smuk
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personal preference, ofc
for me - it's about a character that path we setting in. if it suit her? well corruption it is. but for Katherine for example imo it's only seduction is the way.
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for me - it's about a character that path we setting in. if it suit her? well corruption it is. but for Katherine for example imo it's only seduction is the way.
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I have a save for both, and I preferred Corruption at the start, but now I largely prefer Seduction. MC is a bit too much of a bad guy in Corruption
Honestly, I forgot the dialogue difference between the routes. I do remember that both were very similar, tho.
If my memory is correct, the corruption route focuses more on her being led toward the harem, so I think it will flow better with the other LI
I have a save for both and it really depends on the scene. Some are better in Corruption, some are better in Seduction. Personally I prefer Corruption overall, the more, the better.
The corruption and seduction paths are mostly flavor. Basically how much of an asshole do you want the mc to be. In corruption he will rape and force LI's into things, which won't happen in seduction. There's two LIs which have major differences based on the paths, where one path will get you progress with the girl much faster than the other. Namely Catherine's corruption path happens much faster, because mc blackmails her into it. Alyvia's seduction path happens much faster because she responds very well to romance, but doesn't take the way mc acts in corruption route seriously. The paths are all independant of each other, so you can choose corruption for one LI and seduction for all the others, but that leaves mc's character to be a bit inconsistent. I would recommend picking one and sticking with it for all main LIs (Side LIs don't have routes. Just be on their path or not). This is further reinforced that some decisions have much greater impact than others, so it can be a bit inconsistend up if you go mostly one route but happened to go with the other for this one major decision.
As to which do I think is better? Seduction. It just fits better into the narrative and makes for a rounder story in my opinion. The mc starts out as a bitter and resentfull person who hates the world and the people of his past for turning him into the person that he is. When he gets returned to his past, he realized that most of his memories of his past are wrong (Twisted you might say) and that the decline in his relationships in the past was either through his own fault or could have easily been prevented.
In corruption route he then just disregards that revelation, stays the bitter and resentfull person that he is and continues his pursuit of misguided revenge on people that don't deserve it.
In seduction route he learns to be more open and empathetic to people and seduces them by understanding what they are going through and acting accordingly, both to his own benefit but also to theirs.
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I agree with Alandir here but have to add that once you start choosing a path, don't mix choices; stick with only the choices of that path. It has only happened once as far as I know, but if you go with the seduction route for Stephanie, there would be a check way later in the game where if you have taken ONLY seduction choices, she would go further in the scene with MC (not going to spoil what exactly happens). So far, that's the only case where if you missed a single route point, you don't get the extra content, but that could happen more in the future.
For those who took the love route with her but took even a single corruption choice, say goodbye to that specific variation of that scene (That specific variation is not on the gallery.).
Also for your question, I prefer seduction by a lot; in the love route, MC is trying to be a better person and to make them fall for him and love them in return; in corruption, he is a dick who embraces his worst tendencies and just wants all of them to be his regardless of how he does it.
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If I absolutely had to pick only one, I'd play seduction, but I think this is one of the very few AVNs where both paths are equally enjoyable, so pretty much everyone here plays both paths in separate saves at the same time...
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I like seduction because the dialogs are well made and its sweet. Especially that scene
Nah corruption for cath is the hottest. Other routes for girls for similar to me. But have to play corruption for her
?? Have you even played the corruption route? or just straight up lying? MC is not on revenge mode in corruption path. He is more proactive and has a mindset of Fuck it We Ball king of energy. Narratively, it also makes sense as last time he lost all the chances for remaining indecisive.
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Justonemore20
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I know you weren't talking to me, but I played both routes at the same time, seeing the differences, and these were my impressions of the MC through both paths:
Seduction: MC realizes that all the people he blamed for the things that happened to him don't actually have the blame; they all had their own problems, and some of them were MC's own fault, like Emily bullying him and ignoring him because he never played with her and ignored her too in the past, so she got fed up. Or Viktoria bullying him because he broke his promise to her and separated from her despite them being best friends at the time. He grows out of his resentment, decides to fix his relationships, tries to prove to them that he can love all of them, and goes for a healthy path (although he is still very narcissistic since only someone like that can think that they can pull off a harem).
Corruption: MC doesn't learn any of that; he instead rationalizes his hatred to justify his own actions.
MC's thinking: "Oh yeah, me blackmailing and raping my crush is totally justifiable because she never realized that I liked her. Like, she should have known even though I never told her and should have picked me instead of the boyfriend that she had since before she even met me, so blackmail it is."
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MC's thinking: "Oh no, fuck whatever Alyvia wants to do. I don't want her to lose her V-card to anyone but me, so I'm going to send blackmail material to the bitch that has been tormenting her all this time, screwing her at levels that may go way beyond anything she ever did to me, so long as she remains a virgin for me."
Yeah... totally healthy behavior. In the corruption route, he never grows; he gets worse; he becomes a controlling psycho.
Just look at Viktoria and Catherine's paths:
-Seduction: Loving relationship.
-Corruption: Toxic relationship.
With some girls, like Stephanie, it is less noticeable until you see that seduction has a "lovemaking" scene, while corruption has a "choking the hell out of her" scene. MC is just darker and sometimes unhinged in corruption path.
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No way you are blaming mc for victoria lmao. I never even said it is loving relationship otherwise it would not be corruption route and be seduction route part 2 and I told he is on fuck it We ball route in corruption route. I just told he is not in revenge mode but ones wants the girls for him this time around either by hook or crook, not giving shit if he has to make his hands dirty.
So in corruption route MC improved himself and going for his goal and not being indecisive anymore.
P.S. I am still sad dev did not make alivia fuck dilan in seduction route I was looking forward towards the shitstorm that would have happened here.
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No offense, but just from reading this bit, I know that you are not the kind of person I want to have a discussion with, so I'm leaving the fuck out of this discussion. Peace.
P.S: I don't blame MC for Viktoria's behavior, but if I had a best friend since childhood and one day they got mad at me, and instead of trying to fix my relationship with them, I just cut them off and forget we were ever friends, then I am to blame too if they end up indefinitely mad and resentful. A friendship is a two-way street.
You're the type of guy to support a wet noodle protagonist lmao
I get it you are a pro bullying and victim blaming kind of guy huh. Good for you.
Justonemore20
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I thought you were leaving? Oh my Couldn't stay away, could you?