Am I the only one that has issues with the LIs?
Don't get me wrong, I love the game, and I loved the two previous games from the dev but the LIs in this one irk me a bit. Not that they aren't attractive, they are, but I feel like the relationship with the MC is less than ideal.
With Laura, I had the first sex scene and she says it is a mistake, her estranged husband... yadda, yadda, yadda... ok, no big issue, I understand her motivations and I felt it humanized the character. Then comes the second scene, and again exactly the same thing: "this is a mistake". Ok, now I felt more than a bit used to be honest. Like if I was just her comforter. She gets it out of her system and then I am just a mistake again. Cool.... so I avoided the next sex scenes with her. I am a mistake? well, I won't let you make that mistake again, thank you very much. I am sure your fingers can keep you happy.
Then comes Kallie. I must say I really, really like her. But unfortunately, I see a lot of parallels with the relationship with Laura. It is clear her fiance is abusive, it is clear she is going to leave him. I understand why the MC would hesitate and not want to take advantage of her. I understand she needs reassurance. So far I haven't dodged any scene with her but, to be honest, she is reaching my patience limit on the "we are not in a relationship but I need something warm to stick in me so I can feel better". Hopefully the devs start to show her caring more for the MC and a possible future together for the two.....
Finally, Shelley.... I think the devs are doing her a disservice to be honest, they are presenting her as ditzy, useless, a bit of an airhead, a bit slutty, unbalanced, a bit unhinged and also now off her meds. She is clearly a liability. Sure, so far I haven't dodged her scenes and of the three, I would think the MC would feel best having a purely sexual relationship with her. But that is not really a satisfying relationship either. Or one with any future. She is just a hole to fuck.
In all three cases, I feel like the LIs are using the MC and not really thinking about him, and in all three cases I feel like the MC goes along with it a bit too easily. Except maybe with Shelley, with whom it is clear they are both using each other. The MC clearly wants something more with Kallie and is aware she is using him to feel better herself and just goes along with it.
I don't know but... I don't think I would be ok with being used like that. I for sure wasn't after my own divorce. Even if it means having sex with a hot girl. The MC is in a very vulnerable estate of mind and recovering from the destruction his ex-wife did on him, none of the girls seem to care about that and the potential harm that their using him as a human dildo could do to him or his psyche. He is the only one that thinks about being careful with them.
This doesn't make me feel connected or care about the LIs and more than once I have felt that I will reject future advances (I do not want to go back and reload a save, feels like cheating the game) and end any romantic entanglement to just focus on survival and then everybody goes their own way once out of the fog (but then I would certainly not be captain save-a-hoe and Kallie can deal with Andrew, not my problem if I am just a human dildo to her).
Am I missing something? reading too much into this?