That's a frustrating game (and not just with the LIs).
I really would like to continue it - thanks to its beautiful models and the general cool vibe - but gosh the plot is absolutely awful. The undercover cop everyone knows. Half the precinct knows (surely no corrupt cops in it). He's supposed to take down the most dangerous gang ever and has absolutely zero strategy. He goes on a almost daily basis to the police chief's flat which surely isn't watched by any bad guy. Absolutely zero safety security protocol to pass on informations one way or the other. Instead of actually working on his investigation and be ready to do whatever it takes to go deeper, he spends all his time with hot girls who know him from the past, learning nothing about his case. Alice Fleur? I hope MC will be able to date her just to infiltrate the syndicate when we'll learn that the hot detective in the intro slept with the son of the syndicate's boss years ago. Or at least date the asian girl who owns the club and deals drugs. MC, focus on your job, FFS!! And the ages seems off: the childhood friend who has a 7 year old daughter but still had time to complete her studies and be a successful lawyer in Sweden? The twins with one working the other still at uni? Weird.
All that might be too dumb for me to continue, sadly. But it's a shame, it could have been great if it was more like a gentler "the departed". I know it's a porn game, but still, it hurts my common sense...
Technically some weird transitions sometimes, it feels like some scenes are missing. Maybe add an icon somewhere to tell "that's a still image, click on" or "don't touch, it's a long transition".
Well it seems that not paying attention to the story is the quote of the day...
The are several people that are in the know regarding MC's undercover assignment - The police captain for obvious reasons since it was she who approved the covert ops in the first place. There are another two people within the police force that know as well and those are Sanchez which is the SWAT team leader who is conveniently a close friend to the MC and the senior uniform detail chick Felicia if I remember correctly that is also close to him and could potentially be a LI to the MC as well. Withing the force not taking into consideration that there aren't any corrupt elements it as well plus the Zach person who is doing the hacking and teching stuff outside the force, but he is in the know being recruited by the captain and providing tech support to the MC as well since it was implied that the Zach person which we never seen was also some sort pf government employee that has access to decrypting, surveillance and perhaps tapping phones and we all know that these things are done by the NSA or some other agency with similar functions.
Now the people outside the force is another story and they are not that much either and the way they are related to the MC, again conveniently will somewhat protect and perhaps even help out his mission.
The principal of the university knows that MC is there as undercover since he allowed him to be there as a student.
Gabriel Florentino who is a father figure to the MC and his daughter Kylie which is a lawyer and as such she will not spill the beans about the UC assignment since that means tons of legal problems and heat to her lawfirm and she is also LI to the MC.
The most troublesome one outside the force that know the MC's mission is the Vanessa girl that happens to be working for the Syndicate as well. Though she has her own agenda that is somewhat not aligned with the goals of the Syndicate she is a double edged knife. She covered the tracks of the MC several times and could prove an inside asset to the MC or could outright set him up and betray him in the process which she has not done. The moment she helped him and maintained his cover intact means that probably the Syndicate won't belive her if she turns his back on him since the MC can out her as well for helping him sealing his and her fate as well in other words they are both deadmen either way should any of them slip up. She for betraying the Syndicate and him for infiltrating as a UC.
Probably the other person in the know is Liam himself who is MC's biological dad. But I think that he will help from the shadows in order to protect his son. So no much to go on as to about these characters.
About Grace she is said to be 3 or 4 years elder than the MC so that is age gap big enough for her to finish studies, go abroad and work as a lawyer. Many things could happen for a period of 7 - 8 years especially to a woman. By the time the MC finished high school she was almost done with her law studies. After that they did not see each other for minimum 7 or 8 years since Grace's daughter is 7 years old. MC is actually in his late 20's or early 30's while Grace is in her mid 30's atleast.
On the account of the info exchange I can agree. Professionally this is done in paper either with envelopes via mailing or hidden in secret stashes like trash bins or some other shit. Or handed in person but in some low profile motel outside the city or within the city in a certain safe house also called "residency" or simply package transfer on the move while in a crowd or in a public transport while crunched up. There are many ways to give info or progress report of a mission, but not in the precinct and not in your boss's home of that I can agree. Once upon a time I did something like that so I am familiar with the methods. This is probably the only visible weak point of the game. But considering it is a VN it is hard to strive for exellency at this level. Clearly the dev has no people with the "know how" be it acting or former that can advise him accurately on such matters. Either way the game is relatively good. It has a story that is intertwined and fun to play through. It is not a movie so don't sweat it. Some moments are frustrating, but then again almost nothing of the sort has come up even close to the idea that was developed here so I am willing to give it a pass. The last update showed that the MC still maintains his cover though it is pure luck of a sorts for him, with the photo that was handed from Phill to the Chinese dude in the night club when they asked him to look for him. Now the stakes are up and this could turn to be a disaster cause keeping cover like that can go unnoticed only until they start searching actively for him or for info regarding him. Keeping the cover will be only harder from now on. The Syndicate did what is expected after all. They have "unknown" player they took a photo now they gonna start asking questions. Being on the side for the MC is not an option anymore. He either has to start dealing with the drugs to maintain cover or do some other illegal shit to be considered of the radar for as long as he can be.
