Yeah i cant like Zoey either... iam with you two on that, the whole thing how she went to San diego and after 8 months (or more) suddenly she wants to push the "restart" button with the MC... yeah... not gonna work like that. The interlude didnt helped to build a connection with Zoey, not one bit... for that DPC should have shown more of the time with the MC, not the time she spent with people who doesnt matter to the game one bit.
On top of that... what bothers me the most about her, yeah her grandma died bla bla bla bla bla... and she wanted to chase HER dream for her bla bla bla bla... guess what? Shge could have done exactly that a few months later and the MC was even ready to go with her after they graduated which was only a few months away... but nooooo "meh meh i cant stay here, there is nothing for me anymore, granny died... meh meh" who wants to be with a girl like that who runs away after life threw her a curveball. She was in love with the MC (though she realised that only later) but holding the ground for a few months more just and than go with the MC together was too much to ask for. Yeah... well... bye bye.
But at least DPC gave us the choices to actually shorten her exchange with the MC to a minimum... after the inital "comeback" talk... you can avoid her a lot, only a view crucial scenes are unavoidable, which is fine because they conclude the storyarch once and for all with her. The MC has to deal with those feelings and had to figure out what he felt to really move on, thats fine by me and works out well in the game.
But start again with her? There is nothing for that. Especially not if you are in a serious relationship with someone already... On the others path it somehow works a little better, and just to see "everything" i will use one of those others playthroughs for her... and i made a Bella cheating playthrough where i purchased Jill and Bella at the same time, broke Jills heart, and will reconnect with Zoey just to see how things will play out... scorched earth playthrough so to speak...
But overall, Zoeys path is one of my least favorites because it just doesnt work... If she would have come back earlier... like in episode 5 or so, that would be a little different already, or if the interlude would have been a total different thing instead of that bullshit San Diego thingy. But like it is now... i dont care for Zoey at all and she is more like an intruder and annoyance.
But to be honest... it was clear from the get go that she will comeback... but after episode 8 and than this shitty interlude was the wrong way DPC went there.
