Very true about the story up to Tori/Jason. It was what motivated me to use the game to learn how to mod.
Before the update I was envisioning Tori/Jason to go something like this:
Route 1:
- Hey Player. welcome. I see you convinced Steph to join us and explore together
Route 2:
- Hey Player. welcome. I see you Steph joined to police you
Route 3:
- Hey Player. welcome. Oh you want to watch and have Steph participate instead
Route 4:
- Hey Player. Let's get to the offer. Tell Steph we said Hi when you go home.
Route 5:
- Hey Player. Let's get to the offer. Does Steph know you are here?
Route 6:
- The manipulation/NTRish story now in the game with Steph getting all the action
Route 1 is the golden path that I thought the game was trying to achieve, ending with a happy couple committed to each other in the swinging lifestyle. There are still some hints to that in the game and I hope Devs can still course correct and make it so. If not, oh well, the asking price was not too much and I learned a new skill.