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I've never felt more called out in my lifeor "chicken and broccoli" muscular.
I've never felt more called out in my lifeor "chicken and broccoli" muscular.
So you're not a natty?I've never felt more called out in my life
I am but whenever I tell people that they give me the "chicken and broccoli" line.So you're not a natty?
Hope you know what you're doing.
Don't forget horsemeat diet.I am but whenever I tell people that they give me the "chicken and broccoli" line.
Sure, the whole cast is based on very easily identifiable tropes that we also see in other games and everywhere in popular culture as a whole. But there's a difference between writing completely one-dimensional archetypes and basing the characters on those archetypes and then expand on them. That's the thing I think Eva does better than most other comparable developers (not that the competition is particularly tough). Even the most one-dimensional of them all, Jeremy, offers something more because of how Eva ties the paths together and puts him in the middle of it. They're archetypes, but with some extra flavour, and they become more interesting because they're put in situations that are less straightforward than “click this button to go to sex scene” / “click this button to skip sex scene”.Writing-wise, ORS is as stereotypical as it gets because it shares many of the same character archetypes as GGGB and most smut games:
- the fat nerd: check
- the black guy with a big cock: check
- the blue-eyed ubermensch with a cold personality: check
- the bitchy pumpkin spice frappuccino-drinking blonde: check
- the shy girl: check
- Pauly D from Jersey Shore: check
- the boomer degenerate: check
etc.
That's not how you set up memorable characters, though. Give Ian Axel's model and explore his struggles, personal problems, and insecurities despite his attractive physical attributes and superficial successes. Explore his frustrations of being unable to talk to girls despite his looks, driving a BMW, and being a perfect gentleman. Make Jeremy cry himself to sleep because he's feeling objectified by these drunk horny white girls who constantly try to get the pipe. After all, they know all black guys are packing and are willing to do anything. Or have Perry be a successful poonhound despite being an overweight, annoying alcoholic.
I disagree that they're whatever we want them to be. Ashley in GGGB was a blank slate, and could be whatever we wanted. Lena and Ian can only be it step by step and within the limits their starting characters allow.Guys... Lena and Ian are playable characters... They don't have set personalities; they are whatever you want them to be.
The point was about the way Ian looks, not how he acts because he acts depending on how the player controls him.
The issue was that you can play Ian as a Chad who has rough sex but his appearance wouldn't reflect that archetype/stereotype which lessens the impact.
If only we had elderly man.Writing-wise, ORS is as stereotypical as it gets because it shares many of the same character archetypes as GGGB and most smut games:
- the fat nerd: check
- the black guy with a big cock: check
- the blue-eyed ubermensch with a cold personality: check
- the bitchy pumpkin spice frappuccino-drinking blonde: check
- the shy girl: check
- Pauly D from Jersey Shore: check
- the boomer degenerate: check
etc.
Well, you can disagree all you want, it still won't change the fact that they are blank slates.I disagree that they're whatever we want them to be
Okay, let me rephrase that then: You’re wrong. I see you cut out the part where I explain it, and don’t offer any arguments yourself for why they’re blank slates.Well, you can disagree all you want, it still won't change the fact that they are blank slates.
It's pretty simple; neither of them have set personalities.Okay, let me rephrase that then: You’re wrong. I see you cut out the part where I explain it, and don’t offer any arguments yourself for why they’re blank slates.
Playing as a character with very little and a very generic background history (like Ashley) gives different possibilities and limitations than when they do in fact have a pretty well developed background history (Ian and Lena). That background and their existing character traits can take them in vastly different directions, depending on which of their *existing*, conflicting character traits you choose to focus on (Lena works three jobs, takes care of her parents, and acts as emotional support and/or as a diplomat for her friends … but she’s also a nymphomaniac). But that still doesn’t make them blank slates.
Agreed. They're malleable by design. But they come into the game with their own distinct personalities, wounds and problems already. We just get to choose which of several paths they take and which potential aspects, lying dormant in themselves, they grow into. Just like IRL where life decisions can have a very strong impact on one's future path and self. But these aren't blank slates and anyone who thinks they are either doesn't know what the term means or is using it incorrectly. Ashley was much more of a blank slate form, at least for all intents and purposes game-design-wise, though not 100%.Okay, let me rephrase that then: You’re wrong. I see you cut out the part where I explain it, and don’t offer any arguments yourself for why they’re blank slates.
Playing as a character with very little and a very generic background history (like Ashley) gives different possibilities and limitations than when they do in fact have a pretty well developed background history (Ian and Lena). That background and their existing character traits can take them in vastly different directions, depending on which of their *existing*, conflicting character traits you choose to focus on (Lena works three jobs, takes care of her parents, and acts as emotional support and/or as a diplomat for her friends … but she’s also a nymphomaniac). But that still doesn’t make them blank slates.
I think Ed fits the bill. Not sure if it's going to lead to anything/anywhere tho.If only we had elderly man.
Way more spice with that route.
Too young but still a good addition.I think Ed fits the bill. Not sure if it's going to lead to anything/anywhere tho.
A bad case of the lazytitis my bro, but think we'll get the new chapter by December.The hell happened to the Evakiss? Are they taking a break or did covid hit hard?
What distinct personalities do Lena and Ian have?distinct personalities
I think ICSTOR has the same diseaseA bad case of the lazytitis my bro, but think we'll get the new chapter by December.