I wouldn't want this game to be this hyper realistic either. Too much realism makes games tedious, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a good example of this. However, I don't want every girl to ultimately boil down to the same exact thing. Its good that Jenny stays a selfish bitch and doesn't just love you at the end of her route. Its a colorful cast of wacky, but realistic characters that all serve their purpose, be that comedic, sexy or romantic. Boiling them down and making them just another pretty face that gets MCs dick wet makes it all feel a bit shallow. It just reeks of lost potential, especially since SS has pretty good writing for what it is.
I completely agree with everything you posted here. I am strongly in favor of there being a diverse array of characters, each with their own personality traits and relation to the MC.
I
don't want the entire collection of girls to be a bag of m&ms, a vast array of diverse coatings but all possessing the same exact fundamental core.
In my original posts, all I am stating is that if you are looking for a game that severely punishes the MC whenever he "cheats" on a girl, well then this ain't it, chief.
I want there to be branching choices and consequences in the game. But I want these things to be limited and minimal.
I don't want these things defining the game and taking away the "being able to have sex with multiple girls without any real/major consequence" aspect.
Just because some parts of the game are silly and ridiculous doesn't mean that the entire game needs to follow this logic however. SS is a massive game, even in this alpha state. Make it a brilliant open world adventure that shows a little bit of everything, like Grand theft auto 5. It takes itself serious too, however also has sex jokes everywhere and constantly references aliens. Make it a healthy mix and don't focus on just one thing. Hell I won't even mind if the Harem aspect is in the game, I just don't want it to be the *only* endgame. Let there be an option to actually get a canon ending for every girl and everything afterwards is non canon towards that play through. Maybe I just care too much tho idk.
I strongly agree with what you're saying here as well.
The game should be a mix of silliness and seriousness.
The game should have a little bit of everything since variety is the spice of life.
And the game should have multiple endings, some of which won't and shouldn't be a harem ending.
But when we say
Summertime Saga is a silly game, we don't mean to say that every aspect of the game is funny or ridiculous or outlandish. Nor do we mean every aspect of the game should be silly or outlandish.
Instead, we are implying that overall, the game is not to be taken too seriously (one shouldn't focus too heavily on the morality of the MC's "cheating" behavior) even though it will contain many serious elements.
No one is arguing that all serious aspects of the game should be removed or replaced with silly ones.
I mean, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who believes the serious aspects of Eve's storyline should be replaced with jokes.
