That's not entirely true. I agree, dev postponed the development of relations with "characters from the start" and yes, he added more and more new characters,especially in second part of the first chapter, but... In second chapter we see the development in relations with "sis" and, as good or bad as it sounds, we see the development in relations with other characters. I personally enjoyed scene with Maude (and beach with Sunny). What I really resent in dev's work: we don't choose who we are gonna do and what, dev decided for us. Not just some attributes limitations, but just the way the game is, now's the scene with Sunny, the next one is with Maude, you don't get to chosse that. So it's not development or consolation prize, we either do it with the rails or fuck our way up in the game.