I will be honest with you, starting a game, with a relationship, is a huge turn off for me. I hate when they force me to have a specific girlfriend, like College Bound, or have sex with certain people, like I quit one game because the first sex scene was forcing me to have sex with some chick who was bragging about her breast implants, something I can't stand.
In fact, if I had not already loved this game, there were a couple of scenes near the start that got me close to quitting, were it any other game. I can't stand being forced to do things, it's why I don't do femdom stuff too.
One of the reasons I like western VN's is that unlike their Japanese counterparts, you do not generally have to play through each girls' paths, in order to unlock the harem ending, which then forces you to have all 5 girls. Which, always includes one of 5 tropes, one of which is always something I can't stand, like a loli, or violent (Type A) tsundere, or something. Western Sandbox games usually let you go after any girl you want, and as many as you want, and are much less likely to make you do them all. Being someone who is very particular about who I fuck, I like that a lot.
Most of the sex stuff here is optional, and I love that, and making the rest of them optional too, is only going to make it easier to enjoy. Even if that is only for stuff going forward.