I like the concept but I feel like there's a LOT that you can trim down, in terms of locations, and there's a lot you can add in terms of interactions between characters outside of their questline. Whenever you interact with a person you don't have a conversation, you just get a "The two of you talked" text that gives you +1 relationship. A lot of it just feels empty, it's not about grinding the stats necessarily, but it's about not having fun when grinding the stats.