Ok I'm going to be honest, I think DS fucked up in the previous updates. I think eric shouldn't have been booted off and I think he should have stayed a lot longer. Let me explain.
Eric was supposed to be the challenge, you'd have to work for money to fight him off, you'd have to choose the correct choices, do tasks for mom and the sisters otherwise you'd get sent to the camp. That was all fine, that was great even. After one or two updates that would let more exploration by the user he would get a new part in the story where you'd have to do other activities to stop him from turning your family against you...
BUT!
DS fucked up on one part... he involved the sisters. Eric should have never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever EVER have gotten with the sisters or the aunt. He should have stayed with mom and have his relation with her. You could then either choose to get on his good side and he would help you get your mom / your sisters by doing favors for him (that could have been a lot of things, like take fault for something he did, give him money because he needed it, do more chores so mom is happier, whatever) or you could tell him to fuck off and you would continue to try to get your mom and your sisters while he tried to influence them (not by doing sexual stuff with them, but by giving them items, talking to them, giving them money etc).
This would have been the route DS should have taken and then when finally an update came around to get rid of him another challenge would surface like mom is totally pissed at you because she lost her job and you would have to get on her good side.
That's my view of eric and DS in the last few updates after reading so much shit about eric.
Some are so obsessed with Eric that I'm surprised ... - Are you in love with Eric?
You do not have a fantasy, why do you need Eric?
Dark Silver can make the event "Max went to school" - where you solve problems: hooligans beat Max or how to fuck Lisa in the women's locker room of the school and much more!
Send Max and Lisa to the restaurant! Make a scene that some Lisa's students saw Lisa and Max during the kiss ...
Create an event "Katya stole Alice" - this is a detective story, we buy a car and pursue Katya. After saving Alice, kill and bury Katya near the grave of Eric!
Start working in the company of Ani, and then fuck her there!
You have no imagination ... But this will not change the fact that Eric's corpse in the forest feeds worms!
Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric, Eric. "I'm already tired of this name ... Eric is dead ... You need to cry in silence!"