What determines who your Nemesis is before you get the choice to re-choose at the bridge (assuming that’s what I’m looking at right now), and what does that actually mean in the long run?
Back when I played the mostly finished demo, it was Argent, which I liked because it added to the whole enemies to lovers thing, but I think this time it’s my own weakness? I’m debating setting it to Argent again, but I want to know what it does and how it works before I commit to anything.
If you are talking about book 1 it’s right after you chose a physical hobby for the puppet. As for what it does it’s mostly just gives flavor text about how much you dislike like them which is amusing which you are romancing your rival and for the fight in Rebirth knowing their weakness
Despite the lore posts we still don’t know who is exactly behind it yet though the discord has some theories. As for what happen you get to find out a bit if you fully romance Argent in book 2 and go down the both go to HG as and get stuck in Step’s body path. The quick basics is somehow a sample of nanovores that the military were experimenting on ended up in Los Diablos and set loose
To add up to what nm6k said, who you set as your rival can unlock nice options in the battle in Rebirth.
If Herald is your rival and you use “I studied his tactics” then you give him a horrible beating and put the fear of god in him.
If Ortega is your rival, then even if you have the strength upgrade and absolutely destroy them, choosing “I can’t do this” won’t actually give Lady Argent an opening, as your hatred makes you knock them out before that can happen
If Lady Argent is your rival then you have a special choice just like Herald of “I studied her” which makes you light her on fire with a bomb and makes her get naked. If you don’t have strength upgrade, then either this or using the Damocles trigger is the only way to win this fight without losing infamy.
Steel, self and Sidestep are mostly flavor here, although in Retribution having yourself as your rival increases your empathy, while having Sidestep increases your drive to get the job done.
Also this will once the Rebirth update is out will allow you to gave your cape to her willingly which is a nice led in to the romance if one wants
Ooh, that sounds fun. I love the flirt fighting between Angie and the Villain.
So, wait, do we know stuff about the Rebirth update already? is there anything else?
Fortunately we can put the fear in him even he’s not a rival.
I used to choose him as my nemesis, but recently I think Ortega is more deserving of this honor. After all, it’s all his fault
I love Ortega as a rival as well, particularly as a puppetmaster. The only one of the rangers we can’t influence, who we never know what is thinking. The one we can’t control.
But we control their heart ; )
yeah…so much good that does us 
Sarcasm?
Gucci…nuff said.
That’s just what weaklings who don’t have stomach to take responsibility for their own choices say. /s
I wouldn’t call Sidestep weakling, rather someone with warped view of world, people and what happened to them during and after Heartbreak.
In case it wasn’t clear my comment was quite tongue-in-cheek, but i’d say what Sidestep “is” depends largely on the choices you make for them (and on what happens to them as resuls)
It’s hard for me to notice that something is written " tongue-in-cheek" or sarcastically, etc.
I suppose I should have made it clear earlier that I was referring to my Sidestep.
Just had the warehouse interview with Mia, and she has my Sidestep pegged. He is secretly a Hero. It’s a secret to himself, though.
Was Mia ever added as a romance option? I remember there being talk about it, but it may have got scrapped? I kinda dig the idea of a warped Clark and Lois dynamic between her and a heroic sidestep. Constantly throwing herself into dangerous situations because she knows Sidestep will save her, meanwhile Sidestep is getting annoyed because it works and constantly undermines the big bag villain persona they’ve convinced themselves they are.
So ngl, i have to wonder how many people have misinterpreted that and started to wonder about a scene they have possibly missed.
Malin actually just mentioned on the reddit AMA that Mia wouldn’t be a RO.
