I don't know about us not having any alternatives, maybe that was once true but there are a few now and in line with the above discussions most of the differences are a matter of preference or art style.with the new UE5 tools for mocap, building environments and how damn good it looks, it wont take long for someone to build something that looks way better than this game.
I think most people agree that the current path of development isn't consumer friendly, even for their supporters.
We just dont have any decent alternatives to this project, so Helius has a monopoly. I still hope this project moves past its current hurdles and we get a decent consumer product, but its hard to remain optimistic when you see the current implementation.
Just taking a look at threads on F95 we've now got Fallen Doll, Wild Life, Carnal Instinct, Our Apartment, Home Together, Afterparty, Hero's Journey (Under the Witch), Under the Horizon and there's even slightly jankier stuff like Inheritance: Ladeina's path and She Will Punish Them.
All targeting relatively high end systems with varying art styles and in various stages of development. Some of them arguably aren't very good, and will likely never be any good, but then neither is Fallen Doll anymore... I'd say more than a few of them have already surpassed FD in terms of quality and content.