I'm not sure if "paranoid" is the right term for it, but no, I'm not on the same page as you there.
Yes you are. You're both on page 341 of this games thread.
I personally hope that in the future, it's possible that Allison, Maggie or Veronica appear at the racing events if you go down their paths. It would be cool to see Cooper and Allison, something that you could possibly decide on. And without negative consequences since Cooper would be around, and if you performed well during the races consistently: you might even have Toby looking out for you. Not because he's a good person (he's not, he seems to be lawful evil type of dude) but because he knows you bring in the money and he likes it when you make it rain - either for yourself or for him with all the money off of the bets he makes. (Like with the second race: where he ends up cleaning almost everyone out.)Good game with a pretty well executed story and characters. I would say that the only problem it has is the individual main LI paths where one of them (Jasmine) is like the game's love child and others lag behind.
I don't really have a favorite, I'd rate the paths like this Jasmine > Veronica> Maggie > Allison
Maggie was my early favorite. She seemed to be a wholesome and reserved woman whose progress towards being more daring would be more gradual. Sadly that wasn't true and in one scene it goes from 0 to 100 super quick heh. She does have lovely dates and the dogs like each other so that's a big plus.
Allison is a good character but they only did half job with her path. It is good that they worked on her resentment but they kinda forgot the MC exists too. Slow burn or not, they needed to establish that the MC still cares and has feelings for her too. He won't act on them but they are there and all hope is not lost. In the end the MC came off as uninterested and being fine with thinking she hates him. He hopes to not get too close to her and that is pretty much it. I don't think this is how you sell the path to the player?
Veronica is at least an interesting character and her path has a direction. She has tons of flaws but fuck it.. let's rock. She prolly gonna kill me if I keep cheating on her on alt run.
Don't think much needs to be said about Jasmine. The obvious fan favorite..she's smart and confident. You get to go to events together, race together and fuck together. Her dynamic with the MC is the most natural and honestly she almost seems like the canon choice. She has flaws but these are barely explored and there is nothing really discouraging about her path. Even better when you know whats coming.. lets fuck, figure out what we are later.. good
Definitely a good idea. I'd like to see that. It could be pretty funny esp with Veronica there.
I don't think we would see Allison there. She seems to don't want having anything to do with illegal stuff (except for the money if it's for her kid).
Yeah...Unfortunately I do agree, though maybe Camilla might be able to trick her into going, if Allison and MC end up looking more and more like a couple again? You know, as a way of showing Allison how much MC is dedicated to getting the money and so on.
Yep, definitely hoping to see Maggie start being more involved in the things in the MC's life - I'm sure the devs have that planned to be integrated at some point in the future as it just makes sense as the relationships get more serious, etc.
I still don't think she will ride with him, at least until their kid is (semi)-healthy again. Who would care for the kid if she gets arrested for illegal streetracing? Worst case scenario, she will lose her daughter.
The only scenario I could see where Allison ends up in the car with Jake racing is if Wyatt is physically after her and Jake needs to race at the same time. Otherwise, there's no way. She can't afford to get hurt or have her reputation affected by being arrested or connected to illegal racing. Besides, Jasmine is already the "car" girl, no reason to have all the LIs do it. I do think Allison's route needs to pick up the pace a bit but hopefully the next episode/chapter takes care of that.
Sure, that is reasonable. I think that just being there and showing her support is big enough and makes a lot of sense too. They are in it together. Maybe she could bond more with Coop while MC is racing
If you did everything right, their current relationship seems to have went to at least a "I am smitten with you but I don't want to show it too much." stage. Which is major progress given your first (in game) meeting showing the resentment, anger and hate. The fact that she ultimately stays in bed with MC when he falls asleep instead of sleeping on the floor or a chair shows that while she's hesitant, she's actually beginning to move past all of that resentment. Not completely or *that* far yet, but it's a lot of progress given MC's major mess up pre-game.
Sure, I mean each to their own.
She still has the problem she might be arrested for just being there, if only for a short while. I have no idea if it's illegal to watch an illegal race on-site or not.Sure, that is reasonable. I think that just being there and showing her support is big enough and makes a lot of sense too. They are in it together. Maybe she could bond more with Coop while MC is racing
As MC said to Cooper when he parked in an illegal spot outside of the racing place:
Yeah it's illegal to just be there so the audience can be arrested.
I think he pays some cops to not patrol a certain area during race time. This could work as long as no one wrecks or hurts someone.
