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That said, I did notice a couple instances where the game did assume I was playing the field.

- Before the first visit to the "New World" server, Nancy called the MC a playboy, jumping from one date to another, even though I had only actually been on one date. That was the one with Annie in Eternum, and that was supposed to have been a secret. Literally everyone else had been greyed out a couple chapters ago or even earlier.

- Just before going to get pizza, the MC says that getting the pizza to surprise Nancy makes him a "hopeless romantic", which felt odd since her path had been grey since turning down going to yoga with her.

- Similarly in the last scene of Ch. 7, a certain character accuses the MC of being "intoxicated with women." That might be a little fair, but still, everyone else had been greyed out without any reaching any encounter, so it didn't quite make full sense. Being exclusive with one doesn't match the description of "intoxicated."

quikbrnfox40 days ago

Seems to me that the game being set up to accommodate that play style and still preserve the plot is beyond what one should expect. Sounds like going to a rib shack, ordering just a salad, then being put-off that there are no maple syrup or coconut milk based dressings available.

Maybe like with taking over empires, one of Nancy's skills is knowing when everyone else is having encounters. I've never tried to play past Maat without one; I may go see how that works out. Or maybe 'date' is just spending time individually with all the different women, which MC has to do. "Hopeless romantic" is accurate no matter what other explanations apply, as MC's in-game reasons for choosing Annie only are limited to what we see in the text, not to your particular reasons for following that path, which couldn't possibly be reflected in the text.

LainTheMain40 days ago

I was merely making observations. Not all feedback is going to match the creator's intentions, but it's up to them to decide which feedback to consider and which to ignore. Yes, it may be the case that picking one person's story to the exclusion of others is not the intended route. However, cutting off potential routes is built into the game. If cutting off routes wasn't intended, you wouldn't be able to. Besides, playing in a way which is possible-but-not-intended is a good idea, it helps check for bugs and such.

quikbrnfox40 days ago

I fully agree on choice. However, the nature of this game is not monogamous, and the various characters hint strongly at the planned combinations, even if MC is off-screen.

It is even set up so that not pursuing them, in most cases, makes their virtual existence worse, so intentionally cutting off routes in this game is abandoning them.

Short answer: the dev made it so people could play monogamy, but doing so is like buying Turbotax Premium and filing a sing 1040EZ.

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