okay so i'm pretty disappointed in the ep 2. pretty much zero new content. added sandbox elements back in, but now all the characters seem lifeless. also the grind is off the wall, thank god for cheat engine. i feel like there's been a big nothingburger for the last couple of months from this game.
Well. If you did read what the creator of the game said on this release, you'd know that:
1. Not all the old content from the previous versions [Sandbox 0.05] and the VN Ep 1 included in this Ep 2. Yet. This is a raw form of what is coming.
2. He's looking for precise feedback on improvements. So, if the characters now seem lifeless. How do they seem lifeless? I'm asking as well since I've looked at the images on all 3 versions and there isn't a huge variation that would transform them from looking lively to lifeless. If your talking about the spying images, he tweaked the image with a foreground door and changed some angles/poses on a few images.
3. I'll agree to your comment on grinding. The current version grind isn't particularly fun at the moment. Probably because of the lack of content/implemented features. It might be practical to implement some type of cheat stat/money feature if he wants people to simply wander/hunt for bugs/see all the content quickly in the alpha versions of this game. Balance usually can come in the later stages after some game features are more fully fleshed out.