After enjoying this game for years, I'm starting to question whether this is the kind of progression that I want from the game. I get it that it's slow burn, but it has been 5 years from the start and Charlotte is still on the "can I like him? he makes me feel so safe, but but but ..." phase which is really tiring and extremely repetitive because she was on this same questioning herself with inner monologue phase probably 2 years ago. Yes we got hints of progression (holding hand, talk about wedding with Valentini, etc) but nothing meaningful.
Then of course there's also Suzi which I have absolutely no idea what her character is supposed to be anymore. I somewhat wished dev restarted the game after 0.2 and removed Suzi because it feels like she's such a forgotten pointless character. Yes we got Suzi screentime in this update, but of course just with Emma. I'm pretty sure dev doesn't quite know what to do with Suzi-MC interaction/relationship. I'm surprised we didn't even get the Emma/Suzi/MC running scene this update.
I'm just ranting, but yeah, I'm just disappointed overall. Emma stayed the same and borderline overstaying her character trope, Kaylah became far too pushy and no longer playful/flirty, Morrigan being a shitty bitch out of nowhere, and just repetitive Charlotte-MC interaction. This update has a lot of content/render, but feels like nothing really progressed. It's just a real shame.