I mean, why do we need to make Eric the root of all evil?
We do NOT need to make him the root of all evil, we just need to point out that he IS the FIRST and most VILE evil EVER.
I mean in the original game this guy manipulates our AMAZING Ann, then shows up at OUR house and suddenly Lovely Lisa and Adorable Alice fall under his spell. It takes TWO days to undo the damage (if you do EVERYTHING perfectly), then he shows up and ALL our hard work vanishes, so we have to start over. ANYTHING he says is accepted, and NO ONE (other than Kira) believes us. He casts his spell and we can do NOTHING. Also, I heard a rumor (that I'm starting right now) that he KICKS puppies.
In truth the Eric character COULD have been an acceptable opponent/enemy/obstacle, but DS made him a GOD mode 14 year old that uses cheat codes to be even MORE unstoppable. Yes, it seems DS may not have cared about or understood the original games genre (incest), so Eric was the way to make the game Voyeur centered (and the MC was blocked). Later DS got mad/frustrated with the game leaking here (and elsewhere) and also realized MANY (probably the HUGE majority of) players wanted the MC (MAX) to be doing MORE than peeking. This resulted in getting rid of Eric, or making him control/lead the MC in naughty games (Kira later took this role), so Max was just a follower and didn't seem very smart.
I hope that
Aleksey90 is able to create ANOTHER story that let's those who like or hate (Evil SCUM) Eric be happy(ish). So far it seems that this IS happening with the changes that have been made. Max doesn't seem to be an IDIOT, Eric (so far) is not super over powered, and we can avoid most things we don't want to see, if that's what we want (yes there ARE a few un-avoidable bits, but the game just started). I am HOPEFUL and interested to see how things turn out.
My personal position is that (Evil Scum) Eric isn't as vital as some people think, but he does not have to be removed if his content is avoidable. With luck we will see a balance for both sides of the Evil Eric Argument. With MORE luck we will see (Evil Scum) Eric trip over an invisible (imaginary) dead turtle, and fall into a container of FLESH eating Beatles, leaving him scarred and removing him (PERMANANTLY) from the game (but NOT dead). But that's just me wishing.
Sadly, the (EVIL Scum) Eric arguments will never end because people have STRONG opinions on BOTH sides.
Just a (Far to long) thought.