I hate Alex

[Fat7i Bonané]

God I hate that guy. I hate him so very very much.

[Sgt. Baker]

I wouldn't say I hate him, but he is definitely my least favorite person in town. To me he just doesn't have a strong enough backstory to justify being such a comical narcissist.

[ChrillBill]

I could barely stand him myself when I first played the game. But his behaviour made me curious as well so when I got to know him it became very clear to me that there is a really warm and decent guy underneath his obnoxious facade :> I think his backstory explains why he is the way he is, if you pay enough attention and read a little between the lines.

[Nakos]

A number of the villagers start off being unfriendly, or even rude.

Eventually, you can get them to open up, and you can learn more about them.

I mean ... you know, it's a game, you're there to solve everyone's problems. Or to put it another way, people have problems and issues so that you (the player) have something to do in the game.

[Amberbaum]

I don't. He is not my favourite, but I don't hate him. He properly addresses his shortcomings in his later events and recognises his problems without really any outside help.

He also apologizes.

[Fat7i Bonané]

Huh. I had no idea. I thought he was this stereotypical narcisstic jock hailing from some backwater town whose delusions of grandeur would fade into bitter ash as he ends up packing your grocery day in and day out.

I guess I'll throw a "hey" every other day when I cross his path see if he's got anything better underneath that boring crust.

I mean hey, that "What do you think about my haircut ? > It looks like some sort of fungal growth" got me spilling burning hot tea all over my pajama pants. That's gold.

[Amberbaum]

He is actually really harmless. In fact that the game allows you to tell him that he is delusional or tell him his hair looks bad is good.

He is not an alcoholic, that ruins someone else's life or gives their family grief. He doesn't sh*t-talk you. If he makes weird comments then they never come from a bad place. He doesn't scam people. He loves his family. He just needs to grow up and you aren't guilted into interacting with him by the game.

[Purrpitator]

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

He is actually really harmless. In fact that the game allows you to tell him that he is delusional or tell him his hair looks bad is good.

He is not an alcoholic, that ruins someone else's life or gives their family grief. He doesn't sh*t-talk you. If he makes weird comments then they never come from a bad place. He doesn't scam people. He loves his family. He just needs to grow up and you aren't guilted into interacting with him by the game.

Not to mention he is the only spouse that's 14 heart event actually has a permanent positive impact for the town. He also gives compliments to the player nearly every day unlike most of the spouses that are wrapped up in their own heads. Noticed he fixes the fences and waters crops at a higher rate than other males as well.

[Brids17]

I think Shane is worse. I know once you get to know him he softens up and quits drinking but he's really the only person who is openly hostile towards you and it just kills my interest in getting to know him. Also, he wouldn't stop staring into my windows in the morning in multiplayer, even though he was my friend's husband. Totally creepy.

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by Brids17:

Also, he wouldn't stop staring into my windows in the morning in multiplayer, even though he was my friend's husband. Totally creepy.

What? xD They can do that in multiplayer? Shane, you little creep :>

[Amberbaum]

Originally posted by Brids17:

I think Shane is worse. I know once you get to know him he softens up and quits drinking but he's really the only person who is openly hostile towards you and it just kills my interest in getting to know him. Also, he wouldn't stop staring into my windows in the morning in multiplayer, even though he was my friend's husband. Totally creepy.

Yeah, Shane would have been fine if he would have been not a spouse candidate. Because the whole spouse thing gives off this disgusting "I can fix him route" vibe. Dude doesn't even make the effort to clean up his little spouse room and still keeps beer in there after all that happened. Makes him look like he just regresses and gets complacent because of the marriage feelings.

And I'm saying that as someone who looked into the abyss and know people who are and were addicts.I know all the mental health therapy jazz.