| thismeintiel said: Well, the fact that the house is deserted and a note telling you to not investigate what happened just leads me to believe there was something bigger happening in the story. Like if your character found out what happened, they could have the same thing happen or be in danger somehow. And there was the hinting that the house could be haunted. Instead it just turns out that the character was gay and ran away from home and the parents went on "vacation." Which is also strange, since you think they would want to be there when their older daughter arrived and/or be there to supervise their daughter if they didn't like her being with Lonnie. It's at least a trip you think they would have told their older daughter about. Instead, they didn't just for the sake of making the game more mysterious. |
I thought it was nice that someone decided to, for once, make an adventure game that didn't involve being in danger. I thought the note on the door was a nice lure, but you get the sense by the time you get through the first hallway that you're not actually in danger, as there's a piece of paper in the study explaining why the lights flicker and such. I appreciated that because I didn't want to feel like I needed to rush through this game. Instead, I got to take my time and fully absorb the details and the story of this family largely on my own terms. The sense of worry briefly returned toward the end of the game though when I got the "In the Attic" note, but only to end the same way, with a sense of relief.
I have anxiety. Sometimes I could use a pleasant, relaxing game where I don't have to do gamey challenges like besting enemies and collecting stuff and whatnot.
As to the whole situation with Lonnie, my impression of it was that Terry and Janice simply don't take their daughter's sexuality seriously; that they don't believe lesbians are for real. That's pretty common in real life. In the case of a gay boy, society typically reacts more fiercely and negatively, but only because they instinctively trust him because he's male. Lesbianism has traditionally been taken less seriously because of the distrust factor toward girls. The developers were obviously going for realism in that connection. They're also strict parents, but not super-strict like Lonnie's mom. They're not against Sam and Lonnie being friends, they just don't want the two getting into trouble or 'becoming confused', you know? And if you look at the work schedule that Sam is slated for over the week, you'll notice that she's also supposed to working a lot of those last days. I don't think her parents were counting on her ditching to spend the time with Lonnie instead, as you can tell she did by the name tag in the trash.
