I almost think the writing in this game is too good. I find it hard to enjoy as a smut game, due to the level of evil the twins embody. I don't think I'll be able to play it again, mostly due to how real the scenes of cruelty feel. It's genuinely impressive writing, but it just feels too real for me.
NGL. I'm right there with you sometimes. Playing SoC is like getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly. Not sure how much longer I will last either.
I don't like still existing in this painful subby space at all. It was good for awhile- but the wick of its candle is burning low and I'd like to move into a new narrative space soon.
Game just constantly tramples on the characters I like the most. The bigger an asshole a character is the less likely their actions are to have any consequences and the more plot armor they have. The more likeable/goodly a character is the more likely are to get raped into the dirt, mind broken, killed, or otherwise horribly bad-ended.
It has almost become clock-work at this point.
For me the appeal of the game is escaping this shit space and moving on to the narrative progression of becoming either a savior or a semi benevolent but still somewhat ruthless conqueror. I am acutely aware that it is of course Act 1(we've been there awhile) , but I think at some point you just have to concede that the game will never be moving towards those goal posts if the scaffolding for it isn't laid out more deliberately. Unless we get some movement in that regard by act2 within the first couple releases of act2. I'll probably peace as well.
Addendum: I guess I should be somewhat generous here as well- we have a couple plots that
could deviate from the norm left in A1. We've yet to see what sort of narrative spaces Gob and Fae plot will take up in the end. They both seem like they have the potential to be exceptions to the SoC norms. I'm pretty sure Gob plot is gonna be a rug pull with a fucked up finale and the most evil Rowan being the one that gets the most benefit- but you never know.
