Finally played the update.
My favourite parts were the French restaurant (that was fairly unique and really fun!) and... the Entrepreneur cameos. Who else but Laura can fix Lana's hair,
and Alexa made it big in movies, with the MC being her fan!

I wonder if her and Megan from Acting Lessons ever co-star in any flicks and hope that they don't have to deal with some producers like the ones we know from other AVNs. Also, Lexi Dimante apparently made the music for Alexa's movie; with her busy schedule, I assume she had no time to compose the whole OST and just allowed the filmmakers to use her song or two, the fact they added to the poster for advertising.
Alright, getting to the point. Before this update came out, many players had been worried that Rose and Lana had too much playtime due to sharing the study group (and the room!) with the MC, but having played Ch. 2, I think their screentime was reasonably limited. If there
is a "pre-expansion MG" who lacked time in Ch. 2, it's Olive (I feel for you, Olive fans!), but, for my run, Aurora and Taylor got the most time, not Lana or Rose. Also, it was mentioned here that Rose kinda betrays MC to Liam at one point, but I didn't experience anything of the sort in my run, imo, she handled the situation well. Serves me right for reading the thread and jumping to conclusions before playing myself.
Another topic of discussion I've seen is that MC is kinda dense around girls; and, true enough, he seemed
very oblivious in the whole Miranda situation. Miranda is a pretty unique character, btw, MisterMaya got really creative with her, and the whole scene was very hot. …So, I actually suspect that the MC just has a taste for slightly older girls; I mean, he hits on Elsa pretty hard considering who she is, and he really has the hots for Selena. The guy just wants that experience, he's not thinking of young girls!

Samara amused me. At first, I suspected she actualy was Taylor's alter ego, hence her coming from her room and knowing so much about the MC

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While this update reminded some people how great this game can be, I actually liked Ch. 1 a bit better. The thing is that now, past Ch. 2, it's time to finish the character introductions and give the players more choice on who they want to hang with. That one choice between Aurora, Taylor, and Olive was good, but later the MC just okayed spending time with other girls. No, I don't want to pursue Sana (even as a friend) between Viktor circling over her like a vulture and Will being interested in her; and I do want to be more careful around Miranda and let Sienna protect her. With how protective the friends of many of the LIs are, I really don't want anyone to get the wrong idea, so I need more choices.
Still, the great writing and humour are still here. In particular, I really like Mike and Aurora as antagonists; the former I respect, and the latter became less one-dimensional this update. So, looking forward to more!
Taylor continues to be my #1, but she may still lose that position to Elsa if I eventually dislike the nature of her secret, or if she suddenly shows interest in Samara (for a throuple option). However, her lead is pretty safe otherwise.