People really need to stop posting this as if it means it can't be criticized, criticism is about how much you enjoy a product, this isn't the first game that's gone down the shitter because a dev splits focus when they where already releasing some terrible updates before hand.
People need to stop projecting their own feelings on responses in this thread.
v0.89.8c did not fix the problem you are having. Your best bet is to download my speed run playthrough video for v0.89.8b from #25,478 to see the content you are missing. It isn't censored, unlike the YouTube playthroughs that people have posted online.
Yeah it really doesn't make sense how MC just willingly cucks himself even though Red isn't there like it's already well established that the NTR route happens late into the game and all of a sudden MC without Red becomes a total bitch? Like HE REFUSED TO SMASH MARY?!?
Or just Roger as he seemed the better fit for the NTR while Darnell was the asshole who could turn into friend, making Darnell the NTR is such a cheap cop out and stereotypical
You are wrong. It's well established that the path towards netorare is in the first couple of in-game days in the content, in the introduction. The netorare (ntr) route is weaved throughout, it's just that it appears it was decided to have new content in this update start at the same point for both routes (144 days in). Remember Becca getting pawed in the locker room... that was a start toward it. Remember the phone call with the doctor... that was another spot. Remember the controversial scene with Darnell and Mary in the gym... another. As "Seasons 1-4" are reworked, you should expect the ntr route to be expanded from those points and several others.
Darnell was the original netorare (ntr) adversary of the game from the beginning and already had content started down that line -- which, funny enough, wasn't used as the springboard for this update. Roger was only added last year (v0.82.4), giving another level of adversarial obstacles for the MC to overcome. As for your suggestion for Darnell possibly becoming a friend - it has been my thought, and I think the general suspicion of folks, that this would be the case for the third route that was stated would exist in the game - the Sharing/Friendship route.
This would be a healthy mindset to have. However, there could be some kind of "update" a month or two from now that addresses a few of the many concerns and criticisms about this update. This would be much like how v0.85.1 was a bugfix update one month after v0.82.4 last year.
That was one of my thoughts, as well. However, whether a person plays it or watches the video, they have shown there is interest in such a route - even if it is simply to satisfy curiosity. We have seen how some have complained about the content they saw in the netorare (ntr) route, when if that isn't their cup of tea - they could simply not bother to play or watch. It's like watching political town hall featuring a candidate they hate - some people just can't not stop from observing and, in the end, drive up ratings and apparent popularity of that candidate.
Officially, no. That was removed in 2018 due to Patreon's insistence on games made by Uberpie and others. You can make the names whatever you want; if you use relationship-specific nouns you may find a few awkward sentences but shouldn't be immersion breaking, in general. There is no coding which will unlock certain dialogues specific to relationship names if you choose to do so.
