This game is amazing! There is a lot of content to go through and even the supposedly non linear plotlines are arranged to conflict with each other at times which just makes it even more expansive. The "world" feels alive, so to say. An emotionally scarring one at that for such a colorful, bright palette, which isn't all that bad mind you. I just feel sorry for the heroine who has to go through the bimbofication/blackmail routes right after being made an orphan, losing her parents and struggling to make money everyday, heck if you avoid that route entirely there is still a possibility of being sexually assaulted at some point. Is this some dig at Metamorphosis or smth? lol
Very disappointed with the heterosexual relationships here though. While a bad/BDSM/rape relationship route would be a nice endeavor to go through for those which has a penchant for 'em, its kind of annoying that there is only one heterosexual relationship the heroine can potentially have a good ending with, as the other males involve some college kids who literally just see the heroine as a piece of meat at worse and a sexfriend at best, her manager who treats her like a piece of shit, another manager who treats her like a piece of meat and the mafia (who are ironically the best boys in the game for respecting and liking the heroine without her having to show her tits, and seems to be unromanceable). There's also that incel, Matt, who I don't have high hopes for and will most likely be the one to sell off Chelsea to the black market or something someday. While I respect as well as support the developers' decisions and also the supposed "slutty/bad" routes (dude I played Euphoria and that Bee Otome involving cannibalism, I can deal with those), I wish players could also have the choice of going down a good route for the other males like with Damien, heck even Euphoria had a good ending per route at least.
The lesbian relationships here are amazingly well written and has its share of either being slutty/corrupt/bad or wholesome. Can't even decide between Kate and Violet on who's best girl because their routes are just that good. Wish the hetero relationship routes (aside from Damien) also had that kind of flexibility.
I think it be good to have more than just Damian for a positive romantic path. Maybe Levi? Yes, he's weird, but he's likable and a good person. (In RL, I've had a couple of BFs like Levi. I prefer guys like Damian (including my current BF).
I'm enjoying the Damian path a lot, so only a little disappointed there are no other male options for romance.
I'm assuming you've done the wholesome path with Kate. So far, only done the slutty path with Kate. The interactions with her got nicely steamy - and suggested possible romance. I plan to go the "path of purity" with her. I look forward to a very nice romance.
The first part of the Violet path didn't seem romantic to me - just very good friends - though sharing a bed with her and her cuddling suggested the possibility. After I chose the "dommy Violet" path, I had very few encounters with her and only at school. Maybe the Damian path is interfering. I do plan to try the "subby Violet" path.
Lisa at the bakery was a disappointment, but otherwise realistic. And Kieth a typical misogynistic male. The only thing going for the bakery is that it's a solid income source.
The maid cafe was a much better situation. The chill after being caught is realistic, but it's still a nicer job. (Though, even the non-slutty, interesting customers are gone, so tips have gone down.)
On the subject of jobs, the bikini carwash would be a fun job (as long as it was inside a building and not out in a parking lot).
For a mildly "corrupt" job, being a dancer at the strip club. (At least in most (all?) of Europe, Canada, US and (I think) Australia, 18 is old enough to work at strip clubs. I used to work at a strip club, so I really do know this. (now I have an engineering job (as well as being a student), so don't have time)
I've always also thought Levi (Yearbook) and maybe even Ryan (Track) could also be good male LIs. Not to mention that going on Ryan's route may potentially open up possibilities for a threesome with August? Lol we can only hope. (How nice! I'm kind of in the same boat. My current SO is a mixture of Levi, Damian and a Matt who actually knows the meaning of consent and respect lol)
I've done corrupted!Kate, wholesome!Kate, dom!Violet and sub!Violet. Despite the overtly sexy themes for these routes barring the Kate one, it was a very satisfying ride. MC takes charge on what she wants, what she does to get it, and is confident of her sexuality. Not to mention that consent was involved. While I wouldn't call him a good guy, bar manager at least respects boundaries to an extent. In the dom!Violet route Violet, while still quite the amateur as the dom in the relationship actually bothers to take care of Chelsea and doesn't lend her out to strange men or anything, so its all good.
I feel like most males in this game is misogynistic or whatever xD Is it Chelsea's bad luck to be surrounded by guys who seem to have come straight out of abusively pandering hentai? I really pity this poor girl lol. Wish that there was a way to NTR Lisa away from the bakery manager tbh. Though I do understand why they made it out that way to be "realistic". She just got away from a messy divorce and is possibly in need of a lot of money, thus the reason why she just puts up with whatever shit Keith throws her way.
Cafe is the safer option of the two yes. If you don't want to go down the corrupted route of working at the bar you can stay at a relatively sfw environment. That said, if you want a lot of dough, going down the corrupted route and working at the bar is the way to go.
I haven't tried the track path, yet, though I did try the cheerleading path. Neither appealed to me in RL.
At my RL highschool, most of the boys were misogynistic, so this seems realistic to me - I do feel sorry for Chelsea, and I do relate with her on this. I have always preferred guys like Damian or even Levi. Fewer are misogynistic and usually respect me more than even the non-misogynistic non-geeky guys.
I expected a lot of sexual content in this game, so I don't feel even the corrupted Kate path was overly sexual. Also, the first of the Violet path wasn't sexual until the massage scene and only mildly. And at least what of the dom Violet path I experienced was not sexual. I have a feeling I'm missing some Violet encounters while on the Damian path.
I probably will try the corrupted path at the bar. After all, the end of the corrupted Kate path was quite corrupt.
(Maybe I am somewhat corrupt, but my BF is very happy with me and not trying to change me (only supporting me finding my own path).)
Sorry to hear there were a lot of misogynistic guys in your irl highschool.
Oh I didn't say it was OVERLY sexual, what I said was OVERTLY, which has different meanings altogether ^^; overtly in the context of what I said meant that the route was openly sexual, but not excessive (overly) since even with all the possible booty calls Chelsea can do it doesn't get to a point where "its too much" unlike other games I could name, all of which I manage to stomach so I can't say it bothers me by the definition of how numerous it was, since there were a lot more in other games by comparison.