I still like this game a lot, I played since the first release and still play when an update come out, and I feel you, I am not able to pin point exactly what feels off, but it does feel for a while personally, the writing also feels really different "personality-wise" in some situations and scenes, specifically Rae, I will give the benefit of the doubt because they went for a lot of changes and systems in 2024, polishing the game and making a few environmental adjustments which could have impacted some aspects of the game somehow to fit in their release schedule, might be a stretch but who knows.