I've been lurking for some time casually watching this all unfold, I'm surprised it's taken this long.
As stupid as I think this all is considering none of it is real and doesn't involve actual people, wouldn't depicting the characters as "actors" portraying roles in the game help in skirting this? Like having an opening credits with each character having a "real name" you only see once for the main cast (and later with introducing additional ones). Or is Pateron just hung up on the usual of familial language? Do wish some games would cut down on the son, daughter, brother usage, too much of is comes off as unnatural and a part of the issues with poor translations.
I'm also beyond tired of the incest theme that has run through like 90% of these games so if it eventually gets purged from newer games I won't miss it, just annoying for ones already established.
same happened with dmd, with his current revenue stream, odds are he alters story line
if max is a step son, problem solved
As already mentioned, they have a hang up on steps too and even if they didn't it still causes issues with existing and possible scenes with other characters.