Parsing the feedback on the internet is always hard.
If I were to be useful - and have to put aside my personal preferences, just summarizing the comments that I read - I'd say:
- "Aya that doesn't fight back is not really interesting."
Hence, people - emotionally - write that
"she is different" =>
means "she feels different".
Because it really is different - the composition of her scenes when she meaningfully fights back and when she just 'talks' about fighting back is completely different.
Just compare how the sex scenes with Aya were constructed in the first game - when people got so hyped about her character - with how they are now.
Now, can you even 'corrupt' a girl who is still fighting back?
Of course you can. 'Corruption' doesn't mean removing every bone in her soul. You can get her addicted to exhibitionism, BDSM sex, daddy issues - addicted so hard that she never would want to give it up.
But if you say 'corruption' is about submitting to every Luca's word without ever fighting back - then yes, of course she'll become just a reskin of Laura from the last game.
They walked different roads to this point, they have different thoughts even by the end - but
the way you construct their sex scenes is completely interchangeable.
You can swap Aya for Laura in any sex scene - and they will work perfectly, without needing any major changes.
The criticisms are legit. But the wording's always fucked up. Obviously. People are not writers.
Just remember: you are one of the best writers on this site - if not the best. There's some stuff in this game that no other game has. And the criticism comes from the people who care. I, for one, would never write so many words for a game I don't give a fuck about.