Well I never did but it is literally required. The story in its entirety is not accessible in one play through. The game locks you out of certain events depending on what you do, no way around it. You’ll get the same overall story but there are side plots that you can’t see the first time unless you know how to access them… and you have to miss other parts of the story to do this.
I don’t think that is the same here. You aren’t getting a different story based on what you do. The game I believe has one single ending. It’s just that the story itself is so big that the way the side scrolling narrative function, you are meant to reply it so you can see it all. For example there is a fall festival with a bunch of mini games I recall that can be easily skipped or a party Mae can attend that can also be skipped.
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Well I never did but it is literally required. The story in its entirety is not accessible in one play through. The game locks you out of certain events depending on what you do, no way around it. You’ll get the same overall story but there are side plots that you can’t see the first time unless you know how to access them… and you have to miss other parts of the story to do this.
“branching narrative”
I don’t think that is the same here. You aren’t getting a different story based on what you do. The game I believe has one single ending. It’s just that the story itself is so big that the way the side scrolling narrative function, you are meant to reply it so you can see it all. For example there is a fall festival with a bunch of mini games I recall that can be easily skipped or a party Mae can attend that can also be skipped.
Yes, that is still a branching narrative. They just meet back up at the end.