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Well, I just want to point out one detail that you said but probably didn't think too hard about. The game gives Ian the option to [TELL] Jeremy how he feels towards Alison. We don't know if he's being honest with his answers until much later. If Ian tells that "She's just a friend", meaning that he doesn't really have any plans for her, he still can't help but feel a bit disappointed in the end if she stays with Jeremy, indicating that despite what he said, he still felt jealousy which means that he was dishonest to himself and he does find her extremely attractive even if he doesn't want to ruin their friendship.I mean, the game gives Ian the option to tell Jeremy how he feels towards Allison, however the game doesn't give Ian and Lena the option to decide how they feel about each other, that in my opinion is very lazy, I think that Ian x Lena relationship feels very forced and should have been developed in a better way
So by the same logic, you're complaining that neither Ian nor Lena have an option to TELL how they feel about each other. But they do. Well, at least, Lena does. When Ian asks why Lena decided to talk to him the first day, she can be honest and say that she found him interesting (she did, which was established in Ch. 1) OR she can dismiss the question and simply answer that she felt bored or wanted to cheer him up. When Lena asks Ian if he decided to text her just because she's a model, he answers based on his stats. Later, when they talk about either Holly or Alison, she can again choose to act friendly or flirt more openly which will end up in them getting closer. At that moment, she can go for it and kiss him, wait for Ian to make the first step or she can back away. If Ian x Lena was indeed forced, Ian wouldn't be able to NOT text Lena, Lena wouldn't be able to say that she spoke with him out of boredom, she wouldn't be able to back away from their intimate close proximity and the kiss would've happened no matter what without any choice from the player. The way it is now, I'd say it's directed but they can both decide to go off the script and come up with their own stories instead.
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