So finished a run through. Good update. Starting to move towards the choosing someone specific. Feel like i've missed a bunch of scenes, but the gallery is stuck on episode 5 because of the mod (i know you can fix it, i just havent).
I enjoyed the new mechanics though it's a little unsatisfying that the main one won't be resolved for at least 2 or three episodes.
Some comments and criticism
It's all getting a bit dramtic.
Bella - didn't like that she stayed the night. This feels a bit silly for both of you. You getting blown by a teacher infront of a broken window is a bit daft. Her staying the night is a completly unecesaary risk. Also implications she's about to breakdown until MC cuddles her.
Sage - I didn't take her route as this will be for my DIK playthrough, so not sure what changes here. The Chad Melanie look was interesting. Wonder if she knows he is gay? Would be an error if she is the girl. Also strange in that moment that he denied cheating.
Jill - She's really naive when it comes to Tybalt. I lost my neutral status before the date with her so not sure if that changes things much.
Maya and Josy - both fine, nothing really shocking with them until the reveal at the end. Not sure how that will be resolved.
Derek/ Ashley/ Anthony - going to be interesting, Anthony doesn't seem like a bad guy so hard to be mad at him. Have to help Derek out if we can
Tommy - Was it me or was the fight with him insanely hard to win? Must have taken me 10 tries. When I do my walkthrough play I won't fight back. Doesn't seem worth it.
New mini game - The fix the mansion stuff is fun, a little frustrating it will take place over multiple updated though not really surprising. It's tough to know how well you are progressing. I purchased all 5 bins off the bat and also the other tools etc as soon as possible. Every round I was getting 100% xp to spend. By the final round most taks could be cleared by 2 DIKS. Probably feel better once the game is content complete.
Jacob - his 2d gallery is cool. Going to take a long while to be able to clear that out though, especially with the 5 cap on cash.
Cathy leaving sucks. I don't particualrly like her model, but I liked the character.
Burke deleting Mona made me genuinly angry. Seems like a stupid move for him. Like she will clearly have an acceptance letter. Can show she was on class registers etc. So when she suddenly is deleted what's she supposed to do? First thing i'd be doing is reporting to the board that Burke tried to Rape her and is now covering his tracks.