Great update, and I love the twist at the end, but does anyone else gets beyond annoyed when the MC of one of these games always get stuck with the best male friend, who is a creeper with nothing but sex on his mind, despite the fact they continuously screw us over? They are useless characters, who forces us (the players) to clean up their mess, hook them up with girls that have no interest in them, whine when we don't pick their side at all times, participate in their creepy/illegal behaviors, etc. It never made sense to me, as the game(s) already have plenty of drama to keep us busy anyway, and they are not good enough to be comedic relief. Both Life in Santa County, and Intertwined suffer from these forced characters.
Honestly, once I saw that pill box on the table, the only thing on my mind was Jake is going to become a villain we will have to kill by the end of the game, (similar to Jake from Superhuman, but no where near as redeemable or smart). The points being not only is Jake dumb as a rock, fueled on revenge against us (which might lead to unavoidable NTR), etc, but he is so focused on these get-rich-quick schemes while ignoring all the drawbacks (Jake might sell them at a ridiculously high price on the streets creating more rivals for us to deal with in the future).
Don't get me wrong, Jake has a point that we are a hypocrite that we slept with his mother (Faith), while he was trying to get with our sister, however it was a mutual agreement on the MC and Faith's part. Jake's interactions towards Sarah was pure harassment, and arguable for a restraining order. Also, knowing Jake, he would just pump and dump Sarah and tell the whole neighborhood that he scored with our sister, because all he cares about is getting laid. He doesn't care for women beyond that exchange. When was Jake displayed as being a trustworthy character? Finally, Faith's marriage to Brad (Jake's character) is in the shitters anyway. Does Jake honestly believe Faith would entertain us (without the mind control) if her marriage was stable and fulfilling (ex. Jerome and Jade from Grandma's house)?
Apologies, if the rant was too long, but I'm starting to notice a trend with games on this site.
