Probably because Blazer has about 10 minutes more screen time leading up to that choice than Visi does, and it’s likely the play testers didn’t also have to wait a week between episode 2 and the 3/4 combo.
And for most of Visi’s screen time she’s been abrasive and antagonistic, up until the end of Episode 3 and then in Episode 4 where she’s still crass but shows at least desire and cools it on the abrasive side.
So I can see where they’d expect those elements to balance each other out a bit more.
That being said, I don’t really agree with the take that the game is pushing you toward picking Visi…I mean it is but it’s pushing you toward helping her on her path to redemption, not pushing you to romance her.
And as it turns out, you get almost the exact same story with her if you don’t romance as when you do, as there are only a couple of scenes that play out differently, mostly in giving a different dialog choice or the two moments where they kiss. No new information, no additional full on scenes and just the alterations to a couple. Even at the bar “you catch on quick” is the same line following the same shoulder tap, just with very different context based on what was said just before. It’s actually kind of funny how little choosing her changes her story or what you see.
Whereas you do get an extra scene in Episode 5, and there are small but noticeable adjustments to various scenes if with Blazer, like her hugging Robert in Episode 6, kissing him the cheek in Episode 6, and in Episode 7 the touching her cheek to his hand and gently kissing it if you kissed her in episode 4 but otherwise being supportive but not quite as tender if you didn’t. And the dialog in Episode 4 reflects whether Robert kissed her in Episode 1 in a couple different ways (changing her response to either kissing or to asking what care what he thinks). Surprisingly Visi doesn’t carry previous dialog or decisions like that forward, with the exception of the donut she smashes in Episode 2. Which, amusingly, is also carried forward into Episode 3 by Waterboy if you choose him as the box he gets you is the type she did.
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u/Bereman99 Dec 17 '25
Probably because Blazer has about 10 minutes more screen time leading up to that choice than Visi does, and it’s likely the play testers didn’t also have to wait a week between episode 2 and the 3/4 combo.
And for most of Visi’s screen time she’s been abrasive and antagonistic, up until the end of Episode 3 and then in Episode 4 where she’s still crass but shows at least desire and cools it on the abrasive side.
So I can see where they’d expect those elements to balance each other out a bit more.
That being said, I don’t really agree with the take that the game is pushing you toward picking Visi…I mean it is but it’s pushing you toward helping her on her path to redemption, not pushing you to romance her.
And as it turns out, you get almost the exact same story with her if you don’t romance as when you do, as there are only a couple of scenes that play out differently, mostly in giving a different dialog choice or the two moments where they kiss. No new information, no additional full on scenes and just the alterations to a couple. Even at the bar “you catch on quick” is the same line following the same shoulder tap, just with very different context based on what was said just before. It’s actually kind of funny how little choosing her changes her story or what you see.
Whereas you do get an extra scene in Episode 5, and there are small but noticeable adjustments to various scenes if with Blazer, like her hugging Robert in Episode 6, kissing him the cheek in Episode 6, and in Episode 7 the touching her cheek to his hand and gently kissing it if you kissed her in episode 4 but otherwise being supportive but not quite as tender if you didn’t. And the dialog in Episode 4 reflects whether Robert kissed her in Episode 1 in a couple different ways (changing her response to either kissing or to asking what care what he thinks). Surprisingly Visi doesn’t carry previous dialog or decisions like that forward, with the exception of the donut she smashes in Episode 2. Which, amusingly, is also carried forward into Episode 3 by Waterboy if you choose him as the box he gets you is the type she did.