For the neutral route it combines the three routes the best it can and since Carlos and Nate's act threes are not finished it can't take anything from those yet, so it only goes to act two at the moment
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From what I can see Carlos would be the bottom, Bryan's the switch and Nate's the top
I really do suggest trying out Nate's stuff because the entire theme of the game is the masks people put up and his was seemingly so effective it made people not want anything to do with him which I get but his content honestly shines a lot for the theme and might show it the best
heavy spoilers below
the scene where Ben reconciles with his ex and where it's revealed that it was actually he who ended things by ghosting him as well as the sequence where he comes to terms with the fact that it turns out he was the one sending emails to himself from his sisters account gave me very heavy silent hill 2 vibes. legitimately such a beautiful scene and much like the scene in silent hill 2 that reveals why James is there at all these events change a lot about the narrative like how Ben saw those eyes every time he did something with another guy because he was feeling massive guilt for just ending things by ghosting his ex like that and it was HIS consciousness and not his ex specifically staring at him knowing how shitty it was of him to do, and how him sending emails from his sister's email also changes some things too. here's hoping Ben improves from here on out, it speaks levels that even after learning he did such horrid things to his ex and his sister I can still sympathetize with him a good deal
I feel it's for the best a Chris route doesn't happen if only because he's the only possible route who'd have power imbalance issues. Kane is a sweetheart and I feel he'd work very well, I just hope he wouldn't have so much less time in the game since you only see him after the second act begins iirc
As for people going on about how certain things don't make sense I would suggest waiting for the next build that will release because while I'm not able to say anything it explains a good deal of stuff that's going on and has some good scenes in it that might satisfy you. Not every mystery is something easily explained but I do promise you it's rather simple to see where certain things will go if you reread the text and don't skip anything like some people here seemed to have lol
I feel like Santa Lucia is less like a traditional FVN in the way it handles a lot of its plot elements and feels more like an actual visual novel you'd see outside of the niche and while that might hurt how people perceive it at times I hope you guys keep to what you do best!
spoilers for the update down below
i can't believe THIS was the game that made me fall for the my wolf meme and you can't even get with said guy, Kane is so sweet and I feel bad for him. He's not just hot but also friend shaped and I'd like to believe if not for everything going on with Ben and Bryan he'd make a good boyfriend for Ben.
interesting of kael to post a convenient excuse for a delay on twitter, on the last day of March 2023
https://twitter.com/Kael_Tiger/status/1641796540573405187?t=w5GvP1tCCUp7lQZ3mwXB...
Surely this is merely a coincidence and not a lie as kael has been proven to do before on other issues
If I were to guess there are probably earlier choices that might lead to either route, like how Ben SEEMS like he has a choice in regards to talking to Russell about his situation before the bit at the overlook.
Maybe when his route starts developing you could probably ask Russell about Katie over the phone before the overlook happens and since Ben is in a more reasonable state of mind at that point no fight will occur over it