I mean, technically Alice's husband/Naomi's dad was only presumed dead, but your netori comment is valid and that will be something to watch. Though I wouldn't call Laura's relationship with her partner very positive from what we find out in this last episode.
Yeah, right after I wrote my comment, I started playing again and the game started dropping hints and I've played to the end of chapter 3. So I know she claims he's been cheating on her. At the least they're suffering from a dead bedroom.. There's generally only a handful of ways I've seen a 'good' mc get an LI in a relationship, first is the LI's partner is a shitty person, second, the partner leaves the picture (e.g., breaks up, death, etc), which makes it no longer netori, which would be fine for this game since it's not the focus. All other scenarios requires a 'bad' or morally ambiguous MC, e.g., he steals her (via coercion, blackmail, etc.) or the LI is 'bad' or morally ambiguous and doesn't care about cheating.
They look like the college party girls MC encounters at the convenience store.I know we are in the dark about the total number of future LI's but I'm guessing that there are at least 6 based on this image the dev published for 2025:
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As closely as I can tell - the images of Kallie and Laura include side profiles - but I could be wrong.
Given the way the story is playing out right now:
With repeated commentary about the new 'home' being temporary - a place to stay for a few days, I think we will encounter our next woman or pair of women as part of the next move to a new, temporary home.
Wondering about adding to our group of survivors, coupled with the news at the end of the episode, makes it hard to wait for the next release but, with a wait of < 28 days now, this won't be a long wait.
Cheers!!
I am not sure what you mean by that. The building was recently abandoned due to the fog. Like literally a week before it was a fully functional building. Most elevators won't go bad in that short of a period of time.
I suppose one could connect the fog damaging the electrical parts of the elevator to what's going on with the cars outside. That said, the cars are out in the thick of it, and the elevator is in a building so it would take considerably longer to be affected, if it's the electronics being affected at all (going off the fact the cars won't start being connected to battery trouble).
Well, that's what cliffhangers are meant to do. We've had one at the end of each release, and I suspect there will be one for each and every future release until the game is completed.
I have never really associated the fog with causing electrical issues. Cell phones still function (just have no service) as does the flashlight MC finds, etc. I always have assumed the cars' problems were related to their air intakes sucking thick acidic fog into the air filter and carburetor, gumming them up so the engine wasn't getting any oxygen, the plugs got fouled, etc. The machinery for the elevator would be in enclosed housings inside the buildings (same as the people hiding in the buildings who seem mostly unaffected by the fog while inside,) so I see no reason they would be prone to break down after only a week.
I agree - I think that the two women in the image below (Saturday night prepping for a party) look like the two women in the 2025 image I posted earlier (reposted here for comparison), based on what you can see of faces and hair styles.
The purple/violet dress one is the one that appears in the main banner. The third one to the right.I agree - I think that the two women in the image below (Saturday night prepping for a party) look like the two women in the 2025 image I posted earlier (reposted here for comparison), based on what you can see of faces and hair styles.
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They look like the two women under the 0 in the '2025' below.
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It will be serendipitous if it turns out that one of them has some kind of medical/nursing/veterinarian training to add to the skill mix of our small band of survivors.
I know - it's not like you can order a specific mix of additional survivors to be delivered by Amazon...
I'm hoping for some luck for the sake of the group!
Cheers!!
The Dev likes to drop a few easter eggs, so it is hard to tell if the below sequence is an easter egg or just everyday chit chat.
Taking into account her emotional state and reliance on the MC, I don't think it would be 'porn logic' for Kallie to start seeing the MC as more than a friend or doing something she wouldn't have done before the fog appeared. Laura's husband is already a probable cheater and it would be boring if both girls had the same justification for hooking up with the MC.
I remember that scene, but on the flip side Andrew (the fiance) drives her, way out of his way, to work, when her car wouldn't start. So there's info to indicate that their relationship has positivity and I haven't seen anything that actually indicates otherwise, yet. And since Laura's husband is cheating on her (or at least presumed so), it will be lazy if Kallie's partner also falls into the "shitty partner" trope I mentioned for netori LIs. And yeah, based on the the MCs from N&T and TID, I'll be very surprised if this MC doesn't have a strong moral compass. Well, ILS have proven they can write with previous games,so I look forward to them resolving this conundrum.The Dev likes to drop a few easter eggs, so it is hard to tell if the below sequence is an easter egg or just everyday chit chat.
This occurs when the MC returns to work after lunch on a Friday and overhears Laura and Kallie talking.
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We currently have very little information about Kallie and her wedding plans so the above could just be innocuous.
I also think that Kallie, an introvert, is still warming up to the idea of sharing personal information/feelings with both Laura and the MC.
Part of the way this story is unfolding is the way the small band of survivors are looking out for each other and learning to depend on each other.
IMO - this is a strength of the dev's writing and story choice.
So far, the MC has been a good guy and, based on the MCs from the first two AVNs - the MC will remain a good guy trying to navigate tough circumstances.
Currently - I see unrealized sexual tension between the MC and Kallie.
I think it will take something major (like discovering that one of the new women who the group will meet later has been intimate with her fiancée since he and Kallie got engaged) to push Kallie into anything physical with the MC.
Whatever happens, I want it to be organic to the story versus following porn logic.
Cheers!!
Seeing the MC as more than a friend is different than acting on it. And the MC would have to be okay with acting on it, knowing that her fiance is still out there. Maybe an 'accidental' kiss, sure? But past that and you have to call into question MC and Kaille's moral compasses. The narrative in N&T was heavy with the moral implications of MC having a relationship with his adoptive daughter (and her friend) and ensuring that it was 'okay' before anything proceeded.
All I can offer is that at the end of my playthrough of the latest release, Kallie has higher trust, friend and desire points than Laura. She is, however, lacking any love points. But with Laura, a love point was only triggered if the MC decided to have sex with her.
Well, like in N&T, this isn't a normal situation. The MC, Laura and Kallie have no way of contacting their families and they're stuck in a building together, with little privacy. MC has already accidently walked in on Kallie getting dressed and she has peeked on him in the shower (so there is a least some curiosity there).
But unlike N&T the characters don't see this as an apocalypse level event. Right now they believe it's just some area that is affected, but not the world. And the snippets from the news broadcast at the end of chapter 3 seem to hint at that. But we'll have to see next chapter if there's more details. The only morality changes they've established are survival based ones. E.g., they've brought up Hurricane Katrina as an example for looting, etc.and that's the justification for MC stealing clothes and food. Regarding Laura, it's a bit of a trope, but the dead marriage/partner cheating is a common justification; from a narrative perspective, her marriage is basically over.
