SearingFive

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I admit I had completely forgotten the path where Wade breaks up with Cindy himself. Probably because I don't pay much attention to this plot in the game as I don't find it interesting, so when I replay the game, at times I get Wade breaking up with Cindy, and others Cindy hooking up with Axel, and I have absolutely no idea on the choices I have made which lead to one outcome or the other (tbh...I don't really care).

However, I really have a hard time identifying the "interesting elements" making her "engaging":

- She's hot ok, that's why I mentioned her as a potential FMF candidate with my loyal Ian/Lena.
- Ok I get the "forbidden fruit" aspect, it is interesting....for exactly one second and a half.
Then what ?
Let's look at her from the start of the game:
- She's a rich girl working for her papa
- She's the kind of people who grabs stuff for free from her poorer friends, but rarely offers anything to them (beer etc.)
- She's not a good sport, super competitive even on the most silly games, and a VERY bad loser
- She does not know anything - and is no that interested - in arts, culture, politics, in anything
- She admires the bimbo influencers on instagram and tik tok pretty candidly
- She cheats on her boyfriend in almost any instance
- Before that, she is stupid enough to publish her naked pics before even having told her boyfriend about the shooting
- She doesn't cheat on her new boyfriend only if he has discplined her and put her on a leash

=> frankly, to me Cindy is just a blonde Kim Kardashian wannabe.
If you think Cindy's a blonde KimK wannabe, then EK has nailed the writing for you to believe that on a superficial level. It's funny that you haven't paid attention to the plot, and yet you have so many nitpicks. I'd suggest you play her current updated romantic path, and most of your queries will be answered by Cindy herself.

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BlandChili

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I admit I had completely forgotten the path where Wade breaks up with Cindy himself. Probably because I don't pay much attention to this plot in the game as I don't find it interesting, so when I replay the game, at times I get Wade breaking up with Cindy, and others Cindy hooking up with Axel, and I have absolutely no idea on the choices I have made which lead to one outcome or the other (tbh...I don't really care).

However, I really have a hard time identifying the "interesting elements" making her "engaging":

- She's hot ok, that's why I mentioned her as a potential FMF candidate with my loyal Ian/Lena.
- Ok I get the "forbidden fruit" aspect, it is interesting....for exactly one second and a half.
Then what ?
Let's look at her from the start of the game:
- She's a rich girl working for her papa
- She's the kind of people who grabs stuff for free from her poorer friends, but rarely offers anything to them (beer etc.)
- She's not a good sport, super competitive even on the most silly games, and a VERY bad loser
- She does not know anything - and is no that interested - in arts, culture, politics, in anything
- She admires the bimbo influencers on instagram and tik tok pretty candidly
- She cheats on her boyfriend in almost any instance
- Before that, she is stupid enough to publish her naked pics before even having told her boyfriend about the shooting
- She doesn't cheat on her new boyfriend only if he has discplined her and put her on a leash

=> frankly, to me Cindy is just a blonde Kim Kardashian wannabe.
Well, many of the points you list as negative traits are some of the details that make her interesting. I don't think a character has to be wholly pleasant to be a fun love interest for your main characters.

So we can address some of the things seperately.
First her background, a daddy's girl who never really challenged herself until she got stuck in life. We see how she shows curiosity towards having a life beyond the day-to-day, reminiscing about the band-past of her friend group, how she falls into modelling at becomes defensive about it, wanting to make it her own thing, etc. The reason why I think this part of her is interesting is because she's at least semi-aware that she's lacking something in life. She falls into the modelling thing with very little grace when it comes to her boyfriend of course, but I think that's pretty reaslistic for a person who's never challenged the boundaries before. I like her and Ian's interactions because Ian actually has some experience and knowledge to share and even though Cindy ends up somewhat bratty if you chide her for some of her behaviour, I think they genuinely have some chemistry where Ian can show her how life can still be enticing. Cindy thinks she's stuck in her lane and Axel offers an option to get unstuck. But like you mention, Cindy's appreciation for modelling and that path in life is superficial, especially when compared to Lena who is almost pretentious about her body-positive look of the field.
As for your final point, like I already said Cindy doesn't need to be on the boundary path not to cheat. Still, for Cindy not to cheat you have to make certain choices, but as with your own professed experience this path can happen entirely dynamically too, Cindy cheating is not a given but a place she ends up if life doesn't pan out the right way. That's not to defend cheating of course, but I think this split with her is interesting just for the sake of branching storytelling. If you happen to only play Ian as a really good friend to Wade, you will only ever see Cindy and him break up normally, without her cheating. That way of playing isn't less legitimate than others.

I get that many of these details are ones that you think makes her unattractive, but to me it just makes her interesting to make choices in regards. I never end up with Axel/Cindy but that's because I always either play the Ian romance or Ian as Wade's true friend.
You regard Cindy as a character where cheating is inevitable, but it's more complicated than so and I think the frustrations she has with life and her relationship are very human, easy to understand. I don't agree with the cheating, but I think anyone can be driven to make stupid mistakes of other kinds when they are met with too much opposing force.
 
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Besides Ian being unable to purchase props to unlock scenes, I’ve also noticed that his Athletics stat hardly demonstrates any impact on stamina-related performance during sex scenes. I hope the devs can make Ian’s Athletics stat play a role in showcasing his endurance in future updates—for example, in scenarios like multiple consecutive rounds of intercourse or sexual endurance competitions.
Ian goes to Japan to compete in the World's Longest Whack championship.
 
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