To be fair, Julia thought it was going to lead to a 3some but she didn't bank on the Mc being a complete bitch boy.
Some of your points are why I only enjoy certain parts of it and not love it as a whole.
Contrary to my fellow dykes in the tumblr tart section of the world I don't hate guys. While i'm sure there are some that would enjoy the MC being bitched out like he is it's the reason I hate him as a character.
I have a hard time getting into games with male MC's but there are time I really enjoy their character. For soldier types I really like the MC in City of Broken Dreamers or Retrieving the Past.
I am into femdom, no secret i'm a sub to my girlfriends dom but I wouldn't call Deb a dom she's just got a loud personality that tends to drown others out.
I wouldn't call it cucking either. The wife thing was tit for tat, he'd been cheating on her far longer and had it coming. She could have fucked anyone, she kept it in the family. Doesn't excuse her but a lot of women would be in a bar looking for cock to ride if they found out their husband was a lying cheating prick.
The only difference between me and other people playing this is my hatred is fully for the MC and not Deb.
It's not the fact he's a man, that's a non issue and could have been solved from the start but the dev made him a boring, bland charisma vacuum with no likeable qualities and absolutely no reason to get behind him.
Unfortunately he seems vital for the story. A character is meant to enhance scenes with their presence, especially main characters, except he seems to make scenes worse.
I don't understand what angle the dev was going for with him. I really enjoy the main plot, I love the daughter, I like Jules, I really like the Yakuza angle and I don't mind Deb but I don't get why the MC is such a limp dick.
Okay, I can agree with some of your points
Now I`m not into sharing in these games. So many go down the tired trope of having the MC share a female LI with their bi-friend, thinking all guys love threesomes right?
nope. I wouldn`t share my partner in real life and that mentality kind of follows me in my gameplay. So the whole Deb trying to force MC into a threesome with Julia just aggravates me even more into wanting to say piss off. But hey I get I`m probably in a minority with that.
Debs is actually exhausting with her constant immature crudity and sexual predatory behaviour. Her dialogue is excruciating...going from perfect english to all the Ya stuff. I`m a Scot and I couldn`t bear the butchered shit...lived on the West/East coasts and Lowlands and never heard another Scot make the word tit sound like tat
What grates with Debs, apart from her refusal to shut the fuck up for a minute and tone down her crude, put downs, is the way she literally forces herself on any LI in the MC`s life....I know we get saddled with her as a main LI from the start, but (for me) she is so unattractive in so many ways and her trying to control our useless MC`s desires in such unsubtle ways...does not endear her to me. I`m curious how her path will end in this? abandoned by MC? or ruling his harem?
Yes, the MC is a piece of work. He starts off promising and makes you think. "Okay, this guy is funny and won`t take shit from anyone" then as soon as he goes to the house, he literally becomes a mumbling fool that`s scared of all the females in the house...but still ready to beat the shit out any guy....what a strange stereotype for an ex SF soldier... haha
Julia....she seems fiery and a bit dominant in the early part of the game but as soon as predatory debs gooses her, she turns into a complete sub...wtf? she is literally a shadow of her self...meekly submitting to debs.
Oh forgot about Paige....another bitch and one that tries to get you into trouble with your daughter right from the start. MC must just give off a vibe....kick me please!
The story had so much promise..that`s what made me wade through an experience that I originally abandoned as soon as Debs started pawing the daughter - she`s as bad but has age, inexperience and curiosity as an excuse.
I forged on to see if it gets better as I always play through a games full content to give it a proper chance. When it moves back to the storyline, it does gets intriguing again, unfortunately too much of it is bogged down with debs parading how big her balls are and MC being a scared little bitch boy. There is not enough pace to the plot.
To be honest, they are all fucked up sickos, apart from Astrid who seems nice but god help her getting involved with this lot and Kumiko is also hot as hell - loved her content with the kidnap.
If it was less about demeaning the MC and more action/plot, it would be great.