Well...since the story hasn't progressed far enough, that anybody here can know that (well, maybe TD as the actual writer, but he wouldn't tell us), I don't think anybody here can really help you in that regard.
Fuck...I'll make a save and I'll go down the Mina only girlfriend route while trying to maintain as positive a relationship with Hana as possible. Hope that will be enough to not lock me entirely into a bad ending.
I wouldn't worry that you're going to get nothing but bad endings if you associate with anyone but specific, one girl.
there is no Mina GF route though.... it only exists with Hana. I mean you can probably stay exclusive with Mina if you want, but there is no such commitment on either end.
I think you mean no Hana gf route...and while you are mostly right in that there seem to be no scenes or anything exclusive to being Hana's boyfriend, it you tell her you like her at the end of Week 3 Part 1, you technically become her boyfriend and the game starts tracking points for "cheating" on her. I rather avoid that minefield if I can help it.
I think they're referring to "Mina only girlfriend route" you've used in your post. There is no option in game (at least for now) to have Mina as your girlfriend. The only "girlfriend route" available is the one where Edwin becomes exclusive with Hana.
Thank you for the reply. Then yeah, I'm definitely going Mina only girlfriend route.
I guess she doesn't get specifically labeled as girlfriend, at least not yet, but it's more or less the same thing. If you get with her there are a couple of scenes you can get and the relationship will likely progress in future updates. Of course, I imagine that at some point she will find out about the club and all but that's a crisis for another time.
Not really, no. Mina explicitly doesn't want to get in relationship because she's smart enough to know that doing it right after her previous relationship crashed is bound to be nothing but bad judgement and a rebound. She recognizes she has a crush on Edwin but that's the extent of it, she seems quite determined for this arrangement to be "friends with benefits".
It will almost certainly become more...at least if the player chooses as you can distinctly choose to be lovers or push her down a more slutty route. I seriously doubt that this will amount to nothing without the player messing it up.
Well, i'm not saying it'll amount to nothing, you could even say the FWB arrangement they have is already something and more Edwin could ever hope for. What i'm saying is that, realistically, if it even becomes a relationship then it's one that's bound to be pretty short lived, because Mina is out of Edwin's league (something they're both aware of) But then it's unlikely for the game to reach such late point, so people's fantasies are probably safe.
I certainly didn't mean to cast aspersions on your playstyle, so I'm sorry if my "sex toy" comment came across as judgmental. I just meant that Veronica reacts badly to being objectified or fetishized, even if that is ultimately what she signed up for under Kathleen. That's what I meant by treating her as a peer; sure, she's accepted a demeaning job of her own volition (mostly), but there's no need to rub that in. If that sort of circumspection is what you view as "kissing up to her," then I take your point.
Hahahaha...it's a game...no girl you have a relationship meter with is out of the MC's league. Hell, the fact the MC gets Felicia to be willing to pay for sex with him makes that exceedingly clear.
Well, that's a sad thing to hear. Personally, I like VN the most when it offers many routes and has many different point systems as a tool to guide you to a certain route. Or to have an immediate effect on the gameplay. Like toughness system which, to my surprise, doesn't have much of an impact on how Edwin speaks or behave and only has connection to a few dialog options despite how often the game gives or takes these points.
Do you really need to? It only makes sense for her route to have not-so-easy-to-pass type of gatekeeping as Veronica has the most antoganistic relationship with MC at the start of the game. It will also take away that rewarding feeling when you successfully manage to pass it, imo.
I think i get TD1900's point given the mention of ORS: the generic "relationship meters" which accumulate some small decisions but determine big outcomes can feel off when you fail to clear the threshold just by couple points. ORS uses different mechanic, where decisions you make influence directly what choices you can make down the road, regarding how relationships between characters shape out. This approach makes it easier to see connections between causes and effects, and the choices you make also feel more tangible and crucial. And it doesn't mean having less routes -- if there's one thing ORS deserves recognition for is the sheer number of routes (and combinations) it covers, between MCs and the other characters.
Nothing really stops her and Edwin to become real girlfriend/boyfriend in future updates like Hana/Edwin can be now, right? I actually feel like what we have right now is some sort of fork and eventually we will have to choose new status of relationship. Preferably the one where Edwin and Mina like heroes of old bang every other chick in the game. Together. For Earth. For humanity
The MC's mom was in similar situation as the carnations when the MC was younger but she isn't anymore. None of the women at the club or that the MC is sexually involved with is his mother. There is no incest in this game...at least not yet. Hard to say what the future will bring but so far there has been no sexual inuendo between the MC and his mother and he hasn't had any sexual attraction or sexual feelings towards her.
