So I played what is available of season 3 and I am pleasantly surprised. I honestly didn't know where this story could go after season 2. The stories of each girl seemed finished and it felt like a true ending of the story. But I think the premise of the new season is excellent. Alice is a great and lovable character and there is plenty of mystery right at the start of the new season. I look forward to play the rest of the episodes.
I am however a bit confused about Alice's project and what it means, maybe I just need to go back and reread her explanation but at this moment I have many questions. So did her machine cause the timeloop or not? It seemed like she said that it both did and didn't cause the timeloops. She seems surprised when the MC claims that he met Carol and unwilling to believe that they are in a simulation. So the MC is now convinced that they are not in a simulation. That doesn't make sense if you consider season 2 and the beginning of season 3 with the failsafe event. Is this supposed to be a retcon, fans didn't like the simulation plotline perhaps?
But assuming that they are still in a simulation I found it interesting to think about which of the girls genuinly likes the MC. And by like I mean in the real world right before the start of the game:
First we have Megan and Zoe. In season 2 they are the ones who are most crazy about MC but again assuming that they are in a simulation it might not be real. How much of it is real and how much comes from manipulation in the timeloop. It actually seems to me that the MC was deep in the friendzone at the start of thursday (season 1). Megan asks him if he has some "cute" friends that she could date and Zoe tells him that she has a crush on another guy. Now we learn eventually that the "other" guy is the MC but this could be a simulation glitch. Furthermore the MC doesn't even answer Zoe in the morning which also shows that he treats her like a normal friend. My conclusion for this hypothetical is that neither Megan nor Zoe were originally interested in the MC.
Then let's look at Elizabeth, Jessica and Nicole. This goes without saying that they are completely uninterested. The MC has to work very hard to get anywhere with them. Chole is a nymph so she is interested but in a shallow way. I also don't think that Sophie is interested since she prefers someone dominant.
Amy might be interested. Assuming that she was the girl that Taylor claimed was into the MC. At that point you hadn't met her yet or had time to influence her so she might have been genuinly interested but it is not clear.
Ellie is interesting because it is not clear if she actually exists, again assuming simulation. She just appears on thursday out of nowhere at the school. But assuming that she did exist before the extinction event she is definitely interested in the MC.
And finally Alice. She is the only girl who without a doubt likes the MC regardless of timeloops and manipulation, on top of being so lovely. So I would say that Alice is the best girl without a doubt.