Yeah, after the strong first release the writing quality was going down.
The cop stuff was just unnecessary and bad all arround. Too many side girls imo.
But the weakest part, for me, is how the mother of the dead boy was handled...like she waited nearly 2 decades, just shows up the same day as the girls, comes to kill the mc, runs away, then the park talk which ended being slapped and an invite to a coffee, followed by a naked massage...all in a couple of days, no real build up or relationship development, no dealing with the past.
Yeah, Alorths nice visuals with a good (and dependable) writer would be really nice.