I perfectly understand what are you mean. And, of course it’s pretty valid here. The characters are so many. And maybe they will be increase. Imagine “Enslaver” like base for wider universe where a lot of that characters will be with its own story, etc, etc. But that’s NOT important for now.
Now, imagine the thing from differ perspective…
Would you like the game more (or like it at all) if I did things the way other devs do?
If I asked fans which characters to play, what scenes to have, etc. where do you think this game would be?
Actually...What keeps me going and keeps me going with the same huge passion on this universe (because it's not the money, if you see my patreon and SS account) is that I can do what I want and tell this story how I feel about it.
Interesting fact... I got feedback from a dude I respect a lot, that the game has become more vanilla over time. Which I don't think so, but he's somehow right(maybe). So people see things differently. And that's the charm of this kind of games. Someone likes some characters more. Another likes others...
I thought about writing a sentence or two, but it became a long post again... sorry.