Honestly whole game was amazing up uptil end of chapter 9, i know its the story about Braden and Zack but i cant get over that there wasnt any option after what happened at the gym with Braden, I mean i personally wouldnt just get over something so big so quickly and it just makes me furious, anyway too bad we dont get to have room with Jordyn, he seemed like a fun guy.
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Appreciate the comment although I feel kinda bad that you seem to have missed the entire point of that powerful exchange and the communication between the two characters.
One important thing to note here is that your "fury" should be directed back at your own choice in the game. In the route you chose (pervy in this case it seems), Zack never wanted to do what you chose to have him do. He even says as much right after you make the choice to touch Braden ( he states that it's almost like someone else made the choice for him). He actually fights back against the player's choice and expresses guilty throughout the game once that choice is made. However, the assumption here is that the player was ok with that choice because you had three separate occasions to shut it down. In return, I wanted to flip this upside-down on the players that chose to play this for solely pervy reasons and have them essentially get masterfully outsmarted by the person they chose to creep on. However, Braden was never meant to be a villain. I saw the player's choice of pervy/respect as a choice on what you actually wanted Braden to be--not Zack. Regardless of your choice here, the assumption was that you can't be furious with the characters because you're the hand that made them do that in the first place and they both obviously felt terrible about it--hence their discussion and subsequent promise to never speak about it again.
The discussion is also really important here because i wanted a template for relationships to actually talk about heavy shit in a healthy manner. Media is inundated with reality TV and dysfunction. I wanted to show a positive way for people to express strong and hurt feelings. While they're both initially pissed off, the exchange has them settle down. They listen to each other objectively because, in the end, they both fucked up, and I believe in healthy relationships, you dont need to keep score on who fucked up more. You talk things out and you try to see if you can pick up the pieces together or not. That exchange was about acceptance, forgiveness, and moving forward despite mistakes they were both truly sorry for.
Well I didnt think my choice back there would have consequences since none appeared in like 2 chapters, so i didnt bother thinking about right or wrong, but still what Zack did was nothing comparing to what Braden did, I mean yea that was pervy but man comparing what Braden did, Zack was a saint at that point. But what frustrates me even more is the whole thing when Zack lied about his GF and Braden heard it, and then made entire charade about how he cant trust Zack because of something this small, yet he was basically manipulating Zack the whole time, sure he didnt mean it in bad way but it isnt pleasant feeling when you know you ve been toyed with and played like you re some kind of tool, kinda makes you feel dumb.
I suppose i could be somewhat confrontational (gently so in this case) but if you didn't think about the consequences about Zack's choice then, why would you expect Braden to? Braden even specifically says it started out small. How many things in our lives start out as a small lie or stretch of the truth, only to continue to accumulate and become a leviathan of lies. At some point, we have to shut those down and the bigger the lie becomes, the harder it gets to shut down--or to even find a smooth way to shut it down.
There's also a ton of truth in how frustrated we can become with others when they essentially wrong us in the same way we do them. It could also be projection from Braden. To me, there's about a million reasons why Braden could react the way he did. It's a dilemma and because of that, it was avoided and it festered as most things that are avoided do and I wanted to show that things can fester with good people that originally had honest intentions. To me, that exchange is way more complex than just a comparison of who did what worse
I attmid i feel sorry for Braden, He figured out that Zack is attracted in him and just wanna know how far this goes, so he try's to lure zack out of his Snailhousing. But soon Braden develope feelings for Zack he dosn't knew he is able to, and get trapped in his own snowball. i just can imagine what a torture it is. and i don't wanna spoiler so at the end of carpter 9 i cried like a little kid this story got me really bad because anyhow i can understand both. and i'm looking forward for the next chapters because would like to see how this guys become even closer (wink) they are made for each other. Anyway both ends are supperior (hope i wrote this word right....guess not but you know what i mean) becuse both endings will send your emotions on a rollercoaster.