I'll be honest.. this games makes no sense from a sex point of view, I get making a game without sex scenes but in 95% of these scenarios, in real life that shit would end up with sex. It's literally unrealistic how many scenarios end abruptly because of the gay MC or because apparently everyone in that game enjoy being blueballed... If people enjoy that, good for them but for me, that's just a waste of good renders and that's too bad.
What makes no sense is sex without meaning unless it's a porn game. Well, here comes the news: It's not a porn game. Summer's Gone is a story-focused game with adult elements. These are not my words, these are the developer's notes on the first page. Of course, you may not believe his words, but do not be surprised if your expectations are not met.
Of course, I'm not going to state that people can't have casual sex, that lusty milfs and horny teens don't exist, that college freshmen aren't prone to experimenting with different partners in this matter.
But does this mean that all this must necessarily be present in any story and necessarily at its beginning? 32 chapters, remember? The plot in the game has certain initial conditions and develops according to a certain scenario. Now look at the MC again.
1) MC, even he was still a teenager, was deeply in love with the only girl, Summer and others did not interest him. It said in the very first animation, with which the game began. Many consider this stupid, many criticize this moment. Well, it's their business, but in the Ocean's story, the MC is exactly like this. Those who do not like it can write their own story with their own MC.
2) The loss of Summer was a huge shock for the MC. We don't know the circumstances, we don't know if she's alive or dead, we don't know what happened to the MC himself ("the violent incident.") We only know the aftermath, it affected MC so much that he spent the last few years as a recluse, isolating himself from everyone except a couple of his closest people, and either as a result of this life, or because of the incident itself, or maybe because of all of it, he developed something like a severe phobia. Even though he wants to socialize and interact with people again, it causes him random intense panic attacks.
3) Another trouble for him is a temporary erectile dysfunction, and it's also not even clear whether it happened as a result of the incident with Summer, or whether he was always like this, but he himself said that the girl should be important to him, he should have feelings for her in order to want being intimate with her. Again, a lot of people make fun of the MC because of this, mock him, get mad about it. Either way, you can't ignore this problem, it's part of the Ocean's plot. And to think that the MC shouldn't have to deal with this problem first before he can be intimate with girls is to have the wrong expectations for the game. The good news is that the problem is most likely not physical, but psychological, so Amber to the rescue.
I think it's obvious that a guy like that wouldn't rush to get into bed with even a girl he really likes, let alone some casual hookups. (Although I think Nami's idea of just do it with Nia to train the wormy isn't that bad.
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So, the only girl who made him hard after Summer was Nami, which isn't surprising at all considering their past together, that they are comfortable with each other and that she is very patient and caring with him, despite the fact that she constantly teases him.
Given all of these circumstances, it seems obvious that by now, MC suddenly having sex would just be unnatural. The closest he gets to sex is with Bella on her route. But he's still having panic attacks, and he's still too anxious and afraid of failure and disappointing her (his conversation with Nami before Bella's date, his thoughts while he was sleeping with her) that he puts off trying until he can work it out in therapy with Amber.
On the other hand, he has a physical reaction to being close with Nami, but their relationship is so complicated and drags along such a bunch of old problems and secrets. Nami, despite her easygoing behavior, is such a bag of insecurities that only by the end of the fifth chapter the MC has to take the initiative and make the first move in their relationship.
And this happens naturally, because before that there were just teasing and flirting on her part without any real meaning and rejection from his side. But the events of the first week of college, and the speed with which their lives are changing made them both rethink a lot, including their relationship.
Nami realized that he is changing, he will not sit in his den forever, that some nasty blonde can steal him from her. And most importantly, there is a connection between them that they both tried not to notice, but the recent events and sincere conversations between them exposed it.
The same thing happens to him, he realizes that his perception of Nami has changed, that she is not just a caring "roomie", but something more, this is unexpected and frightening for him, but he, as usual, decides to cut to the chase and makes a move in the end of chapter 5.
As for the other girls, he didn't even go as far in the relationship with them as with these two to talk about sex. Foursome kisses don't count