Hey, I'm back as I said I'll do after playing the Sherwood demo. Took a bit longer than I thought since I was busy - well, if I knew it was shorter I would have played before haha - but oh well.
Only played through it once so far, but that's fine.
So... yeah... well...
I like it less than the Nottingham path, that much is obvious... but.. oh... my... god... Like... I fell utterly in love with Layton. So much that it was hard to even LOOK at anyone else once he appeared. He shouldn't even BE my type to begin with! I'm kind of agonizing that he's not a LI and at the same time praying that he'll actually be, considering his dialogue / scene, and the fact there's an uneven amount of romances for the paths, so far.
And yes, I only played once with no reloading and had his night scene. I feel like I actually SENSED I had to pick the option to spend some time alone, because I didn't even hesitate for a moment. And considering I was interested in Will, by all means I should have gone with his scene...
I have a hard time dealing with my trepidation right now... I'm kind of... baffled... like... I didn't expect that... UGH - it's hard to make an actual review of the route rigth now...
I can't say if I like him even more than Geoffrey, but clearly just as much.
How comes I hate (and really HATE) beards, and here I am, gushing about the two only bearded characters in your game...
Anyway so... Trying to concentrate...
First of, I'm SO GLAD for the premature ending that allows Marion to decide she'll agree to Robin's offer and go back home. You see, the Sherwood path made me a bit mad because of how it starts. While in theory I DO think it's clever that the Nottingham path actually starts with refusing to submit to the mariage, and the Sherwood path starts with agreeing, in practice I was bothered by it on Sherwood path. Made me really angry at Robin & co that they kidnapped Marion and forced her to change her plans, when she ended up gathering the strenght to actually accept. I guess it's a weird way to think about it, but oh well... I found myself wishing for a way to somehow escape and go onto the Nottingham route from there (with circumstances that would make it impossible to reappear officially or something) - or even for another early ending where Marion would go there and go on with the mariage, though it would be less interesting. It was basically a "I'm willing to do anything to cross these jerks" kind of thinking! And no, I don't hate any of them (well, I guess I dislike Robin, but I don't hate him and he doesn't creep me out like Gui either). It's mere retaliation, let's say it that way haha!
So yeah, basically, while I like this path less, I'm now officially obsessed with a character that is - as far as I know - unromanceable, and that makes me feel very conflicted. I didn't expect that to be my conclusion for this path!