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I get the hype, I love a good harvest moon game, but fuck if I haven't had a hard time getting past shit like this
I havent been able to bring myself to open it again since. Not even mentioning a couple of the potential wives are legitimately children. Child bride simulator. Ew.
None of the marriage candidates are ever stated to be children
They are all convicingly in their early 20s, with the exception of maybe Harvey who seems closer to 30
That said it'd be cool to get an older romantic candidate or two.
I think it was Abigail who talks about leaving all her homework til the last minute? Whatever it was just left me feeling uncomfortable... she still lives with her parents too?
i was still way more uncomfortable with the idea that all these interactions were written by some guy, you cant win the game calling out the shit sexist tropes, you need to be gentle and not tell the guys what is that supposed to mean when they say i didnt think a girl would want to throw a ball with me so i didnt invite you
feminism ruined gaming
These both sound college student things to me
Abigail is canonically in college doing a distance learning program while living with her parents. You should be more concerned about the fact that if you marry her and get her to 14 hearts, she
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murders a person of color and buries the body alongside the mountain pathAlex has a character arc where he becomes less of a sexist pig, too. Sam is a total freaking manchild through and through, though.
Wait which wife candidates are children?