So... I'm sure that this has been discussed enough already but MAN was Jane's quest handled terribly. I understand that the plot is currently being set up so that the MC will get some manner of revenge, but I'm of the opinion that the reason why there is such an intense dislike of her character is because they overextended with just how negative she can be.
Her scenes are pretty hot and I'm the type of guy who doesn't like dominatrix's — nothing against those who do, to each their own after all — but I only found it that because I forced myself to separate janes's whole persona during. That's not good. It's fine that they have a character whose shitty, but the reasoning for the whole "separation" bit and her subsequent actions after paints her as nothing more than an emotional abuser, she left because the mom was an alcoholic. Sure that's bad but surely she could have been tamer about addressing her habits before she decided to go all gung-ho about it, call her wife a good for nothing including her children all because she couldn't control the mom's bad habits. I don't think this is how it's supposed to be presented, but that's how I feel because she's just that bad.
The scenario that happened could still work, it wouldn't have been great, but it'd still work if the devs had just shown her to be more subtle about her disappointment of the MC and his sister rather than outright call him names and abuse him right Infront of their mother before that whole situation happened.
This is bad because I fear that the moment Jane does receive her comeuppance it'll just feel... Hollow. Those moments are meant to invoke superiority in the player after having established their supposed dominance over a character that's presented to be very dominant, but Jane was just so negative and controversial of a character that I'd honestly feel better just having the option of calling the cops on her or slap her with a restraining order rather than stick the MC's magnum dong anywhere near her pothole.
Way I'd say they can somehow "redeem" her character without going the route that I prefer, which is very unfeasible for the type of game this is, is to have the MC finally call Jane out on her bullshit during or after whatever he does to her. He was about to stand up for himself during one moment but he immediately clammed up when she raised her voice against him. It'd be a good method to show the MC's growth as a character while also facilitating a change in an already disliked character towards a better place rather than just keep the latter and have people continue to bitch about it ad infinitum. Now granted, that's still going to happen, but not to the extent I'd say it is right now and certainly not to the point where they're writing a whole essay about it.
Like me.
God, I need something better to do with my life.
So that's where I am right now. Jane's type of character is obviously meant to invoke a sense of dislike, but my main complaint is that they've gone overboard with it. There's a difference between patronizing and outright abuse, one's insufferably smug and is the type you wanna shut up and dick down while the other is where you just wanna throw them in the cell and never see again.
i understand this is a porn game so the plot serves more as a vehicle for raunchy situations to happen, but when something like this happens, the enjoyment you're supposed to gain is stifled since those types of issues are real — they happen, and unfortunately for this game, is handled so poorly that I'm not JUST suspending my sense of disbelief, I'm outright playing a game of whack-a-mole with it since I can see so many things the MC could have done to solve his issue, ones that take porn logic into consideration mind you, but I do it regardless just so I can go through the arduous chore of chugging through just to finish the game.
"Why play if you hate her that much then?" Some may ask, well that's because I'm a firm believer in trying everything out before giving my final verdict on something and while the game is pretty fun, the art-syle is right up my alley and there are storylines that are likeable, even if they are par for the course, Jane's was just so prevalent to me since I finished hers last and I can't for the life of me enjoy what's being offered when it comes to her. I'm not sure what's going on Patreon wise, but I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't much requests for her content.