I know people make posts about "I think Tumblr is giving me a skewed idea of what Armored Core 6 is about" with all the shitposts about Walter and Ayre and the eroticism of mecha and transhumanism but you have to understand that the game is actually like that. You get far enough in and you get to have a simulated mecha duel with your telepathic girlfriend that is framed like a sex scene. There's no exaggeration.
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"Chick's got taste. Except for one thing."
"Whats that?"
"The way she looks at you. Don't pretend you haven't noticed. Makes you all mushy inside. I can feel it."
Johnny, I would rather romance you, Rogue, and Kerry at the same time than Judy again. (And I don't mean it as a bad thing, it's that no, Judy doesn't make me feel all mushy. :) And her diving quest makes me very anxious.) I'd romance Evelyn, too, that would be interesting. I'd even try to romance So Mi.
Basically, I'm into all the non-romanceable options and not into the romanceable ones. Kerry would've been my thing if the developers didn't fuck him and all other bisexual players over. (But fret not, I'll try modding when I finish the game. This V is for Kerry for sure. Maybe for Johnny. Or maybe I'll use my first and main V for that. For now I'm more curious about Kerry. Oh, but this V with Rogue... 🤤😍)
Also, I still can't get over the fact that both Johnny and V share feelings. Seizure? Food? Pleasure? It goes both ways. Sure, there's a lag ("Takes a while before I know you burned the roof of your mouth"), but I still see Rhack in them. Same concept.
Which also leads us to: they no longer give you the option to either smoke or not smoke after saving Evelyn? (I'm not actually sure when this was added, but since I remember the first patches and played my first run a long time ago, that option was there & I miss it. I think it was better at giving you the option to role-play.)
Is this the game they wanted to create in the first place? That V takes on Johnny's addictions and bad habits and partly his personality this fast?
Because V starts smoking and merges with him VERY fast, at the time Johnny's still getting used to V and tries to figure her out (while in the beginning V clearly states she doesn't smoke & saving Evelyn is not that far from the beginning of the main plot quests. Like, I'm literally lvl 19 rn, it's nothing compared to how high you can climb that ladder.)
Plus, "Once I start something, I don't quit." That is LITERALLY Johnny. That is such an audible, loud nod towards Johnny and his personality. How he called Kerry a pussy because, well, "he didn't have the guts to go through" with his suicide attempt while Johnny went on a suicide mission just like that.
Lastly, there's this thing:
"Becoming Johnny Silverhand means absorbing his memories, his goals and his insanity. Long before you're wiped, you'll stop being 'you'."
I try reading how the relationship with Johnny levels up & it's very curious.
She becomes him, he becomes her, they swipe their treats and personalities. She makes him feel calmer, more understood, and safer to the point that he can drop all the pretense around her and speak up his mind and feelings.
Again, I think about Johnny in the Temperance ending and post Phantom Liberty talk A LOT.
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This is how I'm able to play the game with just Astarion and my Durge. I start the conversation, he hides. When combat starts he's able to shoot safely.
Of course occasionally you get moments like this.
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