I think that's probably exactly right. You can see the difference in writing very clearly between Love of Magic (which I write) and Paradise Lust (which Chase writes). Chase's been a designer and writer of normie games for a very long time (including a couple that you've likely played), but he's new to porn, and writes the central character as if he was a character in a normal video game, with a journey and character development arch leading forward.
We argued back and forth about this at the start of the project; I wanted the MC to be Rob (in an 80s "damnit, this was the trip that was finally going to get me back in black and get the banks off my back" grizzled, recently divorced, entrepreneur half a step ahead of the repo agent, with his loyal side-kick Cath next to him that had stuck with him through thick and thin, but had never allowed herself to become romantically engaged with him... until now). Chase's argument was that being the owner (even if the bank owns most of it) of a luxury Yacht was too much flex, and he wanted someone who started at the ground so he could build him up.
In the end, Chase's the writer on this, and I think the story he's writing works perfectly, but it's interesting that a lot of people who 'nope' out of it do so before the game really gets going, and their complaints are usually that Jack's not 'alpha' enough. There's also people who complain that Cath and Gabby kissing is NTR, which... lol.
Anyway, Jack's got a journey ahead, but it's one that takes him from a drifter that doesn't really know what to do with his life into someone that's doing quite okay.