I don't really care about how Robert relates to Perry or Ian, I don't play Lena as having an interest in either of them either, but when you don't play to Robert's tune 100% the dude threatens Lena's job. That is not just creepy, corrupt and pathetic, it's simply just a turn off when you aren't that into non or dub-con.I think the most hard done to person in this game is Robert. He's nowhere near as bad, as a lot of people make him out to be. He genuinely wants to be Lena's boyfriend, and he pretty much worships the ground she walks on. He just has this one issue with Perry early on, which Ian takes exception to. But to be fair, Perry often does some pretty daft stuff, and was just as drunk as Robert was at the time, and equally at fault. People who are drunk often do daft things, but it doesn't make them into bad people. Plus that was a pretty bad evening for Robert, having just been beaten up by Axel, after he defended Lena.
Ian totally overreacts and literally labels Robert as scum, on the basis of one poor drunken decision.
Being drunk doesn't make you daft, just shines light on your inner you.I think the most hard done to person in this game is Robert. He's nowhere near as bad, as a lot of people make him out to be. He genuinely wants to be Lena's boyfriend, and he pretty much worships the ground she walks on. He just has this one issue with Perry early on, which Ian takes exception to. But to be fair, Perry often does some pretty daft stuff, and was just as drunk as Robert was at the time, and equally at fault. People who are drunk often do daft things, but it doesn't make them into bad people. Plus that was a pretty bad evening for Robert, having just been beaten up by Axel, after he defended Lena.
Ian totally overreacts and literally labels Robert as scum, on the basis of one poor drunken decision.
While the second half of your statement is going to be 110% true, and we'll all continue to joke about how much of a loser Robert is.why is given the chance to get Holly? Probably we get an extremely awkward date and we can laugh about how much Robert failed.
They don't actually have to fail. That only happens if you let them.
Your expresion while typing thisWith Robert it was plainly stated that Eva makes him as bad and pathetic as possible. He is always put in a bad light and has the worst luck. I find it overbearing how much of a joke he is. He gets all possible negative traits of a pathetic partner because its soo funny every time Lena disses him. Could've been way subtler.
I like the angle of a relatively decent guy Lena can casualy date. He is well dressed, has a stable job (compare that with all the other losers in this game) and a active social live without much drama. Ultimately, Eva went for the Doug approach and made him and Lena incompatible, they don't have much to say to each other.
Another issue is the amount of quantive content he is given for someone designed to be a joke. If he is that much of a nothing character without potential, why is given the chance to get Holly? Probably we get an extremely awkward date and we can laugh about how much Robert failed.
Dunno, maybe Eva met someone like him and puts of all of her aggressions by constantly mocking him? He is pretty much the exact opposite of that perfect dream boyfriend, the perfect cringy sulky date.
The game doesn't demand anything. EK goes out of the way to add decent loving routes as well as darker sluttier routes to ORS and GGGB. Personally, my favorite endings in GGGB are almost all the "good" endings, with Ash / Eva / Jess / Jack / Iris all being better off from where they started.the game demands it if you want to have a wide choice of options, or you find yourself with a neutered game, so it's wider if the couple doesn't exist or if they conflict, I noticed that a world of scenes open up, if the dev had it wanted to focus on them as a path, he wouldn't have left much margin for error, a simple mistake is enough for Lena to become a slut.
Also, "There's Nothing About Robert", a spin on "There's Something About Mary", coming this Summer to theatres near you.EK should make a spin-off sitcom like VN and call it "Everybody Hates Robert" and base it loosely on ORS and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Lena ultimately working at the restaurant, has nothing to do with Robert. Seymour decides he doesn't want her working there, after their meeting in Chapter 3. And it's after that, that her hours are reduced. Plus Seymour is actually having a meeting with Axel, when the first incident occurs, because we actually see him stood right next to Axel, before him and Lena start arguing. Isn't it just as likely that Seymour is behind it all from the beginning? Robert is just relaying something someone else overheard. So we don't know for certain who is really behind it, we're relying on some gossip that Robert has been told about.No, what happens to make me believe it is the fact if Lena rejects his advances which he initiates afterwards he doesn't put the word in for her like he said he would. His demand is carried through his actions and the consequences, not his words.
"I'll do you a favor" followed by getting handsy has clear implications to any adult who's worked with shit bosses. Why are we even pretending to be clueless about the nature of the deal here?
How else was he supposed to ask her out? Maybe without making it a condition to tell her what he claimed was important information regarding her work? I'm acting like it was a sleazy piece of blackmail, because it was.
You are now inventing something that's not there (or reverting the timeline) It's not a matter of choosing between Lena and another woman when Lena and Robert spoke. Lena's contract was supposed to be reduced/cut due to the mess caused by Axel:
At no point it is claimed that it's supposed to be some sort of a choice between two workers. The "other worker" only pops up later as excuse why Lena had to be let go.Python:r "It seems Samantha overheard the chef and the staff chief talking the other day." l "About what?" r "About you." l "About me? Why?" r "Well, Friday's incident made quite a ruckus. People are talking about it..." l "Oh, God..." r "And the chief wasn't too thrilled about what happened on Thursday's service when they had to send you home early." l "But that wasn't my fault! None of it was..." r "Of course not, but I guess they're not too pleased with your personal life interfering with work..."
Also, as for why he should put the word in for Lena instead of the other worker -- maybe simply on professional level, because Lena is the best waitress they have, according to Robert himself?
Whether Lena gets her hours reduced or is let go has everything to do with Robert. It literally hinges on how the interactions between them play out:Lena ultimately working at the restaurant, has nothing to do with Robert.
r "Lena, I have to talk to you..."
if v2_robert_home or lena_robert_sex_late:
l "You have news about my job situation?"
r "Yes, we just had the meeting."
l "So?"
r "Well, there's good news and bad news."
l "Bad news?"
r "The good news is that they won't fire you."
// ...
else:
//...
r "Your contract is not being renewed. We're gonna let you go at the end of the month."
Robert explicitly brings it up before the "date" if Lena refuses his initial request. And he explicitly denies telling her until she agrees to go with him, if she asks him to tell her about it. That scenario is effectively a blackmail on Robert's part, if Lena isn't open to his advances from the get-go.You also say her going out with him, was a condition of him telling her important information about work, and that is your basis for him blackmailing her. Well since he didn't bring it up, till they were already on their date, that's obviously not the case is it?
This is literally the "'nice guy' thinks girl owes him [sex] for him being nice" mindset and the kind of thing people shit on Robert for. No, Lena isn't inconsiderate not wanting to go with Robert's sleazy request, no matter how he's acted before. And his request isn't any less sleazy due to it, if anything, that makes it even more of a turn off.If she doesn't offer to take him out for drinks, which is pretty inconsiderate considering he got beaten up, trying to protect her.
Well I started late. I'm sure you've been doing it longer than me. I could just as easily have said thousands, and it would have made no difference to the point I was trying to make.Ha! Noob! I've unalived Quadrillions of peasants across all game I've played and terrorized countless numbers of ant colonies in real life while still in the early years of my infancy! Get on my level!
PS. Cheating blows
If Lena shuts down Robert she's let go from the work. If she goes along with his sexual advances she gets to keep (part of) her job for a while longer. She doesn't get paid less/more before it happens, until that point she's repeatedly turned down his attempts to ask her out:Does Lena get less salary (money points) if she shuts down Robert? If yes, then she was using Robert for money/employment and he used this to his advantage.
l "Sorry, Robert, but I'll pass."
r "Why?"
l "For the same reason, I've passed all the other times you proposed the same thing."
because the real Lena would never do that
Hey! I'm quite shy okay? I just started commenting regularly last year.Let's see though. You've made 159 comments in almost 4 years, whereas I've made over 1400 in less than half that time. So who's the noob between us here?
Lena deals with Robert. At that stage she's not supposed to know that or the players for that matter, that Seynour is pulling all the strings. Are you saying he isn't responsible for reducing her hours? If Lena rejects Seymour's offer, he lets her know that he was behind everything. Because he wants her to know the power he can exert over her life. We might have learnt about it through her interactions with Robert, but he wasn't responsible for it. That's all Seymour. It doesn't matter whether there are two completely different outcomes, because Robert is not behind either of them. That's Seymour. The only part that Robert plays is determining which of the outcomes you get, depending on how your interaction with him played out. One leads to Lena getting sacked much sooner, and one later. But the outcome is ultimately the same. Whether Robert says something or he doesn't makes no difference. Because Seymour always wanted her out of that job. We're led to believe that it's down to Robert, because we're not supposed to know until later, that it was actually down to Seymour. So obviously it doesn't say that in the text, since that would have given the game awayWhether Lena gets her hours reduced or is let go has everything to do with Robert. It literally hinges on how the interactions between them play out:
That's also how i know Robert doesn't put in a word for Lena, if they don't have sex. Because the outcome is different based on whether they do or not.Python:r "Lena, I have to talk to you..." if v2_robert_home or lena_robert_sex_late: l "You have news about my job situation?" r "Yes, we just had the meeting." l "So?" r "Well, there's good news and bad news." l "Bad news?" r "The good news is that they won't fire you." // ... else: //... r "Your contract is not being renewed. We're gonna let you go at the end of the month."
Robert explicitly brings it up before the "date" if Lena refuses his initial request. And he explicitly denies telling her until she agrees to go with him, if she asks him to tell her about it. That scenario is effectively a blackmail on Robert's part, if Lena isn't open to his advances from the get-go.
Simply put, Robert shows his scummy nature if he doesn't get things his way. That he doesn't reveal it if he does get things his way doesn't make him any less of a scum.
This is literally the "'nice guy' thinks girl owes him [sex] for him being nice" mindset and the kind of thing people shit on Robert for. No, Lena isn't inconsiderate not wanting to go with Robert's sleazy request, no matter how he's acted before. And his request isn't any less sleazy due to it, if anything, that makes it even more of a turn off.
That wasn't anything particularly to do with Robert. She doesn't want to go out with anybody before that. Because she's still wary because of what happened with Axel. The fact is, Robert is the first person she dates. And you can make all kinds of claims about Robert blackmailing her. But isn't it strange that she never views it that way? I mean after all, she's only the person it's supposedly happening to. I suppose next, you're going to claim that Robert has her brainwashed, so she just can't see it, the way you can? Robert is such a smart guy, that he manages to pull the wool so effectively over Lena's eyes, that she never gets it?If Lena shuts down Robert she's let go from the work. If she goes along with his sexual advances she gets to keep (part of) her job for a while longer. She doesn't get paid less/more before it happens, until that point she's repeatedly turned down his attempts to ask her out:
Python:l "Sorry, Robert, but I'll pass." r "Why?" l "For the same reason, I've passed all the other times you proposed the same thing."