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I'm with you bro, I also liked S1 more than S2 in terms of story and while I'm hopefull, I dont think it'll go back to S1 level of quality in S3.It's a mixed bag for me. Season 1 BaDIK is still one the greatest experiences I've had with an F95 game. I loved the enveloping story (and yes the writing too), the dialogue flowed perfectly, the jokes were funny, the characters were all intriguing, and the drama wasn't too irritating (maybe because I was never on the Maya path). The game design was top notch and I even enjoyed some mini games and filler content.
It went off the rails for me in Season 2. Still a good game, but I was more annoyed with the direction DPC chose with some characters, and the story logic (or lack thereof) definitely took a hit in s2. That Sage/MC rebound guy scene was the chief of Turd City. There are a few characters I don't like whom are forced upon me (a big annoyance to me in dating type AVNs) and that knocks it down a few points as well. My technical issues (horrible free roam lag), made ep 8 almost unplayable. The renders and lewds improved, but that wasn't enough to make up for everything else. Hopefully the upcoming season will be a good third act and DPC will return to s1 form.
But yes, I agree with idea of praising things I like and calling out things I don't.
The problem seems to be the increased branching, as you said if, as a creator, you want roughly equal content for all paths, you have to make some of it mandatory and thats what made Season 2 worse than 1 imo. And since branching will only increase as the story progresses, well ...
I also like the writing for the most part and I can usually ignore logic holes for the sake of the story, but you can tell that only 1 person writes all of it, in a game that has a shitton of characters with unique backstories, problems and so on, the quantity seems to lower the quality and it some cases the depth.
But overall for me, BaDIK is still the gold standard, it does way more right than wrong and I'm really curious how S3 will start and what new possibilities arise.