VN Ren'Py Race of Life [Act 1 v1.02] [Underground Studio]

[Acsuka]

does allison really mean that? I hope she could forgive mc, please do not let her be with another man

If you really chose Allison, use the sex scene only to unlock the gallery...Allison has three paths: Bad path if you have sex with her...Good path if you are always next to her and sleep on the couch after dinner (no fight scene). ..A neutral path, if you apologize after the fight and leave peacefully... You decide what you choose...

 

[hysepReC]

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I don't trust Natalya is the slightest. She is definitely up to something but dat ass might just be worth risking the battery project for! The MC still has the racing thing to pay for Lily's treatment so it should be fine... right?

 

[Acsuka]

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I don't trust Natalya is the slightest. She is definitely up to something but dat ass might just be worth risking the battery project for! The MC still has the racing thing to pay for Lily's treatment so it should be fine... right?

She's a really good ass, and if you take her to prom, she'll show her real "skills" there

 

[hysepReC]

She's a really good ass, and if you take her to prom, she'll show her real "skills" there

Just finished my first playthrough and took Allison because it felt like the right thing to do but i'll definitely be replaying to see what happens if i take Natalya instead.

 

[emirRR3V]

 

[Acsuka]

Just finished my first playthrough and took Allison because it felt like the right thing to do but i'll definitely be replaying to see what happens if i take Natalya instead.

Be sure to make a separate route with each girl, it's worth the time... Good luck

 

[Bolero]

Don't save that route though, no one should be rude to Allie.

Yeah, i agree. I asked this question before I played that scene. I thought it is a route that needs good personality and Alison points. But after I watched that scene using scrappy mod, it was obvious that it is not really a love route for Allison, more like hate route lol, and I never went for it. Will play Alison' s route first next update again, even though it may not have a sex scene, o prefer it than this hate sex they had in this update. Will definitely play routes with other females too, they are all interesting in their own way.

 

[Deleted member 207916]

does allison really mean that? I hope she could forgive mc, please do not let her be with another man

She's ex for a reason. Not that she did anything wrong it's the MCs fault for cheating and usually when cheating happens partner (man or wife) wants a divorce. The best thing for both Allison and MC is to move on. Be the best parrents to your daughter but to, learn from your past mistakes, find someone new because lets be honest here. Every time MC is texting someone Allison will ask herself whom his texting? Or did he really went out with friends? Simpley trust is gone.

 

[Jericho85]

She's ex for a reason. Not that she did anything wrong it's the MCs fault for cheating and usually when cheating happens partner (man or wife) wants a divorce. The best thing for both Allison and MC is to move on. Be the best parrents to your daughter but to, learn from your past mistakes, find someone new because lets be honest here. Every time MC is texting someone Allison will ask herself whom his texting? Or did he really went out with friends? Simpley trust is gone.

This is my thought as well. I think Jake and Allison are capable of caring for each other and trusting that they'll each do the best for Lily. But they stopped truly being husband and wife long before Jake cheated... they just never put it into words until after that. The chances are high that the same problems will repeat. I think they work best as co-parents with good coordination and positive communication, but I don't think they work as husband and wife. So I like the neutral non-romance path with Allison.

Edit: Actually I just checked the variables at the end of my main save and I wound up with allison_positive even though I'm not pursuing her. I didn't take her to the ball and I ended with 19 points, so now I'm not sure exactly what triggers allison_neutral...

 

[Garvelt]

Ok, at first I was wondering why people would be annoyed by veronica. I played my first playthrough the veronica route. The entire route I asked myself why people were getting annoyed by veronica, because the veronica route itself is pretty sweet imo. Sure the mc "isn't ready yet" for a full commitment relationship... at least not at the beginning of ep 1. But Veronica is caring, attentive and imo one of the best wife material of all the LI's. That she's smokin' hot, is an extra. Oh and she has the potential of becoming a "perfect yandere". (not psychotic jealous, just the right amount of jealousy to f*ck your brains out when she gets jealous or chasing away thots, *cough jammin cough*)

Now that I'm playing for my second playthrough... I didn't take the veronica route this time.... Now I kind of get why people are getting annoyed by her LOL. Still, if you place yourself in her place, I totally get why she is so pushy. She's deeply in love with the mc and frankly, she is a woman who takes initiative and doesn't give up easy. She knows what she wants and (i guess) wants to start a family with the mc.

I think the biggest problem with Veronica is the fact that she wants commitment very early in the game. It makes total sense for her character and it's not unreasonable to expect some kind of commitment from the MC after six months of dating, but it goes against the whole 'get to know all the girls and then choose one of them' formula that is common with non-harem VNs. That's why people in general don't really enjoy having partners at the beginning of these games. Because in these situations you are basically forced to cheat and/or break up with them if you want to pursue another girl. Here I think it is handled pretty well overall, but it still feels kinda asshole-y if you go for another girl. On my main route I went with the indecisive answers just to keep my options open, but let's be honest, there's no way I'm choosing her over Jasmine at this point.

 

[Elduriel]

Edit: Actually I just checked the variables at the end of my main save and I wound up with allison_positive even though I'm not pursuing her. I didn't take her to the ball and I ended with 19 points, so now I'm not sure exactly what triggers allison_neutral...

I checked... you can get the neutral path if you get into the argument but instead of fighting back you apologize. Then MC leaves the house on friendly terms rather than sleeping on the couch.

 

[Jericho85]

I checked... you can get the neutral path if you get into the argument but instead of fighting back you apologize. Then MC leaves the house on friendly terms rather than sleeping on the couch.

That's the weird thing. The scenario you just described is the ending I got. Jake makes a shitty joke that pisses off Allison, they argue for a bit then I chose "Apologize". Jake leaves on friendly terms. I wound up with allison_positive from that.

I actually haven't made an Allison route save, so I haven't even gotten the one where he sleeps on the couch. So there must be something else contributing to whether you get positive or neutral.

 

[Elduriel]

That's the weird thing. The scenario you just described is the ending I got. Jake makes a shitty joke that pisses off Allison, they argue for a bit then I chose "Apologize". Jake leaves on friendly terms. I wound up with allison_positive from that.

I actually haven't made an Allison route save, so I haven't even gotten the one where he sleeps on the couch. So there must be something else contributing to whether you get positive or neutral.

I'm not sure that's right... if you have 19 points with her you can't even get into the argument in the first place, because the trigger for that is to have 8 points or less with her.
Edit: turns out that's not completely true either... sub 8 points you will have the nastier argument that can lead to you storming out or sex, no neutral path there. So I set my points to 9, and I got the other variant where you can apologize instead, then leave. But it's still on the positive path, so not sure what else I need for the neutral

Edit: this was pissing me off but I figured it out... you need to initiate the fight, then back off instead of fucking her, that's how you get the neutral

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

I'm not sure that's right... if you have 19 points with her you can't even get into the argument in the first place, because the trigger for that is to have 8 points or less with her.

you get 4 points for apologizing, so he had 15 points with her at the start of the dinner

 

[Jericho85]

I'm not sure that's right... if you have 19 points with her you can't even get into the argument in the first place, because the trigger for that is to have 8 points or less with her.

There are two different argument scenes. The one you're thinking of is v2s14a_allison_bad and that requires less than 8 points. Jake gets set off by Allison on that one after she brings up the cheating again.

The other one is after they're talking about Lily learning to drive, and Jake makes a joke where Lily will have gotten into more accidents if Allison teaches her. That's the argument I got. From what I gather from other comments, supposedly that argument doesn't happen if you take Allison to the ball? I don't know. At any rate, I still wound up with allison_positive after that. I'm still curious how to wind up with neutral.

 

[Elduriel]

There are two different argument scenes. The one you're thinking of is v2s14a_allison_bad and that requires less than 8 points. Jake gets set off by Allison on that one after she brings up the cheating again.

The other one is after they're talking about Lily learning to drive, and Jake makes a joke where Lily will have gotten into more accidents if Allison teaches her. That's the argument I got. From what I gather from other comments, supposedly that argument doesn't happen if you take Allison to the ball? I don't know. At any rate, I still wound up with allison_positive after that. I'm still curious how to wind up with neutral.

edited my previous comment, figured out what triggers the neutral path

 

[Acsuka]

She's ex for a reason. Not that she did anything wrong it's the MCs fault for cheating and usually when cheating happens partner (man or wife) wants a divorce. The best thing for both Allison and MC is to move on. Be the best parrents to your daughter but to, learn from your past mistakes, find someone new because lets be honest here. Every time MC is texting someone Allison will ask herself whom his texting? Or did he really went out with friends? Simpley trust is gone.

You are right about many things, however, every story, be it a game or reality, has a different background story... In this story, the relationship between two people deteriorates and one of them does something stupid... Unfortunately, it is not enough that he cheats, but also the consequences also the fact that the woman is humiliated at work...Divorce is right, and the woman's hatred...However, he still can't end the relationship because he still has feelings for her...If it wasn't like this and there was only hatred in it , then she would have slept with other men a long time ago... We know she didn't do that... And it has nothing to do with whether or not they have a child together... If MC really regretted what he did, and the woman sees that how much the man tries to be a good person, then there is indeed an opportunity to rekindle the relationship, especially because of Lily, whose greatest happiness would be if they could be a family again... And if MC does everything in the future to be a lovable person again, then you can go for a beer with your friend...

 

[「HOLLOW」]

Just finished playing 2nd episode, must say that I liked all the girls since 1st episode, but this one made me fell in love with Jasmine, Allie and Maggie. Their storylines just *chef's kiss*, can't wait for more. Story is picking up a pace and that cliffhanger is just brutal man.

Only downside of the episode is Veronica, I really hoped that her clinginess will fade away so that we could enjoy all the girls until later in the game, but her forceful break up really makes me not want to play her path at all.

 

[Jusis Albarea]

Jasmine is the best its not even a competition easily one of my top 3 love interest of all time she has all the qualities a man would want in a women.

 

[sp4ckj4rr0w_420]

I think the biggest problem with Veronica is the fact that she wants commitment very early in the game. It makes total sense for her character and it's not unreasonable to expect some kind of commitment from the MC after six months of dating, but it goes against the whole 'get to know all the girls and then choose one of them' formula that is common with non-harem VNs. That's why people in general don't really enjoy having partners at the beginning of these games. Because in these situations you are basically forced to cheat and/or break up with them if you want to pursue another girl. Here I think it is handled pretty well overall, but it still feels kinda asshole-y if you go for another girl. On my main route I went with the indecisive answers just to keep my options open, but let's be honest, there's no way I'm choosing her over Jasmine at this point.

True, when I went for the other routes I also felt like an asshole. Especially since my first playthrough was with veronica. And I also agree with you that it would be maybe better if it was the case of "getting to know the girls" before committing. Or at least show us how the relationship between veronica and the mc has developed.

The only LI's that are imo kind of genuine are veronica and jasmine, well maybe jasmine a little less genuine than veronica, because I find it a bit sus with the whole "lets install the brand new battery tech on my personal bike", maybe I'm paranoid or maybe its foreshadow, I don't know. I just feel uncomfortable that the mc installs his own invented tech onto the personal bike of one of his students without any safeguards. What if that bike gets stolen? Or what if Jasmine just takes off with the bike and sells the tech? Sure, during ep 2, her dialogs suggests otherwise but there is this nagging feeling that something is about to go wrong with that bike and tech.

Alexa, the slutty girls, natalya and even kris have all their ulterior motives so I'd rather avoid them if possible.

Alexa prolly wants to get into the mc's pants and maybe blackmail him? Cuz he's a teacher, she's a daughter of a ruthless capitalist... 1+1=2? (or maybe her father will blackmail the mc?)

the slutty girls; i'm not entirely sure what their end-game is, prolly just to get into the mc's pants. (and/or ruin the current relationship of the mc aka homewrecking)

And natalya is extra sus. Through comments I knew she was a spy but if you don't know any better; her dialogs are so... sus. She's coming hard onto the mc, is turned on by intelligence, mispoke during car scene and so on... Even in the first dialog at the cafe she's trying too hard which makes her so suspicious. It's seems like she's buttering the mc up for prolly a honey trap or something along those lines. So that's a big no.

Kris is buttering the mc up so that when the mc is looking for car parts, the mc will go to her (father's) shop. Sex sells, eh?

So that leaves veronica as "the most safe option" besides the ex-wife.