I don’t really know where to start with this. I’d have liked the ability to save both but that wasn’t the story he was writing. It’s the balance you see time and again with multiple choice/ path games. You have to have A fixed path down the middle, the story, for example in Mass Effect you are always going planet to planet fighting the the enemy, which ultimately is to fight the reapers. You make choices and these have some impact on things that happen later, but in the end you are going to be on the Citadel making the (non) choice at the end.
It‘s a College comedy/ melodrama/ porn game. Of course the main character is fucking. I’m not really sure what the rest of your complaint is? You seem to be saying you have to fuck lots of people or not enough people. What do you want? There is no clear indication about the CHICK or DIK path and the end, we haven’t hit the half way point yet. I’d imagine we’ll have 2 to 3 core endings. DIK, CHICK and maybe neutral. The core ending will then have small variations depending on other choices.
The Bella mystery is great. Does the game benefit from reflective narration? Hard to say, we’ll know when we get to the end, or the point where we catch up in time with the MC. I’m not anticipating her having a BDSM set up, I think it will be something more traumatic. That’s Bella’s story. I for one would rather see the story he intended from day one than see him change it because the fans think they know what’s best, before they even know what’s going to happen.
Disagree about character investment. His art is top tier. But by the mediums standards his is one of the best writers. Each of the characters feel as though they have a personality which for a cast this size isn’t easy. Is the writing as good as a New York Times best seller? Probably not. Are there many/ any truly making the same kind of content, but better. Not in my opinion.
Not sure what the complaint is about Quinn? You like the way the character is set up but don’t think he can pull off her story? Based on the set up, writing to date, and that he has planned everything out, I’m fairly confident her can.
There will be happy endings. Perhaps not riding off into the sunset, marriage on a beach, 3 kids and a harem in a palatial mansion happy. But nice sweet character appropriate happy endings, there will also probably be bad endings. Perhaps Bella get’s but in an Asylum or Jill marries Tybalt (fairly sure this will happen on some paths). On others Jill might end up with Rusty while Maya and Josy break up. Or Sage marries Chad and is miserable living as his beard. While it is a comedy, it’s also a melodrama.
Good and bad things will happen some we’ll like some we won’t. He probably won’t make a ‘perfect’ ending. Similar to how Acting Lessons ended. Yes there was a tragedy but the other characters could move on a succeed and be happy. The fact is BaDIK has a long way to go. If you aren’t enjoying it now, I’d suggest abandoning ship. No point making yourself miserable for the next 3-5 years and 6-12 episodes.