Well that sounds a bit better esp with what I read here about the christmas thing, I never went after Vi in my play so that part is skipped over for me. But glad you agree about the power-dynamics stuff still being there.
From what we've been told, Els' brother died before she joined the army, and in fact the only reason she enlisted was because he wasn't around to "serve the Crown" for the Adair family. Els and both her parents accept that he's dead, plus presumably her entire family and many others as well, so I think it's rather unlikely he's somehow still among the living.
Do they know he is dead? I thought for sure she said her brother was presumably in the same place as his friend. You only see a casket so I assumed he was MIA but presumed dead. Maybe I misread it.
It's very common. I get that lots of Devs want to follow the main story path which involves all LIs whether you are romancing or not. There is not many Devs that successfully run a friend route alongside a romance route for a LI. It can be so frustrating that you are on a friend path, yet constantly have to get the same dialogue as the romance. Turn someone down, yet MC is constantly drooling over them with thoughts and spoken words. I'm not a dev, but I would have thought a friend variable that skips the lust dialogue wouldn't be that difficult. But considering, only a few do it, maybe it is hard.
When Vi asks Els about her brother (in their very first heart-to-heart by the pool), the conversation is indeed a bit cryptic:
e "My brother was a lot like yours. It was no different than looking in a screwed up mirror."
v "Your brother ... ?"
e "My parents first born, and presumably in the same place as yours."da "My son was not a good person. Petty theft, drugs, cheating and various other crimes."
da "They were youthful issues, though. Or, at least, that's what I told myself. I'd hoped he'd grow out of them."
da "When he enlisted I told myself that he'd changed himself for the better."
mc "He hadn't?"
da "No, he just became more of what he was. And he paid for it with his life."
It's not hard. I won't say it's lazy coding, it's more like codes get lost over time. I'm guilty of it also.
If you look at the Unbroken script, there's actually quite a lot of dialogue specific to Friend paths for the main LIs. It's just kind of hard to get them because you need their Friend points to be greater than Love points, which can be hard to do unless you avoid most all the more flirty, playful, physically affectionate actions.
I wasn't referring specifically to Unbroken. I was speaking more in general terms and how frustrating and annoying it can be.
It's no harder or tedious than using any other variable in these things and if writing additional dialogue to represent that it too much work than said person probably shouldn't be making VNs. Not saying that is happening here, just in general.
Yeah, for full effect in that scene, I quickly pulled up that song as background music.
I've always been an Amrit fan, mostly cause I'm into tattooed women, but ines is quickly becoming my favorite. She was always attractive but the more of her personality they show, the more I like her.
Yeah, agreed on both points. Not sure which LI is my favorite yet, but Ines definitely grew on me a lot in update 7. Good news is it wouldn't surprise me at all if Amrit+Ines is one of the throuples paths.
god I hope so. lol. dream come true XDGood news is it wouldn't surprise me at all if Amrit+Ines is one of the throuples paths.
Well, we know that there's going to be 2 throuples. Ines+Vi wouldn't surprise me, but 3 other plausible ones come to mind (Amrit+Ines, Amrit+Kana, and Vi+Elspeth).god I hope so. lol. dream come true XD
not that elspeth isn't like the best choice for the MC but those two.....god damn
I remember that scene, it was pretty great. I'm doubtful about Els being in a throuple personally, she seems very out to "win" doesn't seem like the sharing type should things get serious. I may be confusing this game with another one but I'm pretty sure Vi said something to Ines at one point about not being willing to share, but it could have been a joke. Who knows though as long as Amrit and Ines are possible I'll be happy.Well, we know that there's going to be 2 throuples. Ines+Vi wouldn't surprise me, but 3 other plausible ones come to mind (Amrit+Ines, Amrit+Kana, and Vi+Elspeth).
Amrit and Ines have been spending a lot of time together and growing closer. Oh yeah, and if in Mallorca during the pool scene you didn't look at Amrit or Ines, go back and do that. Can't take a screenshot now, but pretty much Amrit and Ines lean on MC, hold hands while groping MC, and gaze into each other's hooded eyes across his chest. If it hadn't been so early in the story and Vi hadn't been there, I would have expected a threesome to break out at any moment.
