I mean polyamorous is something very different than a harem lol and i feel like you statistics would go dooooooowwwwwnn % wise if its only about situations where only one guy ever is involved
Polyamorous relationships in reality nowaday: weird online dating girls dating 6 desperate guys at the same time until they make a decision
But as long as there is buildup towards it (like evelyn being a cuckquean) and how the relationship is going to work, thats good, i was just kinda worried that this will just be overlooked like in a lot of harem avns and everyone is gucci like via magic.
Yes, a ten-person polycule with just 1 guy would likely be extremely rare, if any exist at all. But that's where a bit of suspension of disbelief comes in due to his power, etc.
In any case, my main point was that Evelyn was likely exposed to the idea of polyamory already and might be fine with it.
P.S. The situation you described with the online dating only would count as polyamory if all the guys knew about each other and consented, and the intent was to pursue multiple romantic relationships. A better term for this would probably just be an open relationship.
Folks who chose to turn down Georgia should have picked up on that. She literally jumps off MC's cock after she cums and gets Georgia to finish the job. Also, I think I've played pretty much every route and the ones where you turn her down are the most interesting wrt her personality as it seems she's willing to do anything for the MC.
I think the lore way to explain the harem is MC's power. Of the little we know of it, he's basically a walking magnet for women's affection. Frankly. some folks might complain he has a 'porn power', but there is zero way a real, dedicated, harem would exist in a modern setting without some outside influence. So, I'll take 'porn power' over 'porn logic' in any harem game. What will be interesting is how the dev handles characters like Georgia and Ruth, long-term. Georgia talks about monogamy if she gets into a serious relationship and Ruth's hidden desire is clearly along the lines of settling down with a partner or being treated like a housewife. Hopefully, the dev actually addresses these at some point, probably much much farther in the story.
Yeah, I'm sure Georgia and Ruth's potential hold-ups will eventually be addressed. I'm sure some LIs will take longer to warm up to the idea than others. There's always the possibility of them eventually accepting polyfidelity as a "close enough" thing to monogamy.
I hope that the developer can make up some poly route too instead of simply defaulting to the generic harem tropes that several games like to use.
So far Jdor has not disapointed with the way the story is being handled, specially when it comes to the relationships between Jack&Amber (love) and Jack&Ruth(friendship).
Personally i would like to see a choice between a trully poly route and the conventional "harem power" route. I think it is possible with the way the story is set so far.
Or even some single romantic routes, which may be implied by things said by characters in the game so far, as mentioned above by
romo-ice.
I would totaly go for a single route with Amber or Ruth if possible.
I suspect the nature of the polycule will depend a bit on if you have lesbian content enabled or not. With it on, there's definitely strong indications there will be interest between LIs as well.
It also wouldn't surprise me if the nature of some relationships is a bit different too, even within the polycule. It feels like MC, Evelyn, and Amber have the makings of a very serious, romantic triad forming. The other potential poly partners might be a bit more casual, or form their own triads, quads, etc within a larger polycule.
As for solo routes, I'm sure it's something you could do, but I'd be surprised if there's much (if any) content that would be exclusive to solo paths. Most likely it'll just be the same path, but without the other LIs and group sex content. Jacq has been very clear that it's a harem game, has explicitly stated that his suggested method of playing is to go for every LI, and that if you decline LI paths you'll have less content in future updates.
