I tested the game.
Like MMC this story makes me feel uneasy or oppressive. It is my feeling. Take this feedback with a grain of salt.
You clearly love this type of story. Nothing wrong with it.
I only tested it because we have such a good discussion in the MCC thread.
Why did I feel like I feel?
That's the Problem for me. Calling him "Shy" is a huge understatement. He is mentally ill. And for me, this makes him unbelievable. He is like frozen. He didnt relizes that the Blond makes a Video of the "situation".
I played and couldn't believe it how stupid this was from him. I feel helpless.
But the Movie is called "Catch me if you can" and not "Got you after 5 minutes. That's the plot.
This makes the women in this story evil characters for me. I exaggerate a bit. But using a mental weak person for their own pleasure. That's not a good person in my book.
If you want to draw the picture of the Domina who therapies him. Dose not make them better.
In short, the MC is hard to handle for me. But I am a player which immerses myself 100% with an MC. This MC makes that impossible. Because of use, he is a simple plot device.
I have to say, my understanding from avoidable is different.
The scene is not avoidable. You can decide if you want to cum or not at the end. But the scene plays anyway.
Well and good. We have here an absolute no-go. In my honest opinion. If I decide "Hell yes" And the character says "No". I guess you wanted us to feel helpless. Congratulation, you achieved that. Later is later we can only judge what we have here right now.
Sure, we have to gather the points, but we have to somehow witness what we choose. It can't be that we make a decision and the Protagonist dose something completely different. Same with one choice decision.
Which adds to this feeling of helplessness and oppression. There are people who like that, for sure. So do what you do.
The question which everybody has to answer for himself is. "Have I fun by feeling helpless"
I wish you good luck and have a nice weekend.
Thank you for taking the time to write this very detailed review! I really appreciate it!
These are amazing points you bring up. My idea is that you, the player, are the "thoughts inside the MC's mind". If we wanted to analyze further, this story is the conflict between the inner self and the outer persona of the main character. It's a person that he's not himself, because he hasn't found himself yet (he's 22yo, I haven't met any 22yo that know themselves anyway). He has his inner thoughts, but his acts don't reflect who he is. That evolution will happen throughout the game.
And to explain further about the inner/outer self with an example; imagine in your real life. You have a rude man in front of you --let's say he's a stranger at a bar-- and he has an aggressive tone of voice speaking to you, but he's not swearing, and he's not assaulting you physically. Your
inner self says; "WTH? I want to beat him up for being like that! Who's he to speak to me like that?" (or any other EGO narrative
) But your
outer self might do nothing and just look at him silently. You might ignore that rude person. You might just leave the area. If you're an aggressive/vocal person by nature then you might talk back and get into an argument. If you can't handle your anger you might physically attack the person (but that might involve the authorities or the security).
So, the choices in this game reflect that inner voice the MC has in his mind. I don't know if that makes sense to a lot of people, but that's my idea. And the stats accumulate that sentiment over time. If the MC is continuously having "obedient thoughts", or "assertive thoughts", or "lusty thoughts", then the behavior of the main character will reflect that. Of course in this story, the character is not aggressive by nature, and he's not very talkative. Instead he seems to have a speech impediment when talking to women (that's a hint). Also that irrational behavior that you've recognized might have some other explanations (another hint).
The feeling of being helpless and in implied danger is part of the appeal. Just like real life. You're hitting it on with a gorgeous girl you've randomly met in a bar and she's flirting with you. You don't know if she's a regular person that's down to fuck, you don't know if you'll catch STDs, if she's working and trying to get paid (or steal your stuff), or if she's there to harvest your organs (that's very extreme but it happens). You're just hoping for the best because you're horny and wanna fuck
To sum up, this is not a "vanilla" sex story with a milf, just like the MMC story is not your typical mom/son incest