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I agree with most of what you said, but that path isn't just a fetish. For me, Mary was the best one for the NTR option, because it represents the extreme regression and essentially falling back into the dark pit forever after being given a glimpse of the light. As the mc, the choice was yours to pull her out fully and be her shield or fall in with her.

I certainly could've written it better as I do not claim to be a particularly good writer, but I feel the concept is still faithful to Mary's theme.

Anyway, that's the last thing I'll say. Appreciate the insight!

YogSothoth1982262 days ago(+1)

Is the NTR/rape part avoidable (ie can you make it not happen at all)? I'd rather know, because if it can't be avoided, it isn't worth trying the game, at least for me

Zelathorn Games262 days ago(-1)

All girls except Bella, Scarlett, and Gabriella will have paths for having sex only with you, but those three do have paths where at least you won't see sex scenes with other guys.

YogSothoth1982262 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

I guess I can turn them down (I already did it with Bella). If they have sex with other guys, even if I don't see it, I'm not interested in them.

I just checked and confirmed that in Scarlet's route I can only choose between two options, let Peter participate or not.

YogSothoth1982260 days ago(+1)

Well, I have told Bella that I don't want anything to do with her.

For now, we only share Gabriella with the MC's sister. If other guys appear later in her story, she will have to be discarded unless we can avoid them.

I've finally moved on from continuing the Scarlett's story, I hope it doesn't affect the story of the rest of the LIs.

Zelathorn Games260 days ago(-1)

No other guys for Gabriella's path. Not doing one path just means they won't intersect with other paths.

YogSothoth1982260 days ago (1 edit)

Ok, as long as the lesbian content is limited, I think I'll stick with Gabriella.

Since I accidentally deleted the save game, I think I'll play the least posible the Scarlett path and avoid doing her sex scenes.

I will keep telling Bella that I don't want anything with her. As long as she continues to have sex with Derek, my interest in her is nil. A shame, because she could have been an interesting LI.

The fact that Evelyn seduces guys for casual sex isn't something I'm excited about, but as long as she doesn't fuck anyone else while she's with the MC and he can have a romantic relationship with her... there's a chance ( remote) that I decide to continue her route. On the other hand, I have no interest in knowing how many guys Evelyn has shared with her mother, in fact simply knowing that has happened (without knowing the number) significantly reduces my interest in Evelyn. In fact, if there had been an option to break up with her the moment the MC finds out, I would have chosen it.

YogSothoth1982259 days ago (1 edit)

In the end I have decided that it's not worth starting the Scarlett route: I'm not interested in her or Evelyn, so it's best to ignore them.

Regarding Mary, I still have to start her route to see if she interests me.

I have a question. Why can you reject Bella and Gabriella, but not Scarlett and Evelyn?

Zelathorn Games259 days ago

I haven't really made a rejection functionality for the paths. You can reject Bella and Gabriella because a third person becomes intertwined in their paths. Evelyn has history but won't have others if you don't want. Scarlett is obviously sex-focused so I didn't bother with her. At the moment you basically just don't do the quests if you don't want that content.

YogSothoth1982258 days ago (1 edit)

With all due respect, Scarlett is a slut, so I don't know what reason my MC could have for wanting to be with her. In my opinion the further away from her the better. And her daughter Evelyn is another slut, so I'm not going to touch her even with a stick. So I personally think an option to tell them you don't want anything to do with them would be nice.

Regarding Bella, there are three options: Start a relationship with her and continue with Derek and sometimes the three of them have scenes together, start a relationship with her and continue with Derek but without Derek participating in the scenes with MC and Bella. , or not start a relationship at all. Of course, my MC isn't going to start a relationship with her while she's with Derek, so the first two aren't even options. What annoys me is that until you can reject her you have had several scenes with sexual content with her that you cannot avoid in any way.

Actually for a harem game, Scarlett and Evelyn are lousy characters, and Bella would only really be interesting if there was an option to make her break up with Derek. Honestly, as how they routes are developed, I think the best option is to pretend they don't even exist and don't even start their paths.

Zelathorn Games257 days ago

Not everyone has the exact same interests you do. I would love to cater for all these different possibilities, but alas I am a simply one human being.

YogSothoth1982257 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

I still think it wouldn't be hard to include an option at the beginning of Scarlett's path, for example right before the first sex scene, where you tell her that you're not interested. The same in Evelyn's, when the MC says that he forgives her, we could be given the option of not doing it and ending her route. It's something easy that can help your game win over players who aren't comfortable with those routes (and many of them think that closing a path is not the same as not starting it).

And in the Bella route, it wouldn't hurt to be able to avoid the sexual content scenes: now that I have to repeat them, I'd rather be able to say no since I'm not interested in her.

EDIT: in my opinion Evelyn's route is fine until you find out she's a slut. Certainly in my opinion the option of rejecting her is missing: If you get to this point, you have to start a relationship with her no matter what, even if you later have the opportunity to not continue her route, the truth is that either MC has been a coward and he hasn't dared to tell to her face that he doesn't want to know anything about her, or really the MC continues with her even though we don't see it during the game. I don't find either option appealing.

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