I’m not poly, so this isn’t my preference… But if there are poly routes, I only hope that it doesn’t feel like my MC is intruding on an already established relationship or feeling left out… That was my problem with When the Night Comes. I felt like my MC was a third wheel and I completely lost interest in the game ... Thank you for your consideration, devs!
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OMG IKR LIKE EVERYTHING IN ''when the night comes'' was great EXPECT the poly relationships LIKE I FELT LIKE I WAS INTRUDING AND IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE SAYING ''okay. i guess you can join too...'' LIKE I PLAYED ONE POLY ROUTE AND I WAS LIKE NOPE NAH UH THE WHOLE THING WAS SOOOOOO AWKWARD ITS LIKE THEY ARE ALREADY DATING AND I AM JUST IDK THERE TO EXIST WITH THEM BUT NOT ALONG SIDE THEM.
Its your opinion which is fine but that shouldnt take away the possibility of other options. A healthy polyamorous relationship doesnt feel like being an intruder or left out. It feels like being close to more than one partner and so can they. If that would be an optional route I would like to see it and I would love if they took away the misconceptions most people have and actually make it a healthy and embracing relationship. Baldurs Gate 3 included polyamory but they rather made you feel bad about it because they made it pretty obvious one didnt want the poly relationship but felt pressured. "1 on 1" doesnt need to exclude it at all and vice versa. Nowadays monogamy is not the only option and I think it would be good to implement other forms of relationships (as with gender and sexuality) and represent it well IF it fits the game, the story, the characters and overall what the developers want.
Well of course not, that relationship would be toxic, but that's not what I was talking about. A poly relationship is founded by trust and //consent//, all parties must be aware and fully consenting for it to be legitimate. In any other case, were someone not aware or pushed into it, that would be a whole other conversation. THEN, we could talk about it being cheating. Of course, a poly relationship CAN be toxic, but that is true for any kind of relationship. This doesn't make a poly couple or relationship any lesser than a monogamous one. I'm not mad, sorry I came off that way. I guess I'm just tired of people misunderstanding what polyamorous relationships are.