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If he didn't make the Interlude, he'd have to insert flashback scenes to flesh out Zoey, use more present narrative time to flesh out Zoey, or do nothing beyond what we get in Episodes 9 and 10 then people would complain she's underdeveloped.
Those are all still better options than to have an interlude where all the supposed permutations within it are ignored when you get to Episode 9.
 

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But, as I said, what you say is not entirely true. Its only if you skip it, otherwise its not the only meaningful choice.

Did he made it user friendly, by that you only have to answer 1 question if you decide to skip, instead of 20 or something, ? Yes.

otherwise you likely would complain that you have to answer 20 questions whenever you want to skip, and you might not even remember all of it

or if there is no choice to skip it and it's mandatory to play every time for a new path, then that would be the problem for some folks.

so how he implemented this " system " is not a problem, he did a good job with it.

Whether the Interlude was necessary from a narrative standpoint, that is a separated issue.
No, if there were even half a dozen variables from it that fed into the main game I'd have been happy, because at least then the various choices and decisions we make for Zoey in the Interlude actually mean something in the main game. Instead it boils down to "DIK or CHICK" because that's all DPC can realistically integrate at this point.

It's not "you can skip it" that's my problem (I hit tab to skip what I've already seen when setting up various runs after I've played through the episode the first time). It's that the skip boils down everything to a single variable that could've been set via a flashback scene in episode 9 (whether you remember Zoey as DIKish or CHICKish in personality).
 

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If he didn't make the Interlude, he'd have to insert flashback scenes to flesh out Zoey, use more present narrative time to flesh out Zoey, or do nothing beyond what we get in Episodes 9 and 10 then people would complain she's underdeveloped.
so what, then make a flashback or two with the important (eh, nothing really important happened there but whatever) bits. Or just a somewhat extended meeting with her where she tells why she is back, rather than dedicating a full episode to shit many people don't care about. We could be a quarter way into episode 12 development by now :KEK:
 

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No, if there were even half a dozen variables from it that fed into the main game I'd have been happy, because at least then the various choices and decisions we make for Zoey in the Interlude actually mean something in the main game. Instead it boils down to "DIK or CHICK" because that's all DPC can realistically integrate at this point.

It's not "you can skip it" that's my problem (I hit tab to skip what I've already seen when setting up various runs after I've played through the episode the first time). It's that the skip boils down everything to a single variable that could've been set via a flashback scene in episode 9 (whether you remember Zoey as DIKish or CHICKish in personality).
to be fair, the enter game is basically a flashback . :LOL:

But, no because How MC remember her is not the key factor of Interlude . What was the point is that the player have a feel for the character, instead of the " she is my best friend " deal with it.

The player get to know her , and in some extent even shape her to what kind of person she is.

I mean I do at least understand the intention, what he was aiming for.

I do agree that she should have never even return in the first place.

but I admit that by dong the way he did, it, instead of just a simple flashback, is better in a way, because I would even give less fuck about her than I do now.:ROFLMAO:
 

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to be fair, the enter game is basically a flashback . :LOL:

But, no because How MC remember her is not the key factor of Interlude . What was the point is that the player have a feel for the character, instead of the " she is my best friend " deal with it.

The player get to know her , and in some extent even shape her to what kind of person she is.

I mean I do at least understand the intention, what he was aiming for.

I do agree that she should have never even return in the first place.

but I admit that by dong the way he did, it, instead of just a simple flashback, is better in a way, because I would even give less fuck about her than I do now.:ROFLMAO:
I wouldn't have minded the Interlude if more from it was carried out. The fact when skipping it on replay it just goes "DIK or CHICK" means all the supposed "shaping her character" choices you make aren't actually choices that impact on her going forward, which makes it pointless.
 

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I wouldn't have minded the Interlude if more from it was carried out. The fact when skipping it on replay it just goes "DIK or CHICK" means all the supposed "shaping her character" choices you make aren't actually choices that impact on her going forward, which makes it pointless.
and we're back to square one :rolleyes::ROFLMAO:
 

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I wouldn't have minded the Interlude if more from it was carried out. The fact when skipping it on replay it just goes "DIK or CHICK" means all the supposed "shaping her character" choices you make aren't actually choices that impact on her going forward, which makes it pointless.
Again, Season 3 isn’t even complete yet. How do you know it won’t impact anything going forward?. :D Wait… are you from the future? Hero?!!
 
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Again, Season 3 isn’t even complete yet. How do you know it won’t impact anything going forward?. :D Wait… are you from the future? Hero?!!
Because it's already set the variables.

The only way it could be expanded is if let's say Episode 13 suddenly read different variables from the Interlude differently than the skip button sets them which would at best piss off a lot of players who'd have to go back and replay an entire season to fix saves, and at worst break saves completely.
 

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But, you don't really alter MC's character in any " deep, impactful way ", either. :LOL:
Other than how their alignment impacts a bunch of different situations, who they're dating, how certain characters feel about the MC regardless of dating or not, how previous events can impact future events etc. It all feeds through into future aspects of the game and can unexpectedly impact future decisions available to you. One interesting example is that if you chat up Cathy and get a blowjob from her on the car ride in episode 5 it actively fucks up your chances of dating Bella.

Meanwhile Interlude gives you a good dozen seemingly impactful choices but in the end it's the original Mass Effect 3 ending in how none of them carry forward outside of the Interlude.

If they carried forward, wouldn't have an issue with the Interlude. The fact they don't carry forward is why I find its existence frustrating.
 

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Other than how their alignment impacts a bunch of different situations, who they're dating, how certain characters feel about the MC regardless of dating or not, how previous events can impact future events etc. It all feeds through into future aspects of the game and can unexpectedly impact future decisions available to you. One interesting example is that if you chat up Cathy and get a blowjob from her on the car ride in episode 5 it actively fucks up your chances of dating Bella.

Meanwhile Interlude gives you a good dozen seemingly impactful choices but in the end it's the original Mass Effect 3 ending in how none of them carry forward outside of the Interlude.

If they carried forward, wouldn't have an issue with the Interlude. The fact they don't carry forward is why I find its existence frustrating.
but MC is still the same, no matter what you choose, MC is still fully involved in the Maya loan story , he is by default BFF with all of the main girl no matter what.

and Zoey is not the main character, anyway.
but if you want a dik Zoey who still have friends left after her trip. it is not enough to just skip, and burn the bridges with once choice.
and whether that will have an impact later or not, we don't know that yet.

May be it will be important when MC will have to hide from the cops, for the accusation of Rio's murder, what Vinny blamed on MC. . and Zoey will have a chance to help MC, and he will hide with Zoey friends in San Francisco, or where it was.
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