I just read the walkthrough for the first time and was very surprised by many things. I directly looked at many things from a different angle.
Firstly, how easy it is to get off Bella's path and especially Nami's. I even tried not to make Nami comfortable at the lake and indeed, at the end of the chapter she just says good night. Which is very contrasting with other routes where you have to not accidentally open another route.
Secondly....uhhh.Exclusive Bella route.Very attractive, just like the Bella+Nami route.But it’s quite painful that it opens the door to other routes.It’s a pity that you can’t come to....the exclusivity of the Bella+Nami.
And third. The most important thing. I was simply surprised by all this variability. For example, without thinking, i easily passed the ball to Zara in Chapter 5. It seemed right, it was cool to see her expression on her face. And suddenly it turned out to be a question of trust in Zara. Which is very contrasted with the question of trust in Mila, when I always clicked *no* simply because how can you trust a person you’ve known for a couple of days? And the more I read all these variations, the more horrified that I didn’t understand the game correctly.All these variations seem to be saying - communicate, help others, babysit, etc....... for better progress? You even have to go to Nia to give an impression of Hill, not to mention information.
And in all this, a very, very, very big question arises. What is the attractiveness and benefits in the dark path? After all, in a huge number of games, including Kotor, which the developer mentioned, darker paths promise better benefits, simply because there are no different bad consequences for the main character himself, no matter dark, light or gray, and this is rather a question of morality for the player himself. On the contrary, in the same Kotor this is another form of masochism to play in a lighter way. Always with an empty wallet, you help everyone and still owe money with happy ending like at dark path. Honestly, I tried a couple of times to take a kinder route, but in the end I gave up.
So, what profit dark path could promise us in this game more then lighter path?
