Oh God, I remember that conversation. I was like, WTF? Seriously dude, we're taking advantage of a traumatized person for our own pleasure? If there was ever any doubt that Max was a terrible person, that moment took all that away. Any other dev would have made Max the nice guy, trying to help Ann to cope with her trauma and reel her in that way instead of exploiting that trauma, but DS was just "nope! Let's fuck that bitch". I really hope that Aleksey changes that plot point.
I completely agree. I already said it before that I don't like the interaction concerning Eric. I went the complete friend route (for as far as that's possible), and when the rest of the family asked what I thought of him, I gave them benefit of the doubt/neutral answers, yet they all responded like I trashtalked him and I hated his guts (which was one of my pet peeves with DS, to be honest, no matter what choice you picked, the result was always the same, so why even bother with a choice?). Why is it that some devs are incredibly limited in their potential? I mean, why just go NTR/no Eric route? You could easily team up with Eric to bang the girls together or fuck them behind his back, cucking him. I don't want Eric gone, I want him embarrassed in the bathroom that he can't get it up while I slip Ann the D she craves (or alternatively, doubleteam Alice with him).
He doesn't mean the renders, but the story. And yeah, other than some minor changes (nothing that has a real impact on the story), it's the same thing, not even a change in dialogue.