I would have loved (but I am not demanding!) to get a classic VN with choices but without the fuss of "running around" (sandbox). Most of the generic, almost unconnected "daily stuff" is not that interesting to me, but the story parts are very interesting. But with a connectig novel, I do miss the choice that is most of the time the leveler to get realism and involvement high.Love that dev made VN/Kinetic version. Thanks & keep it up
But if you (and some more) love it, the developer made everything right to instate this not so time consuming other option to play the game.
Maybe, in his next game, there will be three options: Sandbox with all the stuff available (but maybe only partly reachable in one go), VN with a predetermined order of events but with choices and cinectic novel with the two or three extreme paths preselected.
If planned well from the beginning, it should not consume too much work.