After playing through it multiple times I gotta say the Others path is the only one that really feels like old style free-roams where they were multiple chances to get your dick wet. Kinda blows the rest out of the water.
But I believe what really holds it back is the lack of any post-party content. Like I'm not expecting a full day's worth of recovery/cleanup but we can access the cellphone outside of free roam now so having it load a bunch of new clucks on Rooster about stuff that went down at the party once the new 'day' hits would go well to giving people a sense of completion instead of just some random stat screens for a minigame. Maybe a dynamic one from most of the guests that has them expressing their approval the higher your score was on the minigame? An update on what the preps did if you did let them in? Literally fucking anything from Nick? People asking why Santa hates you? Hell maybe a text or two from someone like Sally telling you to get your clothes back.
But I believe what really holds it back is the lack of any post-party content. Like I'm not expecting a full day's worth of recovery/cleanup but we can access the cellphone outside of free roam now so having it load a bunch of new clucks on Rooster about stuff that went down at the party once the new 'day' hits would go well to giving people a sense of completion instead of just some random stat screens for a minigame. Maybe a dynamic one from most of the guests that has them expressing their approval the higher your score was on the minigame? An update on what the preps did if you did let them in? Literally fucking anything from Nick? People asking why Santa hates you? Hell maybe a text or two from someone like Sally telling you to get your clothes back.