As a player who has experienced the latest version of the game, I really love the characters in it. During my playthrough, I’ve had quite a few questions—for example, in the shelter, when freely conversing with the characters, what are the effects of choosing options like "Ordinary Conversation," "Return," "Normal Conversation," or "Casual Conversation"? Do these choices change depending on the character’s affection level? When no other dialogue options are available, can selecting these options help increase a character’s affection? To be honest, I really want to fully experience the emotional routes of my favorite characters (whether romantic or corruption paths), but when the conversation options can’t be advanced further, I feel quite lost.
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Also, could you tell me some general tips for advancing a character's romance route or corruption route? Is it enough to just keep talking to that character, or do some corruption routes only unlock once the player's corruption level reaches a certain threshold? Or is the corruption value simply a debuff that locks certain dialogue options?
I believe I answered a very similar question on Patreon, so you might be the same person—but I’ll go ahead and explain here as well!
Options like "Ordinary Conversation," "Return," "Normal Conversation," and "Casual Conversation" slightly increase a character’s trust level. Depending on the trust level, the dialogue and facial expressions may change slightly, but these interactions don’t have a major impact on story progression.
If it feels like a route is blocked or stalled, progressing to the next floor often unlocks new events or choices.
As for the player's corruption level, it generally only affects whether or not you can access certain choices, and this is planned to apply only to main quest events (with the exception of Warren’s corruption route). We originally considered having things like lust, corruption, or trust play a bigger role in unlocking routes, but it turned out to be unnecessarily complicated in practice.
So as it stands now, as long as you make the right choices, your protagonist's stats won’t prevent you from progressing a character’s romance or corruption route.
(Again, Warren’s corruption route is the exception—you’ll need at least 20 corruption, and in return you’ll get to see a rather submissive side of him.)
If you’re ever unsure about your route progress, keep a close eye on the management note!
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Entries marked in blue are hints related to romance routes,
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While red entries are tied to corruption routes.
They’re good indicators of which path you're currently approaching.