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I'm sure Deep would be the first to admit that when he began this project, writing wasn't exactly his strongest suit. At the beginning of this game, there was a lot of sloppy writing leaving some pretty big plot holes, which we now have to live with. Since then Deep has become a much better writer and he has Awake to help him. There's also an active community surrounding the game, who are quick to point out any plot holes or sloppy writing, and make suggestions as to how he can rectify such things.Yes in the beginning the sex is satisfactory but very quickly (basically the next 1 or 2 encounters) everything seems to change and she becomes a size queen. The disease/condition is a major thing I dislike about the story. It's basically a cop out to try to explain why she's doing what she's doing despite supposedly loving the BF so much. Why wouldn't she discuss her condition with him? Why wouldn't she discuss the blackmails with him? Wouldn't it make sense to explain what's going on before she actually does things that would hurt/betray him? He can't be expected to be there for her when she won't communicate what's bothering her. If he does ask her, she brushes it off or lies. If you have to preface the explanation of the disease by including the 'in his mind' part, it wouldn't change the fact that he's still a sucker who is being lied to no? You're kind of making my point for me that any renaissance route would require him to make some kind of sacrifice or accept some uncomfortable truth ultimately making him a sucker. Him helping her get revenge doesn't really make sense either and again makes him look like a spineless loser. A lot of what she does is voluntary so is she really getting revenge or is she just putting on a show for his sake? Basically, if the route is supposed to resolve something from his perspective and give him a win of some kind or some closure, it shouldn't focus on solving all of her problems at his expense while making him an afterthought. I agree there likely won't be a revenge route because no one really cares about him since he was written to be unlikeable, I just find it even less believable that he'd have a renaissance route or some way to win her back.
But in any fantasy game like this, there has to be a certain suspension of disbelief. You can't expect every action to be entirely rational. You can try to make it more believable, more plausible, but at some point you have to make concessions that in the real world wouldn't make any sense. That's why analysing a game like this, entirely from a real world perspective, is not the correct one.
You're also making a mistake of seeing the renaissance route from Andrew's perspective. He's not the protagonist, it's not about him. It's about Anna, and how she could continue having Andrew in her life. If Andrew wants to continue being her boyfriend, then he has to make concessions that satisfy her and not the other way around. Otherwise she dumps him.