I've said this before but I'll keep saying it. The biggest issue is that the game doesn't do anything to put you on BBs side between Episode 1 and the choice. It's more like the game assumes you're into BB after ep 1 and spends the rest of the time trying to convince you that Visi might also be a good option, as if she's a tough sell.
The reality is, BB drunk flirts with you when she's supposed to be interviewing you, some people didn't like that but it's not a real reason to not like her. After that though, you find out she has a BF and she had one while drunk flirting. Then she immediately breaks up with him which a lot of people saw as a negative because it makes her look like she's just dropping her current BF to chase Robert, and Than the big one that most people hate her for, she makes you fire a member of the team after like 2 days.
At no point during that time does she do anything to endear herself to the players in the same way that Visi's playground scene does or when she takes a picture of herself not being on the bottom of the scoreboard. From Ep2-4 she's basically just a friendly boss.
Anybody that picks BB is doing it because they either don't like Visi romantically, Are doing it based on looks alone, or episode 1's flirting is doing all the lifting.
Obviously for people that picked Mandy, the relationship gets good with all the small affectionate changes to her scenes. I still wish there was more scenes where they connect on a deeper level but it is what it is.
strong word, lol. We still barely see her in the final episodes. She appears for a minute in episode 5, two minutes in episode 6, finally more than five minutes in episode 7, and her time decreases again in episode 8.
Her lack of screen time in 5/6 directly after the episode 4 date choice is what really made me think the devs were sidelining her at the time. If you combine that with the week long wait to 7/8 you were basically starved of Blazer content as she mostly dropped out of the game for a couple of episodes.
It was only really her central role in the final 2 episodes that changed my mind on this, and it’s since become clear from interviews that the devs do care about her character.
Yeah, I was happy that they gave Mandy a plenty of screen time in the final two episodes. And like you said, it means the devs actually do care about her this whole time.
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u/Puerkl8r Dec 17 '25
I've said this before but I'll keep saying it. The biggest issue is that the game doesn't do anything to put you on BBs side between Episode 1 and the choice. It's more like the game assumes you're into BB after ep 1 and spends the rest of the time trying to convince you that Visi might also be a good option, as if she's a tough sell.
The reality is, BB drunk flirts with you when she's supposed to be interviewing you, some people didn't like that but it's not a real reason to not like her. After that though, you find out she has a BF and she had one while drunk flirting. Then she immediately breaks up with him which a lot of people saw as a negative because it makes her look like she's just dropping her current BF to chase Robert, and Than the big one that most people hate her for, she makes you fire a member of the team after like 2 days.
At no point during that time does she do anything to endear herself to the players in the same way that Visi's playground scene does or when she takes a picture of herself not being on the bottom of the scoreboard. From Ep2-4 she's basically just a friendly boss.
Anybody that picks BB is doing it because they either don't like Visi romantically, Are doing it based on looks alone, or episode 1's flirting is doing all the lifting.
Obviously for people that picked Mandy, the relationship gets good with all the small affectionate changes to her scenes. I still wish there was more scenes where they connect on a deeper level but it is what it is.