This is pretty true what you are saying, but I think another issue if not a bigger one, is just romance progression as a whole is awful in this game. I am not even sure this game has romance.
For exmaple, Riley was my favorite, it took like 15 chapters to get sex with her, slow burn, sure, but absolutely like no progression, no affection, no kissing, not really any dates, just boom sex now, after a boring and bad journey to get there. This happens with some of the other girls too.
So after the whole game, as we are reaching the end, yeah we have sex with some of the girls, finally got Riley, but what's the point, that's it, nothing else, no buildup, no affection, no nothing, just meaningless relationships with sex, is all we get with the girls. This game just feels like a waste of time and disappointment to me.