Understand your point of view, but disagree with your conclusion. I didn't say it was overwhelming - I said it was unplayable without a walk through - for me. And I am not a click to find flesh guy. I just find way too much "go find Derek, talk to Josy, find the hidden object along the way, or do something random just because" that is neither entertaining or advancing the plot in any meaningful way. Watering plants? Feeding fish? Come on! Oh yeah - find all the empty cups after the party - that advances the plot a lot. And because there is so much pointless activity to get through to advance the plot it makes me not want to bother with replays. It was my favorite game for a long while but sadly (for me) it has gotten bloated and lost what was fun about it. And if I need a good walktrhough to stay on a route I might as well use the mod to do that. Like I said different horses for different courses.
Nice, nice. I still don't understand what your problem is. Regardless of my recommendation, you won't need a walkthrough at all. The most critical decisions in the game, Dik or Chic route, are specially marked. Hitting these shouldn't be difficult. Likewise, it shouldn't be difficult to hook up with the LI you like. Of course, there are many decisions in the game where it is not entirely clear what the points are for. To really play specifically here, you need the walktrough. Otherwise it's just trial and error, just the way the game is actually supposed to be played. In this case, various scenes are coincidence, depending on your decisions. BUT: no matter how you play, you always get something to see.
The rest of your objection makes no sense. You said you don't like mini games, Okay, accepted. Then why are you playing them? You have now been advised by several people that you can turn them off. When you open the game for the first time, you will be notified of these games with the option to turn them off. Just do that. However, you cannot switch off the "free room" events. But there you hardly have to do anything. The majority of all actions in them are optional. These only lead to various dialogues, special renders, sometimes also optional lewd scenes. The options you really need to play are explained and easy to find. So that shouldn't be a big challenge.
What I particularly don't understand:
You said that "Being a Dik" was once your favorite game. And now it isn't anymore. Okay. You see, I've known the game from day one. And the game was always like this in terms of gameplay. The “free roam” events and the mini-games have always been included. You could always turn off the mini-games. It was never different. What has changed, why are they suddenly bothering you now?