There are choices (Pokemon stuff, classes, occasional dialogue choices) choose who you hang out with to build your relationship with them to unlock the next scene, etc), but the flirting happens within dialogue that's part of the story.
The MC letting you know that they're flexible doesn't mean you have to go out of your way to build your relationships with those characters.
That's not even really strictly true, except that the game is low on content right now. Your relationship event with Nessa is very obviously treated as a date, for example.
I've brought this up before, but there's no valid reason to let us know the MC is flexible. Give us the option to be with dialogue choices, but ultimately let us decide if the MC is flexible or nah. Which, btw, might be one of the best way of saying bi that I've ever seen.
MC being bi and simply expressing it is a perfectly valid reason.
The problem isnt that he is letting you know he is "flexible" but that he only seems to be "flexible" with the guys. With most of the women his "flirting" is downright standoffish other then with leaf. But he blatantly admita his attraction and his intent to attract guys multiple times. You may as well take them women out and make it gay pokemon academy. Like i said, i dont have an issue with you going the bi or gay route IF thats what you want, or if he equally flirts with the women and shows his intent to attract women as well. But there is very little of that. ♂
MC expresses his attraction to multiple women in the cast, both openly and in his internal thoughts. If he shows restraint it's with girls who are already in relationships, and that's hardly a reason to complain or claim the game "may as well be made gay".
No, it's not. Because in a choice-based, character driven story, and considering the "no sexual content" tag, this very much is a character driven story, you want the player to be able to insert themselves into the character. With a kinetic novel, the player has no freedom to decide what the MC is like, so they base their decision to play on the tags. That way, if they're not into dudes fucking each other, women fucking each other, etc. they can avoid the game. But when the game is choice-based, forcing the MC to be bi is a failure of the narrative.
Have you actually tried a bunch of the game yet? There's flirty opportunities with multiple girls. You can literally tell Hilda to her face that she's a hot mom, and Nessa's first relationship event is straight up a date. But first events with people mostly don't look like flirting, because firstly that would be weird if they all were, and secondly their purpose is to establish what these characters are about so their story can be woven into getting closer to them later.
You can tell Hilda she's a hot mom. You can also not. That probably makes some difference to some people.
You are free to not engage with any of the characters.
Yes, it is. It's perfectly possible for a game to have a pre-defined character (including their sexuality) that the player has no influence over. In fact, bulk of the games on this site --including "character-driven stories"-- have pre-defined heterosexual characters and never give the player a choice in this regard. I don't recall seeing you complain in threads of those other games about this issue.
It's also not that hard for people to just ignore the bits where Red's like "I could go with guys too" if they intend to only go after girls. That side, it's not like it should be weird for people to compliment others, even of the same sex. You can say "my friend is handsome/pretty/etc" without it having to have sexual interest.
Wrong. MC decides, on his own, that he's bi and to flirt with some of the guys without any input from the player. The definition of forced.
99% of the games on this site, including all the ones that promote "player choice" make the MC straight without any input from the player
