Its possible. I don't remember seeing anything that indicates the MC was up to that. He is duplicitous in cheating only if you make him really. I just don't see it as a thing but you never know as we don't know all the endings to come.
. I would like to inherit Martin's money though
I haven't finished my first playthrough yet but from what ive played I doubt that would be the case because you can decline sex with alot of random women and play faithful like im doing. While Im not done I feel like there would of been a few one on one encounters with women being forced on you while maybe there could be one I haven't gotten to yet I feel like it would of happen by now since I played over 1/2 of the chapters.
Yep broken beyond repair I feel. Sad but its the broken couple, nothing too adventurous about them by the end.What I'm saying is something I notice in both versions because it is difficult for him to satisfy Anne, but when he does it with other women he does satisfy them, demonstrating the wear and tear he refers to in the prologue, but the opposite of what I believed, when Anne begins to open up and He finds the space to have sex with other women without any reproach from her, making him feel freer and improving sex between them but with the negative consequence of creating a dangerous distance for the couple, it is a thought that I always had and wanted. share with you
I think the reason for this was because the game was originally supposed to be full cuckold but the dev, wanting to maximize the player base ($), tried to add elements of sharing (hence the name), cheating, etc. So he had to add the husband having sex with others. He couldn't have the husband be a total limp dick loser unable to satisfy women otherwise the sharing and some cheating aspects wouldn't really make sense. So the husband is good with everyone except the wife in order to maintain the cuckold aspect. As the game progressed, people complained that the game was skewed too much to the wife's side (game was mostly cuckold despite the name and tags saying sharing, etc) so to try to maintain some kind of balance and not lose that demographic, he kept the husband banging others and wanting to hear about her 'adventures' so technically he's a cuck but not a cuck if that makes sense.What I'm saying is something I notice in both versions because it is difficult for him to satisfy Anne, but when he does it with other women he does satisfy them, demonstrating the wear and tear he refers to in the prologue, but the opposite of what I believed, when Anne begins to open up and He finds the space to have sex with other women without any reproach from her, making him feel freer and improving sex between them but with the negative consequence of creating a dangerous distance for the couple, it is a thought that I always had and wanted. share with you
I think when he started trying to do that, is when the problems started. The storylines began crossing over. I'm hoping he can keep them separate in TACOS, so far it seems to be good. I'm in it for the sharing/swinging, I have no interest in the cuck route.
I just hope in the rework there is better dialogue branching. One thing that bugs me on the CH 1-14 version is if you play the faithful husband there is a few times Anne talks / acts like you sleep with other women. The MC doesn't even say anything like he hasn't but just full on agrees with Anne that he he sleept around a few times even tho I haven't on that playthrough.
I'm hopeful after their second vacation they become less broken since there is a moment they lay everything out in the open and seem to come to a better understanding with one another / reset. Well expect for the stuff with Martin if Anne is on the cheating path. Maybe im too hopeful idk but out of all the couples ive played in AVN's so far MC and Anne are my favorite husband and wife pair they just seem like alot of fun together even tho their lifestyle gets out of hand with the cheating from both sides.
That reset was literally the one thing that could have set the game on a path where player choice was respected. Instead it was ignored and the hole dug deeper. While TACOS is not at that point yet, the handling of the spa scene does not give me much hope. Agreed on the likeable husband and wife pair and that is what makes derailing of the story hurts more.
ah I haven't played that far to see how it was ignored yet I recently discovered this game only played up to ch 10 or 11. But I did skipped ahead and spoiled myself a bit out of boredom one night since I was too tired to play but did read a few parts here and there lol. Tho from what I played If I recall there was like a mini reset before that also and seemed Anne ignored what she talked about that night 1/2 of the time. Even tho you said the one during their second vacation was ignored the 2nd did seem like more of a genuine reset at least the way it happened it felt like they will be honestly and open more often than not. But since I haven't played that far it's only my guess from a sneak peak haha.
yeah no ground rules didnt help think I mean the MC did tell her a few times just tell him about it a few times before things got out of control which seems she only follows sometimes. But yeah no real ground rules. Then if you go the cheating path MC does tell her how Martin ( his dad) is off the table but seems like she doesn't care and at one point starts to miss him to the point it seems like she starts to care for the dad more than the MC. Tho to be fair that's the cheating route you the player can pick so that makes sense. But to me that whole cheating path made me think even if there was ground rules it might not help that much as we think.
Good call. No rules is a biggie. When couples start out they usually have a list of rules and that dwindles down to just a couple. As time goes on they become more experienced and more attuned to each others limits. If the couple communicate and do it well, then they may throw out the rules, but by then they know each others boundaries extremely well. For example my wife and I don't have a rule for who we can and cant play with, but both us know full well family and exs crosses the line. We don't need a rule to know that, but getting to that place where you don't need many rules evolves over time not just a few months.
Your post actually got me curious to do a speed run of a faithful Anne and MC while denying her alot. Honestly that route didnt feel she was that much of a "bad guy" sure there were times where it was unavoidable wasn't very often tho but alot of the time you were able deny her or have Anne decline. So after doing that speed run and while cheating is still cheating it seems like she wasnt that much of a cheat if you don't let her be by denying her or the player declining for her assuming to keep her on the faithful path. Tho i think that also depends on how you define cheating on a open relationship too cause in the case of this game felt like on a non cheating path while yes I did speed run she did tell us about the encounters after the fact most of the time. Only game over I noticed was during the first vacation. But if you are on her cheating path I agree with you she does get that " bad guy" feel.
You're right of course. We had a good erotic story that went the path of the usual stereotypical tropes found in porn as most VNs do. As much as that disappoints me, I know there are some here who still desire to see TACOS redeem the mistakes of TAC. Mircom can make that happen. Its unlikely but you never know as Mircom does pop in on occasion to have a look at what's being said. So I think speculation is not only fun, it may persuade the dev to make some changes going forward as slim a possibility as that is. I have seen it happen before several times so never say never. I know I am a delusional optimist as well as a grumpy old Aussie
