bro, the writing and story go to shit in act 3... like if I were a patron I'd have been pissed af for supporting it. and fuck Emma.
Sadly I agree, initially I liked Emma, but she came across as the antagonist (whether or not this story needed one) and she went downhill character wise after joining in torturing the MC with Mia and their subsequent lewd scenes, which were fantastic!
I understand the Dev having a story he wanted to tell, and the lack of meaningful choices, but it still would have been nice for Mia to at least tell the MC why she was punishing him, so there wouldn't be this vicious cycle of them trying to out-punish each other. I would have told Emma to go fuck herself right after the first video session and especially after the shit she pulled at dinner with the family. She kinda inadvertently proved the 'Mom" right in her bias against her for displaying the exact same behavior and bad influence on Mia, not to mention her attempted seduction of the 'Dad'.
The other part that had me disappointed was during Mia's initial striptease at the club, I chose not for her to get naked, so I hated seeing her go full nude leading up to the night before her public sex show. Yes, I get it, her and Emma wanted to drive up the interest in the crowd so maybe this was the easier way to achieve that, but I still hated it and hated how despite unlikeable the MC is for large portions of the VN, he just went along with the public sex show without putting up a fight like he did initially when Emma was making her demands.
Again, I realize in order for certain plot lines to develop, maybe this had to happen, but I would have preferred Mom to show up to the club and not have to see her daughter getting fucked in front of a group of strangers. The only silver lining I saw, was despite how much of a pussy the dad was in doing whatever Emma commanded him to do, he finally showed he had a backbone and refused to have sex with Mia, who experienced her own epiphany and realized her feelings for the MC were much stronger than she ever imagined and caused her to change her mind.
I hesitated from playing this game ever since I read about the bittersweet ending between Mia and the MC, but I can honestly say, the Mom really has saved Act 3 for me and made it worth playing. That said, seeing how both Mia and the MC act selfishly towards each other, I'm not surprised things end the way they do between them. I just hope the 2 years that take place in between this game and the sequel really develops the MC and Mia's characters' growth.