Well that Nicole was intended as an early anchor was quite clear from the start, just it seems they had not thought through how they wanted to remove that anchor when needed for game or like I said changed their opinion on her during development, leading to what we got in episode 3.
Did you play all those early scenes in episode 1 that hinted at his trauma's and the part with the cousin of Sis at pagoda? Think if remember right that last explained that Nicole and his father were the motivation for law school and not an internal burning passion of MC. Also do you really think it was a coincidence it always rained in early part of game when he was in the city or that that might have been a hint.
Sorry, I understand he worked for the job he had but the whole point was to get senior partner or whatever it was called. When he didn't, those years of effort were wasted as he was then sacked. That will have quite an impact on a guy, to work for a goal only to have it ripped out from under you and then suckerpunched again by being told that it nothing you did, but it down to politics. Oh and you're being sacked. You would begin to question everything at that point. Do you want to continue to be in an industry which will discard you like that?
Playing episode 1 again, she comes off very toxic. She's very short, there's a lot of the MC wishing she was nicer or kinder in his internal monologue. I really think the act of moving to help out at the hotel was meant to be the break point but they kinda went "na fuck it".
Well to be fair Nicole has loads of stresses as well and does seem to care but shows it in a kind of rotten way in episode 1
, but yeah the relation feels kinda toxic for MC especially in episode 1, partly due to his own past as much or more as of Nicole per se and like I said it almost looks like direction for Nicole changed after episode 1.
No, it wasn't his father's dream job. MC's father planned his career in the Navy. MC was led practically according to his father's timetable, until he met Nicole. Nicole was the first to free him when she aroused an interest in him that had nothing to do with his father.No it was not his dream job, it was the dream job of his father and of Nicole, which he then attempted to be great at to please them. Well at least that is what I took away from episode 1.
Yes to me when I played episode 1 it was clear the game was also about MC to become independent from the life his controlling father and his nicer extension in game Nicole wanted for him and overcome his trauma's from youth with help sister and other lifestyle and make better choices for himself besides having possibly a lot of sex and/or a new love in his life. Now that was my take on the way game was setup in episode 1, feels you have a different one.
No it is not her fault, if any rather MC's though he might have had no other real choice with his trauma's. So I prefer to blame Gerald and to a lesser extent Ashley for that actually. Still that does not mean she was not setup as more or less an anchor and dead end in episode 1 by the devs and that was not a really healthy relationship for MC anymore in my opinion, without attaching blame purely to Nicole or circumstances.
I would argue more that it was Nicole's dream job and she coerced him into...but we know Nicole can do no wrong in your eyes (the only person in this thread) so naturally she had NO influence whatsoever on him..at all...
I don't think she coerced him. If anything he coerced himself because of her. He simply saw she was passionate about it and then decided it was something he was passionate about. To quote the MC
He seems to suffer from some kind of self-esteem issues. Like a kind of reciprocal liking problem coming from his broken home. As he never had a successful female connection growing up, he has developed a mechanism of liking the same things that a woman he's interested in also likes and strives for simply as a way of making sure they like them back. If they do that then its unlikely they will leave them. Couple that with him being able to use this to rebel against his missing father figure and his plans for the MC then it's a perfect storm of transplanting someone elses goals and considering them his own.
He even admits to himself the reason he wants all this is because Nicole has it. He never states it's his goal, he just sees what Nicole has and wants it too. He simply wants to come home and do what she does, be enthusiastic about his day. Every time plans or goals are mentioned it's Nicole who mentions it.
The cracks are being shown here because everything they have is what Nicole wants and the MC is suddenly becoming unsure if it's truly what he wants. He starts to dream of threesomes because it's different from what Nicole wants. He starts to worry they they haven't really been on holiday in an age. He is beginning to realise there may be more to life than what he initially thought and that's why getting away from Nicole is probably for the best as it means he can focus on himself (although to be honest he also seems to suffer from the same issue with his step sister as her passion is the hotel and that quickly becomes his too heh).
I also see the MC's arc as finally finding his own strength. He went from a dominating father to a controlling girlfriend ("I'm not controlling, I'm just written that way."). His sister may be a bit coercive in that she needs him to rescue her, but I see it as a path for him to find his own strengths. He started by compromising to make her happy, but he's starting to become really interested in the success of this project, and not just to make his half sister happy.No it was not his dream job, it was the dream job of his father and of Nicole, which he then attempted to be great at to please them. Well at least that is what I took away from episode 1.
Yes to me when I played episode 1 it was clear the game was also about MC to become independent from the life his controlling father and his nicer extension in game Nicole wanted for him and overcome his trauma's from youth with help sister and other lifestyle and make better choices for himself besides having possibly a lot of sex and/or a new love in his life. Now that was my take on the way game was setup in episode 1, feels you have a different one.
I expect that's why Nichole was kept on as long as she was. It is about the MC making choices for himself. I think the devs wanted MC to have the illusion that returning back after the summer was still a viable choice. By breaking up, he will now be committed to the hotel for the long term and not just for the summer. It may be seen as a choice, but making the break-up inevitable after choosing the open means that one choice, one door will be closed. I would have preferred MC to realize this was his passion, to choose this path rather than it being forced on him once again.
You're not the only one...
Exactly. That is what I feel I am seeing in this game.
I also see him pitted against his old boss in a battle royal of sorts that will cause Nicole to look at the MC as something more that what she thought.
These two also known?
best to report bugs/issues on our discord, as the devs rather read over there than over here. (based on previous shitstorms and senseless discussions, they mostly ignore f95 since then)
Sorry to hear that. Can't blame them though. Too many people around who can't or don't want to have a civilized discussion with constructive arguments. Well, maybe I'll pop into the discord one day to say hello.
