User blog comment:Auric Drake/Paradox Part 3 predictions/@comment-36184859-20180812041202/@comment-34962159-20180812054210

I took the affection part from other games and didn't think it through too much. You're right, it makes more sense to base it on dialogue choices.

I still think a NG+ of this kind would be achievable. All of the locations and characters can be reused, so only the story needs to be changed (admittedly, that's a lot of text). It also fits the story, given that the reincarnation system is canon and an important part of the background.

That's a good idea on the last Tartarus - I forgot that there must be one leading to the original series' world as well.

Your idea about Alice's reaction to her mother's death makes more sense. We'll probably get Alice as an enemy on the Ilias route instead, though there should still be some trouble on the Alice route (it's still her mother, after all).