Their situation would be the answer for that. Rosalind is being forced to work at a brothel for rich degenerates and Edwin is her "handler" for the duration of the carnation competition. In a way sex is the first and biggest thing that connect them so far.
Good to know. On a side note I think I have to replay and do a bad interview. Again not being able to just say no to your "reward" is fucking stupid to me. Whats the point of forcing that on a player whether they are into it or not? I mean who really benefits from that? If I sound salty it's just because I don't like having my hand forced, especially what it really has fuck all to do with the plot. That type of stuff wouldn't add much more work at all for the dev. Just like not excepting the diner date, you stay home and watch TV. What is that like 10 extra minutes of work?
10 minutes?
I think if that stuff irks you, this might not be the game for you. There's quite a few situations down the line (mainly the exhibition) where sex is non optional. On top of that, Edwin (the player character) has a very specific personality and him getting bewilderingly pulled into a fivesome for doing a good job is indeed meant to be within that character and serve as a bit of world building.
I was talking about a simple alternitive from a scene, not a full on separate branch. Making two option for a scene doesn't have to turn into a whole new story arc.10 minutes?
Any developer team that offer branching choices on their games, even if outside of the main storyline, will have to spend a lot more than 10min every time a new choice is offered in the game.
They will have to do extra coding, writting and rendering scenes/animations to accomodate the new extra option. On a wild guess i say it would be more closer to 10 days than 10 minutes.
Yes it does because the game is not over.
Yeah, unfortunately I'm thinking this may not be for me. I like the characters but it's like a minefield for me. Just accepting a simple diner date is this games equivalent of wanting to jump into bed with someone, it just leads to another scene you have no control over. That's fine if it's your thing and all but to me it seems like the dev has completely designed this game to be played as a man-whore. That's fine if I'm given a choice but not if you seemingly have to play that way. That's what it seems like to me at any rate, which make the choices you actually have pretty hollow. Not shitting on the game or anything the writing and the characters are done really well but the lack of real player agency just doesn't do it for me.
Your blowing it out of proportion and talking about a completely different scene - arc. I was talking about being able to say no to 5 (6?)-some, not a whole other story line.
I am not. It is you who is underestimating the amount of time involved when creating a game.
If it's not the game for you, that's cool. Different strokes for different folks. It is a little unjust to say that the choices the character has are pretty hollow. I've played hundreds of VNs, and Pale Carnations has more meaningful choices than almost all of them. It is also very up front about the fact that it has erotic content.
Sir, this game is about a character working at a sex club, in which there is a “game” where women are competing to get what they desire by enduring sexual acts. It is told to the character (and player) very early on that he will be required to engage in these activities and preform sexual acts as well. So the game has been telling the player since the beginning that you will not be determining who you screw all the time, though some are optional and must be pursued by the player. I really don’t know what you expected after being told these things, but if that is not something you are up for, I would implore you to rethink playing any more of the game. Thanks
I didn't quite mean that they are hollow. What I meant was that if it "was" designed to be played as a man-whore they would be, not that they "are" actually hollow. I probably could have explained it better. The choices do matter, I just feel that they work better as a whole if you are pursuing multiple or all of the LIs.
Yeah, that's fair enough. It's too bad it wasn't the game for you, but I've been there with plenty of em myself. Appreciate the follow up.
Your pretty snide sir. I guess I missed the part where it told me I didn't have a say in who I go after. I think I'll keep playing these games thanks, just maybe not this particular one.
Nice to see someone who shares the same passion for the MONK path. I too didn't feel like it was the right time or place to be physically intimate (more than the plot-mandated scenes, at least) with any of the girls so far in my main playthrough, even though I really like Hana. Just don't have it in me to, like the MC, try to start an honest and clean relationship when my professional life creates so much indirect infidelity.
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