That's not what sequels should be about, though.
Dealbreaker put it well: this was a chance for the dev to show what happens to a couple that already experimented with Cuckolding/Sharing/Cheating?
The 6-year timeskip was completely unnecessary, as it has no benefits and only introduces glaring plotholes. Like
Sldia said:
And that was just the Cuck route (
where Penelope is mixed-race)... the fact of the matter is: Julia discovered her slightly-nymphomaniacal sexuality in the events of PE1, and instead of building on that in PE2, SadPepper is choosing to "reset" that development back to 0 to give him an excuse for the current plot of PE2.
Here's a list of contrived things that the developer decided for - that don't make sense otherwise:
- Introduce a child in 4/5 paths (might as well have made it canon at that point), only for said child to be completely irrelevant to the plot: either as something that causes the story or that what drives it forward. Nothing.
- The child in question can even be mixed-race, begging another question: how the fuck did Peter's parents just readily accept a mixed-Penelope without any drama that could've been used for the plot of PE2?
- Cornell ghosts his best friend and the woman he impregnated for 6 years... because he was immature? Okay, fine, whatever, but...
- Why the fuck was Julia in contact with the mother of the man who abandoned her after getting knocked up? And why she kept it a secret that she gave birth to Mrs. Johnson's granddaughter??
- Mrs. Johnson saw such amazing chemistry between Julia and Cornell that she was devastated when the ruse was discovered and they "broke up"... but apparently she was the only one, as Cornell was not at all happy to see Julia once more in some epilogues of PE1. He didn't feel anything towards the wife of his best friend that was willingly sharing her with him, so he decided to just ghost both of them. Yup...
- It's only after 6 years of being nagged that Cornell decides to talk to Julia again - just to ask her if she can explain to Mrs. Johnson that they are never getting back together. Better late than never...
- Oh, and Mrs. Johnson invites Julia to her home after 6 years of minimal contact. The tardiness runs in the family, I guess...
- After experiencing mindblowing sex in PE1 with various strangers, Julia and Peter never again had any such experience for the next 6 years - despite Peter's parents being very much involved in their granddaughter's life. What about the paths where they don't have a kid? What was the excuse then? You're telling me Julia went from threesomes with 2 strangers to monogamous sex with Peter for 6 years?? And it was never a point of contention between them???
Yeah, no...