I'm with Krytax on this point, the same rule applies as in the movies "if you show a gun you have to use it".
Some time ago there was a discussion between Mcguffins and Chekhov's... So it would remain first to elucidate if the situation is one or the other... a distractive object, a constructive object, flashforward or nothing, the possibilities are there.
The idea that the WiaB villain is Nika (or Nami's) parent has occurred to me, it's a favourite speculation for the moment. But then, going Star Wars, maybe Ocean wants to do the villian as Darth Vader, and Willi and Leia as Luke and ...Leia. I would not be adverse to this kind of scenarioI think its less about the models and more about the opportunity. Its rare to have two avns like that and avn's usually lack cool male characters so the logical "cool" solution would be for one MC to be the son of the one you played before and being part of the legacy "you" started to build in wiab again.
And imo wasting this is a missed opportunity. Nika just being the son of some rando unrelated to the wiab plot would be a huge disappointment and boring.
The only other option i would consider equally satisfying would be for Nika to be the son of the villain/antagonist in wiab who maybe got killed by William. But we would need a really cool wiab antagonist for that.
Just keeping Nika and Nami in a parentless limbo would be my least favored choice, could have just given him a real family in this case or at least memorys and picture of his parents and him remembering them and their teachings (for emotions, immersion and so on). But remembering stuff isnt Nika's strong suit anyway i guess
Well, we do enjoy trying to work it out. And as far as them being related, yes they are, the dev has said. They are in the same town, Wollust. Katie Zane, Emilio and Stefan Holgerson appear in both games. Leia, Willi, Zoey Holgerson (Katie's girlfriend) and Donna's family (the Revera's) are mentioned in SG. ZPR in SG is named after two families present in WiaB, the Zane's and the Reveras. The Petrova's existed also in the pre reworked version. But most importantly Ocean has said they're set in the same world, WiaB ~20 years before SG.
As long as his devlogs aren't Mcguffins!
I corrected this for you, so far all of their shemes went the wrong way (Nika with the heist and Willy being caught attacking the gang guy). Its kinda a pattern that they only perceive themself as mastermind shemers but are just fuckups who dont consider consequences for even a second at this point
20 years later and she's even more pretty. And im not even into milfs usually
oh no no no... that was a full-fledged Chéjovs. I just can't yet see its firing in the next 20 years. (in game time)
I'm out of reacts so: Great, excellent points above, especially about second guessing.
Can you even fathom a reason or venture a guess where this isn't the case? As it stands there is no doubt in my mind this is an attempt to future proof SG and only SG. He wants the game squeaky clean for not only his precious music licenses but to ensure the future distribution on platforms like Patreon, GoG and Steam without issues.
Wild that this is even a debate. I don't know if it's naiveté, ignorance or a blatant disregard for biology. To even imply there is no difference between a blood bond a a legal one is absurd.
Personally I don't think this is the case, rather because the LI and MC could be related, emphasis on could. Plus I guess there will be visual revelations in the future of SG that makes WIAB have to change, the golden child must be protected.
Tell that to someone who was adopted at a young age and their adoptive parents are the only parents they've ever known and see what they tell you.
Then ask again when they find out the truth....
Tell a child they were adopted at a young age and watch if they can resist the urge to look for their biological parents despite having had wonderful adoptive parents their whole lives.
Not all adopted children look up who their biological parents are, but those that do choose to have their own individual reasons. Often curiosity of their background or even medical reasons. That doesn't change the secure attachments formed through consistent caregiving and emotional support, regardless of being adopted or not. I think it's mostly psychological. That's why in the real world, there are step-siblings who are repulsed by the idea of doing anything sexual with each other. Because mentally, they are still family, which is defined by more than biology - love, support, etc.
I personally know an adopted person that only cares about their adoptive parents and couldn't be bothered to learn anything about their biological parents.
They cannot be close relatives at all, much less a son and a father. We know that Nika’s parents died, and William is still alive. In addition, they have different last names... Cyrus and Zane. At most, they can only be distant relatives to each other.I think at this point the best solution would be for Nika to not be William's son. I would have prefered Nika to be a part of the Zane dynasty but i guess he can still become that through marriage when all LI's are kinda Zane's
