I gotta say, maybe because it's been a long time since I've played this, or maybe it's because I've played lots of games since this, but....
the dialogue in this game is atrocious.
Even suspending belief for a second, the situations and what the characters say to each other (Caroline's ex in the club, and pretty much every sex scene for example) is just so simplistic and dumb. Half the time MC sounds like a dumbass kid (which he is), but I'm supposed to believe the adults are also that sophomoric and speak just as stupidly as this kid? The blowjob with Celine made me cringe.
Because of the bad writing, the MC just seems so unlikable to me now. There's absolutely no nuance or craft in the words. It's just "duh. put cock in mouth! Yes feel good! AHHHH!" Fortunately, the visuals (read:women) in the game are incredible so I pretty much overlook it, which is why I probably feel different about the game now that I've had time away from it.
Also that ladder climbing mechanic thing is just pointless and stupid. Just let us click once to get to the fappy parts for crying out loud. If that's the kind of crap he's going to start filling this game with, no wonder it took a year.