Are you talking about the Deck game? Did you get the demo? Because for me, it hasn't been released yet.This game is also on Steam, it's where I got it from. It's been a while for updates on both games, so it may be RL stuff that is causing the delay. If Dev doesn't say, we can't know.
If you guys have these kind of expectations, it's normal that you end up disappointed.
The difference between happiness and misery, is unfulfilled expectations. Now that we know what to expect, we can all be happy.
Definitely not a lot. Only one true Cuck scene that I remember, with one variation, though there are a lot of cheating options.
Like blood said above, no -however there's a fair amount of reverse-cuckold content if you're into that; what with Carl and Deb or later bitchface and her boyfriend...
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Not known, but it wasn't listened as a fetish and the game is mainly about starting a relationship, so it may only be a thing in the epilogue.
with how the relationships are handled in this one while im most likely wrong out of the paths ive played. I can really only seeing that being a thing with Emma and maybe Jen but that one is iffy unless there is some kind of time jump or the MC just goes ahead to decides to quit and lose his license.
Are there any NTR routes with a MC that is NOT submissive? I've looked around and this seems to be the rarest thing. And rarity makes it sweet, doesn't it? A majority of NTR in games depends on the MC either being a sub, or making unassertive choices, with the outcome of being cucked without having the balls to claim even a share of the pie. Or getting their LI outright stolen from them. Why does it always have to be the MC's choice that drives the story? Most NPCs in games are shallow and, be it through paths or points, they adapt themselves to the player. It's so rare to see a game where NPCs have their own agenda, regardless of whether the player is submissive, dominant or just easy-going. For my part, I'd love to play a game where a LI will cheat independently of the MC's actions, because they're cheats, free spirits or sluts. It's ok for characters to be flawed. It's ok for players to decide how to deal with their LI's flaws, just as with their own. It's ok to forgive and not be portrayed as submissive cuckolds. A game where relationships were a bit more dynamic and less player-centric, had highs and lows, would be great. Personally, I enjoy some jealousy, but NOT what you'd call a "bad ending" where you're an accepting cuck or get dumped. Most NTR paths don't offer any off-ramps - you may get a choice to avoid it, but once on that path, you're done for. Why does NTR have to correlate with weak willed characters?
I have to say you are conflating cheaters with free spirits and sluts! Being a free spirit and/or a slut does not make you a cheater. Both can be completely loyal persons.
You're not entirely wrong, but you missed the "it's ok to be flawed" part. Why should characters (both player and NPCs) always conform to a type? Can an NPC be mostly loyal, but have a momentary fling? Can they be a loyal free spirit, but make an error of judgement and, possibly driven by impulse, take a step too far? And does the PC, upon finding out they've been cheated on, have to be a submissive who won't say or do anything that might risk them losing their LI? Or, for that matter, the opposite, like a strict alpha male who will lecture their LI on loyalty, make an ultimatum, take action against their "rival", etc? I simply would like to see characters that develop in unexpected, not stereotypical ways. The MC and their LI dealing with their personal demons and reaching some conclusion that doesn't involve a return to a vanilla relationship, or progression to one subjected to power dynamics stereotypes.
I see and understand your argument about unconventional reaction/actions, but I still think you got the examples (free spirits/sluts) wrong.
Didn't want to sound as if they were types. You're right if you think I meant that free-spirit is a type that implies cheating, or even that slut is so, in the same sense. I used those terms as qualities or traits of complex characters. A free spirited person, a slutty person, even a timid person can all cheat, albeit it would make sense to say that situations that would believably trigger cheating would probably be different for each. They could also all be loyal and find reasons to dispel temptations. My issue is that authors commonly adhere to conventional character types, both for the PC and for the NPCs. Even if those types can be changed through choices in a game or interactive VN, you often feel like choices merely shift you from one type path to another. In many non-hentai games, NTR is "so avoidable" that you have to play as if your MC were a complete asshole, making all the "wrong" choices in order to hurt your LI or lose their trust or interest - and then, you're normally stuck in a "punishment" path where things can't go right for you.
Sex IS power dynamics. We may not like it, we make seek to ignore it, but no one's fooling anyone at the end of the day.