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The goal of fiction is not to "be realistic" but to "be believable". In other words, fiction is not meant to mimic the real world, but rather attempts to create its own internal universe with consistent rules and logic that does not threaten the suspension of disbelief - i.e. "believable". Even works of fiction that aim to "be realistic" as possible often aren't, or at least it appears that way to the audience, by virtue of the fact thatSome attempt at realism when it is meant to be a realistic who done it would be an improvement.
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, hence the adage "truth is stranger than fiction". This is not even counting "realistic" things in fiction that are often ignored for the sake of brevity and artistic license - for example, how come we never see MC taking a shit, or filling up his car with petrol/gas?In the specific case of Stephanie, why is what she does unrealistic by real world standards? She's semi-dating MC, and she goes clubbing. Was it because she yelled at those other drunk girls? Police officers are people, and off-duty police officers act pretty much like anyone else. It's not like she's doing anything absurdly crazy, she's just seeing one guy she likes who happens to be a lawyer.
A better argument on police behaviour would have been Vanessa (DCI Cavendish) dating MC, given there's a huge conflict of interest with Vanessa being the lead investigator on Lydia's case, and Vanessa otherwise seems like a sensible woman. Even then, you can justify it as Vanessa being somewhat desperate to get back into dating. Besides, people have engaged in plenty of inappropriate relationships in the real world.
This is not to say the game is perfect when it comes to being "believable", I myself have already pointed out a number of flaws in this game. This latest update introduces a couple more (have the police not already searched Lydia's home and garage?), but the complaint that Stephanie (or Vanessa) are not "acting" like a police officer should is not really valid.