The thing is, while fleshing out the characters, MC gets dissolved into nothingness.
Being a bro to DAvid - They always compete - so getting friendly to him and not compete is insane and goes against the whole dynamic MC and him have. The guy always talks how him and/or MC should get this or that girl, actively competing for girls, so treating him like Diddy to get into his parties feels so much out of character for MC: their whole relationship is buit on rivalry, so whenever MC is a lame duck simp, he already lost DAvid and the whole plot.
Also with MAud, she effectively stole Krsten - MC lost his slave to her. MC even declares war on MAud and vows to get Kirsten back - so looking to make her the only path to Kristen is against the whole plot of the game and even negates MC and his feelings and his ambitions - becoming the simp slave to Maud is a tired counterintuitive road to take.
The intro is a stark and brutal reminder of a story of how MC could and did have all the girls to himself , all by himself, without all the proxy demeaning assholes, like David or Maud, who make MC feel like a sissy and a tool in the sex scenes.
Knowing how neutered and tired and powerless Mc is in this game compared to the other, it kills this game before it begins:
MC as himself got the girls in that other game, it seems., so anything he does now to become the rag David or Maud step on is a dieheartening prospect.
Now, in this game, we have to accept defeat and be a second rate human to those other characters?
Why?
Being simps to other characters all of a sudden: It feels like the story and the whole character of MC was gutted.
The MC doesn’t become anyone’s property, and he doesn’t become anyone’s slave (unless the player
wants that).
His friendship with David can remain a healthy rivalry when it comes to most of the girls — and at the same time, for example, they can go out together, pick up two girls, and even swap them,
if their relationship is good.
All the girls in the game (except for Melissa at the very beginning) will only go with David
after Y has failed with them.
There won’t be any surprises like Ashley in the previous version.
If a girl ends up choosing David, it’s because the MC didn’t succeed with her and the time window to get her has expired.
So this is not about being “subordinate” to David, but about accepting the competition — and accepting that
not all girls will want to sleep with the MC.
(Some girls even exclude others — like in the case of Ashley and Tatianna early in the game: if you’re currently pursuing Ashley, you won’t make progress with Tatianna.)
As for Maud, the initial paths are varied.
You can play along with her games if they benefit you (and still try to steal Kirsten from her).
That whole dynamic between MC, Kirsten, and Maud can be built on manipulation, with everyone pretending to get what they want while aiming for something else.
But if you go in guns blazing, trying to “win back” Kirsten by treating her like she’s still your submissive… that’s going nowhere (and frankly, it wouldn’t be realistic).
Kirsten is
deeply hurt by the MC, and there need to be specific steps for the relationship to rebuild — including the fact that she’ll want to test you before she can trust you again.
So if you think you can go to a Maud party, helicopter your dick around, and Kirsten will kick Maud’s ass and come crawling back to you… I probably have some bad news.
If instead you manage to convince Maud and Kirsten to include you in their games, you’ll gradually gain power.
Remember: even in the original version, at some point MC managed to gain certain things from Kirsten.
In this version, the paths will just be a bit clearer — it just takes a little more time (probably until Week 6) to put all the scenarios together and guide short-term choices toward the right path.
In Week 5, your relationship with Maud is defined.
In Week 6, your relationship with Kirsten will be defined.
From there, the paths will run in parallel, and your choices each week will shift the story in one direction or another.
P.S.: I should probably be posting this stuff on my Patreon, not here on the forum — so please, leave more comments on Patreon (it’s free), so we can create more discussion there too. That way, you’ll see I won’t disappear so often.