The big advantage Season 1 had is that the story kept moving forward. The MC's situation was constantly changing and we could react to those changes in interesting ways. Season 2 gave the MC some stability as he joined the DIKs, which was a good thing certainly, but rather than developing new plotlines to keep exploring, things just sort stagnated. Nothing major happened that we could react to, and we didn't face any significant consequences for our old actions. Nor did the MC follow up on any of the old plot threads he was unable to do anything with at the time (like Quinn's restaurant).
I guess we were expected to focus solely on the LI paths, but even that fell somewhat flat since the MC delayed committing to them if he'd already made his choice, yet also showed no concern about juggling them all if he hadn't... until he literally woke up one morning and decided it was imperative to choose. Season 2 was less a journey and more of a big matte painting. Then it ended with that idiotic cliffhanger reveal of Sage's parents - insisting it was a massive revelation even if the MC had shut Jade down cold - and Season 3 started by wasting endless time on the Interlude and the overstuffed Halloween party.
Maybe the back half of Season 3 will finally get things moving forward again, but I'm not betting on it.