MC Relapse variable and ending, explained.
Added 2023-04-30 06:44:35 +0000 UTCOk guys, I've been doing a lot of thinking about this, and I was going to have the MC (if you have enough relapses points) relapse, and kind of split off the paths for a day during one of the later updates.
The problem with this though, is I don't think I could realistically bring him back around to where I'd want him to be, in enough time to do the things he's going to be doing towards the end of the game (sponsoring people, telling his story, etc...).
So, I've kind of taken a bit of a one eighty on this, and I think I'm just going to make the relapse the first ending in the game. This ending will happen long before the other endings start with the girls.
Another reason for doing it this way is it will be a one and done type thing. I won't have to drag it out, or reference it for the rest of the game.
Also, I know many of you won't want to see the relapse ending anyway, so I'm not going to make it a big drawn out thing. It will be well done, and for those who choose to see it, it'll make the point it needs to make.
However, even if you qualify for the ending, I'll give the player the choice to not go through with it. That way things are kinda fool proof. Because, I obviously don't want people going through that who don't want to. I think the game has already demonstrated the devastation that can come with a relapse, so it will be completely optional, that's if you even qualify for it.
As I've said previously, if you've been helping people and not bitching about it, you'll be fine, so it won't even be an issue. But for the very few of you who wanna see it, I'm gonna do it because I promised I would. This doesn't mean I'm killing off the MC either, cause I'm not, it will just be a pretty melancholic ending.
Ok, I know that was a little long, but I wanted to make myself clear about how I'm choosing to do this and why. Also, again, it will be optional. You'll have a chance to see the error of your ways, if you've accumulated too many relapse points.
I think this is a solution that will best please all, because I can do whatever I want with that ending, as opposed to providing the MC with and easy quick way back to where he was, which would be much less realistic.
Hope that all makes sense! Cheers!
Comments
I thought about it for a while and I think it's the best way you could do it. In my imagination as a non-addict it's absolutely logical the relapse path ends earlier in one way or another. MC fucked it up. Sad but true. So it's plausible this story ends earlier. My own experiences with addicts are small, but I think you can say their addiction kill them socially at one point and their story ends. I won't be happy to see MC fail but I take my relapse path save serious. So I'm eager to see how this end.
Tremonia
2023-05-01 10:07:09 +0000 UTCI like this idea. This way people that haven't seen or experienced it IRL can get a taste of how fragile sobriety really is. For those of us that have, We don't need any reminders.
Furball
2023-04-30 17:26:59 +0000 UTC