One of the scenes where Lena ends it with him and gives the “I thought there was more between us!” or whatever shtick I was thinking to myself holy crap this guy is the worst. This is the only game I can think of where such a character exists.
The game tries for realism, so that why we rarely see something like that i guess, he is just too average imo, every other love interest has something to them, even boring Holly has "i'm new to those things and want to try stuff" shtick, Robert is just a dude and a pretty dense at that too.
You find Holly boring? I enjoy her and like being able to twist the innocent into something else. And she has glasses.
Its just every porn game has "Holly" its not like she is bad in any way, i bet she is more developed then most of others "Holly's", i tried her Ian route recently and its just does not compare to any other love interest he has imo, so i just go for someone else as him, Lena/Holly is alot better imo since in terms of lesbian relationship you dont really have much of a choice.
Thats fair.
For sure, Lena options outside of Ian(wich is not my cup of tea, but in terms of "healty" they can be pretty good) are either boring Rob, cheating Mike(his scenes are pretty hot tho), Jeremy that is obviously fetish route and not really "love", Axel that forces himself on you even if you are just friendly to him(without horny dreams and stuff like that), Stan scenes are fun for sure, but i cant take him seriously as a love interest only as a fun addition like Jeremy, so if I do a normal playtrough(without going too wild) i just go Holly as Lena, Ian on the other hand has pretty normal relationships outside of Minerva(even she has real love rouite in the future since we got our first "heart" dialogue with her recently).
His 'pointlessness' is his point
I always think Robert could also become a "lesser" Axel, you know? I mean, he is into Lena and try hook up with her since ch. 1 and always think this could lead to Robert become obsesed by her and just like Axel start stalking her and be more aggressive. Or in a path where he and Lena have sex but she eventually ignore him to priorize Ian, Robert doesn't take well. This tyoe of things.His 'pointlessness' is his point
Lena's paths all take long buildups. She can have sex with Ian in chapter 4, Louise and Mike in 5, Jeremy and Holly in 7, Seymour and Axel in 9. Ian has Alison and Cherry in chapter 2 already so Lena needs someone to fuck early in the game, hence Robert.
He is supposed to be a lesser Ian, a 'bad' option for Lena, without him she would feel even more railroaded into a hooking up with Ian.
Now, after most of her paths have opened up for Lena, he is indeed pointless. So he'll fade away simply by not showing up any more. He actually has a scene in chapter 10, you only get it if you get in an argument with Ian and didn't go for Mike.
Having a character whom the MC explicitly doesn't want to fuck as a person to fuck just isn't something that can be defended as sensible.His 'pointlessness' is his point
Lena's paths all take long buildups. She can have sex with Ian in chapter 4, Louise and Mike in 5, Jeremy and Holly in 7, Seymour and Axel in 9. Ian has Alison and Cherry in chapter 2 already so Lena needs someone to fuck early in the game, hence Robert.
I'm pretty sure it's Mike who is designed as "lesser Axel" -- Lena mentions multiple time both of them make her feel similar (Mike is just a little more playful), both cheat on their girlfriend, they fuck her similarly, they (can) work with Lena in creative field (Lena was Axel's model, with Mike she can collaborate on making music) and now in episode 10 Mike shows he has very similar anger control issues that Axel has shown, when he completely disregards Lena's wishes and instead gets all incensed and aggressive with Axel because he feels personally slighted.
I definitly agree about "lesser Axel", but i doubt he will become "obssesed" in the same way.
It depends on the player's choices. Even if Lena is slutting it up, but she's honest, Robert becomes a simp for her regardless of the fact she's fucking everybody else. Early on, Robert and Ian are opposites in certain aspects. I liked the changes Eva Kiss made to Robert's character compared to the early versions of ORS. He's a dumb fuck, but he's not malicious. He's somewhat broke too, but he can offer to pay Lena's rent for a few months and look after her despite that. I thought it was a nice touch and made him more sympathetic.
I actually wonder if maybe it's going to be Lena who gets obsessed in this pairing -- because their whole relationship is effectively Lena constantly throwing herself at Mike and getting all giddy and proud of herself whenever he humors her and hooks up, as if getting a guy who doesn't give two shits about his girlfriend stick a dick in you was some sort of major achievement when you have looks of a supermodel and practically beg him to fuck you.
_love flag with Mike she starts to display expectations that maybe he will dump his girlfriend for her, and she tells Ivy she would like that. So, it might either go this way (given Lena's protagonist status and all) or, in rather unlikely case Mike is reluctant, we might see Lena start to act like Axel :VThat definitly a possibility, we as a player know tho, that if the "love" dialogue option exist they are in the bag already no matter what lol, so i bet he will dump the girl or maybe there would be some threesome potential in the future, but until we "commit" it would not matter i think, you can trow those "hearts" at everyone at this point.
Yes, mostly with Seymour possibly being the biological father of Lena. Which i don't believe
It's very unlikely, given Lena is most certainly aware what her biological father's name was. This isn't BaDIK.