Is Venti Complete?

[Raishinshi]

Venti seems unfinished as a character to me. When you have a dinner with her she just sits there watching you eat (which is kind of creepy). She does not participate in the yakman event and can not be selected as a sparring partner in the tournament. Has anyone married her does she help around the shop or have the option of children or is that part also unfinished. Just curious before I put to much time into romancing her.

[Lord_Reavous]

I don't think Venti is. Kind of like Jane and other last minute additions I think they are going to get finalized over the next year. I know Jane doesn't close her eyes for much of anything or ride the mounts right--I married her because she was the most attractive RI for my taste. Venti though feels like she's rushed and then dropped.

[Nightshade]

I am somewhat fond of Venti, but she definitely has very "NPC qualities," if that makes any sense. Like, she isn't very distinct from the randomly generated tourists that mill about town-- and just a couple steps above the other scrapyard workers who are conspicuously voiceless and un-friend-able.

[Dimensional Traveler]

Originally Venti was just another background NPC whacking away at Eufala Salvage. She was "upgraded" very late in development so I would not be the least bit surprised that the bare minimum was done to make her "dateable".

[Gilgamesh]

They did not, in fact, update her. She's still a base bones NPC character. Can't play whack a mole with her, she has no lines or quests after you start dating her, she doesn't say anything when finishing the sand sledding. Honestly might as well not be in the game.

[SimuLord]

Originally posted by Gilgamesh:

They did not, in fact, update her. She's still a base bones NPC character. Can't play whack a mole with her, she has no lines or quests after you start dating her, she doesn't say anything when finishing the sand sledding. Honestly might as well not be in the game.

She does, however, have the most action points and things she can do in the workshop once you marry her. It's like getting the Magic Mirror dozens of hours early...although that makes Venti less a wife and more a maid. Oh well.

[TTV Names R Ugly]

Venti is top tier spouse in terms of min/maxing because of her accessibility and actions alongside Unsuur.

Her immersion in the game overall however is definitely rock-bottom.

So no. She is not complete; but neither are a lot of other romance-able characters. Incomplete characters will receive more content within the next big update though starting with who's most popular.

[Pyramide]

I really loved the questline that lead to her becoming my girlfriend. But after that, she felt more like one of those japanese rental partners that pretend to be your girlfriend for money. During the day when she is at work, you have to pay entry fee just to be able to talk to her. And in the evening when she is at home, you're not even allowed to enter her house (despite everyone else allowing you to wake them up in their bedroom after a certain friendship level). And I don't think I've ever seen her show up at one of the fireside meetings or other events either. So if you want to interact with her in any way, you have to catch her in the small timeframe when she goes from work to her home.

[r-cane]

Yeah, I would like to see them throwing some love ventis way. I`m pausing my playthrough right now, I guess at about 90% story completion, and am still kind of single. I date Venti, but first I didn`t put in the time because I was focussed on work, and then I kind of lost interest seeing and reading that she is so bare bones. I think she is great as a charackter, so she should be getting an update/upgrade.

[High on quack]

Venti feels like a place holder more than an actual character. I often forget she even exists at all. Her design is so bland she looks like a those genetic NPCs that roam around the town. Such a shame really.

[Dimensional Traveler]

Originally posted by High on quack:

Venti feels like a place holder more than an actual character. I often forget she even exists at all. Her design is so bland she looks like a those genetic NPCs that roam around the town. Such a shame really.

Venti started out as one of "those generic NPCs".

[Liz-with-a-Smile]

Originally posted by Raishinshi:

Venti seems unfinished as a character to me. When you have a dinner with her she just sits there watching you eat (which is kind of creepy). She does not participate in the yakman event and can not be selected as a sparring partner in the tournament. Has anyone married her does she help around the shop or have the option of children or is that part also unfinished. Just curious before I put to much time into romancing her.

So...
I don't know what to tell you to expect, honestly.

So, in Portia, there were a lot of "fake" romance candidates. Like, you could tell who you were SUPPOSED to fall for, and who you were supposed to avoid, and if you went ahead and dated the people you should have avoided, you paid for it in the end. They didn't give bonuses, or they didn't have unique conversations, or heart events or anything. They just--- duded.

That's how that game- ended. Frankly, some candidates were really unfortunate...
And I feel that's partially this games...intended design, like, maybe spoilers, but-----two candidates in Portia may or may not make it to the end of the game, more than one may or may not be a criminal, and like, 7 of them are pallet swaps of the others so simplified, they had to be made datable solely so the game could say they had more candidates then they really did.--------

Truthfully! I think adding in "whammy" marriage candidates that break your heart, or offer less than steller feedback, is--- partially the design philosophy. Do I agree with that design philosophy? I mean-- no and yes, its practical padding that most players will appreciate as "options they didn't pick", but its also-- bad because its flat a lot of the time. There is some sort of "black box" value to knowing you could do something and then, not doing it. And these characters offered that, illusionary sense of choice. But, filling in the negative space of that illusion by actually picking them- is...disappointing on a staggering level. I believe its why the game works SOOO hard to navigate the player to focus on the meaningful candidates.

Long winded...but..My point--- don't get your hopes up.

[Puchbol]

Venti initiates her 'Reverse Confession' 'storyline' at ludicrously low Friendship levels as well; it feels like "Fine. Here's your Marriageable Venti. Go away, now.".

Venti and Jane don't put Requests up (that I've seen) on the Board, either.