Want a fun game? Drink a shot everytime Rebecca says "my wonderful son".
Jokes aside, while the overuse of the line above pisses me off a bit, I do like her growth in the later releases. Maybe the fact of not being at home didn't help as well, but more recent dialogues are more diverse, more "natural" and give me a different vibe about her. Want to see how her character continues to grow on the next dialogues. Even small stuff like "grab an apple " or "help me fix the sink (or whatever)" would feel very nice.
About Sandra, I'm not usual the guy who like "optimism about everything", although I understand she is needed for the balance of the game. I just wished she was more into the "cheerful" side than optimism, because a cheerful girl can still have her bad times. But again, I understand her personality is needed for the sake of story flow.
Lucy is by far the most well-written character so far. I'm not much into cat girls (I don't hate it neither would bully Lucy for her defenders, just not my thing), but I must say she's cute. Her evolution is natural, along with her dialogue, she's fair, while having that attitude towards the MC was understandable to him and still had her reasons, etc... She is extremely well thought-out in terms of writing, I love her character development.
I love Alice model, she's cute af. And while I like her personality as well, I feel there's still something missing. Maybe she has way more innocence than it should, sure she can love the MC, but the "I fell for brother" just because doesn't feel right. They are still blood related, there should still be a development there. This is one thing I don't like of her along with Sandra. Of course in the end we all want her to join, but imo it should feel a bit more natural, with at least some insecurities. Also, while it's somewhat understand she wanted to isolate at start, the isolation itself seemed exagerated and forced, and she suddenly changed, like a new plot was made. If you want to preserve that, at least the transition should be softer imo.
About Maddie, I have mixed feelings. Her character model is gorgeous (besides the tan, not a fan of it myself). Also, her insecurities towards the MC at start also feel more natural than Sandra and Alice. But I don't know there is something I miss there. Maybe it needed more contact with MC? More dialogue? I don't know what, but there is something I feel it's missing to make her memorable.
About Mary I have mixed feelings as well. I feel her slutty personality at start really made a mark on my opinion on her, along with the baloons and glasses stuff, not my thing. However I like her personality change so far, with the exception
It's a matter of waiting how she develops in future releases.
About Elaine I'm sorry but I hate her so far. I don't like her personality (even if she has her reasons), and the way MC acts towards her doesn't feel good as well. "oh she did fucked stuff, but it's fine, I'm cool". C'mon, at least make a more plausable plot, or make the first impact a bit softer. Unless the plot is extremely well written in the future, I won't buy that character. Also, while I understand it's hard to add a grandma with a nice figure (since the age is needed to be taken into account), her figure isn't memorable for me as well. I'm sorry, but it feels "meh" visually (again, personal opinion), and like I said I hate her personality so far. Reminder, I don't like her personality specifically because of the first confrontation only, but in general she didn't give a good vibe, or at least an effort to try to like her.
About the other characters I won't express myself because the family is the main goal in this game. I just feel Fiona (and the big boob girl who's on divorce, sorry not remembering her name) are lost oportunities to be family related to Becca and Mary. Maybe Elaine will give us some surprises? Wink wink.
Also just a small note about the MC, I wished he also had some more insecurities towards the "taboo", at least at start. Yes he has insecurities of not wanting to rush things, but would feel nice to have that on the taboo side as well. And also a request, please avoid the overuse of crying on the female characters. Sometimes it's cute to see those feelings in a specific character, but the overuse of it removes a bit of the feelings and emotion, in order scenes that could been more impactful when read.
I'm not trying to shit on the dev btw, just expressing my opinion. The game is pleasant to read, and I like the story evolution, specially Lucy, just wanted to give my 2 cents on what I feel it could make the game better, at least on my side as a player. And a small request of mine, while I don't like male characters in games like this (more girls always, my dick is enough), the male image in this game is so depressing that would be nice to have one more "nice guy" around the map at least. Sure the goal is to show how the MC is the best guy out there but... I don't know, it just feels weird to every single one of males being a scumbag, instead the MC. We know the world isn't like that. Anyway looking forward for the next releases.
edit: wrote "make" instead of male lol.