Ethan thinks he’s got his life sort of figured out. He’s this professional photographer who actually knows what he’s doing with a camera, not just “I put a filter on my lunch” level, living with his girl Avery, who’s suddenly blowing up online with her blog and thirst-trap adjacent posts. You start in that sweet spot where everything looks normal: comfy apartment, cute couple vibes, her friend Chloe hanging around like it’s totally normal she never seems to leave. Then the comments on Avery’s feed start getting dirtier, the DMs start reading like horny poetry written by guys who never learned subtlety, and you’re stuck watching it all as Ethan, trying to decide if you’re horny, jealous, proud, or just… kind of fucked in the head in a fun way. The game doesn’t treat you like a hero. Half the time it feels like you’re the dude sitting in the corner at a party, pretending you’re fine while your girl gets all the attention, but your dick is saying “actually this is kinda hot” and your brain is screaming “what the fuck is wrong with me” and neither one really wins.
The best parts are tiny moments that sneak up on you. Like there’s this scene when Avery is “accidentally” showing a bit too much on a stream, watching the viewer count go up, reading disgusting comments out loud and laughing, and you’re behind the camera pretending it’s all for “content”. You choose if Ethan encourages her to bend forward more, adjust the lighting so her ass looks perfect, or tell her to tone it down while secretly not meaning it. Then later you’re sitting in front of your monitor, scrolling those same clips like some random creep, replaying that second where her top almost slips, and it hits different because you helped set it up. There is one early handjob scene that is so stupidly casual it stuck in my head more than the “big” scenes: Avery on the couch after a party, low music, cheap red plastic cups still on the table, her scrolling her phone, your pants already open while she lazily strokes you without even looking away from the screen, pausing only to read some filthy comment from another guy and smirk. It’s romantic in the most messed up possible way, like “I love you, but also other men jerking off to me is kinda fun, babe.”
What I kinda liked and kinda hated is how the game leans hard into voyeur stuff without making you stand behind a bush like an idiot. Half the voyeurism is emotional. Ethan is always watching someone watch her. The AI-generated CG gives everything this slightly unreal polish, like Instagram fantasy instead of real life. Sometimes the faces look too perfect, too smooth, like they’re about to sell you skincare, then Avery’s tits are out and she’s pressing them together for a thirst shot and you forget you wanted realism. The exhibition stuff escalates so gradually you don’t really notice: at first it’s just “oops my top was low”, then “maybe this skirt is a bit short for a ‘serious’ influencer brand”, then suddenly she’s on some balcony after a party, Chloe half drunk beside her, both of them giggling while you try to frame the shot so you catch just enough of her panties for the camera but not enough that she can pretend it was an accident. There’s this one scene where Chloe dares Avery to flash for “just one photo, no posting” and of course your horny photographer brain instantly composes like three versions of the shot. You pick the angle, you pick how close you zoom, and you know damn well this pic is not staying “private”. The romance is there, but twisted: little kisses before public humiliation, soft “I trust you” lines right before she reads some guy’s gross message and asks what you think of it while her hand is already on your crotch again. I wish there was one path where Ethan actually grows a spine and says “no” and sticks to it, but also, I don’t, because then I’d lose half the delicious trainwreck.