships and this is the world today, in 2025.
Just my 2 cents